Plants and Trees Flashcards by Sharon Boyd | Brainscape

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Oldest Living Tree

A

Bristle Cone Pine (5,100 Years)

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World’s Tallest Tree

A

California Redwood

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World’s Most Massive Tree

A

Giant Sequoia

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Largest Hickory Tree

A

Pecan Tree

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Tree with Many Supporting Roots and Trunks

A

Banyan Tree

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Banyan Tree Fruit

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Fig

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Black and English type Tree

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Walnut

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Bowling Pin Wood

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Maple

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Baseball Bat Wood

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Ash

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Quaking Tree

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Aspen

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Tree on Lebanon’s Flag

A

Cedar

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Blue Gum Tree

A

Eucalyptus

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Canoe Wood

A

Birch

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Silk Cotton Tree

A

Kapok

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Florida Tree with stilt-like roots

A

Mangrove

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Kon Tiki Raft material

A

Balsa

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Tree that Bounty Sought

A

Breadfruit Tree

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An Oak’S main root

A

Tap Root

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Largest Single Family of Succulents

A

Cacti

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Hawaiian Root Crop

A

Taro

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Tallest Cactus

A

Saguaro

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Violet or Blue Dy Plant

A

Indigo

Q

Red Dye Plant

A

Henna

Q

Linseed Oil from This Plant

A

Flax

Q

Long Moss of American South

A

Spanish moss

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Rope Fiber Plant

A

Hemp

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Vine the Grows 4 inches per day

A

Kudzu

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Fastest Growing Grass

A

Bamboo

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Russian Thistle

A

Tumbleweed

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Stinging Plant

A

Stinging Nettles

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Algae and Fungus Living as a Single Unit

A

Lichen

Q

Digitalis Source

A

Foxglove

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Rye and Wheat Hybrid

A

Triticale

Q

Leaf Openings

A

Stomata

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Evaporation of Water from Leaves

A

Transpiration

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Non-Flowering Plant

A

Gymnosperm

Q

Plant that lives for 1 year

A

Annual

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Plant that lives for many years

A

Perennial

Q

A plant’s male organ

A

Stamen

Q

Pollen Producer at the end of the stament

A

Anther

Q

A plant’s female Organ

A

Pistil

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Trees that do not shed leaves

A

Coniferous

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Tree that sheds it leaves annually

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Deciduous

Q

Term for how deciduous Trees Lose Their Leaves

A

Abscission

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A Plant’s Fertilized ovule

A

Seed

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Plant that tolerates salt

A

Halophyte