Test 2 (1.5-1.8) Flashcards
An attractive tree with frosty needles, often planted as an ornamental
blue spruce
The smallest of all green plants
some algae
The only conifers with bundles of needles
pines
Fungi that feed on dead matter
saprophytes
In the hot, dry climate of the southwestern states what type of pine grows?
Ponderose Pine
A plant that has fronds and produces spores instead of seeds
fern
The plant with a fruiting body
mushroom
The fungus that converts sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide
yeast
A fungus and an alga working together as one plant
lichen
The green plants that have no true leaves, stems, or roots
mosses
The roots of a fern
rhizoids
Growth in a tree takes place in which layer, immediately under the bark
cambium layer
What were create to live without chlorophyll
fungi
Which type of tree has an attractive reddish wood with an oil that produces a pleasant fragrance?
cedar
Scientists who study trees
dendrologists
A plant that does not die after one season of growth but continues to live and grow for many seasons
perennial
A plant that lives for two years and then dies
biennial
The largest kind of tree
giant sequoia
The tallest kind of tree
California redwood
Trees that lose their leaves in the fall
deciduous
The age of a tree can be determined by counting what
annual rings
A tall plant with a single woody stem
tree
Single cells that some plants produce instead of seeds
spores
Trees that bear cones instead of flowers
conifers
Be able to identify the following kinds of tree and their characteristics
cedar, oak, willow, giant sequoia, pine, maple, hemlock, bald cypress, birch, fir, palm
