Home > Flashcards > Agriculture > Plant ID

Details Title: Plant ID Description: Peer Teaching Project Total Flash Cards: 8 Created: 11/19/2006 14:24:01	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Categories Definition -Identification -Plant Type -Growth Habit -Vegetative Characteristcs -Floral Characteristics -Plant in the Landscape -Defining Characteristics Term Identification Definition Chionanthus retusus C: Chinese Fringetree F: Oleaceae Term Plant Type Definition Dicot (woody growth) Term Growth Habit Definition -Woody, deciduous shrub or small tree -Medium texture -Open, spreading, and rounded to 20 feet Term Vegetative characteristics Definition -Opposite, obovate to ovate -4" -Apex acute or obtuse -Pubescent on veins beneath -Lustrous -Petioles pubescent Term Floral characteristics Definition -4-petaled -Borne on 2-4" panicles -Bloom in april as leaves are expanding -Imperfect (unisexual) -Plants dioecious Term Plant in the Landscape Definition -Specimen flowering tree -Best in full sun or partial shade in moist, fertile soil -Hardiness zone 6 (best for N. Florida) -No serious pests Term Distinctive features Definition -Blue-black drupe ripens in late summer to early fall -No notable cultivars -Fragrant flowers -Very showy flowers-whole tree becomes white with them -Very slow growing; seed needs two years to germinate