North Carolina Landscape Contractor Practice Exam
[2026] | A+ VERIFIED | UPDATED ACTUAL
• Adventitious Root or Shoot -✓✓ANSWER: They are produced on stems or roots
after removal from the mother plant
• Anther -✓✓ANSWER: the upper part of a stamen that produces pollen
• asexual -✓✓ANSWER: without sex; refers to the reproduction or propagation
not involving the fusion of gametes
• biennial -✓✓ANSWER: A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and
flowers and fruit the second.
• Binomial -✓✓ANSWER: a system of naming plants using 2 names: First name is
the genus and the second is the species
• Branch Bark Ridge -✓✓ANSWER: A layer of Mustache-like bark located on the
upper side of a branch, in the branch union
• Branch Collar -✓✓ANSWER: The wood at the branch base that turns abruptly
downward to wrap around trunk wood where a branch with a small aspect ratio
joins with a larger parent stem
• Bud -✓✓ANSWER: An embryonic stem tip bearing young leaves (leaf bud), one
or more flowers or both leaves and flowers
, • Bulb -✓✓ANSWER: A bud consisting of a short, thick stem emitting roots from
below and bearing overlapping, scale like leafs
• Caliper -✓✓ANSWER: diameter of a tree 4" or less measured 6" above the
ground
Greater than 4" is measured 12" above the ground
• Cambium -✓✓ANSWER: layer of actively dividing cells between xylem and
phloem tissues that is responsible for the secondary growth of stems and roots
• Carbohydrate -✓✓ANSWER: Any group of chemical compounds, including
sugars and starches, containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
• Chlorophyll -✓✓ANSWER: Green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy
used to carry out photosynthesis
• Chlorosis -✓✓ANSWER: A yellowing of the leaf. Frequently caused by lack of
iron
• Clone -✓✓ANSWER: A group of plants derived from a single individual by
asexual plants
• Clump -✓✓ANSWER: The plant crown or roots that are easily divided or moved
• Cluster -✓✓ANSWER: Group of flowers or leaves on a single stem
[2026] | A+ VERIFIED | UPDATED ACTUAL
• Adventitious Root or Shoot -✓✓ANSWER: They are produced on stems or roots
after removal from the mother plant
• Anther -✓✓ANSWER: the upper part of a stamen that produces pollen
• asexual -✓✓ANSWER: without sex; refers to the reproduction or propagation
not involving the fusion of gametes
• biennial -✓✓ANSWER: A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and
flowers and fruit the second.
• Binomial -✓✓ANSWER: a system of naming plants using 2 names: First name is
the genus and the second is the species
• Branch Bark Ridge -✓✓ANSWER: A layer of Mustache-like bark located on the
upper side of a branch, in the branch union
• Branch Collar -✓✓ANSWER: The wood at the branch base that turns abruptly
downward to wrap around trunk wood where a branch with a small aspect ratio
joins with a larger parent stem
• Bud -✓✓ANSWER: An embryonic stem tip bearing young leaves (leaf bud), one
or more flowers or both leaves and flowers
, • Bulb -✓✓ANSWER: A bud consisting of a short, thick stem emitting roots from
below and bearing overlapping, scale like leafs
• Caliper -✓✓ANSWER: diameter of a tree 4" or less measured 6" above the
ground
Greater than 4" is measured 12" above the ground
• Cambium -✓✓ANSWER: layer of actively dividing cells between xylem and
phloem tissues that is responsible for the secondary growth of stems and roots
• Carbohydrate -✓✓ANSWER: Any group of chemical compounds, including
sugars and starches, containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
• Chlorophyll -✓✓ANSWER: Green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy
used to carry out photosynthesis
• Chlorosis -✓✓ANSWER: A yellowing of the leaf. Frequently caused by lack of
iron
• Clone -✓✓ANSWER: A group of plants derived from a single individual by
asexual plants
• Clump -✓✓ANSWER: The plant crown or roots that are easily divided or moved
• Cluster -✓✓ANSWER: Group of flowers or leaves on a single stem
