California Supplemental Exam - landscape
architects (CSE) ACTUAL UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Cytisus scoparius - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Scotch Broom
Description: non native, INVASIVE
Form: Perennial
WUCOLS: M to L
Fire Class:
Climate Association: Coastal saltwater
Acacia sp. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Description: Non native
Form: Varied Forms
WUCOLS: L to V
Fire Class: FLAMMABLE
Climate Association: Coastal saltwater, Low desert
Agave sp. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Description: native/ non native, culinary
Form: Succulent
WUCOLS: L to V
Fire Class: FIRE RESSISTANT
Climate Association: Low desert
Ailanthus altissima - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Tree of Heaven
Description: non native, INVASIVE
Form: Tree
WUCOLS: L to V
Fire Class: Fire Resistant
Climate Association: Urban ornamental
,Arctostaphylos edmundsii - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Carmel Sur
Manzanita
Description: native
Form: Groundcover
WUCOLS: M to L
Fire Class: n/a
Climate Association: Coastal saltwater
Arctostaphylos sp - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Manzanita
Description: native
Form: Groundcover, tree, shrub
WUCOLS: L to VL
Fire Class: n/a
Climate Association: Redwood forest, oak grassland, urban cultivated
Arundo donax - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Giant Reed
Description: non native, INVASIVE
Form: Perennial,
WUCOLS: H to M
Fire Class: n/a
Climate Association: Coastal saltwater
Atriplex sp (gardneri, semibaccata, lentiformis) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common
Name: Saltbush
Description: native
Form: shrub
WUCOLS: L to VL
Fire Class: FIRE RESISTANT
Climate Association: Coastal saltwater
Baccharis pilularis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Coyote Bush
, Description: native, tolerates RECYCLED H2O
Form: groundcover, shrub
WUCOLS: L to VL
Fire Class: IRE RESISTANT
Climate Association: Coastal saltwater, Oak grassland
Berberis sp (NIC mahonia) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Barberry
Description: non native, user HARMFUL
Form: shrub
WUCOLS: M to L
Fire Class: n/a
Climate Association: Urban ornamental/ cultivated
Brugmansia - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Angel Trumpet
Description: non native, user HARMFUL
Form: shrubby perennial
WUCOLS: H to M
Fire Class: n/a
Climate Association: Urban ornamental/ cultivated
Carex sp - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Sedge
Description: varies, native/non native
Form: perennial
WUCOLS: H to M
Fire Class: n/a
Climate Association: Freshwater Riparian & C3 basins
Carpobrotus edulis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Iceplant
Description: non native, INVASIVE
Form: groundcover
architects (CSE) ACTUAL UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Cytisus scoparius - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Scotch Broom
Description: non native, INVASIVE
Form: Perennial
WUCOLS: M to L
Fire Class:
Climate Association: Coastal saltwater
Acacia sp. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Description: Non native
Form: Varied Forms
WUCOLS: L to V
Fire Class: FLAMMABLE
Climate Association: Coastal saltwater, Low desert
Agave sp. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Description: native/ non native, culinary
Form: Succulent
WUCOLS: L to V
Fire Class: FIRE RESSISTANT
Climate Association: Low desert
Ailanthus altissima - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Tree of Heaven
Description: non native, INVASIVE
Form: Tree
WUCOLS: L to V
Fire Class: Fire Resistant
Climate Association: Urban ornamental
,Arctostaphylos edmundsii - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Carmel Sur
Manzanita
Description: native
Form: Groundcover
WUCOLS: M to L
Fire Class: n/a
Climate Association: Coastal saltwater
Arctostaphylos sp - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Manzanita
Description: native
Form: Groundcover, tree, shrub
WUCOLS: L to VL
Fire Class: n/a
Climate Association: Redwood forest, oak grassland, urban cultivated
Arundo donax - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Giant Reed
Description: non native, INVASIVE
Form: Perennial,
WUCOLS: H to M
Fire Class: n/a
Climate Association: Coastal saltwater
Atriplex sp (gardneri, semibaccata, lentiformis) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common
Name: Saltbush
Description: native
Form: shrub
WUCOLS: L to VL
Fire Class: FIRE RESISTANT
Climate Association: Coastal saltwater
Baccharis pilularis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Coyote Bush
, Description: native, tolerates RECYCLED H2O
Form: groundcover, shrub
WUCOLS: L to VL
Fire Class: IRE RESISTANT
Climate Association: Coastal saltwater, Oak grassland
Berberis sp (NIC mahonia) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Barberry
Description: non native, user HARMFUL
Form: shrub
WUCOLS: M to L
Fire Class: n/a
Climate Association: Urban ornamental/ cultivated
Brugmansia - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Angel Trumpet
Description: non native, user HARMFUL
Form: shrubby perennial
WUCOLS: H to M
Fire Class: n/a
Climate Association: Urban ornamental/ cultivated
Carex sp - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Sedge
Description: varies, native/non native
Form: perennial
WUCOLS: H to M
Fire Class: n/a
Climate Association: Freshwater Riparian & C3 basins
Carpobrotus edulis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common Name: Iceplant
Description: non native, INVASIVE
Form: groundcover
