UFS Exam 1
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1. What are the three most common tree species in Austin’s urban forest in order of prevalence?
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2. What are the two top cited pressures, according the Austin’s Urban Forestry Program, that have resulted in a decline in the health of Austin’s urban canopy as a whole?
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3. Which department of Austin’s city government is specifically tasked with funding forestry projects and maintaining Austin’s urban forest through enforcing tree ordinances?
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4. What is the part of the leaf labelled “4”?
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5. What is the space between leaf parts labelled “5”?
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6. What is the part of the leaf labelled “6”?
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7. What is the part of the leaf labelled “7”?
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8. The leaf shown above question 4 is a __________ leaf.
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9. The needle-like leaves of the Texas-native gymnosperms in the genus _________ resemble feathers when they grow in two rows on deciduous stems.  The Central Texas native species in this riparian genus can grow _______ that were once thought to help with respiration.
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10. This Texas native’s silvery dehiscent bark can be mistaken for a crepe myrtle’s until you notice the often-galled, matte-green leaves with margins that curl downward and black, gumball-sized fruit present on females in mid to late summer.  What tree does this describe?
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11. This common, native tree from East Texas meets its sister species, the Ashe juniper, around I-35 where it forms a hybrid swarm.  Both species and their hybrids share flattened, scale-like leaves and fleshy, blue cones, but this tree holds its limbs perpendicular to its trunk unlike its more acute sister.  What tree does this describe?
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12. In the above diagram, which represents the life stage of the tree that is still relying on its seed for energy before transitioning to solely relying on photosynthesis?
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13. What is the main difference between the life stages labelled C and D in the above diagram?
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14. While “tree forms” are present in all vascular plant lineages, only the eudicot angiosperms and coniferous and ginkgo gymnosperms meet the criteria of being a true tree.  Palms are not true-trees because they have ________________.
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15. The main difference between angiosperms and gymnosperms is that _________________.
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16. While not native to this region, or even this continent, what fruit tree with large leaves often found in classical sculpture does very well in Texas’ Mediterranean climate due to its extremely long tap root that is capable of finding groundwater even in drought?
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17. What evergreen, Chinese-native tree with deep green, pubescent, pleated leaves produces sweet orange fruit in summer with large, oblong brown seeds inside and has a name that makes some people erroneously believe it’s a citrus?
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18. Which of the branches in the above diagram would be the LEAST appropriate to cut when pruning a tree?
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19. What is the best order to perform the above pruning cuts?
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20. Apple, cherry, and many other fruit trees ____________ is the preferred pruning shape to work towards, whereas trees in the genus Prunus generally produce better with the ____________ shape when planted in Central Texas.
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