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What is an annual crop?
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A CROP THAT USUALLY GERMINATES, FLOWERS, AND DIES IN ONE YEAR
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What are the two types of annual crops?
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Summer and Winter Annuals
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What is a Summer Annual?
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A plant that germinates in the spring, grow and develop during the summer, and mature and produce seed before first frost
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What is a Winter Annual?
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A plant that germinates in the fall, live through the winter, usually in a dormant state, and then mature and produce seed in late spring or early summer
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What are biennial Crops?
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Require two years to complete their life cycles...i.e. sugar beet, carrot, and sweet clover
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What are Perennial Crops?
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Have an indefinite life span that can last many years...adapt to their growth habitat....i.e. cotton, castor, alfalfa
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What are Herbaceous Plants?
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May be annual, biennial, or perennial....MOST agronomic crops...A plant that has leaves, stems, that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level,
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What are MONOCOTS?
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Embryo with single cotyledon; soft stem; in multiples of 3 flower parts; parallel leaf veins; roots spread out;
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What are DICOTS?
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Embryo with two cotyledons; hard stem; in multiples of 4 or 5 flower parts; Roots develop from radicle
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What is a woody plant?
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A perennial tree or shrub that the stem remains above ground during the winter
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Characteristics of Woody Plants?
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50% of the plants in the world are woody;
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What are Evergreen Woody Plants?
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Such as pine, spruce, maintain their leaves throughout the year. No Field crops in the US are in this category
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What are Dediduous Woody Plants?
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Lose their leaves every year during the fall and early winter months....Most fruit trees such as apple, pear, and citrus are deciduous
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What are Hydrophytes?
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PLants that are adapted to live in water or in soil saturated with water i.e. paddys and lowland rice
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What are MESOPHYTES?
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Intermediate in water use and needs; can tolerate a water saturated soil for only a bried time; sensitive to dry soil
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