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quiz 1 herbaceous plants of winter and spring

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- 1-Biennial -Basal rosette first year with taproot -Occurs in early successional habitats often in old fieldsWild Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace
(Daucus carota)
Parsley family
- 2-Biennial -Flowers in summer -Yellow flowers with 4 petalsEvening Primrose
(Oenothera biennis)
Primrose family
- 3-Perennial Forb -Flowers in fall -Seeds with silky hairs -can form large clusters -Can have gallsGoldenrod
(Solidago spp.)
Aster family
- 4-Perennial Forb -Flowers in fall -Flower heads produced singly along stem -Seeds with silky hairs -alternating flowersAster
(Aster spp.)
Aster family
- 5-Perennial forb -Very tall (up to 10 feet) -Alternate -Winging along entire length of stemWingstem
(Verbesina alternifolia)
Aster family
- 6-Perennial forb -Very tall (up to 12 ft) -Hollow stems -Found along edges and open areasJoe-pye weed
(Eutrochium fistulosum)
Aster family
- 7-Perennial forb -Basal rosette often evident -stems and flowering heads spinyThistle
(Cirsium spp.)
Aster family
- 8-Perennial forb -weak stems with sharp trichomes on stems -large yellow berries (cherry tomatoes)Horse nettle
(Solanum carolinense)
Nightshade family
- 9-Perennial forb -fast growing and tall (8ft) -seeds are achenes with tufts of hair -(forbidden hotdog)Broadleaf cattail
(Typha latifolia)
Cattail family
- 10-Perennial forb - Tall plant -reddish-purple stems are hollow - alternate with entire margins -dark purple berriesPokeweed, Pokeberry
(Phytolacca americana)
Pokeweed family
- 11-Perennial forb - Tall with Stout stems -Opposite leaves with entire marginsCommon milkweed
(Asclepias syriaca)
Dogbane family
- 12-Graminoids -Grows in clumps -Seeds have silky hairsBroomsedge
(Andropogon virginicus)
Grass family
- 13-Graminoids -Grows in clumps -Wide leaves -Long spreading stems can have bamboo-like appearanceDeer tongue grass
(Dichanthelium spp.)
Grass family
- 14-Opposite soft hairy leaves -Low-growing, forms mats or low mounds -white flowers w/5 cleft petalsMouse-ear chickweed
(Cerastium fontanum)
Pink family - 15-Opposite leaves long petioles -Crenate margins, not aromatic -Square often purple stem -Sprawling growing formsDeadnettle
(Laminum purpureum)
Mint family
- 16-Opposite leaves -Low growing, sprawling, forms mats on ground -White flowers with 5 deep cleft petalsChickweed
(Stellaria media)
Pink family
- 17-Odd pinnately compound -Flowers are white and 4 petalsBittercress
(Cardamine hirsuta)
Mustard family
- 18-Low creeping growth form -Opposite leaves with crenate margins -Blue-violet flowers born singly on long stalksPersain speedwell
(Veronica persica)
Figwort family
- 19-Square stem -Sprawling growth -Upper leaves no petiole -Deeply scalloped margins -Long internodesHenbit
(Lamium amplexicaule)
Mint family
- 20-Long, hollow, glabrous leaves -Strong garlic odor -Small white underground bulbsWild garlic
(Allium vineale)
Lily family
- 21-Pinnately trifoliate leaves in summer -flattend seed pods in winter that stick to everything -Erect stems, sometimes branchedBeggar's lice
(Desmodium spp.)
Legume family
- 22-Creeping growth -Trifoliate leaves w/ toothed leaflets -Leaflets with pale splotches -Flowers w/ 5 yellow petalsCreeping buttercup
(Ranunculus repens)
Buttercup family
- 23-Square stems -Low creeping growth form -Opposite leaves -Leaf bases deeply heart shaped -Leaf margins coarsely crenateGround ivy, Creeping charlie
(Glechoma hederacea)
Mint family
- 24-Sprawling/climbing vine -Compound opposite leaves -Touch sensitive leaves -Cluster of flowers with ~4 white petalsVirgin's bower
(Clematis spp.)
Buttercup family
- 25-Grows in clumps -Basal leaves glabrous -Fruits covered in woolly bristles -Typically occurs in wet soilsBulrush, Wool grass
(Scirpus)
Sedge family
- 26-Grows in clumps -Cylindrical stems are green -Typically occurs in wet soilsSoft rush
(Juncus effusus)
Rush family
- 27-Resembles bamboo -Hollow woody stems -Evergreen leaves in fan shaped arrangmentRiver cane
(Arundinaria gigantea)
Grass family - 28-Very tall, Grown in clumps -Seeds have silky hairsChinese silver grass
(Miscanthus)
Grass family
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- Environmental Studies FlashCards sobre quiz 1 herbaceous plants of winter and spring , criado por joseph dickerson em 24-01-2022.
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