Plant Identification for NRES 419 Plant Quiz

Vocabulary flashcards identifying plant species, scientific names, and key anatomical characteristics from the lecture transcript.

Tree with toothed leaves featuring a notch at the tip.

European alder (Alnus glutinosa)

Shrub with narrow leaves that have widely spaced teeth.

Sandbar willow (Salix interior)

Shrub with opposite leaves and red fruit.

Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)

Plant with opposite leaves that are rough-hairy on the upper surface and whitish beneath, with white fruit.

Roughleaf dogwood (Cornus drummondii)

Flowering plant with compound leaves and non-showy flowers.

Devil’s beggar’s-tick (Bidens frondosa)

Flowering plant with simple (not compound), toothed, and opposite leaves, and non-showy yellow flowers.

Purple-stem beggar’s-tick (Bidens connata)

What is this flower?

Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)

What is this flower?

Common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

What is this flower

Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota)

Flowering plant featuring a broader leaf base with teeth on the leaf extending all the way to the base.

Late boneset (Eupatorium serotinum)

Flowering plant whose leaf narrows at the base, with teeth ending half-way to the base.

Tall boneset (Eupatorium altissimum)

Flowering plant with flowers located in the leaf axils and a square stem.

Bugleweed (Lycopus americanus)

Short-statured plant with highly variable leaves.

White avens (Geum canadense)

Vine with heart-shaped leaves.

White morning-glory (Ipomoea lacunosa)

Flowering plant characterized by swollen nodes on the stem and pink flowers.

Lady’s thumb (Persicaria maculosa)

What is this flower?

Field thistle (Cirsium discolor)

Flowering plant characterized by small, narrow leaves.

Hairy aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum)

Legume with finely divided leaves composed of many leaflets.

Crown vetch (Securigera varia)

Legume with trifoliate leaves (3 leaflets).

Alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)

Small plant with fuzzy, deeply lobed leaves.

Obe-Wan-Conobea (Leucospora multifida)

Short, sprawling plant containing white sap.

Spotted spurge (Euphorbia maculata)

Plant with opposite leaves that clasp the stem, and small flowers in the leaf axils.

Scarlet toothcup (Ammannia coccinea)

Plant with opposite leaves, a square stem that roots at nodes, and flowers/fruits in small clusters.

Fogfruit (Phyla lanceolata)

Plant with opposite leaves and a squarish stem.

Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)

Plant with untoothed, opposite leaves, white sap, and smooth, very narrow fruit.

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

Plant with untoothed, narrow, opposite leaves, white sap, and smooth fruits.

Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)

What is this flower?

Blue vervain (Verbena hastata)

Ragweed species characterized by dissected leaves.

Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

Tall ragweed plant with three-lobed, opposite, rough leaves.

Giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida)

Dicot plant characterized by spiny fruit.

Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)

Short-statured sedge featuring spreading tips on the scales of the fruit.

Tapertip flatsedge (Cyperus acuminatus)

Sedge with a triangular stem, usually over 12 inches tall.

Yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus)

Sedge with a triangular stem, less than 10 inches tall.

Shining flatsedge (Cyperus bipartitus)

What is this rush?

Dudley’s rush (Juncus dudleyi)

What is this rush?

Torrey’s rush (Juncus torreyi)

Rush characterized by having no leaf blades, just an unbranched stem.

Common spikerush (Eleocharis palustris)

Grass species with narrow leaf blades folded down the center.

Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis)

Grass species identified by a flattened base of the plant.

Barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli)

What is this grass?

Small dropseed (Sporobolus neglectus)

What is this grass?

Green foxtail (Setaria viridis)

What is this grass?

Tufted lovegrass (Eragrostis pectinacea)

Grass species whose stem often zig-zags.

Fall panicum (Panicum dichotomiflorum)