Final Exam (Plant Diversity)

Aralia nudicaulis

Wild Sarsaparilla

Daucus carota

Wild Carrot

Liatrus ligulistylus

Showy Blazing Star

Rudbeckia hirta

Black-Eyed Susan

Taraxacum officinale

Dandelion

Carex pennsylvanica

Pennsylvania Sedge

Eriophorum sp.

Cottongrass

Chamaedaphne calyculata

Leatherleaf

Gaultheria procumbens

Wintergreen

Rhododendron groenlandicum

Labrador Tea

Amphicarpaea bracteata

Hog Peanut

Trifolium repens

White Clover

Andropogon gerardii

Big Bluestem

Panicum virgatum

Switchgrass

Zizania palustris

Manoomin

Rosa blanda

Smooth Rose

Rubus idaeus

Red Raspberry

Prunus virginiana

Chokecherry

Calla palustris

Wild Calla

Caltha palustris

Marsh Marigold

Clintonia borealis

Bluebead Lily

Cypripedium calceolus

Yellow Lady Slipper

Lemna minor

Lesser Duckweed

Mentha arvensis

Wild Mint

Nymphaea odorata

White Water Lily

Typha angustifolia

Narrow Leaf Cattail

Symphoricarpos albus

Snowberry

Acer negundo

Boxelder

Acer rubrum

Red Maple

Acer saccharum

Sugar Maple

Betula papyrifera

Paper Birch

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Green Ash

Larix laricina

Tamarack

Picea glauca

White Spruce

Pinus banksiana

Jack Pine

Pinus resinosa

Red Pine

Pinus strobus

White Pine

Populus tremuloides

Trembling Aspen

Quercus macrocarpa

Bur Oak

Quercus rubra

Northern Red Oak

Salix sp.

Willow

Thuja occidentalis

Eastern White Cedar

Tilia americana

Basswood

Toxicodendron radicans

Poison Ivy

Vitis riparia

River Grape

Lycopodium sensibilis

Sensitive Fern

Pteridium aquilinum

Bracken Fern

Apiaceae

What Family includes sarsaparilla and wild carrot?

Asteraceae

What Family includes showing blazing star, black eyed susans, and dandilions?

Cyperaceae

What Family includes pennsylvania sedges and cottongrass?

Ericaceae

What Family includes leatherleaf, wintergreen, and labrador tea?

Fabaceae

What Family includes hog peanut and white clover?

Poeaceae

What Family includes big bluestem, switchgrass, and manoomin?

Roseaceae

What Family includes smooth rose, chokecherry, and red raspberry?

Stamens AND pistils

What does a perfect flower have?

Stamens OR pistils

What does an imperfect flower have?

Caryopsis

What is a dry grain with one seed and the ovary is attached to the wall

Samara

What is a winged achene?

Hypanthium

What is a cup-like structure surrounding a flower?

Involucre

What is a whorl of bracts surrounding an inflorescence or at the base of an umbel?

Hypanthium

What is a distinguished characteristic of the Rosaceae Family?

Involucre

What distinguished characteristic of the Asteraceae Family?

Linnaeus, 1753

Who and when was the “Species Plantarum” published