Plant Identification TestPlant Lists 1-3

This quiz uses the PINK answer sheet.

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Partial Picture Identification

The following 10 pictures are only one small portion of the plant. You may find it helpful to

compare these pictures to the previous 22 when identifying the plant.

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Multiple Choice Questions

Choose the best answer for each.

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Which of these does photosynthesis on it’s skin/bark?

(a) Spiny Cliff Brake

(b) Alligator Juniper

(c) Ponderosa/Yellow Pine

(d) Ephedra

(e) Resurrection Plant

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Which of these plant has hooked spines?

(a) Chain-fruit Cholla

(b) Saguaro

(c) Hedgehog Cactus

(d) Prickly Pear, Engelmann’s

(e) Mammallaria

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Which of these plants does NOT have any edible parts?

(a) Pinyon Pine

(b) Spiny Cliff Brake

(c) Engelmann’s Prickly Pear

(d) Fishhook Barrel

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Which is MOST LIKELY to be found on a mountain (and not in the desert valley)?

(a) Resurrection Plant (b) Staghorn Cholla(c) Spiny Cliff Brake(d) Saguaro(e) Douglas Fir

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Which needs the MOST water?

(a) Liverwort

(b) Lichen

(c) Fishhook Barrel

(d) Star Cloak Fern

(e) Ponderosa/Yellow Pine

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Which is an algae and a fungus living together?

(a) Alligator Juniper(b) Bracken(c) Wavy Cloak Fern(d) Lichen(e) Ephedra

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Which has needle leaves and cones?

(a) Douglas Fir

(b) Resurrection Plant

(c) Fishhook Barrel

(d) Star Cloak Fern

(e) Moss

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Which does NOT have spines?

(a) Saguaro

(b) Mammallaria

(c) Alligator Juniper

(d) Hedgehog

(e) Chain-fruit Cholla

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Which spreads using spores (NOT seeds)?

(a) Bracken

(b) Mammallaria

(c) Douglas Fir

(d) Pinyon Pine

(e) Fishhook Barrel

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Which makes fruit and flowers?

(a) Ponderosa/Yellow Pine

(b) Horsetail

(c) Staghorn Cholla

(d) Liverwort

(e) Star Cloak Fern

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Which of these plants makes seeds but does NOT make fruit or flowers?

(a) Douglas Fir

(b) Moss

(c) Saguaro

(d) Wavy Cloak Fern

(e) Resurrection Plant

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Which of these plants does NOT have a stem (vascular system & veins)?

(a) Hedgehog

(b) Resurrection Plant

(c) Bracken

(d) Horsetail

(e) Liverwort

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Which is MOST LIKELY to be found on a desert?

(a) Bracken(b) Moss(c) Douglas Fir(d) Mammallaria(e) Horsetail

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Which is NOT a desert plant (found near water or on the mountain)?

(a) Lindheimer’s Lip Fern(b) Ephedra(c) Wavy Cloak Fern(d) Fishhook Barrel(e) Ponderosa/Yellow Pine

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Which does NOT tend to live near or at the base of rocks in the desert?

(a) Lichen(b) Pinyon Pine(c) Star Cloak Fern(d) Spiny Cliff Brake(e) Horsetail

THE END

Either check your answers or turn in your answer sheet.

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