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I Hate Blackberries!

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Angiosperms and Gymnosperms
I Hate Blackberries game quiz
"Does "blackberry" make you think of pies and jams? Well, meet the Himalayan blackberry. This noxious, invasive weed will quickly become the plant that you love to hate. You'll never look at one of those juicy berries the same way again."

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1. The Himalayan blackberry has become a dreaded and despised weed across the world. Where have they not spread their spiky tendrils?
    South Africa
    Mexico
    Australia
    Chile


2. What area has the dubious honor of being the original home of the Himalayan blackberry?
    Armenia
    Great Britain
    The Himalayas
    The Pacific Northwest


3. Himalayan blackberry has many vices. Which is NOT one of them?
    Crowds out native plants
    Leaves are poisonous to livestock
    Blocks trails with impassable thickets
    Dead canes are a fire hazard


4. Himalayan blackberries can quickly overtake an area. Which is NOT one of the ways that they can spread?
    Canes root wherever they touch the ground
    Animals eat the berries and spread the seeds
    Roots send up suckers
    Pieces of thorny cane become entangled in animal fur, fall out, and root


5. In which habitat do Himalayan blackberries cause the most problems?
    Old-growth forests
    Oak woodlands
    Native-grass prairies
    Riparian areas near streams and rivers


6. What misguided but famous individual was responsible for the invasion of Himalayan blackberry in the Pacific Northwest?
    Meriwether Lewis
    William Clark
    George Washington
    Luther Burbank


7. In the past, ecologists actually recommended planting Himalayan blackberries in the Pacific Northwest.
    True
    False


8. Many weeds have natural controls- thing like bugs that eat them or diseases that plague them- that can be used to control them. Unfortunately for blackberry destroyers, natural controls for Himalayan blackberry are not available in the US, because of fears that they may infect cultivated blackberries. However, one natural control, scientifically known as Phragmidium violaceum, has been used in Australia and was discovered in 2005 on Himalayan blackberry in Oregon. What is Phragmidium violaceum?
    An insect
    A small mammal that eats blackberry leaves
    A bacterial disease
    A fungal disease


9. If you want to get rid of Himalayan blackberries, which method has the greatest chance of success?
    Cut them down after flowering, dig up all root crowns, and spray any shoots that emerge in the fall with herbicides
    Cut them down with a brush mower
    Burn them to the ground
    Spray them with herbicide in the early spring


10. Do Himalayan blackberries have any benefits whatsoever to the environment?
    Only in their natural environment in their country of origin
    No, they are an utterly useless pox upon the face of the earth
    Yes, but they are outweighed by their deficits
    Yes, they really are pretty benign and on the whole do more good than harm


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Compiled May 19 13