Midwestern Wetland Plants

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Equisetum, a non-seed bearing wetland plant that is sometimes known as scouring rush, is better known as: phragmites horsetail nut sedge reed canary grass

2. This submergent wetland plant is insectivorous: pitcher plant bladderwort stinging nettle duckweed

3. This wetland plant was named for its odor, and can actually produce its own heat: stinkweed skunk cabbage sycamore spice bush

4. This wetland plant is in the same family as cotton and okra: marsh marigold cottonwood rose mallow flax

5. Which common wetland plant is not in the Aster family? ironweed Joe-Pye-weed great angelica wingstem

6. All of the following are characteristics of buttonbush except: golf ball shaped flowers edible, mint flavored leaves leaves opposite or whorled shrub-like form

7. Which of the following trees is not common in wetlands? cottonwood box elder white pine red maple

8. Which of the following wetland trees does not produce edible fruit? hackberry black willow papaw mulberry

9. Some wetland plants have gained well-earned notoriety. Which of the following is not considered noxious or invasive? phragmites purple loosestrife cattail bugleweed

10. Some wetland plants can harm humans. Which can not? stinging nettle poison sumac Venus flytrap poison ivy