bio quiz 2 Flashcards
Composite Family
Disk and ray
Minty family
aromatic, oregano, basil, sage, lavender. flavors produced by oils of the plants Decorative members: coleus and salvia
Parsley family
Many used as foods or seasonings - carrots, celery, parsley, dill
Poisonous members include: poison hemlock, water hemlock
Rose family
Wild roses with open, 5-petal design
Blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries
Fruit trees such as apple,, cherry, peach, pear, and almond
Pea family
One of largest families of flowering plants
Food - English peas, beans (all kinds), peanuts, lentils
Forage
for animals and prevents soil erosion
Decorative
wisteria vine, redbud, locust, laburnum, and mimosa trees
Kudzu
to enrich the soil and prevent erosion
Mustard family
cabbage, collards, kale, and turnips
Lily family
Aloe vera, yucca, tulip, trillium, and hyacinth
Nightshade family
tomatoes, Irish potatoes, peppers, eggplants Poisonous - deadly nightshade (belladonna), woody nightshade, tobacco Ornamental - petunia
Cashew Family
Three most common poisonous plants: poison sumac, poison ivy, poison oak
Bienniel
through 2 growing seasons
Annual
produce new seeds all in a single growing season.
perennials
that live from year to year
Moncots description
one cotyledon fiberous root, scattered stem, parallel veins, 3 flowers.
Dicot descriptions
Two contyledon, taproot, scattered stem, net like viens, 4-5 flowers.
Nitrogen cycle
The movement of nitrogen from the atmosphere, into soil and back to the atmosphere is called
Denitrifying bacteria
release nitrogen back into the atmosphere.
Decomposers
in the soil break down organic matter releasing nitrogen in the form of ammonia.
3 most important Cereal crops
Rice, corn, wheat
Crabgrass
2-3 ft tall stems topped by spike of grain like fruits that is 3-8 in long
Quackgrass
leaves are 3-6 in long and hairy at the base, flowers are in spikes clustered in a whorl at the end of the stem, kind of like the ribs of an umbrella on the handle - sometimes called umbrella grass
