Lab 1 - On Campus

Question 1

What is the latin name?

Sensitive fern

Sterile and fertile fronds.

Answer 1

Onoclea sensibilis

Question 2

What is the latin name?

Horsetail/scouring rush

Strongly jointed

Answer 2

Equisetum sp.

Question 3

What is the latin name?

Mint

Square stem, opposite leaves, flower origin on the leaf axial minty smell.

Answer 3

Mentha sp.

Question 4

What is the latin name?

Smartweed

Answer 4

Polygonum sp.

Question 5

What is the latin name?

Water plantain

Large panicle inflorescence; ovate leaves.

Answer 5

Alisma sp.

Question 6

What is the latin name?

Iris

Leaves fan out; okra-like seed pods.

Answer 6

Iris sp.

Question 7

What is the latin name?

Narrow-leaved cattail

Answer 7

Typha angustifolia

Question 8

What is the latin name?

Broad-leaved cattail

Answer 8

Typha latifolia

Question 9

What is the latin name?

Carex

Every seed is in a protective covering

Answer 9

Carex sp.

Question 10

What is the latin name?

Soft-stem bulrush

Rounded, scallion-like stem.

Answer 10

Scirpus validus

Question 11

What is the latin name?

Wild millet

Corn-like appearance; grass.

Answer 11

Echinochloa sp.

Question 12

What is the latin name?

Willow

Long, serrate leaves.

Answer 12

Salix sp.

Question 13

What is the latin name?

Tamarack

Whorled needles originating from a knobby point.

Answer 13

Larix (laricina)

Question 14

What is the latin name?

Water lily

Floating, round leaves; has tooth-like pointed corners of its notch.

Answer 14

Nymphaea sp.

Question 15

What is the latin name?

Coontail

Whorled, forked, toothed “leaves”. Angiosperm without vascular tissue.

Answer 15

Ceratophyllum sp.