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Lab 2 - Marsh Plants Flashcards

1
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Poison Ivy

  • leaves in groups of 3
  • white fruits
  • vines have hairs adhering it the tree
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Toxicodendron radicans

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2
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Swamp Milkweed

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Asclepias incarnata

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3
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Flea-bane Daisy

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Aster

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4
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Joe-pye Weed

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Eupatorium maculatum

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5
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Jewel Weed

  • bright orange flowers that resemble snapdragons
  • flower has a hook on the back
  • ripe fruits explode when touched
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Impatiens capensis

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6
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Mint

  • inflorescence not terminal, hugging stem
  • square stem
  • often minty scent
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Mentha

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7
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Purple Loosestrife

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Lythrum salicaria

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8
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Smartweed

  • Orchrea
  • Jointed stem
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Polygonum

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9
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False Nettle

-“balls” point upwards

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Boehmeria

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10
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Arrowhead

  • Heart-shaped leaves
  • 3 main veins
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Sagittaria

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11
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Arrow Arum

  • Heart-shaped leaves
  • A single unifying vein running along the leaf margin
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Peltandra

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12
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Pickerelweed

  • Heart-shaped leaves
  • Veins run parallel to the leaf margin
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Pontedaria

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13
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Every seed in a protective covering (large or small)

Leaves in 3s

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Carex

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14
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Softstem bulrush

  • Similar to scallion
  • Round, squishy stem
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Scirpus

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Wild Millet

-inflorescence in one plane, flattened

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Echinochloa

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16
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Reed Canary Grass

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Phalaris

17
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Dogwood

  • parallel leaf veins that hug the leaf margin
  • fiberous xylem when broken
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Cornus

18
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Buttonbush

  • spiked fruits
  • dominant shrub in northern MI wetlands
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Cephalanthus occidentalis

19
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Willow

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Salix

20
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Silver Maple

  • deeply lobed
  • white underside
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Acer saccharinum

21
Q

Yellow Water Lily

-stiff stem allowing it to stick up off the water surface.

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Nuphar

22
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Water Lily

  • has ‘teeth’ at the outer corners of its slit on the leaf
  • floats on the water’s surface
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Nymphaea

23
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Duckweed

  • floating
  • has 1, 2, or 3 leaves
  • single root, 1-2 cm long
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Lemna minor

24
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Star Duckweed / Ivy Duckweed

  • submersed a couple inches below the surface
  • branched
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Lemna trisulca

25
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Big Duckweed

  • floating
  • red-brown underside
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Spirodela

26
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Watermeal

  • looks like tiny grains of cornmeal
  • floating
  • no roots
  • smallest flowering plant worldwide
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Wolffia

27
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Coontail

-forked, branched, whorled leaves

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Ceratophyllum

28
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Water Milfoil

  • submerged
  • alternate, branched leaves
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Myriophyllum

29
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Bladderwart

-carnivorous: bladder-like traps

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Utricularia

30
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Waterweed

  • submergent
  • whorled leaves in 3s
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Elodea

31
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Curly Pondweed

-finely serrated leaf margin

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Potamogeton crispus

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