Plant Family ID

Question 0

Pines

Answer 0

1-8 needles wrapped together at the base by thin membrane

Question 1

Pine family

Answer 1

Pines, Larches, Spruces, Firs, Douglas Fir, Hemlock

Question 2

Larches

Answer 2

Bright green, deciduous needles arranged in a spiral at the branch buds

Question 3

Spruces

Answer 3

Sharp, pointed needles that role between the fingers. The cones hang down

Question 4

Firs

Answer 4

Soft, furry needles that are flat and won’t roll between the fingers. The cones point up

Question 5

Douglas Fir

Answer 5

Cones hang down. The cones have distinctive, three lobe, Trident like bracts between the scales.

Question 6

Hemlock

Answer 6

Short, flat, blunt needles attached by small stem

Question 7

Gooseberry family

Answer 7

Bushes with Palmate leaves. Translucent berries with attached sepals

Question 8

Saxifrage family

Answer 8

Small plants with small flowers, parts and fives, plus an oblong pistol with two styles

Question 9

Grape family

Answer 9

Vining plants with tendrils and berries

Question 10

Heath family

Answer 10

Mostly red, pink, or white bell shape flowers with flower parts in fives. Leaves often Evergreen.

Question 11

Geranium family

Answer 11

Flower parts in fives with a needle like pistol and a five parted stigma

Question 12

Evening Primrose family

Answer 12

Flower parts usually in fours, including a four lobed stigma

Question 13

Violet family

Answer 13

Slightly irregular pansy like flowers

Question 14

Willow family

Answer 14

Trees/bushes with alternate leaves in moist soil. Catkins form many small capsules

Question 15

Pea family

Answer 15

Banner, wings in Kiel. P like pods and often pinnate leaves

Question 16

Stinging Nettle family

Answer 16

Usually hairy plants with petalless flowers in string light clusters at the leaf axils

Question 17

Rose family

Answer 17

Five sepals and five petals with usually numerous stamens. Oval, serrated leaves

Question 18

Gourd family

Answer 18

Vining plants with tendrils. Funnel shaped flowers form three chambered fruits

Question 19

Mallow family

Answer 19

Mucilaginous plants and flowers with numerous stamens fused into a central column

Question 20

Mustard family

Answer 20

4 petals and six stamens–4 tall and 2 short

Question 21

Pink family

Answer 21

Course plants with parts in 5s and split petal ends

Question 22

Cactus family

Answer 22

Succulent desert plants with spines. Flower parts numerous

Question 23

Borage family

Answer 23

Hairy plants with flower parts in five. 4 nutlets.

Question 24

Nightshade family

Answer 24

Alternate leaves. Lower parts and fives with united petals and a two chambered ovary

Question 25

Figwort family

Answer 25

Irregular flowers with two pedal lobes up and three down. Capsules with numerous seeds

Question 26

Mint family

Answer 26

Square stalks and opposite leaves. Usually aromatic

Question 27

Aster or Sunflower family

Answer 27

Composites of many small flowers in a disklike flowerhead

Question 28

Parsley family

Answer 28

Compound umbels. Usually hollow flower stalks

Question 29

Palm family

Answer 29

Unbranching monocot trees in southern climates

Question 30

Lily family

Answer 30

Monocot flowers with parts in threes. Sepals and petals usually identical

Question 31

Iris family

Answer 31

Lily like flowers with leaves in a flat plane

Question 32

Orchid family

Answer 32

Regular monocot flowers with a distinctly inferior ovary

Question 33

Cattail family

Answer 33

Aquatic plants with hot dog on a stick flower heads

Question 34

Grass family

Answer 34

Grassy plants with me like nodes on hollow flower stems