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Plant List #12: Invasive Species Flashcards

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What is the family name of the Dwarf Arctic willow?

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Salicaceae

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What is the binomial name of Dwarf Arctic willow?

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Salix purpurea ‘Nana’

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How tall does the Dwarf Arctic willow grow?

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7 feet

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What are the uses of Salix purpurea ‘Nana’

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Mass plantings, rear border, slope/erosion stabilizations

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What is the family name of the Common reed?

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Poaceae

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What the binomial name of Common reed?

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Phragmites australis

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How tall does the common reed grow?

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12 feet

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What are the uses of Common reed?

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Very common in ditches and streams. European strain is highly invasive and used for paper, biofuels etc.

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What is the family name of Lily-of-the-valley?

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Asparagaceae

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What is the binomial name of Lily of the valley?

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Convallaria majalis

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How tall does Lily of the valley grow?

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12 inches

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What plant on this list can tolerate full shade?

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Lily of the valley
English ivy
Sweet woodruff
Japanese spurge

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What is the use of Lily of the valley?

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Groundcover for shade and under trees. Avoid near natural areas

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What is the family name of the Manitoba maple?

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Sapindaceae

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What is the binomial name of Manitoba maple?

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Acer negundo

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16
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How tall does Manitoba maple grow?

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50 feet

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What problems does Manitoba maple have?

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Attracts boxelder bugs (invades houses in fall), grows fast but has week wood and is very scraggly

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What is the family name of the Tree of heaven?

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Simaroubaceae

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What is the binomial name of the Tree of heaven?

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Ailanthus altissima

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How tall does the Tree of heaven grow?

21
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Which plant on this list is highly adaptable to pollution?

A

Tree of heaven

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What are the problems of the Tree of heaven?

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Grows fast, brittle, weak wood, grows in concrete cracks, allelopathic

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What is the family name of English ivy?

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Araliaceae

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What is the binomial name of English ivy?

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Hedera helix

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How tall can English ivy grow?
80 feet
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What are the uses of English ivy?
Groundcover, naturalizer
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What is the binomial name of European buckthorn?
Rhamnus cathartica
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What is the family name of European buckthorn?
Rhamnaceae
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How tall does European buckthorn grow?
25 feet
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Which plant on this list must not be planted?
European buckthorn
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What is the binomial name of sweet woodruff?
Galium odoratum
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What is the family name of the sweet woodruff?
Rubiaceae
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How tall does sweet woodruff grow?
12 inches
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What are the uses of sweet odoratum?
Groundcover, herb garden, rock garden, edging
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Which plant on this list requires moist and slightly acidic soil?
Sweet woodruff
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What is the binomial name for Japanese spurge?
Pachysandra terminalis
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What is the family name of Japanese spurge?
Buxaceae
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How tall does Japanese spurge grow?
12 inches
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What is the use for Japanese spurge?
Groundcover for shade, under trees with vigorous roots, avoid near natural areas
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What is the binomial name of Russian olive?
Elaeagnus angustifolia
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What is the family name of Russian olive?
Elaeagnaceae
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How tall can Russian olive grow?
20 feet
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What is the use of Russian olive?
Useful along highways, roads, but invasive otherwise. Has thorns
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Which plant on this list is salt and drought tolerant?
Russian olive
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What is Toronto's new Hardiness zone?
7a

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