Plant Quiz Flashcards
Identify and describe this organism:
Chaetomorpha mawsonii
- Endemic benthic marine algae
- Found in Antarctic or Sub-Antarctic
- Found in Commonwealth Bay and George V Coast
Identify and describe this organism:
Duvillaea antarctica
- Grows in huge beds
- Found in New Zealand, Chile, Sub-Antarctic islands
- Also called “bull kelp”
Identify and describe this organism:
Nothofagus antarctica
- Southern beech tree
- Ground hugging; grows horizontally
- Found in Pleistocene deposits
- 40 million year old deposits identiifed from King George Island
Identify and describe this organism:
Chorisodontium aciphyllum
- One of two dominant mosses on Signy Island of the South Orkneys.
- Deep moss banks provide 5000 year, high resolution stratigraphic climate/ environmental record.
- Grows at rate of just centimeters per centuries.
- Can be revived after ~1500 years in frozen suspended animation.
Identify and describe this organism:
Polystrichastrum alpinum
- One of two dominant mosses on Signey Island of the South Orkneys.
- Found throughout Antarctica/ sub-Antarctic.
- Very fertile; annually develops abdundant sporophytes.
- Also found in North American flora.
Identify and describe this organism:
Deschampsia antarctica
- One of two flowering native Antarctic plants
- Occurs in Scotia Arc islands and western Antarctic peninsula
- x25 increase in numbers with climate change.
Identify and describe this organism:
Colobanthus quitensis
- One of two flowering Antarctic plants.
- Occurs on continental edge and Scotia Arc islands.
- Grows ~5 cm tall; cushion-like growth habit.
- x5 increase in numbers with climate change; extended range southward.
Identify and describe this organism:
Poa annua
- An introduced maritime zone flowering plant.
- AKA: annual meadow grass (annual bluegrass)
Identify and describe this organism:
Poa pratensis
- An introduced maritime zone flowering plant.
- AKA: Common meadow grass (Kentucky bluegrass)
Identify and describe this organism:
Festuca amethystina
- Tufted fescue grass.
- Common to South Georgia.
Identify and describe this organism:
Poa flabellata
- Tussock grass.
- Common to South Georgia.
Identify and describe this organism:
Juncus scheuchzerioides
- AKA “native rush.”
- Common to South Georgia.
Identify and describe this organism:
Sanguisorba officinalis
- AKA “greater burnet.”
- Common to South Georgia.
Identify and describe this organism:
Rostkovia magellanica
- AKA “brown rush.”
- Common to South Georgia.
