Plants Scientific Name Descriptions

Question 0

Five pointed leaf, silver on back

Answer 0

Silver Maple, Acer saccharinum

Question 1

Three-five leaflets, helicopters, nasty looking

Answer 1

Boxelder, Acer negundo

Question 2

Bright red leaves in fall

Answer 2

Red Maple, Acer rubrum

Question 3

Fluffy seeds, flattened stem

Answer 3

Eastern Cottonwood, Populus deltoides

Question 4

Needles come off in groups of two, lighter, woodier bark

Answer 4

Red Pine, Pinus resinosa

Question 5

Very green, fluffy looking needles, smooth looking bark, needles come off in fives

Answer 5

White Pine, Pinus strobus

Question 6

Saggy looking, wimpy branches

Answer 6

Black Willow, Salix nigra

Question 7

Very long leaves, parallel veins, double saw teeth, uneven halves of leaf

Answer 7

American Elm, Ulmus americana

Question 8

Long, pointy leaves

Answer 8

Red Oak, Quercus rubra

Question 9

Football shaped leaves, bark smooth with dashes

Answer 9

Black Cherry, Prunus serotina

Question 10

Shiny green leaves, black berries, all over, tangled, nasty

Answer 10

Common Buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica

Question 11

Flower with black center and yellow petals radiating out from it

Answer 11

Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta

Question 12

Flower with yellow center, white petals radiating out from it

Answer 12

White Heath Aster, Aster pilosus

Question 13

Flower with yellow center, purple petals radiating out from it.

Answer 13

New England Aster, Aster novae-angliae

Question 14

Goldish yellow flowers, have cancerous growths

Answer 14

Gray Goldenrod, Solidago nemoralis

Question 15

Long grass with fluffy tip, looks like a tail

Answer 15

Common Cattail, Typha latifolia

Question 16

White and yellow flower, snapdragon

Answer 16

Butter and Eggs, Linaria vulgaris

Question 17

Medium-height plant that stands straight up and has petals radiating all around it

Answer 17

Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca

Question 18

Long grass, has a blue or purple stem

Answer 18

Big Bluestem, Andropogon gerardii

Question 19

Blue or purple flowers

Answer 19

Blue Indigo, Bapitisa australis

Question 20

Tall, aster looking plant flower, purple

Answer 20

Purple Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea

Question 21

Grass with oats on one side

Answer 21

Side Oats grama grass, Bouteloua curtipendula

Question 22

Bush, red things on it, berries

Answer 22

Elderberry, Sambucus canadensis