Lab 2 - Marsh Plants Flashcards
(31 cards)
1
Q
Poison Ivy
- leaves in groups of 3
- white fruits
- vines have hairs adhering it the tree
A
Toxicodendron radicans
2
Q
Swamp Milkweed
A
Asclepias incarnata
3
Q
Flea-bane Daisy
A
Aster
4
Q
Joe-pye Weed
A
Eupatorium maculatum
5
Q
Jewel Weed
- bright orange flowers that resemble snapdragons
- flower has a hook on the back
- ripe fruits explode when touched
A
Impatiens capensis
6
Q
Mint
- inflorescence not terminal, hugging stem
- square stem
- often minty scent
A
Mentha
7
Q
Purple Loosestrife
A
Lythrum salicaria
8
Q
Smartweed
- Orchrea
- Jointed stem
A
Polygonum
9
Q
False Nettle
-“balls” point upwards
A
Boehmeria
10
Q
Arrowhead
- Heart-shaped leaves
- 3 main veins
A
Sagittaria
11
Q
Arrow Arum
- Heart-shaped leaves
- A single unifying vein running along the leaf margin
A
Peltandra
12
Q
Pickerelweed
- Heart-shaped leaves
- Veins run parallel to the leaf margin
A
Pontedaria
13
Q
Every seed in a protective covering (large or small)
Leaves in 3s
A
Carex
14
Q
Softstem bulrush
- Similar to scallion
- Round, squishy stem
A
Scirpus
15
Q
Wild Millet
-inflorescence in one plane, flattened
A
Echinochloa
16
Q
Reed Canary Grass
A
Phalaris
17
Q
Dogwood
- parallel leaf veins that hug the leaf margin
- fiberous xylem when broken
A
Cornus
18
Q
Buttonbush
- spiked fruits
- dominant shrub in northern MI wetlands
A
Cephalanthus occidentalis
19
Q
Willow
A
Salix
20
Q
Silver Maple
- deeply lobed
- white underside
A
Acer saccharinum
21
Q
Yellow Water Lily
-stiff stem allowing it to stick up off the water surface.
A
Nuphar
22
Q
Water Lily
- has ‘teeth’ at the outer corners of its slit on the leaf
- floats on the water’s surface
A
Nymphaea
23
Q
Duckweed
- floating
- has 1, 2, or 3 leaves
- single root, 1-2 cm long
A
Lemna minor
24
Q
Star Duckweed / Ivy Duckweed
- submersed a couple inches below the surface
- branched
A
Lemna trisulca
25
Big Duckweed
- floating
- red-brown underside
*Spirodela*
26
Watermeal
- looks like tiny grains of cornmeal
- floating
- no roots
- smallest flowering plant worldwide
*Wolffia*
27
Coontail
-forked, branched, whorled leaves
*Ceratophyllum*
28
Water Milfoil
- submerged
- alternate, branched leaves
*Myriophyllum*
29
Bladderwart
-carnivorous: bladder-like traps
*Utricularia*
30
Waterweed
- submergent
- whorled leaves in 3s
*Elodea*
31
Curly Pondweed
-finely serrated leaf margin
*Potamogeton crispus*
