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Plant ID quiz
woody and herbacious plants
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Plant Sciences
Undergraduate 2
03/15/2013

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Artemesia

 

Artemesia 'Powis Castle

 

 

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Dusty Miller

 

Senecio cineraria

 

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Red Yucca

 

Hesperaloe parviflora

 

 

-Attracts hummingbirds

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Daffodil

 

Narcissus spp.

 

 

Highly Toxic

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Pansy

 

Biola wittrockiana

 

 

-Is a good bedding plant

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Flowering Kale

 

Brassica oleracea

 

 

-winter annual

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Lamb's Ear

 

Stachys byzating

 

 

-Drought tolerant

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Festuca

 

Festuca glauca 'Elija's Blue'

 

 

-Harvest leaves when young for culinary use

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Buffalo Grass

 

-Bechloe dactyloides

 

 

 

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Trailing Lantana

 

Lantana montevidensis

 

 

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Basil

 

Ocimum sp.

 

 

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Geranium

 

Perlargodium c hortorum

 

 

-Grown mainly in containers

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Ornamental Sweet Potato

 

Ipomea batatas

 

 

-A warm season groundcover

 

 

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Purple Heart Vine

 

Setcreasea purpurea

 

 

-tolerates moderate drought

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Hot Lips Little-Leaf Sage

 

Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips'

 

 

-Is a deer repellent(they leave it alone)

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Yaupon Holly

 

Ilex vomitoria

 

 

-Is an evergreen

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Indian Hawthorn

 

Rhaphiolepis indica

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Pinyon Pine

 

Pinus cembroides

 

 

-Large seeds are edible

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Weeping Texas Redbud

 

Cerciscanadensis texensis 'Traveller'

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Chinese Holly

 

Illex cornuta

 

 

-Is a good deterrent plant

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Canaert Juniper

 

Juniperus virginiana 'Canaertii'

 

 

-makes a good audia/visual screen

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Rockspray Cotoneaster

 

cotoneaster horizontalis

 

 

-horizontal growth habit

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Cabernet Sauvignon Grape

 

Vitis vinifera 'Cabernet Savignon'

 

 

-Fruit is superior for wine

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Rosemary

 

Rosmarinus officinalis

 

 

- Salt tolerant, is an herb

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Western Soapberry

 

Sapindus saponari drummondii

 

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Texas Mountain Laurel

 

Sophora secundiflora

 

 

 

-Drought tolerant, seeds are pisonous

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Agarita

 

Bergeris trifoliolata

 

 

-A good deterretn plant

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Tam Juniper

 

Juniperus sabina 'Tamariscifolia'

 

 

-Is an evergreen

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Hinckley's Oak

 

Quercus hinkleyi

 

 

 

-Native to Texas, is threatened *2 counties only

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Scarlet Firethorn

 

Pyracantha coccinea

 

 

-Has thorns

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