Test your basic knowledge |

Field Botany

Subject : science

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Adoxaceae - viburnum opulus
Katsura Tree
Snowball Bush
Pyracantha
Western Wild Rose

2. Fagaceae - fagus sylvatica
Rowan
European Beech
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Pear

3. Malvaceae - hibiscus syriacus
Silver Linden
Japanese Zelkova
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Rose-of-Sharon

4. Hamamelidaceae - liquidambar styraciflua
Arctic Willow
Juniper (shrub form)
False Spireae
Sweet Gum

5. Salicaceae - salix babylonica
Weeping Willow
Green Ash
Bigtooth Maple
Rubber Rabbitbrush

6. Cupressaceae - Taxodium distichum
Bearberry Cotoneaster
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Silver Linden

7. Malvaceae - tilia cordata
Flowering Plum
Littleleaf Linden
Japanese Euonymus
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)

8. Rosaceae - cydonia oblongata
Gold Dust Plant
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
Sweet Gum
Quince

9. Pinaceae - Pinus edulus
Japanese Pagoda
Pyracantha
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
Boxelder

10. Pinaceae - Picea glauca
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Southern Bush Honeysuckle
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany

11. Salicaceae - populus angustifolia
Narrowleaf Poplar
Lilac
Ninebark
Leatherleaf Viburnum

12. Magnoliaceae - liriodendron tulipifera
Kentucky Coffee Tree
False Spireae
Tulip Tree
Squawbush

13. Rosaceae - malus x domestica
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Four Winged Saltbrush
Apple
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra

14. Asteraceae - ericameria nauseosus
Peking Cotoneaster
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Ninebark
White Sage

15. Pinaceae - Pseudatsuga menziesii
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
Alder Buckthorn
Rose-of-Sharon
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)

16. Celastraceae - Euonymus fortunei
Purple Ninebark
Climbing Euonymus
Siberian Pea Shrub
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)

17. Asteraceae - artemisia ludoviciana
Paper Birch
Apricot
Cottonwood
White Sage

18. Rosaceae - prunus avium
Cultivated Rose
Fremont Mahonia
Pyracantha
Sweet Cherry

19. Pinaceae - Cedrus atlantica
Amur Maple
Beautybush
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Pottawatomi Plum

20. Rosaceae - rosa woodsii
Peking Cotoneaster
Beautybush
Japanese Pagoda
Western Wild Rose

21. Caprifoliaceae - symphoricarpos albus
Siberian Elm
Common Snowberry
Norway Maple
Red Sumac

22. Fabaceae - caragana arborescens
Golden Rain Tree
White Sage
Apple
Siberian Pea Shrub

23. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster acutifolia
Common Snowberry
Peking Cotoneaster
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Black Locust

24. Rosaceae - cercocarpus ledifolius
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Russian Olive
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
Climbing Euonymus

25. Cupressaceae - Juniperus osteosperma
Utah Juniper (one seed in the seed cone)
Virginia Creeper
Amur Maple
Rocky Mnt. Maple

26. Anacardiaceae - cotinus coggygria
Bradford Pear
Inkberry
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Smokebush

27. Vitaceae - parthenocissus quinquifolia
Virginia Creeper
Honey Locust
Dappled Willow
Cherry Laurel

28. Celastraceae - euonymus japonicus
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)
English Yew (v-shaped)
Japanese Euonymus
Bumald Spiraea

29. Hydrangeaceae - hydrangea sp.
Hydrangea
Black Walnut
Quince
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)

30. Bignoniaceae - catalpa speciosa
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
Catawba
Paper Birch
Red Maple

31. Vitaceae - vitis labrusca
Concord Grape
Shrubby Cinquefolia
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush

32. Salicaceae - salix integra
Japanese Wisteria
Dappled Willow
Norway Maple
Bridal Wreath

33. Fabaceae - sophora japonica
Bridal Wreath
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
Japanese Pagoda
Lavender

34. Rutaceae - phellodendron sachalinense
Western Wild Rose
Netleaf Hackberry
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Cork Tree

35. Sapindaceae - acer campestre
Hedge Maple
Black Walnut
Four Winged Saltbrush
Lilac

36. Asteraceae - artemisia tridentata
Trumpet Creeper
Ohio Buckeye
Bumald Spiraea
Big Sagebrush

37. Ulmaceae - ulmus pumila
River Birch
English Yew (v-shaped)
Siberian Elm
Corkscrew Willow

38. Rosaceae - prunus americana
Beautybush
Redbud
Boxwood
Pottawatomi Plum

39. Malvaceae - tilia americana
Honey Locust
Green Ash
Narrowleaf Poplar
American Linden

40. Betulaceae - betula pendula
European Hornbeam
European White Birch
Tree of Heaven
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)

41. Caprifoliaceae - weigela florida
Smokebush
Japanese Pagoda
Weigela
Silver Maple

42. Cupressaceae - Calocedrus decurrens
Quince
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)
Corkscrew Willow
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)

43. Sapindaceae - aesculus hippocastanum
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
Large Periwinkle
Horse Chestnut
Plum

44. Moraceae - ficus carica
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)
Common Fig
Burkwood's Viburnum

45. Ephedraceae - ephedra viridis
Peking Cotoneaster
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Green Ash
American Elm

46. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster apiculatus
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Cranberry Cotoneaster
American Hornbeam

47. Ulmaceae - zelkova serrata
Western Wild Rose
Golden Current
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Japanese Zelkova

48. Berberidaceae - berberis thunbergii
Cherry Laurel
Katsura Tree
Japanese Barberry
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)

49. Sapindaceae - acer grandidentatum
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Bigtooth Maple
Forsythia

50. Cupressaceae - Sequiadendron giganteum
Tall Oregon Grape
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Elderberry
Crabapple