Exam style questions for plants

Cards (86)

  • If you were growing a brassica seed crop, like kale, why would you not want wild turnip to be growing in or near the crop?
    Cross pollination
  • What family does hedge mustard belong to?
    Brassicaceae
  • When is black nightshade more likely to germinate?
    Spring
  • What product quality problem does stinking mayweed cause?
    Milk taint
  • Is nettle an annual, biennial or perennial?
    Annual
  • Does cleavers establish in autumn, spring or at any time of the year
    Any time of the year - especially winter
  • Water pepper grows in wet or badly drained areas, but why does it tend to increase in a pasture system?
    Because stock don't like to eat it because of its peppery taste
  • Is redroot frost hardy?
    No
  • is Fathen more of a problem in dairy pastures, sheep pastures or crops?
    Crops
  • What family is willow weed from?
    Polygonaceae
  • What vegetative structure does Californian thistle have?
    Creeping root
  • Is scotch thistle annual, biennial or perennial?
    Biennial
  • when does Sow thistle tend to germinate more:
    Anytime
  • Is dandelion a perennial, annual or biennial?
    perennial
  • True/False, catsear is more preferred by sheep than broadleaf fleabane?
    True
  • What family is hawksweed from?
    Asteraceae
  • What type of soil condition does spurrey grow well in
    Acidic
  • When does twin cress tend to germinate
    Anytime
  • What family is mallow from?
    Malvaceae
  • Why is broadleaf fleabane more of a problem along electric fences
    Causes shorts, and less likely to be eaten
  • What vegetative structure does creeping buttercup have to persist from year to year?
    Stolons
  • What farm system is giant buttercup most commonly found in?
    Dairy farms
  • What type of soil does sheeps sorrel particularly tolerate?
    Dry, acidic soil
  • What vegetative structure does broad-leafed dock have?
    taproot
  • How are the seeds of blackberry dispersed mainly?
    By birds
  • What plant family is broom belong to?
    Fabaceae
  • What pasture does pennyroyal grow in?
    both sheep and dairy pastures
  • True/False, gorse will not regrow from cut stumps
    False
  • Yarrow is more problematic in what production system?
    Pastures
  • What region is mouse-ear hawkweed most commonly found in?
    South island - canterbury
  • What production system is ragwort most found in?
    Cattle pastures
  • Is hemlock a perennial, biennial or annual?
    biennial
  • True/False: bracken is a major problem in forestr
    True
  • Stock death from tutu usually occurs when?
    from eating growing plants after stock escape from fenced paddocks into regenerating native bush or native forest margins
  • What part of yew is poisonous
    All parts are poisonous apart from the red-berry like arils
  • What is the most poisonous parts of oak trees?
    The acorn
  • What type of stock are most vulnerable to poisoning by consuming macrocarpa?
    Pregnant cows
  • Stock deaths from rhododendron usually how?
    From prunings or clippings thrown into paddocks near farming gardens
  • True/False: The main way to control apple scab is with resistant cultivars?
    True
  • True/False: Poplar rust is more commonly found in a wet climate or during a cold season?
    True