Horticulture I - Plant ID Quiz #2

Indoor Christmas-season plants with bracts or modified leaves that are red, pink, or white on different plants. What is the name of these plants?

• Poinsettia

• Spider plant

• Florist chrysanthemum

• Geranium

The scientific name for an azalea is:

• Cornus florida.

• Ficus benjamina.

• Rhododendron kiusianum.

• Saintpaulia ionantha.

A plant with large green leaf-like growth that looked similar to a long vein down the middle. It had many little leaf-like structures called fronds, but it had no flowers or seeds. This plant is a:

• catawba rhododendron.

• geranium.

• weeping fig.

• boston fern.

If the scientific name is Ficus benjamina, what plant is it?

• peace lily

• weeping fig

• english ivy

• impatiens

A tree with the scientific name Acer palmatum. What is the plant's common name?

• Japanese Maple

• Sugar Maple

• Red Maple

• Red Oak

Small deciduous trees that flower all summer and into early fall with a flower color that may be white, pink, red, or purple. What is the plant?

• Crepe myrtle

• Evergreen euonymus

• Prayer plant

• Red maple

Small, deciduous tree with heart-shaped leaves, three- to five-inch long brown bean-type pods, and pink-purple colored seasonal flowers is an:

• ajuga

• japanese maple

• eastern redbud

• red oak

An indoor flowering plant grown for hanging baskets and pots that has red, white, or pink flowers and green leaves with long petioles, and is popular for Mother’s Day is a:

• Boston Fern

• Geranium

• Hosta

• Impatiens

A large, shade-loving evergreen growing in the edge of forests on his last trip to the mountains. If the shrub has dark green leaves that are five inches long and two inches wide and has many large flowers, it is most likely a:

• Catawba Rhododendron

• Red Oak

• Red Maple

• Japanese Barberry

An interior plant that is about 4 feet tall and looks similar to a little pine or cedar tree with dark green leaves. It is a/an:

• Eastern White Pine

• Norfolk Island Pine

• Fraiser Fir

• Eastern Redbud