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Agrostology

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Agrostology?

a)

The Study of Sedges

b)

The Study of Grasses

c)

The Study of Hedges

d)

A Country in the Middle East

2.

What is the Study of Real Sedges (Carex)?

a)

Caricology

b)

Cardiology

c)

Agrostology

d)

Radiology

3.

What are all common names for the Carex Albula?

a)

Curly Sedge

b)

Blond Sedge

c)

New Zealand Sedge

d)

African Grass

e)

Asian Bamboo Grass

4.

What is the scientific name for the Bowles Golden Sedge?

a)

Carex Albula

b)

Carex Elata

c)

Elata Albany

d)

Albula Carex

5.

Who discovered the European Tussock Sedge?

(a)  

6.

What are some common names for Carex Elata?

a)

European Tussock Sedge

b)

Bowles Golden Sedge

c)

Curled Sedge

d)

Blue Sedge

7.

Where was the Carex Elata Originally from?

a)

New Mexico

b)

Canada

c)

Europe - Central Asia

d)

Laos

8.

What is the most species-rich genus in the Cyperaceae family?

(a)  

9.

About how many species are in the Rhynchospora Genus?

a)

650

b)

250

c)

1000

d)

20

10.

Which genus of the Cyperaceae family has roughly 650 species?

a)

Carex

b)

Rhynchospora

c)

Cyperus

d)

Mapania

11.

Where did the Carex Albula originate?

a)

South Island New Zealand

b)

Australia

c)

Afra Triangle, Africa

d)

Central Asia

12.

Which Grasses are in the sub-family Pooideae?

a)

Rye

b)

Wheat

c)

Oat

d)

Barely

13.

Where is Carex Cherokeensis native to?

a)

New Zealand

b)

Africa

c)

Southern Asia

d)

Central USA

14.

Where is the Carex Buchananii native to?

(a)  

15.

What is the biggest sub-family in the Grass Family Poaceae?

a)

Chloridoideae

b)

Trirapheae

c)

Carex

d)

Buchananii