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Forest Invasive Plants Quiz

  • Choose the correct species from the four available answers beneath each picture.
  • Click the dot next to the answer you wish to choose.
  • There are 13 Questions. It will respond if you have it correct or incorrect right away.
  • Keep trying on a question until you have answered it correctly.
  • Good Luck!
Question 1
Quiz Plants
Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Tartarian Honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)
Creeping Charlie


Question 2
Quiz Plants
Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)


Question 3
Quiz Plants
Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula)
Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Chinese Bush-Clover (Lespedeza cuneata)
Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)


Question 4
Quiz Plants
Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)


Question 5
Quiz Plants
Multiflora Rose and Mile-A-Minute
Common and Glossy Buckthorn
Phragmites and Norway Maple
Creeping Charlie and Garlic Mustard


Question 6
Quiz Plants
Wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei)
Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)


Question 7
Quiz Plants
Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei)
Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)


Question 8
Quiz Plants
Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)
Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
Wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei)


Question 9
Quiz Plants
Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula)
Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)


Question 10
Quiz Plants
Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei)


Question 11
Quiz Plants
Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)
Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)


Question 12
Quiz Plants
Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
Glossy Buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula)
Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)


Question 13
Quiz Plants
Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)
Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)
Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)


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USDA Forest Service - Forest Invasive Plant Resources
February 6, 2005