unique characteristics
EDRR
I.D.
Flowers & berries
strategies & indicators
100
This woody shrub has a square stem
What is purple loosestrife?
100
What the acronym E.D.R.R stands for.
What is early detection rapid response?
100
You might see this invasive species decorating your Christmas table with its bright red berries and green, shiny, spiky leaves.
What is English Holly?
100
This plant has big, single, cone-shaped, white flowers along its vine.
What is field bindweed?
200
This species has sap that can burn and blind you.
What is Giant hogweed?
200
Weeds that are not yet here or are here in limited quantities that pose a threat to our environment and/or economy.
What are EDRR species?
200
Its leaves are described as being in the shape of a dog's tongue.
What is hound's tongue?
200
This nitrogen fixing invasive plant makes many transmission corridors appear like trails of gold.
What is Scotch Broom?
200
Where juncus species like to grow.
What are wet conditions?
300
This plant could collapse a bridge.
What is Japanese knotweed?
300
With its triangular stem and pink, umbrella-shaped flowers, you might see it when you are out for a paddle.
What is flowering rush?
300
It looks like clover but the leaves appear to be folded and drooping towards the stem.
What is wood sorrel?
300
This plant has white, umbel-shaped flowers that can measure 1 meter across.
What is giant hogweed?
300
This tree-like invasive plant hangs out in the forest under-story and is known as a "water hog".
What is English Holly?
400
This grass has leaves at a 45 degree angle from its stem.
What is reed canary grass?
400
This thistle's yellow flowers appear to be wearing barbed wire for a necklace.
What is yellow-star thistle?
400
This blue-ish/dark green grass has shallow roots and doesn't grow more than 10 cm tall.
What is annual blue grass?
400
This plant's black berries were used by Napolean to poison people.
What is black nightshade?
400
The sticky seeds of these two species like to hitch a ride on cows to distribute themselves over range land.
What are common burdock and hound's tongue?
500
This plant can release a gas that can cause loss of consciousness when it is cut or pulled.
What is daphne laurel?
500
Smothering cars and houses, this viney plant is known as the plant that "ate the Southern United States".
What is kudzu?
500
It looks like clover but the top leaf has a longer stem.
What is black medick?
500
This invasive plant's purple/black berries have become a favourite for summertime pickers.
What is himalayan blackberry?
500
Creeping buttercup and field horsetail indicate these two soil conditions.
What are acidic and wet soil conditions?
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