West Side Rascals
Spurges I've Loathed Before
H is for Herbicides
Trivia I Should Know but Don't
Bios are Fun!
100
I am often used to see if "they love me" or "they love me not"
What is Oxeye daisy?
100
Also called 'Donkeytail'
What is Myrtle Spurge?
100
This type of pesticide can be absorbed by the plant and translocated within the plant
What is Systemic?
100
The home to the world’s largest frying pan
What is Long Beach, WA?
100
Biological control includes___________, insect feeding, and pathogen damage.
What is grazing?
200
This difficult to control weed can reproduce from seed or underground structures called “nutlets”
What is Yellow nutsedge?
200
I'm a Class B and my primary mode of spread is by birds and rodents. What am I?
What is Spurge laurel?
200
A Commercial applicator needs this many recertification credits over this span of years
What is 40 credits over 5 years?
200
The Washington state cookie
What is apple peanut butter cookie?
200
The common name for Galerucella spp.
What is the Loosestrife beetle?
300
Introduced from Europe originally as a food plant, this plants root is often in the shape of an 'S' or 'L'
What is Garlic Mustard?
300
This plant causes an estimated $35-45 million loss per year in US beef and hay production in addition to the millions of dollars spent for control.
What is Leafy spurge?
300
Application records must be kept on file for this many years
What is 7 years?
300
The Washington state dance
What is the square dance?
300
The bruchidius villosus larva feed on the developing seeds of this noxious weed
What is Scotch broom?
400
Common name of this plant
What is Curlyleaf pondweed?
400
The only spurge on the weed list that is not toxic
What is Spurge flax?
400
The most common way for pesticides to enter your body is through this form of exposure
What is Dermal or skin?
400
The first soft-serve ice cream was served here
Dairy Queen, Olympia, WA
400
The Latin name of this bio controls spotted and meadow knapweed
What is Larinus obtusus?
500
I emerge before most other spring ephemeral plants, I usually disappear entirely by June and some people call me small crowfoot. What am I?
What is Lesser Celandine?
500
The latin name for Eggleaf spurge
Euphorbia oblongata
500
The signs attached to a pesticide storage area must be readable from this distance
What is 25 feet?
500
Has the westernmost zip code in the contiguous United States
What is LaPush, WA?
500
What we want this psyllid to eat
What is Japanese, bohemian, and giant knotweed?