Broadleaf Weeds
What weed is an annual weed that has horizontal stems that branch out from a central tap root?
Goat Head
Where do aquatic plants grow?
In or near water
What grassy weed thrives in full sunlight and has broad flat leaves?
Crabgrass
What turf pest get their name from their behavior of moving across fields in an army-like fashion?
Armyworm larva
What kind of disease is a chemical burn?
Non-infectious
What weed has a bright yellow centers with white to pinkish outer rays?
English Daisy
What is a single-celled or multi-celled plants without true stems, leaves, or vascular systems?
Algae
What grassy weed is a perennial grass, leafy at the base and thrives in low wet areas?
Dallisgrass
What turf pests are plump, smooth, and curl up when disturbed?
Cutworm larva
Pathogenic fungus
True or False: You are able to burn some forms of poison ivy
FALSEEEEEEEEEEEE
What kind of algae is multicellular and are attached to each other end-to-end, so they form long chains?
Filamentous Algae
Grass seedlings have only one leaf as they emerge from the seed known as what?
Monocot
What turf pest are whitish or grayish with brown heads and dark hind parts, and curl up into a c shape?
White Grubs
What infectious disease causes rings of dark green grass surrounding areas of dead or light- colored grass?
Fairy Ring
The seedlings of broadleaf weeds have two leaves known as what?
Dicot
Floating
What grassy weed spreads rapidly from strong, vigorous rhizomes?
Quackgrass
What turf pest inject a poison that causes blades to turn brown and die?
Chinch bug
What non-infectious disease is caused by inadequate watering?
Summer dryness
Describe a dandelion
Perennial Weed, appears in spring and fall, long fleshy taproots, yellow blossoms. Flower becomes fluffy white ball at maturity
What plant completes their whole life cycle below the water surface?
Submerged Plants
Describe Sanburs
A summer annual grassy plants, attains height of about 24". When disturbed the burs will dispense individually
What turf pest is white, legless grubs about 3/8 inches long?
Billbug
What infectious disease will appear as tan to straw-colored small spots 3” to 12” in diameter, fusing and making large, irregular areas?
Dollar Spot