Scientific Crop Names
The scientific name of corn
What is Zea mays?
The tool used for the evaluation of soil composition
What is the soil triangle?
The most heavily weighted characteristic in hay evaluation
What is maturity?
Has large, smooth, purple tinged stems
What is pokeweed?
Dicot with trifoliate leaves
What is a soybean plant?
The scientific name of a soybean plant
What is Glycine max?
The three main soil components
What are sand, silt, and clay?
The perfect score for hay
What is 100?
Has "dog-eared" triangular leaves
What is hedge bindweed?
Monocot with brace roots and collar-like, membranous ligules
What is corn?
The scientific name of alfalfa
What is Medicago Sativa?
This type of soil is the optimal mix for the growth of most crop types
What is loam?
The ultimate factor effected by hay score/quality
What is price?
Has a membranous ligule with a prominant white midvein
What is johnsongrass?
Leaves have no auricles and a boat-shaped tip
What is Kentucky bluegrass?
The scientific name of Kentucky Bluegrass
What is Poa pratensis?
Another name for the O layer of the soil horizon
What is humus?
The least heavily weighted characteristic of hay evaluation
What is foreign material?
Has a rosette growth pattern and long, strap shaped leaves
What is a buckhorn plantain?
Trifoliate leave, a deep taproot, and produces purple and white flowers
What is alfalfa?
The scientific name of tall fescue
What is Festuca arundinacea?
The soil component that regulates the cation exchange capacity
What is clay?
The characteristic of hay evaluation effected by mold and mildew presence
What is odor and condition?
Has a wrinkly base and leaves that are smooth with no hairs
What is smooth crabgrass?
Leaves folded in bud and ligule if a fringe of hair
What is bermudagrass?