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Name the region: occurs primarily in eastern Washington, north-central and northeastern Oregon and western Idaho. Precipitation (SNOW) in this grassland is usually in Winter and Spring. |
Palouse Prairie |
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What is the growing season of grass in the Palouse Prairie? |
Spring |
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Did the Palouse Prairie evolve with large herbivores? |
NO |
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Which sides/slopes of mountains are grasslands more prevalent?
Choose two: north, east, south, or west |
South
West |
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Name the subregion: included within the umbrella of the Pacific Northwest Bunchgrass region, this is located east into Montana and south into the Snake River Plain as well as in isolated portions of the Great Basin. W |
Mountain grassland |
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Did the Mountain grassland/bunchgrass region evolve with larger herbivores? |
No |
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What are the scientific and common names? |
Pseudoroegneria spicata
Bluebunch wheatgrass |
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What are the scientific and common names? |
Festuca idahoensis
Idaho fescue |
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What are the scientific and common names? |
Hesperostipa comata
Needleandthread |
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What are the scientific and common names? |
Leymus cinereus
Basin (Giant) wildrye |
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What are the scientific and common names? |
Achnatherum nelsonii
Columbia needlegrass |
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What are the scientific and common names? |
Medicago sativa
Alfalfa |
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What are the scientific and common names? |
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Arrowleaf balsamroot |
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What are the two grass tribes with the following inflorescences?
spike/unilateral spicate branches |
Triticeae (spike)
Cynodonteae (unilateral spicate branches)
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What are the four grass tribes with the following inflorescence?
panicle with 1 floret per spike |
Stipeae
Eragrosteae^^
Aristideae
Aveneae ^ ****SEAA****
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What are the three grass tribes with the following inflorescence?
panicle with 2 florets per spike |
Andropogoneae
Aveneae ^
Paniceae ****AAP****
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What are the six grass tribes with the following inflorescence?
panicle with >2 florets per spike
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Meliceae Aveneae ^ Poeae
Bromeae Eragrosteae^^ Danthonieae ****MAP BED**** |
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What are the 4 genera of Triticeae with 1 spikelet/node? |
Pascopyrum Pseudoroegneria Agropyron Thinopyrum ****PPAT**** |
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What are the 4 genera of Triticeae with >1 spikelet/node? |
Hordeum Elymus Leymus Taeniatherum ****HELT**** |
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What are the 4 genera of Cynodonteae? |
Pleuraphis Schedonnardus Spartina Bouteloua Cynodon Hilaria ****PSS BCH*** |
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What are the 3 genera of Stipeae? |
Hesperostipa Achnatherum Nassella ****HAN**** |
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What is the genera of Aristideae? |
Aristida |
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What are the 4 genera of Eragrosteae? |
Muhlenbergia Eragrostis Distichlis Sporobolus ****MEDS**** |
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What are the 3 genera of Andropogoneae? |
Andropogon Schizachyrium Sorghastrum ****ASS**** |
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What is the genera of Paniceae? |
Panicum |
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What are the 4 genera of Poeae? |
Vulpia Poa Dactylis Festuca ****V PDF****
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What is the genera of Bromeae? |
Bromus |
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What is the genera of Danthonieae? |
Danthonia |
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What are the 2 genera of Meliceae? |
Glyceria
Melica ****GM**** |
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What are the 9 genera of Meliceae? |
Phalaris Agrostis Calamagrostis Koeleria
Alopecurus Trisetum
Phleum Avena Deschampsia
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