Irish Bog Plants Quiz #1

Irish Bog Plants Quiz #1

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Before doing this quiz, learn about Irish bog plants by reading http://www.ipcc.ie/bicresourcespr3.html. If you haven't read this document and aren't up on Irish bog botany, this is going to be a challenging quiz.

  1. 1

    Which bog plant is carnivorous?

  2. 2

    Which bog plant is a combination of an alga and a fungus?

  3. 3

    Which bog plant was tied into bundles to make brooms and brushes?

  4. 4

    Which bog plant is adapted to live in the bog pools by "snorkling"?

  5. 5

    Which bog plant creates a fruit in the fall that lasts through spring and eaten by many bog animals?

  6. 6

    Which bog plant tends to dominate in areas that are regularly burned?

  7. 7

    Which bog plant was used to extract a red dye for tanning hides?

  8. 8

    Which bog plant has pink flowers in the shape of bells?

  9. 9

    Which bog plant had its flower heads harvested for dyeing?

  10. 10

    The buildup of which plant after it dies creates the vast majority of peat?

  11. 11

    Which bog plant has a 15 cm spike from which the flowers sprout?

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