Explorit's Five Foodplants Quiz

FIVE QUESTIONS:

QUESTION 1: This tree has light gray bark, greenish yellow spring flowers, and winged autumn fruits.
The sap can be boiled and reduced to produce _______ syrup?
Maple
Currant
Grass
Walnut
Chestnut

QUESTION 2: This deciduous thornless shrub has clusters of lobed leaves, greenish flowers in late spring, and clusters of small berries in the summer. The berries are used in jams and wine and the leaves are brewed as tea.
This bush is the Black _______ ?
Maple
Currant
Grass
Walnut
Chestnut

QUESTION 3: This tree, a native of North America, has a dark brown, furrowed bark, dark green leaves with 11 to 23 serrate leaflets. The fruit is a nut with a hard shell. The nuts on this variety are smaller than those found on its European cousin.
The tree is the Black _____ ?
Maple
Currant
Grass
Walnut
Chestnut

QUESTION 4: This tree, a native of Southern Europe, is large with a broad crown. The leaves are 4-10 inches long, oblong, lanceolate and coarsely toothed. The shiny, brown nuts, enclosed in a densly spined cupule, can be used ground into flour, in soups, in stuffings and stews, and as a confection preserved in sugar or syrup.
This tree is the Sweet _______ ?
Maple
Currant
Grass
Walnut
Chestnut

QUESTION 5: This aromatic plant has clumped, bulbous stems and long, narrow leaves. The stems and leaves are used as culinary flavors. The oil is used in cosmetics.
The plant is Lemon ______ ?
Maple
Currant
Grass
Walnut
Chestnut

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