Sunday, September 09, 2007

THE FLORA GAME

This is the FLORA game.. hehehe... You guess the tree/plant. All of these plants or trees are growing here on the property where I live.. I took the most of the pictures.. some I couldn't reach or are out of season, so I've found pictures of them.. How many can you identify?
I'll give a clue with each picture..

  • 1. It's poisonous.. don't bother eating the berries

  • 2. My dad's family used to make wine from these young spring flowers..

  • 3. If you put these in water colored with food coloring, they will turn that shade.

  • 4. These grow wild everywhere around here..

  • 5. Our road where we live was named for this stately tree.. this one is one of a variety of species that grow here. Can you name the species too?

  • 6. ACHOO !! There are a lot of people allergic to this beautiful yellow 'weed'.

  • 7. This is an odd looking tree with huge leaves and what looks like string beans hanging off of it. Many good memories of this tree in Logan's Ferry.. we have one here too.

  • 8. You can eat this weed.. it's tasty!

  • 9. The underside of this shiny leaf is rough and not pleasant to touch

  • 10. I once fell out of this tree as a child.. We have one growing here at our place. It's not any kind of a nut tree.. guess again!

  • 11. Mandy doesn't like this plant and has tried for years to destroy it- but it keeps coming back..

  • 12. These trees are abundant all around our house.. the fall colors are spectacular !

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ok I saw dandylion, queen anne's lace, ragweed, Jacob's bread and a maple

Jemit said...

WOW..
1. poke berry
2. dandelion
3. Queen Anne's Lace
4. Wild cherry
5. Black oak
6. Goldenrod
7. Catalpa
8. Sour grass
9. Hawthorn
10. Ash
11. Hosta
12. Maple