QUIZ
1 OF TUCSON CACTUSES
ANSWERS
Here's where you get to assess your current knowledge level and monitor your progress. Repeat the quiz (identification takes lots of practice), watching your score increase, until you are happy with your knowledge level. Practice with real plants and animals whenever possible.
| Give
yourself 1 point for correct ID and spelling. Give yourself 1/2 point for correct ID but incorrect spelling. Note: click on #s below to see quiz picture; click on name to see spotlight |
A
= 12 points. Excellent! B = 10.5points. Good Job! C = 9.5 points. Okay. K < 9.5 points. Keep Practicing. |
1.
Fishhook Pincushion Cactus (Mammilaria
grahamii)
2. Teddybear
Cholla (Opuntia bigelovii)
3. Christmas
Cholla (Opuntia leptocaulis)
4. Desert Night-Blooming
Cereus (Peniocereus greggii)
5. Prickly
Pear Cactus (Opuntia spp)
6. Claret Cup
(Echinocereus triglochidiatus)
7. Pencil Cholla
(Opuntia arbuscula)
8. Buckhorn
Cholla (Opuntia acanthocarpa)
9. Fishhook
Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus wislizeni)
10. Saguaro
(Carnegiea gigantea)
11. Cockscomb Hedgehog
Cactus (Echinocereus fasciculatus)
12. Staghorn
Cholla (Opuntia versicolor)
13. Chainfruit
(Jumping) Cholla (Opuntia fulgida)