Quail Plant of the Week Quiz: Grasses
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Created on December 9, 2019
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QUAIL PLANT OF THE WEEK QUIZ
GRASSES
Scaled Quail - Bettina Arigoni CC BY 2.0
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Question 1
Switchgrass
Sand Dropseed
Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?
Scientific name
Drew Avery CC BY 2.0
USFWS Mountain-Prairie
Little Bluestem
Incorrect
Incorrect
Has blue-green leaves and stems in early summer that turn reddish-brown by late fall
Native, perennial grass that grows between 2-4 feet tall
Schizachyrium scoparium
One of the "big four" tall grass species in Texas - the other three are Switchgrass, Indiangrass, and Big Bluestem
Correct!
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
- provides nesting cover for quail -
Next question
Drew Avery CC BY 2.0
USFWS Mountain-Prairie
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Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?
Scientific name
Fringed Signalgrass
Question 2
William R. Carr
Texas Wintergrass
Silver Bluestem
Alternate leaf arrangements
Small hairs on leaf bases and sheaths
Urochloa ciliatissima
Many spikelets on the inflorescence
Incorrect
Incorrect
Fringed Signalgrass (Urochloa ciliatissima)
Next question
Correct!
William R. Carr
- provides nesting cover and harbors insects for quail to eat in addition to its seeds -
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Switchgrass
Sand Dropseed
Question 3
Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?
Scientific name
Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0
Andrey Zharkikh CC BY 2.0
Perennial Threeawn
Incorrect
Pyramid-shaped seed heads have purple spikelets
Panicum virgatum
Grows in clumps, typically between 3-6 feet tall
Incorrect
Correct!
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
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Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0
Andrey Zharkikh CC BY 2.0
- provides seeds and nesting cover for quail -
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Sand Dropseed
Kleingrass
Question 4
Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?
Scientific name
Forest and Kim Starr CC BY 2.0
Sideoats Grama
Incorrect
Photo by Harry Rose (CC BY 2.0)Fine, scattered hairs are present at the leaf margins
Tufted seedhead produces hard, slick seeds
Panicum coloratum
Grows in bunches between 24-60 inches tall
Incorrect
Correct!
Kleingrass (Panicum coloratum)
Next question
Forest and Kim Starr CC BY 2.0
- provides nesting substrate and food for quail -
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Sand Dropseed
Switchgrass
Question 5
Scientific name
Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?
Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0
TAMU Uvalde Research & Extension Center
Plains Bristlegrass
Incorrect
Each plant has a "flag leaf" pointing out at a right angle from the stem
Distinct tuft of hair can be found around the collar of the leaf sheath
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Can grow up to 4 feet tall
Incorrect
Correct!
Next question
Sand Dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus)
Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0
TAMU Uvalde Research & Extension Center
- excellent source of forage for livestock, seeds are sometimes eaten by quail -
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Scientific name
Question 6
Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?
Perennial Threeawn
Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0
Plains Bristlegrass
Texas Wintergrass
Grows between 14-31 inches tall
Three awns/bristles grow from each seedhead in a cluster
Aristida purpurea
Perennial bunchgrass
Incorrect
Incorrect
Next question
Correct!
Perennial Threeawn (Aristida purpurea)
Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0
- provides nesting cover for northern bobwhite, scaled, and Montezuma quail -
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Kleingrass
Scientific name
Question 7
Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?
Silver Bluestem
Sideoats Grama
Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0
Flickr: lostinfog CC BY-SA 2.0
Incorrect
State grass of Texas
Perennial grass that flowers from July-September
Bouteloua curtipendula
Often found in the rocky soils of the Edwards Plateau and South Texas Plains
Incorrect
Next question
Correct!
Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0
Flickr: lostinfog CC BY-SA 2.0
- basketball-sized clumps can be good nesting cover for quail -
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Scientific name
Question 8
Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?
Silver Bluestem
Little Bluestem
Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0
Flickr: smallcurio CC BY 2.0
Texas Wintergrass
Perennial, warm season grass
Seedhead contains silvery-white fuzzy seeds
Bothriochloa laguroides
Grows between 18-42 inches tall
Incorrect
Incorrect
Next question
Correct!
Silver Bluestem (Bothriochloa laguroides)
Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0
Flickr: smallcurio CC BY 2.0
- provides excellent nesting cover for quail -
Click here to review the YouTube video.
Scientific name
Question 9
Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?
Patrick Alexander
Plains Bristlegrass
Fringed Signalgrass
Sand Dropseed
TAMU Uvalde Research & Extension Center
A half-inch bristle can be found below each seed
The slender seedhead is about 3-5 inches in length
Setaria leucopila
Perennial bunchgrass that grows 1-4 feet tall
Incorrect
Incorrect
Next question
Correct!
Plains Bristlegrass (Setaria leucopila)
Patrick Alexander
- seeds are often eaten by quail -
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TAMU Uvalde Research & Extension Center
Scientific name
Perennial Threeawn
Question 10
Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?
Sam C. Strickland, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Texas Wintergrass
Fringed Signalgrass
Perennial grass often found in the Edwards Plateau or South Texas Plains
Grows throughout the winter, up to 12-35 inches
Nassella leucotricha
The stiff seeds sprout long, twisted arms
Incorrect
Incorrect
Finish the quiz
Correct!
Texas Wintergrass (Nassella leucotricha)
Sam C. Strickland, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- can provide nesting cover for quail if it does not grow too thick -
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Funding for this lesson was provided through the Reversing the Decline of Quail Initiative and the Upland Game Bird Stamp Fund, based on a collaborative effort between Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
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Bettina Arigoni CC BY 2.0