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Sandy Hook Botany Quiz
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  1. What is the most valuable plant on Sandy Hook?
    (a) holly (b) dune grass (c) marsh grass
  2. What is the most productive plant on Sandy Hook?
    (a) holly
    (b) dune grass
    (c) marsh grass
  3. What is the "climax forest" tree on Sandy Hook?
    (a) holly
    (b) dune grass
    (c) marsh grass
  4. A good thing about poison ivy is
    (a) food for birds (b) produces oxygen (c) it controls erosion (d) all of these
  5. Most of the trees at Sandy Hook
    (a) are fruit bearing trees (b) are nut bearing trees (c) are planted by humans
  6. The process by which one group of plants forces out another is called
    (a) erosion
    (b) ecological succession
    (c) shading
  7. What three things are necessary for plants to grow?
    (a) sunlight, water, salt
    (b) sunlight, water, soil
    (c) sunlight, insects, fire
  8. To survive on Sandy Hook, plants must be tolerant of
    (a) salt spray (b) strong winds
    (c) flooding (d) all of these
  9. The oldest plant on Sandy Hook is
    (a) an oak tree (b) a holly tree
    (c) a cherry tree
  10. Cactus, like the prickly pear at Sandy Hook, are found in every state except Maine and Alaska.
    (a) True
    (b) False
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