Quail Plant of the Week Quiz: Grasses

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GRASSES

QUAIL PLANT OF THE WEEK QUIZ

Little Bluestem

USFWS Mountain-Prairie

Drew Avery CC BY 2.0

Scientific name

Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?

Sand Dropseed

Switchgrass

Question 1

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USFWS Mountain-Prairie

Drew Avery CC BY 2.0

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- provides nesting cover for quail -

Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)

Correct!

Silver Bluestem

Texas Wintergrass

William R. Carr

Question 2

Fringed Signalgrass

Scientific name

Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?

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- provides nesting cover and harbors insects for quail to eat in addition to its seeds -

William R. Carr

Correct!

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Fringed Signalgrass (Urochloa ciliatissima)

Perennial Threeawn

Andrey Zharkikh CC BY 2.0

Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0

Scientific name

Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?

Question 3

Sand Dropseed

Switchgrass

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- provides seeds and nesting cover for quail -

Andrey Zharkikh CC BY 2.0

Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0

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Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)

Correct!

Sideoats Grama

Forest and Kim Starr CC BY 2.0

Scientific name

Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?

Question 4

Kleingrass

Sand Dropseed

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- provides nesting substrate and food for quail -

Forest and Kim Starr CC BY 2.0

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Kleingrass (Panicum coloratum)

Correct!

Plains Bristlegrass

TAMU Uvalde Research & Extension Center

Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0

Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?

Scientific name

Question 5

Switchgrass

Sand Dropseed

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- excellent source of forage for livestock, seeds are sometimes eaten by quail -

TAMU Uvalde Research & Extension Center

Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0

Sand Dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus)

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Correct!

Texas Wintergrass

Plains Bristlegrass

Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0

Perennial Threeawn

Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?

Question 6

Scientific name

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- provides nesting cover for northern bobwhite, scaled, and Montezuma quail -

Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0

Perennial Threeawn (Aristida purpurea)

Correct!

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Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0

Sideoats Grama

Silver Bluestem

Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?

Question 7

Scientific name

Kleingrass

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- basketball-sized clumps can be good nesting cover for quail -

Flickr: lostinfog CC BY-SA 2.0

Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0

Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)

Correct!

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Texas Wintergrass

Flickr: smallcurio CC BY 2.0

Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0

Little Bluestem

Silver Bluestem

Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?

Question 8

Scientific name

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- provides excellent nesting cover for quail -

Flickr: smallcurio CC BY 2.0

Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0

Silver Bluestem (Bothriochloa laguroides)

Correct!

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TAMU Uvalde Research & Extension Center

Sand Dropseed

Fringed Signalgrass

Plains Bristlegrass

Patrick Alexander

Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?

Question 9

Scientific name

TAMU Uvalde Research & Extension Center

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- seeds are often eaten by quail -

Patrick Alexander

Plains Bristlegrass (Setaria leucopila)

Correct!

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Fringed Signalgrass

Texas Wintergrass

Sam C. Strickland, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Which quail-friendly plant of the week is this?

Question 10

Perennial Threeawn

Scientific name

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- can provide nesting cover for quail if it does not grow too thick -

Sam C. Strickland, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Texas Wintergrass (Nassella leucotricha)

Correct!

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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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