The quiz was listed here: https://winterwoman.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/not-your-typical-bog/

And now, the answers…

1 – Common Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)

2 – Marsh St Johnswort (Triadenum virginicum)
or maybe Fraser’s Marsh St Johnswort (T. fraseri) ?

There’s only one “Marsh St Johnswort” in my Newcomb’s Guide (c 1977).  It is listed as Hypericum virginicum.  At the USDA Plant database, though, there has been a split and a re-naming…

3 – Wild Calla or Water Arum (Calla palustris)

4 – Groundnut or Wild Bean (Apios americana)

5 – Bur-reed (Sparganium sp.)

I’m not sure which species.  I didn’t examine the plant very well while in the bog, due to mosquitos.  Thanks to Bonnie Matthews who helped me ID it!

6 – Common Arrowhead or Broadleaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)

7 – I don’t know this one…

8 – I don’t know this one either…

Once again, I didn’t stay long to get better photos, due to mosquito bites!

So, I knew 6 of 8… 75%.  That’s a C.  (I should probably get a C-minus for not remembering to take insect repellent into a bog.)  Hmm…  Makes me think of a poster on my field biologist’s door in college:  “When hiking with a group of students, I make sure I always lead the way so that I can step on anything I don’t recognize.”

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