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I have to search hard for this question......just curious is anyone knows this off the top of their heads.....here's the question: Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a. The pistillate catkins on the speckled alder droop in winter.
b. The twigs o the red chokeberry are fuzzy.
c. Ulex europaeus blossoms in July-August.
d. Common buckthorn and lance-leaved buckthorn both have four stamens, four petals, and four sepals.

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I have to search hard for this question......just curious is anyone knows this off the top of their heads.....here's the question: Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a. The pistillate catkins on the speckled alder droop in winter.
b. The twigs o the red chokeberry are fuzzy.
c. Ulex europaeus blossoms in July-August.
d. Common buckthorn and lance-leaved buckthorn both have four stamens, four petals, and four sepals.

a. the catkins are elongating in the spring. I believe when they grow to mature length of 5-8 cm they droop.
b. Bark of red chokeberry: Reddish brown, smooth, lenticeled, developing diamond-shaped splits
c. The reputed flowering period of europaeus varies from author to author, but may occur between late winter and early fall. In coastal Mendocino County, gorse flowers from late winter to early spring (Amme 1983).
d. common buckthorn has flowers with 4 petals while the lance-leaved buckthorns flowers have 5 petals.

IOW all the choices are incorrect. I would be interested to find out what you came up with.

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so far a. is incorrect...it would be correct if stated: the staminate catkins on the speckled alder droop in winter....from what i read

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checking out twigs on the red chokeberry now

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red chokeberry has fuzzzy twigs

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http://plants.usda.gov/index.html

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Ulex europaeus blossoms in march -june....this was incorrect..i think

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i'm picking a and d..due to the buckthorn having 5 petals....i'll post what the people say after i submit the test

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i meant a, c, and d

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yo workit...here's the answer these jokers came up with.....only one answer was correct and i missed it..i picked (d)..their answer was (c) i think this course maybe bogus...i'm getting close to the end and they think i'm going to take a 100 question cummilitive exam without the books....