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1. Both woody species are featured in song. Which is mentioned as fruit being placed in a pocket when gathered way down yonder?
2. Which of these two early-spring blooming trees is considered an undesirable invasive, encroaching within prairie-restoration areas and native tree plantings?
4. While picking either of these berries off the briars, you may be wearing a long sleeve shirt despite the summer heat. Which briar’s blooms might you be viewing while wearing a coat in June - if the colloquial expression referring to the weather is an accurate description?
5. With these woody species having such similar blooms and both being dioecious (having distinct male and female individual plants) you might suspect similar fruit, but one bears delicious fruit sought after by humans while the other bears fruit highly dangerous for humans. Which is the plant that can cause, for many persons, contact dermatitis?
6. The similar leaves of these two shrubs is the reason for their similar common names, but their fruits vary greatly. Which produces a fruit which has a hard thick shell encasing an interior seed or kernel?
7. Each are a common medium-sized tree in Illinois. Which tree figures in an historical fiction about an American hero?
8. The leaves of which of these blossoming plants contain a toxin?
9. A pickin’ of berries, deliciously sweet and tangy, fills each bucket. Which berries were picked in early summer?
10. We’ll leave it to the taster to decide for oneself the palatability of these small pomes and berries (both measuring only about ¼ inch). For a taste of the berries, some Illinoisans may have to travel. Which of these native small trees is found in the wild in Illinois only at the southern tip?