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Answers to Flora Quiz

1. False. Spotted touch-me-not can be used to smooth skin that
has been irritated by stinging nettle (Urtica dioica).

z2:* True
3? True
4. True

5. False. Blueflag (Iris versicolor) is the floral emblem of
La Belle Province.

6. False, Marram grass (Ammophila breviligulata) covers the
dunes, especially those nearest the water and it shares its
habitat with other species which invade the older dunes.
Eel-grass grows in salt water, an unusual place for a
vascular plant.

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8. False. Ragweed (Ambrosia spp.) is the culprit rather than
ragwort.

9. True

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ISLAND NATURE TRUST

The first public meeting of the Island Nature Trust will be
held on Tuesday, April 10, 1979 at the Farm Centre on University
Avenue at 8:00 p.m. The trust is a recently established and
soon-to-be incorporated group of individuals and organizations
concerned about the rapid disappearance of valuable habitats
and wildlife resources and saddened by the current decline in
environmental protection and conservation activities on Prince
Edward Island. An interim board has developed a set of by-laws
and the Island Nature Trust will be governed by a board of