ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Right of Way Areas - CORRECT ANSWER - areas involved in common transport
Right of Way Areas Include - CORRECT ANSWER - Fed., state, county, township
highways and roads
Public airports
Railroads
Electric utilities
Pipelines
Public surface drainages
public irrigation waterways
Banks of public bargeways
bicycle, bridle, snowmobile, another public paths/trails
Right of Way Plant Control Goals: - CORRECT ANSWER - safe
usable
attractive
inexpensive to maintain
not harmful
To be Considered a Weed - CORRECT ANSWER - safety hazard
nuisance
unsightly
impede use and maintenance of right of way
cause injury
, legally declared noxious
crowd out desired plants
damage structures
harm adjacent crops if spread
3 Weed Classes - CORRECT ANSWER - grasses
broadleaf plants
woody plants
Grasses - CORRECT ANSWER - Seedlings have 1 leaf coming from the seed. Leaves are
narrow, upright, have parallel veins. Many have fibrous root systems.
Broadleaf Plants - CORRECT ANSWER - Have two seed leaves. Broad, net-veined leaves
and tap roots or coarse root systems.
Woody Plants - CORRECT ANSWER - Form wood.
Include: brush and shrubs - woody, have several stems, less than 10 ft tall. Called understory
within trees.
Trees - woody plant, single stem (trunk), over 10 ft.
2 Control Methods - CORRECT ANSWER - Chemical and non chemical
Non-Chemical Control Methods - CORRECT ANSWER - right of way location and
design
erosion prevention and cover establishment
planting and encouraging desirable species
utilizing competitive characteristics of desirable plants
mowing