friends of daybreak 100 quiz

[hazelcs]

sad gosssamer winged insect?
how many organs have the body of a vascular plant?
approx what is the number of kew's reference collection?
hand in hand with the hunting lobby?
the plant kingdom is said to comprise of how many species?
what plant has been grown throughout the temperate regions of the world since prehistoric times?

[shaneystar2]

Sad gosssamer winged insect..Blue Butterfly

[dilf]

287,655 plants according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species
prehistoric plant could be a fern
hand in hand with the hunting lobby - could be the countryside alliance

[dancecaller]

One of the oldest plants is Mares Tail. But if 'has been grown' means cultivated then maybe wheat?

[janeevans]

hazelcs, did you ever get the 'sad gossamer winged insect' one?

[hazelcs]

someone said blue butterfly but not sure if correct, do you know anything different?

[hazelcs]

to dilf - the site says 287,000 in plant kingdom so i think kew's reference collection must be a different figure think it could be in millions.

[ontarioice]

Sad gossimer winged insect:
Try Blue Morphis (a type of butterfly).