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Plant type

Broadleaf
  • Broadleaf
  • Grass or grass like
  • Other
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Growth habit

upright and nonwoody
prostrate and nonwoody
vine
woody bush or tree
I do not know

Leaf structure

simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
I do not know

Leaf shape

round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
I do not know

Leaf arrangement

I do not know

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
I do not know

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
I do not know

Leaf hairs

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Stem cross section

round or oval
square or multi-edged
I do not know

Stem hairs

I do not know

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Thorns or spines

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Ochrea

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Milky sap

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

I do not know

white
yellow
blue
purple
red
orange
pink
green
I do not know

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
I do not know

Flower diameter

pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
I do not know

Lifecycle

winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
I do not know

Root structure

fibrous

fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
I do not know

Common name

(56 weeds)
American burnweed
apple of Peru
Asiatic tearthumb
bigpod sesbania
bitter dock
blackeyed Susan
bladder campion
brown mustard
buffalobur
burcucumber
butterweed
Canada goldenrod
Chinese privet
common cocklebur
common dandelion
common mullein
coralberry
creeping primrose
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
eastern poison ivy
European field pansy
fiddle dock
field bindweed
garden yellowrocket
giant goldenrod
giant ironweed
green carpetweed
hairy vetch
hemp dogbane
honeylocust
horsenettle
jagged chickweed
lateflowering thoroughwort
longleaf groundcherry
low hopclover
mayapple
moth mullein
mouseear cress
Oriental lady's thumb
oxeye daisy
prairie fleabane
prickly sida
rabbitfoot clover
redstar
sicklepod
small hopclover
spotted ladysthumb
spurred anoda
swamp smartweed
Virginia creeper
western salsify
white clover
white vervain
wild mustard
woodland bittercress

Scientific Name

(56 weeds)
Anoda cristata
Apocynum cannabinum
Arabidopsis thaliana
Barbarea vulgaris
Brassica juncea
Cardamine flexuosa
Convolvulus arvensis
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron strigosus
Eupatorium serotinum
Gleditsia triacanthos
Holosteum umbellatum
Ipomoea coccinea
Leucanthemum vulgare
Ligustrum sinense
Ludwigia palustris
Mollugo verticillata
Nicandra physalodes
Packera glabella
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata
Podophyllum peltatum
Polygonum caespitosum
Polygonum hydropiperoides
Polygonum perfoliatum
Polygonum persicaria
Rudbeckia hirta
Rumex obtusifolius
Rumex pulcher
Senna obtusifolia
Sesbania herbacea
Sicyos angulatus
Sida spinosa
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Sinapis arvensis ssp. arvensis
Solanum carolinense
Solanum ptycanthum
Solanum rostratum
Solidago altissima
Solidago giganteae
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Taraxacum officinale
Toxicodendron radicans
Tragopogon dubius
Trifolium arvense
Trifolium campestre
Trifolium dubium
Trifolium repens
Verbascum blattaria
Verbascum thapsus
Verbena urticifolia
Vernonia gigantea
Vicia villosa
Viola arvensis
Xanthium strumarium

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