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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

round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
I do not know

Leaf arrangement

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

I do not know

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
I do not know

Leaf stalk

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

white

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

Flower symmetry

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

perennial

winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
I do not know

Root structure

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

Common name

(13 weeds)
American pokeweed
Asian ponysfoot
big chickweed
black locust
common blue violet
common mouse-ear chickweed
common plantain
English ivy
hyssopleaf thoroughwort
manyflower marshpennywort
multiflora rose
red mulberry
white clover

Scientific Name

(13 weeds)
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Dichondra micrantha
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Hedera helix
Hydrocotyle umbellata
Morus rubra
Phytolacca americana
Plantago major
Robinia pseudoacacia
Rosa multiflora
Trifolium repens
Viola sororia

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