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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
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Leaf structure
simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
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Leaf shape
lance
round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
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Leaf arrangement
alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
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Leaf margin
entire
entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
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Leaf stalk
none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
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Leaf hairs
has hairs
no hairs
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Stem cross section
round or oval
square or multi-edged
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Stem hairs
has hairs
has hairs
no hairs
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Thorns or spines
Present
Not Present
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Ochrea
Present
Not Present
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Milky sap
Present
Not Present
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Dominant flower color
white
yellow
blue
purple
red
orange
pink
green
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Flower symmetry
radial symetery
radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
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Flower diameter
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pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
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Lifecycle
winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
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Root structure
fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
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Common Name
Scientific Name
Common name
(26 weeds)
bladder campion
common cocklebur
common milkweed
creeping primrose
garden cornflower
hairy fleabane
knawel
largebracted plantain
lemon beebalm
moth mullein
mouseear cress
orange hawkweed
Pennsylvania smartweed
poorjoe
prairie fleabane
purple loosestrife
rabbitfoot clover
smooth bedstraw
spotted ladysthumb
stickywilly
Virginia buttonweed
Virginia sweetspire
Virginia threeseed mercury
white heath aster
winged sumac
yellow spring bedstraw
Scientific Name
(26 weeds)
Acalypha
virginica
Arabidopsis
thaliana
Asclepias
syriaca
Centaurea
cyanus
Conyza
bonariensis
Diodia
teres
Diodia
virginiana
Erigeron
strigosus
Galium
aparine
Galium
mollugo
Galium
verum
Hieracium
aurantiacum
Itea
virginica
Ludwigia
palustris
Lythrum
salicaria
Monarda
citriodora
Plantago
aristata
Polygonum
pensylvanicum
Polygonum
persicaria
Rhus
copallinum
Scleranthus
annuus
Silene
latifolia
ssp.
alba
Symphyotrichum
pilosum
var.
pilosum
Trifolium
arvense
Verbascum
blattaria
Xanthium
strumarium