Weeds Identification

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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

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

Leaf shape

Leaf arrangement

alternate

leaves not present

Leaf margin

serrated

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

I do not know

Lifecycle

Root structure

taproot

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(65 weeds)

American burnweed

annual sowthistle

bearded beggarticks

blackeyed Susan

Canada goldenrod

Carolina geranium

clammy groundcherry

common cocklebur

common groundsel

common threeseed mercury

cutleaf geranium

eastern black nightshade

eastern daisy fleabane

eastern poison ivy

field pepperweed

flower of an hour

garden cornflower

giant goldenrod

green field speedwell

hophornbeam copperleaf

Jerusalem artichoke

lanceleaf ragweed

northern dewberry

perennial sowthistle

prairie fleabane

purple passionflower

shepherd's purse

spiny plumeless thistle

spiny sowthistle

Virginia strawberry

Virginia threeseed mercury

Scientific Name

(65 weeds)

Abutilon theophrasti

Acalypha ostryifolia

Acalypha rhomboidea

Acalypha virginica

Ailanthus altissima

Alliaria petiolata

Ambrosia bidentata

Anthemis arvensis

Arabidopsis thaliana

Arctium tomentosum

Bidens aristosa

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Carduus acanthoides

Centaurea cyanus

Chenopodium ambrosioides

Cirsium arvense

Cirsium vulgare

Conium maculatum

Conyza canadensis

Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis

Datura stramonium

Eclipta prostrata

Erechtites hieracifolia

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron strigosus

Eupatorium capillifolium

Euphorbia dentata

Fragaria virginiana

Geranium carolinianum

Geranium dissectum

Helianthus tuberosus

Hibiscus trionum

Ipomoea coccinea

Lactuca Canadensis

Lepidium campestre

Medicago lupulina

Melilotus officinalis

Nicandra physalodes

Passiflora incarnata

Physalis heterophylla

Raphanus raphanistrum

Rubus flagellaris

Rudbeckia hirta

Senecio viscosus

Senecio vulgaris

Sicyos angulatus

Sida rhombifolia

Sinapis arvensis ssp. arvensis

Solanum ptycanthum

Solidago altissima

Solidago giganteae

Sonchus arvensis

Sonchus oleraceus

Toxicodendron radicans

Verbascum blattaria

Verbascum thapsus

Veronica agrestis

Xanthium strumarium