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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
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Leaf shape

round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
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Leaf arrangement

opposite

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
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Leaf stalk

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
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Leaf hairs

I do not know

has hairs
no hairs
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Stem cross section

round or oval
square or multi-edged
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Stem hairs

I do not know

has hairs
no hairs
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Thorns or spines

Present
Not Present
I do not know

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
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
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Flower diameter

I do not know

pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
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Lifecycle

perennial

winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
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Root structure

I do not know

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

Common name

(58 weeds)
alligatorweed
American barberry
American speedwell
big chickweed
bishop's weed
blackgum
bladder campion
boxelder
Chinese privet
Chinese yam
common milkweed
common mouse-ear chickweed
common periwinkle
common selfheal
common speedwell
common St. Johnswort
coralberry
creeping primrose
Deptford pink
germander speedwell
green ash
ground ivy
hairy angelica
heavenly bamboo
hemp dogbane
honeyvine milkweed
Japanese honeysuckle
Jerusalem artichoke
lateflowering thoroughwort
lemon beebalm
lesser calamint
maidenstears
mayapple
Morrow's honeysuckle
northern catalpa
pecan
perennial pea
princesstree
purple loosestrife
red maple
red sandspurry
silktree
spotted St. Johnswort
stickweed
stinging nettle
sugar maple
swamp tupelo
swamp verbena
Tatarian honeysuckle
threadstalk speedwell
thymeleaf speedwell
trumpet creeper
Virginia buttonweed
white ash
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild basil
wild parsnip

Scientific Name

(58 weeds)
Acer negundo
Acer rubrum var. trilobum
Acer sacharum
Aegopodium podagraria
Ageratina altissima
Albizia julibrissin
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Ampelamus albidus
Angelica venenosa
Apocynum cannabinum
Asclepias syriaca
Berberis canadensis
Calamintha nepeta
Campsis radicans
Carya illinoinensis
Catalpa speciosa
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Clinopodium vulgare
Dianthus armeria
Diodia virginiana
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Eupatorium serotinum
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Glechoma hederacea
Helianthus tuberosus
Hypericum perforatum
Hypericum punctatum
Lathyrus latifolius
Ligustrum sinense
Lonicera japonica
Lonicera morrowii
Lonicera tatarica
Ludwigia palustris
Lythrum salicaria
Monarda citriodora
Nandina domestica
Nyssa biflora
Nyssa sylvatica
Pastinaca sativa
Paulownia tomentosa
Podophyllum peltatum
Prunella vulgaris
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Silene vulgaris
Spergularia rubra
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Urtica dioica
Verbena hastata
Verbena urticifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Veronica americana
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica filiformis
Veronica officinalis
Veronica serpyllifolia
Vinca minor

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