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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

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

I do not know

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Stem cross section

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

Stem hairs

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

Not Present

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

pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
I do not know

Lifecycle

I do not know

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

(64 weeds)
American burnweed
American pokeweed
American speedwell
autumn olive
beefsteakplant
bigpod sesbania
bladder campion
burcucumber
Carolina geranium
catnip
Chinese privet
common chickweed
common cocklebur
common speedwell
coralberry
corn chamomile
corn speedwell
devil's walkingstick
dogfennel
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
eastern poison ivy
English ivy
European spindletree
field pansy
field pennycress
field pepperweed
green carpetweed
green field speedwell
hairy bittercress
hedgemustard
horsenettle
ivyleaf speedwell
jagged chickweed
Japanese honeysuckle
Japanese knotweed
lawndaisy
Morrow's honeysuckle
mouseear cress
mugwort
Persian speedwell
plantain-leaved pussytoes
poison hemlock
prairie fleabane
purslane speedwell
Queen Anne's lace
sourwood
spotted water hemlock
spring draba
spurred anoda
sweet clover
Tatarian honeysuckle
thymeleaf speedwell
tree-of-heaven
Virginia creeper
Virginia strawberry
white ballmustard
white clover
white mulberry
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild buckwheat
wild sarsaparilla
woodland bittercress

Scientific Name

(64 weeds)
Ageratina altissima
Ailanthus altissima
Anoda cristata
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Anthemis arvensis
Arabidopsis thaliana
Aralia nudicaulis
Aralia spinosa
Artemisia vulgaris
Bellis perennis
Calepina irregularis
Cardamine flexuosa
Cardamine hirsuta
Cicuta maculata
Conium maculatum
Daucus carota
Draba verna
Elaeagnus umbellata
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron strigosus
Euonymus europaeus
Eupatorium capillifolium
Fragaria virginiana
Geranium carolinianum
Hedera helix
Holosteum umbellatum
Lepidium campestre
Ligustrum sinense
Lonicera japonica
Lonicera morrowii
Lonicera tatarica
Melilotus officinalis
Mollugo verticillata
Morus alba
Nepeta cataria
Oxydendrum arboreum
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Perilla frutescens
Phytolacca americana
Polygonum convolvulus
Polygonum cuspidatum
Sesbania herbacea
Sicyos angulatus
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Sisymbrium offcinale
Solanum carolinense
Solanum ptycanthum
Stellaria media
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Thlaspi arvense
Toxicodendron radicans
Trifolium repens
Verbena urticifolia
Veronica agrestis
Veronica americana
Veronica arvensis
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica officinalis
Veronica peregrina
Veronica persica
Veronica serpyllifolia
Viola bicolor
Xanthium strumarium

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