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

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

I do not know

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

green

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

pencil

Lifecycle

I do not know

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(30 weeds)

common cocklebur

eastern poison ivy

European spindletree

northern red oak

Oriental bittersweet

roughfruit amaranth

slender parsley piert

Virginia creeper

Virginia strawberry

wild sarsaparilla

Scientific Name

(30 weeds)

Ailanthus altissima

Amaranthus spinosus

Amaranthus tuberculatus

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Ambrosia trifida

Apocynum cannabinum

Aralia nudicaulis

Artemisia absinthium

Artemisia vulgaris

Celastrus orbiculatus

Chenopodium album

Dioscorea bulbifera

Euonymus europaeus

Eupatorium capillifolium

Fragaria virginiana

Gleditsia triacanthos

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Quercus virginiana

Rumex obtusifolius

Sicyos angulatus

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Toxicodendron radicans

Xanthium strumarium