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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

lance

round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
I do not know

Leaf arrangement

I do not know

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

serrated

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
I do not know

Leaf stalk

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
I do not know

Leaf hairs

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

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

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

dime

pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
I do not know

Lifecycle

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

(28 weeds)
American burnweed
bearded beggarticks
black willow
Canada lettuce
common cinquefoil
common mullein
common selfheal
common speedwell
devil's beggartick
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
European field pansy
field mustard
field pansy
germander speedwell
great ragweed
Jerusalem artichoke
prairie fleabane
rabbitfoot clover
spiny plumeless thistle
stickweed
sun spurge
Virginia creeper
Virginia strawberry
wild basil
wild parsnip
wild radish
wingstem

Scientific Name

(28 weeds)
Ambrosia trifida
Bidens aristosa
Bidens frondosa
Brassica rapa
Carduus acanthoides
Clinopodium vulgare
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron strigosus
Euphorbia helioscopia
Fragaria virginiana
Helianthus tuberosus
Lactuca Canadensis
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Pastinaca sativa
Potentilla simplex
Prunella vulgaris
Raphanus raphanistrum
Salix nigra
Solanum ptycanthum
Trifolium arvense
Verbascum thapsus
Verbesina alternifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica officinalis
Viola arvensis
Viola bicolor

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