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

serrated

Leaf stalk

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

Flower symmetry

I do not know

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

nickle

Lifecycle

Root structure

taproot

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(16 weeds)

annual sowthistle

blackeyed Susan

clammy groundcherry

flower of an hour

Jerusalem artichoke

prickly lettuce

spiny plumeless thistle

spiny sowthistle

Scientific Name

(16 weeds)

Abutilon theophrasti

Arctium tomentosum

Carduus acanthoides

Cirsium arvense

Cirsium vulgare

Helianthus tuberosus

Hibiscus trionum

Ipomoea coccinea

Lactuca Canadensis

Lactuca serriola

Physalis heterophylla

Rudbeckia hirta

Sonchus oleraceus