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Plant type

Broadleaf
  • Broadleaf
  • Grass or grass like
  • Other
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Growth habit

I do not know

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

I do not know

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

I do not know

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

yellow

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
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

(128 weeds)
absinthe
American barberry
annual sowthistle
arrowleaf sida
Australian water-clover
bearded beggarticks
bigpod sesbania
bird's-foot trefoil
black medic
blackeyed Susan
brown mustard
browneyed Susan
buffalobur
burcucumber
butterfly weed
butterweed
Canada goldenrod
Canada lettuce
Chinese yam
clammy groundcherry
coltsfoot
common blue violet
common cinquefoil
common dandelion
common evening primrose
common groundsel
common persimmon
common plantain
common ragweed
common St. Johnswort
common sunflower
common yellow oxalis
corn chamomile
creeping primrose
creeping woodsorrel
cursed buttercup
cutleaf evening primrose
cypress spurge
devil's beggartick
disc mayweed
early yellowrocket
eastern daisy fleabane
eastern poison ivy
English ivy
European field pansy
field mustard
field pansy
field pussytoes
flower of an hour
garden lettuce
garden yellowrocket
giant goldenrod
green ash
hairy fleabane
hedgemustard
hemp dogbane
honeylocust
honeyvine milkweed
horseweed
Indian strawberry
Japanese barberry
Japanese honeysuckle
Jerusalem artichoke
lanceleaf ragweed
large hopclover
lawn burweed
lawndaisy
little hogweed
littleleaf buttercup
longleaf groundcherry
low hopclover
mayapple
meadow hawkweed
Morrow's honeysuckle
moth mullein
mugwort
musk thistle
narrowleaf hawksbeard
narrowleaf plantain
northern jointvetch
Norwegian cinquefoil
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
partridge pea
perennial sowthistle
philadelphia fleabane
piedmont bedstraw
prairie fleabane
prickly lettuce
prickly sida
rape
roundleaf greenbriar
sassafras
sensitive partridge pea
sericea lespedeza
showy rattlebox
sicklepod
small hopclover
smallflower buttercup
smooth bedstraw
smooth hawksbeard
sneezeweed
Spanish needles
spiny sowthistle
spotted St. Johnswort
spring avens
St. Anthony's turnip
stickweed
sticky ragwort
sulphur cinquefoil
sun spurge
swamp verbena
sweet clover
sweet fennel
sweet sagewort
sweetgum
sweetscented bedstraw
toothed spurge
tree-of-heaven
velvetleaf
Virginia buttonweed
western salsify
wild grapes
wild mustard
wild parsnip
wild radish
wingstem
yellow passionflower
yellow spring bedstraw

Scientific Name

(128 weeds)
Abutilon theophrasti
Aeschynomene virginica
Ailanthus altissima
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ambrosia bidentata
Ampelamus albidus
Antennaria neglecta
Anthemis arvensis
Apocynum cannabinum
Artemisia absinthium
Artemisia annua
Artemisia vulgaris
Asclepias tuberosa
Barbarea verna
Barbarea vulgaris
Bellis perennis
Berberis canadensis
Berberis thunbergii
Bidens aristosa
Bidens bipinnata
Bidens frondosa
Brassica juncea
Brassica napus
Brassica rapa
Carduus nutans
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans
Conyza bonariensis
Conyza canadensis
Crepis capillaris
Crepis tectorum
Crotalaria spectabilis
Cruciata laevipes
Cruciata pedemontana
Desmodium paniculatum
Diodia virginiana
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Diospyros virginiana
Duchesnea indica
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron philadelphicus
Erigeron strigosus
Euphorbia cyparissias
Euphorbia dentata
Euphorbia helioscopia
Foeniculum vulgare
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Galium odoratum
Galium verum
Geum vernum
Gleditsia triacanthos
Hedera helix
Helenium amarum
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus tuberosus
Hibiscus trionum
Hieracium caespitosum
Hypericum perforatum
Hypericum punctatum
Lactuca Canadensis
Lactuca sativa
Lactuca serriola
Lespedeza cuneata
Liquidambar styraciflua
Lonicera japonica
Lonicera morrowii
Lotus corniculatus
Ludwigia palustris
Marsilea mutica
Matricaria discoidea
Medicago lupulina
Melilotus officinalis
Oenothera biennis
Oenothera laciniata
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis stricta
Packera glabella
Passiflora lutea
Pastinaca sativa
Physalis heterophylla
Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata
Plantago lanceolata
Plantago major
Podophyllum peltatum
Portulaca oleracea
Potentilla norvegica
Potentilla recta
Potentilla simplex
Ranunculus abortivus
Ranunculus bulbosus
Ranunculus parviflorus
Ranunculus sceleratus
Raphanus raphanistrum
Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia triloba
Sassafras albidum
Senecio viscosus
Senecio vulgaris
Senna obtusifolia
Sesbania herbacea
Sicyos angulatus
Sida rhombifolia
Sida spinosa
Sinapis arvensis ssp. arvensis
Sisymbrium offcinale
Smilax rotundifolia
Solanum rostratum
Solidago altissima
Solidago giganteae
Soliva sessilis
Sonchus arvensis
Sonchus asper
Sonchus oleraceus
Taraxacum officinale
Toxicodendron radicans
Tragopogon dubius
Trifolium aureum
Trifolium campestre
Trifolium dubium
Tussilago farfara
Verbascum blattaria
Verbena hastata
Verbesina alternifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Viola arvensis
Viola bicolor
Viola sororia
Vitis spp.

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