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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

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

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

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

I do not know

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

(42 weeds)
annual sowthistle
brown mustard
butterfly weed
common persimmon
common plantain
common St. Johnswort
creeping primrose
English ivy
European field pansy
field pansy
garden lettuce
garden yellowrocket
green ash
hairy fleabane
hemp dogbane
honeyvine milkweed
Japanese barberry
Japanese honeysuckle
Jerusalem artichoke
lanceleaf ragweed
lawndaisy
little hogweed
longleaf groundcherry
meadow hawkweed
Morrow's honeysuckle
moth mullein
narrowleaf plantain
philadelphia fleabane
prairie fleabane
rape
roundleaf greenbriar
showy rattlebox
smooth bedstraw
sneezeweed
spiny sowthistle
spotted St. Johnswort
sticky ragwort
sweet fennel
sweetscented bedstraw
Virginia buttonweed
western salsify
yellow spring bedstraw

Scientific Name

(42 weeds)
Ambrosia bidentata
Ampelamus albidus
Apocynum cannabinum
Asclepias tuberosa
Barbarea vulgaris
Bellis perennis
Berberis thunbergii
Brassica juncea
Brassica napus
Conyza bonariensis
Crotalaria spectabilis
Cruciata laevipes
Diodia virginiana
Diospyros virginiana
Erigeron philadelphicus
Erigeron strigosus
Foeniculum vulgare
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Galium odoratum
Galium verum
Hedera helix
Helenium amarum
Helianthus tuberosus
Hieracium caespitosum
Hypericum perforatum
Hypericum punctatum
Lactuca sativa
Lonicera japonica
Lonicera morrowii
Ludwigia palustris
Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata
Plantago lanceolata
Plantago major
Portulaca oleracea
Senecio viscosus
Smilax rotundifolia
Sonchus asper
Sonchus oleraceus
Tragopogon dubius
Verbascum blattaria
Viola arvensis
Viola bicolor

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