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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

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

I do not know

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

not symmetrical

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

(55 weeds)
air yam
American burnweed
Asiatic dayflower
beefsteakplant
black locust
Carolina elephantsfoot
Carolina ponysfoot
Chinese yam
climbing dayflower
common burdock
common chickweed
common ragweed
common sheep sorrel
corn chamomile
corn gromwell
devil's beggartick
dogfennel
false daisy
field pepperweed
fragrant sumac
Fuller's teasel
hairy bittercress
hedge bindweed
hog peanut
Japanese honeysuckle
lambsquarters
lanceleaf ragweed
live oak
mayweed chamomile
mugwort
northern catalpa
northern red oak
Oriental bittersweet
Palmer amaranth
plantain-leaved pussytoes
red maple
red mulberry
roadside pennycress
sensitive partridge pea
shepherd's purse
slender amaranth
slender parsley piert
sourwood
Spanish needles
spotted sandmat
stickweed
stinging nettle
sweetgum
Tatarian honeysuckle
toothed spurge
white ash
white mulberry
white snakeroot
wild buckwheat
wild grapes

Scientific Name

(55 weeds)
Acer rubrum var. trilobum
Ageratina altissima
Amaranthus palmeri
Amaranthus viridis
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ambrosia bidentata
Amphicarpa bracteata
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Anthemis arvensis
Anthemis cotula
Arctium minus
Artemisia vulgaris
Bidens bipinnata
Bidens frondosa
Buglossoides arvensis
Calystegia sepium
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Cardamine hirsuta
Catalpa speciosa
Celastrus orbiculatus
Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans
Chamaesyce maculata
Chenopodium album
Commelina communis
Commelina diffusa
Dichondra carolinensis
Dioscorea bulbifera
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Dipsacus fullonum
Eclipta prostrata
Elephantopus carolinianus
Erechtites hieracifolia
Eupatorium capillifolium
Euphorbia dentata
Fraxinus americana
Lepidium campestre
Liquidambar styraciflua
Lonicera japonica
Lonicera tatarica
Morus alba
Morus rubra
Oxydendrum arboreum
Perilla frutescens
Polygonum convolvulus
Quercus rubra
Quercus virginiana
Rhus aromatica
Robinia pseudoacacia
Rumex acetosella
Stellaria media
Thlaspi alliaceum
Urtica dioica
Verbesina occidentalis
Vitis spp.

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