Weeds Identification

VT Logo

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Start Over

Plant type

Broadleaf

Broadleaf
Grass or grass like
Other

If you find errors in this application, please contact Weed ID Developers.

Growth habit

I do not know

upright and nonwoody

prostrate and nonwoody

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

Leaf shape

Leaf arrangement

I do not know

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

I do not know

Milky sap

I do not know

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

I do not know

Lifecycle

perennial

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(362 weeds)

Adam and Eve orchid

allegheny monkeyflower

American barberry

American basswood

American beautyberry

American black elderberry

American climbing fern

American hazelnut

American pokeweed

American speedwell

American sycamore

American water-willow

American white waterlily

Amur honeysuckle

Asian ponysfoot

Australian water-clover

bird's-foot trefoil

bitternut hickory

bittersweet nightshade

black highbush blueberry

black huckleberry

black nightshade

black raspberry

blackeyed Susan

bladder campion

blue huckleberry

blue mistflower

Boston swordfern

Brazilian waterweed

broadleaf helleborine

broadleaf ironweed

broadleaf pondweed

browneyed Susan

brownray knapweed

butter and eggs

camphor pluchea

Canada goldenrod

Canadian lousewort

Carolina elephantsfoot

Carolina ponysfoot

chameleon plant

Chinese chestnut

Chinese sweetshrub

Chinese wisteria

clammy groundcherry

coastal sweetpepperbush

cockspur hawthorn

common blue violet

common buttonbush

common cinquefoil

common cowparsnip

common dandelion

common duckweed

common milkweed

common mouse-ear chickweed

common periwinkle

common persimmon

common plantain

common selfheal

common sheep sorrel

common speedwell

common St. Johnswort

common sweetleaf

common yellow oxalis

creeping lespedeza

creeping primrose

creeping strawberry bush

creeping woodsorrel

creeping yellowcress

cursed buttercup

devil's grandmother

devil's walkingstick

dotted smartweed

eastern baccharis

eastern cottonwood

eastern poison ivy

eastern redcedar

Eurasian watermilfoil

European cranberrybush

European spindletree

field horsetail

field pussytoes

floating marshpennywort

floating primrose-willow

flowering quince

garden asparagus

garden valerian

germander speedwell

giant goldenrod

glossy buckthorn

golden chain tree

grass-like starwort

great blue lobelia

Guadeloupe cucumber

hairy cat's ear

harlequin glorybower

heavenly bamboo

honeyvine milkweed

horned pondweed

humped bladderwort

hyssopleaf thoroughwort

Indian strawberry

Japanese barberry

Japanese flowering cherry

Japanese honeysuckle

Japanese knotweed

Japanese spindletree

Japanese spirea

Jerusalem artichoke

largepod pinweed

lateflowering thoroughwort

lawn marshpennywort

lesser calamint

little floatingheart

long-stalked phyllanthus

longleaf pondweed

man of the earth

manyflower marshpennywort

maroon Carolina milkvine

Maryland goldenaster

Maryland meadowbeauty

meadow hawkweed

mockernut hickory

Morrow's honeysuckle

mountain fetterbush

mountain laurel

multiflora rose

narrowleaf mountainmint

narrowleaf pinweed

narrowleaf plantain

nettleleaf noseburn

northern bog violet

northern catalpa

northern dewberry

northern red oak

orange hawkweed

Oriental bittersweet

palmleaf morningglory

panicledleaf ticktrefoil

parrot feather watermilfoil

perennial sowthistle

perplexed ticktrefoil

pink woodsorrel

plantain-leaved pussytoes

purple loosestrife

purple passionflower

red stemmed parrots feather

redosier dogwood

rice button aster

roundleaf greenbriar

saucer magnolia

sawtooth blackberry

sericea lespedeza

shining bedstraw

Siberian ligularia

silverleaf nightshade

smallspike false nettle

smooth bedstraw

smooth bedstraw

spotted knapweed

spotted St. Johnswort

St. Andrew's cross

St. Anthony's turnip

stinging nettle

stringy stonecrop

striped prince's pine

sulphur cinquefoil

swamp smartweed

sweet autumn virginsbower

sweetscented bedstraw

tall globethistle

Tatarian honeysuckle

threadstalk speedwell

Thunbergs meadowsweet

thymeleaf speedwell

tree-of-a-thousand-stars

trumpet creeper

twoleaf watermilfoil

Virginia bluebells

Virginia buttonweed

Virginia creeper

Virginia glasswort

Virginia mountainmint

Virginia strawberry

Virginia sweetspire

waterthread pondweed

western brackenfern

white heath aster

white panicle aster

white snakeroot

whorled yellow loosestrife

wild blue phlox

wild four-o'clock

wild sarsaparilla

winter-flowering cherry

wintergreen barberry

yellow archangel

yellow floatingheart

yellow passionflower

yellow spring bedstraw

Scientific Name

(362 weeds)

Acer rubrum var. trilobum

Achillea millefolium

Actaea racemosa var. racemosa

Actinidia chinensis

Aegopodium podagraria

Ageratina altissima

Agrimonia parviflora

Ailanthus altissima

Albizia julibrissin

Alnus serrulata

Alternanthera philoxeroides

Ampelamus albidus

Angelica venenosa

Antennaria neglecta

Antennaria plantaginifolia

Apios americana

Aplectrum hyemale

Apocynum cannabinum

Aralia nudicaulis

Artemisia absinthium

Artemisia vulgaris

Asclepias physocarpa

Asclepias syriaca

Asclepias tuberosa

Asimina triloba

Asparagus officinalis

Baccharis halimifolia

Bellis perennis

Berberis canadensis

Berberis julianae

Berberis thunbergii

Boehmeria cylindrica

Brasenia schreberi

Broussonetia papyrifera

Calamintha nepeta

Callicarpa americana

Calocedrus decurrens

Calycanthus chinensis

Calystegia sepium

Campsis radicans

Carya cordiformis

Carya illinoinensis

Castanea mollissima

Catalpa speciosa

Celastrus orbiculatus

Centaurea jacea

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Cerastium fontanum

Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare

Ceratophyllum demersum

Cercis canadensis

Chaenomeles japonica

Chaenomeles speciosa

Chimaphila maculata

Chrysopsis mariana

Cichorium intybus

Cirsium arvense

Clematis terniflora

Clerodendrum chinense

Clerodendrum trichotomum

Clethra alnifolia

Clinopodium vulgare

Conoclinium coelestinum

Convolvulus arvensis

Coronilla varia

Corylus americana

Crataegus crus-galli

Crataegus viridis

Cruciata laevipes

Cydonia oblonga

Cynara cardunculus

Cytisus scoparius

Desmodium paniculatum

Desmodium perplexum

Dianthus armeria

Dicentra canadensis

Dichondra carolinensis

Dichondra micrantha

Diodia virginiana

Dioscorea bulbifera

Dioscorea oppositifolia

Diospyros virginiana

Duchesnea indica

Echinops exaltatus

Elaeagnus umbellata

Elephantopus carolinianus

Elephantopus tomentosus

Epipactis helleborine

Equisetum arvense

Euonymus alatus

Euonymus americanus

Euonymus europaeus

Euonymus japonica

Euonymus kiautschovicus

Eupatorium capillifolium

Eupatorium hyssopifolium

Eupatorium serotinum

Euphorbia cyparissias

Eutrochium fistulosum

Fagus grandifolia

Fragaria virginiana

Fraxinus americana

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Galium concinnum

Galium odoratum

Gaylussacia baccata

Gaylussacia frondosa

Glechoma hederacea

Gleditsia triacanthos

Gratiola officinalis

Haracleum maximum

Helianthus mollis

Helianthus simulans

Helianthus tuberosus

Hesperis matronalis

Hieracium aurantiacum

Hieracium caespitosum

Houttuynia cordata

Humulus japonicus

Humulus lupulus

Hydrilla verticillata

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides

Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides

Hydrocotyle umbellata

Hypericum hypericoides

Hypericum perforatum

Hypericum punctatum

Hypochaeris radicata

Ipomoea pandurata

Ipomoea wrightii

Juniperus virginiana

Justicia americana

Kalmia latifolia

Kalopanax septemlobus

Laburnum anagyroides

Lagerstroemia indica

Lamiastrum galeobdolon

Lathyrus latifolius

Lechea intermedia

Lechea tenuifolia

Lespedeza cuneata

Lespedeza repens

Leucanthemum vulgare

Ligularia sibirica

Ligustrum sinense

Linaria vulgaris

Liquidambar styraciflua

Liriodendron tulipifera

Lobelia siphilitica

Lonicera japonica

Lonicera maackii

Lonicera morrowii

Lonicera tatarica

Lotus corniculatus

Ludwigia palustris

Ludwigia peploides

Lycium barbarum

Lycopodium digitatum

Lycopodium obscurum

Lygodium palmatum

Lysimachia quadrifolia

Lythrum salicaria

Macfadyena unguis-cati

Macleaya cordata

Maclura pomifera

Magnolia acuminata

Magnolia soulangeana

Marsilea mutica

Matelea carolinensis

Melia azedarach

Melissa officinalis

Melothria pendula

Mentha x piperita

Mertensia virginica

Mimulus ringens

Mirabilis nyctaginea

Monarda citriodora

Morella cerifera

Murdannia nudiflora

Myriophyllum aquaticum

Myriophyllum brasiliensis

Myriophyllum heterophyllum

Myriophyllum spicatum

Nandina domestica

Nasturtium officinale

Nephrolepis exaltata

Nymphaea odorata

Nymphoides cordata

Nymphoides peltata

Nyssa sylvatica

Onoclea sensibilis

Origanum vulgare

Oxalis corniculata

Oxydendrum arboreum

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Passiflora incarnata

Passiflora lutea

Pastinaca sativa

Paulownia tomentosa

Pedicularis canadensis

Persea palustris

Phlox divaricata

Phlox paniculata

Phyllanthus tenellus

Physalis heterophylla

Phytolacca americana

Pieris floribunda

Plantago lanceolata

Platanus occidentalis

Pluchea camphorata

Podophyllum peltatum

Polygonum cuspidatum

Polygonum hydropiperoides

Polygonum punctatum var. confertiflorum

Poncirus trifoliata

Populus deltoides

Portulaca pilosa

Potamogeton crispus

Potamogeton diversifolius

Potamogeton foliosus

Potamogeton nodosus

Potamogeton pusillus

Potentilla recta

Potentilla simplex

Prunella vulgaris

Prunus americana

Prunus serotina

Prunus serrulata

Prunus subhirtella

Pteridium aquilinum

Pueraria montana var. lobata

Punica granatum

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Pycnanthemum virginianum

Pyrularia pubera

Pyrus pyrifolia

Quercus acutissima

Quercus virginiana

Ranunculus bulbosus

Ranunculus sceleratus

Rheum rhaponticum

Rhodotypos scandens

Rhus copallinum

Robinia pseudoacacia

Robinia viscosa

Rorippa sylvestris

Rosa multiflora

Rubus flagellaris

Rubus occidentalis

Rubus phoenicolasius

Rudbeckia hirta

Rudbeckia triloba

Rumex acetosella

Rumex obtusifolius

Salicornea virginica

Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis

Saponaria officinalis

Sassafras albidum

Sedum sarmentosum

Serissa foetida

Silene latifolia ssp. alba

Silene vulgaris

Smilax rotundifolia

Solanum carolinense

Solanum dulcamara

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Solidago altissima

Solidago giganteae

Sonchus arvensis

Spergularia rubra

Spiraea japonica

Spiraea thunbergii

Stellaria graminea

Stuckenia pectinata

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Symphyotrichum dumosum

Symphyotrichum laeve

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

Symplocos tinctoria

Tanacetum vulgare

Taraxacum officinale

Tilia americana

Toxicodendron radicans

Tradescantia ohiensis

Tragia urticifolia

Triadica sebifera

Trifolium pratense

Trifolium repens

Tussilago farfara

Utricularia gibba

Vaccinium fuscatum

Valeriana officinalis

Verbena hastata

Verbena urticifolia

Verbesina alternifolia

Verbesina occidentalis

Vernonia gigantea

Vernonia glauca

Veronica americana

Veronica chamaedrys

Veronica filiformis

Veronica officinalis

Veronica serpyllifolia

Viburnum opulus

Viburnum prunifolium

Viburnum rufidulum

Viccinium stamineum

Viola nephrophylla

Wisteria sinensis

Zannichellia palustris