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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

I do not know

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
I do not know

Leaf stalk

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
I do not know

Leaf hairs

I do not know

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

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Thorns or spines

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Ochrea

I do not know

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

radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
I do not know

Flower diameter

nickle

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

(33 weeds)
buffalobur
bull thistle
Canada thistle
Chinese privet
Chinese wisteria
clammy groundcherry
common burdock
common evening primrose
common yellow oxalis
cow pea
creeping woodsorrel
cutleaf evening primrose
devil's beggartick
field bindweed
flower of an hour
ground ivy
Jerusalem artichoke
kudzu
large hopclover
lemon beebalm
man of the earth
mayweed chamomile
multiflora rose
northern jointvetch
prickly lettuce
rabbitfoot clover
smallflower morningglory
spiny sowthistle
St. Anthony's turnip
stickweed
velvetleaf
wild basil
woolly burdock

Scientific Name

(33 weeds)
Abutilon theophrasti
Aeschynomene virginica
Anthemis cotula
Arctium minus
Arctium tomentosum
Bidens frondosa
Cirsium arvense
Cirsium vulgare
Clinopodium vulgare
Convolvulus arvensis
Glechoma hederacea
Helianthus tuberosus
Hibiscus trionum
Ipomoea pandurata
Jacquemontia tamnifolia
Lactuca serriola
Ligustrum sinense
Monarda citriodora
Oenothera biennis
Oenothera laciniata
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis stricta
Physalis heterophylla
Pueraria montana var. lobata
Ranunculus bulbosus
Rosa multiflora
Solanum rostratum
Sonchus asper
Trifolium arvense
Trifolium aureum
Verbesina occidentalis
Vigna unguiculata
Wisteria sinensis

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