Weeds Identification

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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

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

Leaf shape

Leaf arrangement

opposite

leaves not present

Leaf margin

I do not know

Leaf stalk

I do not know

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

I do not know

Root structure

taproot

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(34 weeds)

bladder campion

Canada toadflax

Carolina geranium

common selfheal

common St. Johnswort

common sunflower

cutleaf geranium

Florida beggarweed

Fuller's teasel

green field speedwell

Jerusalem artichoke

lanceleaf ragweed

prostrate pigweed

purple loosestrife

spotted sandmat

spotted St. Johnswort

trumpet creeper

white snakeroot

Scientific Name

(34 weeds)

Ageratina altissima

Alternanthera philoxeroides

Amaranthus albus

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Ambrosia bidentata

Ambrosia trifida

Angelica venenosa

Campsis radicans

Chamaesyce maculata

Cirsium vulgare

Desmodium tortuosum

Dianthus armeria

Dipsacus fullonum

Eclipta prostrata

Euphorbia dentata

Euphorbia helioscopia

Geranium carolinianum

Geranium dissectum

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus tuberosus

Hypericum perforatum

Hypericum punctatum

Lathyrus latifolius

Lythrum salicaria

Nuttallanthus canadensis

Portulaca oleracea

Prunella vulgaris

Silene latifolia ssp. alba

Silene vulgaris

Soliva sessilis

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Verbena urticifolia

Veronica agrestis

Veronica arvensis