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Plant type

Broadleaf
  • Broadleaf
  • Grass or grass like
  • Other
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Growth habit

upright and nonwoody

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

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

Not Present

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

pencil

pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
I do not know

Lifecycle

I do not know

winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
I do not know

Root structure

I do not know

fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
I do not know

Common name

(52 weeds)
absinthe
annual sowthistle
bearded beggarticks
bigpod sesbania
bird's-foot trefoil
browneyed Susan
butterweed
Canada goldenrod
Canada lettuce
common groundsel
common ragweed
common yellow oxalis
corn chamomile
cursed buttercup
disc mayweed
early yellowrocket
eastern daisy fleabane
field pansy
garden lettuce
garden yellowrocket
giant goldenrod
hairy fleabane
hemp dogbane
horseweed
lanceleaf ragweed
lawndaisy
mugwort
narrowleaf hawksbeard
Norwegian cinquefoil
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
partridge pea
philadelphia fleabane
piedmont bedstraw
prairie fleabane
prickly lettuce
prickly sida
showy rattlebox
sicklepod
small hopclover
smallflower buttercup
smooth hawksbeard
sneezeweed
Spanish needles
spotted St. Johnswort
spring avens
sweet clover
sweet fennel
sweet sagewort
sweetscented bedstraw
wild parsnip
wingstem
yellow spring bedstraw

Scientific Name

(52 weeds)
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ambrosia bidentata
Anthemis arvensis
Apocynum cannabinum
Artemisia absinthium
Artemisia annua
Artemisia vulgaris
Barbarea verna
Barbarea vulgaris
Bellis perennis
Bidens aristosa
Bidens bipinnata
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Conyza bonariensis
Conyza canadensis
Crepis capillaris
Crepis tectorum
Crotalaria spectabilis
Cruciata pedemontana
Desmodium paniculatum
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron philadelphicus
Erigeron strigosus
Foeniculum vulgare
Galium odoratum
Galium verum
Geum vernum
Helenium amarum
Hypericum punctatum
Lactuca Canadensis
Lactuca sativa
Lactuca serriola
Lotus corniculatus
Matricaria discoidea
Melilotus officinalis
Oxalis stricta
Packera glabella
Pastinaca sativa
Potentilla norvegica
Ranunculus parviflorus
Ranunculus sceleratus
Rudbeckia triloba
Senecio vulgaris
Senna obtusifolia
Sesbania herbacea
Sida spinosa
Solidago altissima
Solidago giganteae
Sonchus oleraceus
Trifolium dubium
Verbesina alternifolia
Viola bicolor

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