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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

lance

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

shorter than leaf

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
I do not know

Leaf hairs

no 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

I do not know

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

radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
I do not know

Flower diameter

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

(47 weeds)
absinthe
American burnweed
American speedwell
apple of Peru
bigpod sesbania
brownray knapweed
Caley pea
camphor pluchea
common selfheal
creeping primrose
devil's beggartick
early yellowrocket
eastern black nightshade
fall phlox
fiddle dock
field pansy
field pennycress
giant goldenrod
giant ironweed
hairy angelica
hedgemustard
hemp dogbane
jagged chickweed
lambsquarters
lemon beebalm
longleaf groundcherry
moth mullein
oxeye daisy
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
perennial pea
perennial sowthistle
perplexed ticktrefoil
prairie fleabane
prickly sida
purslane speedwell
rape
silverleaf nightshade
Spanish needles
spotted St. Johnswort
stickweed
swamp smartweed
thymeleaf speedwell
Virginia threeseed mercury
western salsify
white vervain
wild blue phlox
wingstem

Scientific Name

(47 weeds)
Acalypha virginica
Angelica venenosa
Apocynum cannabinum
Artemisia absinthium
Barbarea verna
Bidens bipinnata
Bidens frondosa
Brassica napus
Centaurea jacea
Chenopodium album
Desmodium paniculatum
Desmodium perplexum
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron strigosus
Holosteum umbellatum
Hypericum punctatum
Lathyrus hirsutus
Lathyrus latifolius
Leucanthemum vulgare
Ludwigia palustris
Monarda citriodora
Nicandra physalodes
Phlox divaricata
Phlox paniculata
Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata
Pluchea camphorata
Polygonum hydropiperoides
Prunella vulgaris
Rumex pulcher
Sesbania herbacea
Sida spinosa
Sisymbrium offcinale
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Solanum ptycanthum
Solidago giganteae
Sonchus arvensis
Thlaspi arvense
Tragopogon dubius
Verbascum blattaria
Verbena urticifolia
Verbesina alternifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Vernonia gigantea
Veronica americana
Veronica peregrina
Veronica serpyllifolia
Viola bicolor

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