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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

oval

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

(54 weeds)
American burnweed
American pokeweed
American speedwell
bitter dock
blackeyed Susan
brown mustard
browneyed Susan
Caley pea
camphor pluchea
common selfheal
creeping primrose
early yellowrocket
eastern black nightshade
field pansy
field pennycress
garden yellowrocket
giant goldenrod
hedgemustard
hemp dogbane
jagged chickweed
Japanese knotweed
jewelweed
jimsonweed
longleaf groundcherry
low hopclover
lyreleaf sage
mayapple
mayweed chamomile
moth mullein
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
perennial sowthistle
perplexed ticktrefoil
prairie fleabane
prickly sida
purslane speedwell
roughfruit amaranth
sensitive partridge pea
showy rattlebox
sicklepod
slender amaranth
small hopclover
Spanish needles
spiny amaranth
spotted St. Johnswort
stickweed
sweet clover
thymeleaf speedwell
Virginia bluebells
white ballmustard
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild blue phlox
wild sarsaparilla
wingstem

Scientific Name

(54 weeds)
Ageratina altissima
Amaranthus spinosus
Amaranthus tuberculatus
Amaranthus viridis
Anthemis cotula
Apocynum cannabinum
Aralia nudicaulis
Barbarea verna
Barbarea vulgaris
Bidens bipinnata
Brassica juncea
Calepina irregularis
Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans
Crotalaria spectabilis
Datura stramonium
Desmodium paniculatum
Desmodium perplexum
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron strigosus
Holosteum umbellatum
Hypericum punctatum
Impatiens capensis
Lathyrus hirsutus
Ludwigia palustris
Melilotus officinalis
Mertensia virginica
Phlox divaricata
Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata
Phytolacca americana
Pluchea camphorata
Podophyllum peltatum
Polygonum cuspidatum
Prunella vulgaris
Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia triloba
Rumex obtusifolius
Salvia lyrata
Senna obtusifolia
Sida spinosa
Sisymbrium offcinale
Solanum ptycanthum
Solidago giganteae
Sonchus arvensis
Thlaspi arvense
Trifolium campestre
Trifolium dubium
Verbascum blattaria
Verbena urticifolia
Verbesina alternifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Veronica americana
Veronica peregrina
Veronica serpyllifolia
Viola bicolor

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