Weeds Identification

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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

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

Leaf shape

Leaf arrangement

leaves not present

Leaf margin

lobed

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

no 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

(26 weeds)

American burnweed

annual sowthistle

common selfheal

eastern black nightshade

Fuller's teasel

narrowleaf hawksbeard

perennial sowthistle

Queen Anne's lace

shepherd's purse

slender parsley piert

smooth hawksbeard

spiny plumeless thistle

spiny sowthistle

white ballmustard

Scientific Name

(26 weeds)

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Artemisia absinthium

Calepina irregularis

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Carduus acanthoides

Chenopodium album

Cirsium arvense

Conium maculatum

Crepis capillaris

Crepis tectorum

Datura stramonium

Dipsacus fullonum

Erechtites hieracifolia

Eupatorium capillifolium

Lactuca Canadensis

Packera glabella

Prunella vulgaris

Solanum ptycanthum

Sonchus arvensis

Sonchus oleraceus