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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

I do not know

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

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

I do not know

pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
I do not know

Lifecycle

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

(198 weeds)
absinthe
American burnweed
American pokeweed
American speedwell
annual sowthistle
apple of Peru
arrowleaf sida
bearded beggarticks
beefsteakplant
big chickweed
bigpod sesbania
bird's-foot trefoil
blackeyed Susan
bladder campion
blindeyes
brown mustard
browneyed Susan
brownray knapweed
buffalobur
bull thistle
butterweed
Caley pea
camphor pluchea
Canada goldenrod
Canada lettuce
Canada thistle
Canada toadflax
Carolina elephantsfoot
Carolina geranium
catnip
chamber bitter
chicory
clammy groundcherry
common burdock
common cocklebur
common evening primrose
common groundsel
common mallow
common milkweed
common mouse-ear chickweed
common mullein
common ragweed
common speedwell
common threeseed mercury
common vetch
common viper's bugloss
common yellow oxalis
corn chamomile
corn gromwell
corn speedwell
corn spurry
creeping lespedeza
creeping primrose
cursed buttercup
cutleaf geranium
Deptford pink
devil's beggartick
disc mayweed
dogfennel
early yellowrocket
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
fall phlox
false daisy
fiddle dock
field horsetail
field madder
field mustard
field pansy
field pennycress
field pepperweed
Florida beggarweed
flower of an hour
Fuller's teasel
garden cornflower
garden lettuce
garden yellowrocket
germander speedwell
giant goldenrod
giant ironweed
great blue lobelia
great ragweed
green carpetweed
hairy angelica
hairy bittercress
hairy fleabane
hemp dogbane
henbit deadnettle
hophornbeam copperleaf
horseweed
hyssopleaf thoroughwort
Indian strawberry
ivyleaf speedwell
jagged chickweed
Jerusalem artichoke
jewelweed
jimsonweed
kochia
lambsquarters
lanceleaf ragweed
large hopclover
lateflowering thoroughwort
lawndaisy
lemon beebalm
longleaf groundcherry
low hopclover
lyreleaf sage
manyflower marshpennywort
mayapple
mayweed chamomile
Mexican tea
mouseear cress
mugwort
musk thistle
narrowleaf hawksbeard
Norwegian cinquefoil
orange hawkweed
oxeye daisy
Palmer amaranth
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
partridge pea
perennial pea
perennial sowthistle
perplexed ticktrefoil
Persian speedwell
philadelphia fleabane
piedmont bedstraw
plantain-leaved pussytoes
poison hemlock
poorjoe
Powell's amaranth
prairie fleabane
prickly lettuce
prickly Russian thistle
prickly sida
purple ammannia
purple deadnettle
purple passionflower
purslane speedwell
Queen Anne's lace
rabbitfoot clover
rape
red clover
redroot amaranth
roadside pennycress
roughfruit amaranth
sensitive partridge pea
shepherd's purse
showy rattlebox
sicklepod
silverleaf nightshade
slender amaranth
slender parsley piert
small hopclover
smallflower buttercup
smallflower morningglory
smooth bedstraw
smooth hawksbeard
sneezeweed
Spanish needles
spiny amaranth
spiny plumeless thistle
spiny sowthistle
spoonleaf purple everlasting
spotted knapweed
spotted St. Johnswort
spring avens
spring draba
spurred anoda
St. Anthony's turnip
stickweed
stinging nettle
swamp verbena
sweet clover
sweet fennel
sweet sagewort
sweetscented bedstraw
tall globethistle
threadstalk speedwell
thymeleaf speedwell
toothed spurge
velvetleaf
vente conmigo
Virginia bluebells
Virginia strawberry
Virginia threeseed mercury
western brackenfern
western salsify
white ballmustard
white heath aster
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild blue phlox
wild parsnip
wild sarsaparilla
wingstem
woolly burdock
yellow spring bedstraw

Scientific Name

(198 weeds)
Abutilon theophrasti
Acalypha ostryifolia
Acalypha rhomboidea
Acalypha virginica
Ageratina altissima
Amaranthus palmeri
Amaranthus powellii
Amaranthus retroflexus
Amaranthus spinosus
Amaranthus tuberculatus
Amaranthus viridis
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ambrosia bidentata
Ambrosia trifida
Ammannia coccinea
Angelica venenosa
Anoda cristata
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Anthemis arvensis
Anthemis cotula
Apocynum cannabinum
Arabidopsis thaliana
Aralia nudicaulis
Arctium minus
Arctium tomentosum
Artemisia absinthium
Artemisia annua
Artemisia vulgaris
Asclepias syriaca
Barbarea verna
Barbarea vulgaris
Bassia scoparia
Bellis perennis
Bidens aristosa
Bidens bipinnata
Bidens frondosa
Brassica juncea
Brassica napus
Brassica rapa
Buglossoides arvensis
Calepina irregularis
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Cardamine hirsuta
Carduus acanthoides
Carduus nutans
Centaurea cyanus
Centaurea jacea
Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans
Chenopodium album
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Cichorium intybus
Cirsium arvense
Cirsium vulgare
Conium maculatum
Conyza bonariensis
Conyza canadensis
Crepis capillaris
Crepis tectorum
Crotalaria spectabilis
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
Cruciata pedemontana
Datura stramonium
Daucus carota
Desmodium paniculatum
Desmodium perplexum
Desmodium tortuosum
Dianthus armeria
Diodia teres
Dipsacus fullonum
Draba verna
Duchesnea indica
Echinops exaltatus
Echium vulgare
Eclipta prostrata
Elephantopus carolinianus
Equisetum arvense
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron philadelphicus
Erigeron strigosus
Eupatorium capillifolium
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Eupatorium serotinum
Euphorbia dentata
Foeniculum vulgare
Fragaria virginiana
Galium mollugo
Galium odoratum
Galium verum
Gamochaeta purpure
Geranium carolinianum
Geranium dissectum
Geum vernum
Helenium amarum
Helianthus tuberosus
Hibiscus trionum
Hieracium aurantiacum
Holosteum umbellatum
Hydrocotyle umbellata
Hypericum punctatum
Impatiens capensis
Jacquemontia tamnifolia
Lactuca Canadensis
Lactuca sativa
Lactuca serriola
Lamium amplexicaule
Lamium purpureum
Lathyrus hirsutus
Lathyrus latifolius
Lepidium campestre
Lespedeza repens
Leucanthemum vulgare
Lobelia siphilitica
Lotus corniculatus
Ludwigia palustris
Malva neglecta
Matricaria discoidea
Melilotus officinalis
Mertensia virginica
Mollugo verticillata
Monarda citriodora
Nepeta cataria
Nicandra physalodes
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Oenothera biennis
Oxalis stricta
Packera glabella
Papaver dubium
Passiflora incarnata
Pastinaca sativa
Perilla frutescens
Phlox divaricata
Phlox paniculata
Phyllanthus urinaria
Physalis heterophylla
Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata
Phytolacca americana
Pluchea camphorata
Podophyllum peltatum
Potentilla norvegica
Pteridium aquilinum
Ranunculus bulbosus
Ranunculus parviflorus
Ranunculus sceleratus
Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia triloba
Rumex pulcher
Salsola tragus
Salvia lyrata
Senecio vulgaris
Senna obtusifolia
Sesbania herbacea
Sherardia arvensis
Sida rhombifolia
Sida spinosa
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Solanum ptycanthum
Solanum rostratum
Solidago altissima
Solidago giganteae
Sonchus arvensis
Sonchus asper
Sonchus oleraceus
Spergula arvensis
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Thlaspi alliaceum
Thlaspi arvense
Tragopogon dubius
Trifolium arvense
Trifolium aureum
Trifolium campestre
Trifolium dubium
Trifolium pratense
Urtica dioica
Verbascum thapsus
Verbena hastata
Verbena urticifolia
Verbesina alternifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Vernonia gigantea
Veronica americana
Veronica arvensis
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica filiformis
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica officinalis
Veronica peregrina
Veronica persica
Veronica serpyllifolia
Vicia sativa
Viola bicolor
Xanthium strumarium

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