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Plant type

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

vine

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

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

Not Present

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Ochrea

I do not know

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

perennial

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

(15 weeds)
air yam
Chinese wisteria
Chinese yam
eastern poison ivy
English ivy
field bindweed
hedge bindweed
kudzu
man of the earth
Oriental bittersweet
palmleaf morningglory
purple passionflower
Virginia creeper
wild grapes
yellow passionflower

Scientific Name

(15 weeds)
Calystegia sepium
Celastrus orbiculatus
Convolvulus arvensis
Dioscorea bulbifera
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Hedera helix
Ipomoea pandurata
Ipomoea wrightii
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Passiflora incarnata
Passiflora lutea
Pueraria montana var. lobata
Toxicodendron radicans
Vitis spp.
Wisteria sinensis

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