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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
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

I do not know

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

Not Present

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

white

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

fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
I do not know

Common name

(22 weeds)
Australian water-clover
black nightshade
burcucumber
Chinese wisteria
eastern poison ivy
English ivy
hedge bindweed
hog peanut
honeyvine milkweed
ivyleaf morning-glory
Japanese honeysuckle
man of the earth
northern dewberry
perennial pea
purple passionflower
smooth bedstraw
stickywilly
sweetscented bedstraw
tall morning-glory
Virginia creeper
whitestar
wild buckwheat

Scientific Name

(22 weeds)
Ampelamus albidus
Amphicarpa bracteata
Calystegia sepium
Galium aparine
Galium mollugo
Galium odoratum
Hedera helix
Ipomoea hederacea
Ipomoea lacunosa
Ipomoea pandurata
Ipomoea purpurea
Lathyrus latifolius
Lonicera japonica
Marsilea mutica
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Passiflora incarnata
Polygonum convolvulus
Rubus flagellaris
Sicyos angulatus
Solanum nigrum
Toxicodendron radicans
Wisteria sinensis

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