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Plant type

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

woody bush or tree

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

I do not know

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

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

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
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

(52 weeds)
American barberry
American basswood
American beech
American sycamore
autumn olive
bittersweet nightshade
black locust
black willow
blackgum
boxelder
Chinese wisteria
common persimmon
common St. Johnswort
cow pea
devil's walkingstick
dogfennel
eastern cottonwood
eastern redbud
eastern redcedar
European spindletree
fragrant sumac
green ash
hardy orange
heavenly bamboo
honeylocust
Japanese barberry
northern red oak
paper mulberry
pawpaw
pecan
prickly Russian thistle
princesstree
red maple
red sandspurry
roundleaf greenbriar
sassafras
scarlet pimpernel
silktree
smooth sumac
stickweed
sticky ragwort
sugar maple
swamp tupelo
sweetgum
Tatarian honeysuckle
tree-of-heaven
Virginia sweetspire
water oak
white ash
white mulberry
wild radish
winged sumac

Scientific Name

(52 weeds)
Acer negundo
Acer rubrum var. trilobum
Acer sacharum
Ailanthus altissima
Albizia julibrissin
Anagallis arvensis
Aralia spinosa
Asimina triloba
Berberis canadensis
Berberis thunbergii
Broussonetia papyrifera
Carya illinoinensis
Cercis canadensis
Diospyros virginiana
Elaeagnus umbellata
Euonymus europaeus
Eupatorium capillifolium
Fagus grandifolia
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Gleditsia triacanthos
Hypericum perforatum
Itea virginica
Juniperus virginiana
Liquidambar styraciflua
Lonicera tatarica
Morus alba
Nandina domestica
Nyssa biflora
Nyssa sylvatica
Paulownia tomentosa
Platanus occidentalis
Poncirus trifoliata
Populus deltoides
Quercus nigra
Quercus rubra
Raphanus raphanistrum
Rhus aromatica
Rhus copallinum
Rhus glabra
Robinia pseudoacacia
Salix nigra
Salsola tragus
Sassafras albidum
Senecio viscosus
Smilax rotundifolia
Solanum dulcamara
Spergularia rubra
Tilia americana
Verbesina occidentalis
Vigna unguiculata
Wisteria sinensis

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