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Plant type

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

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

shorter than leaf

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

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

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

yellow

white
yellow
blue
purple
red
orange
pink
green
I do not know

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

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

I do not know

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

Common name

(36 weeds)
absinthe
arrowleaf sida
bearded beggarticks
bigpod sesbania
black medic
blackeyed Susan
brown mustard
browneyed Susan
buffalobur
burcucumber
butterfly weed
butterweed
Canada goldenrod
eastern daisy fleabane
eastern poison ivy
European field pansy
flower of an hour
garden yellowrocket
giant goldenrod
honeylocust
Japanese barberry
longleaf groundcherry
low hopclover
moth mullein
perennial sowthistle
prairie fleabane
prickly sida
rape
roundleaf greenbriar
sicklepod
small hopclover
sweet clover
tree-of-heaven
velvetleaf
western salsify
wild mustard

Scientific Name

(36 weeds)
Abutilon theophrasti
Ailanthus altissima
Artemisia absinthium
Asclepias tuberosa
Barbarea vulgaris
Berberis thunbergii
Bidens aristosa
Brassica juncea
Brassica napus
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron strigosus
Gleditsia triacanthos
Hibiscus trionum
Medicago lupulina
Melilotus officinalis
Packera glabella
Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata
Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia triloba
Senna obtusifolia
Sesbania herbacea
Sicyos angulatus
Sida rhombifolia
Sida spinosa
Sinapis arvensis ssp. arvensis
Smilax rotundifolia
Solanum rostratum
Solidago altissima
Solidago giganteae
Sonchus arvensis
Toxicodendron radicans
Tragopogon dubius
Trifolium campestre
Trifolium dubium
Verbascum blattaria
Viola arvensis

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