Weeds Identification

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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

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

Leaf shape

Leaf arrangement

opposite

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

I do not know

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Not Present

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

I do not know

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(53 weeds)

American speedwell

bladder campion

Canada toadflax

Carolina geranium

common milkweed

common mouse-ear chickweed

common speedwell

creeping primrose

cutleaf geranium

devil's beggartick

Florida beggarweed

Fuller's teasel

germander speedwell

henbit deadnettle

ivyleaf speedwell

jagged chickweed

Jerusalem artichoke

lanceleaf ragweed

lateflowering thoroughwort

Persian speedwell

purple ammannia

purple deadnettle

purslane speedwell

roadside pennycress

Spanish needles

spotted St. Johnswort

stinging nettle

threadstalk speedwell

thymeleaf speedwell

white snakeroot

Scientific Name

(53 weeds)

Ageratina altissima

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Ambrosia bidentata

Ambrosia trifida

Ammannia coccinea

Angelica venenosa

Apocynum cannabinum

Asclepias syriaca

Bidens bipinnata

Bidens frondosa

Cerastium fontanum

Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare

Cirsium vulgare

Desmodium tortuosum

Dianthus armeria

Dipsacus fullonum

Eclipta prostrata

Eupatorium serotinum

Euphorbia dentata

Foeniculum vulgare

Geranium carolinianum

Geranium dissectum

Helianthus tuberosus

Holosteum umbellatum

Hypericum punctatum

Lamium amplexicaule

Lamium purpureum

Lathyrus hirsutus

Lathyrus latifolius

Ludwigia palustris

Monarda citriodora

Nuttallanthus canadensis

Pastinaca sativa

Perilla frutescens

Podophyllum peltatum

Silene latifolia ssp. alba

Thlaspi alliaceum

Verbena hastata

Verbena urticifolia

Verbesina occidentalis

Veronica americana

Veronica arvensis

Veronica chamaedrys

Veronica filiformis

Veronica hederifolia

Veronica officinalis

Veronica peregrina

Veronica persica

Veronica serpyllifolia