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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
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Leaf shape

round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
I do not know

Leaf arrangement

opposite

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
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Leaf stalk

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
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Leaf hairs

no hairs

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Stem cross section

round or oval
square or multi-edged
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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

Not Present

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
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Flower symmetry

I do not know

radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
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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)
alligatorweed
American speedwell
beefsteakplant
blackgum
boxelder
Caley pea
Canada toadflax
Chinese yam
common periwinkle
common St. Johnswort
creeping primrose
Deptford pink
devil's beggartick
Fuller's teasel
green ash
ground ivy
hairy angelica
heavenly bamboo
hemp dogbane
honeyvine milkweed
jagged chickweed
Japanese honeysuckle
lawn burweed
lemon beebalm
little hogweed
maidenstears
mayapple
pecan
perennial pea
poorjoe
purple ammannia
purslane speedwell
red maple
red sandspurry
roadside pennycress
scarlet pimpernel
silktree
Spanish needles
spotted St. Johnswort
stickweed
sugar maple
sun spurge
swamp tupelo
sweet fennel
Tatarian honeysuckle
thymeleaf speedwell
trumpet creeper
Virginia buttonweed
white ash
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild parsnip

Scientific Name

(52 weeds)
Acer negundo
Acer rubrum var. trilobum
Acer sacharum
Ageratina altissima
Albizia julibrissin
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Ammannia coccinea
Ampelamus albidus
Anagallis arvensis
Angelica venenosa
Apocynum cannabinum
Bidens bipinnata
Bidens frondosa
Campsis radicans
Carya illinoinensis
Dianthus armeria
Diodia teres
Diodia virginiana
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Dipsacus fullonum
Euphorbia helioscopia
Foeniculum vulgare
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Glechoma hederacea
Holosteum umbellatum
Hypericum perforatum
Hypericum punctatum
Lathyrus hirsutus
Lathyrus latifolius
Lonicera japonica
Lonicera tatarica
Ludwigia palustris
Monarda citriodora
Nandina domestica
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Nyssa biflora
Nyssa sylvatica
Pastinaca sativa
Perilla frutescens
Podophyllum peltatum
Portulaca oleracea
Silene vulgaris
Soliva sessilis
Spergularia rubra
Thlaspi alliaceum
Verbena urticifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Veronica americana
Veronica peregrina
Veronica serpyllifolia
Vinca minor

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