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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

oval

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
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

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

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
I do not know

Flower symmetry

I do not know

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

(48 weeds)
alligatorweed
American speedwell
big chickweed
blackgum
bladder campion
boxelder
bull thistle
Caley pea
Canada toadflax
Chinese privet
Chinese yam
common mouse-ear chickweed
common ragweed
common speedwell
common St. Johnswort
common vetch
coralberry
corn speedwell
creeping primrose
Florida beggarweed
Fuller's teasel
germander speedwell
green field speedwell
hemp dogbane
henbit deadnettle
ivyleaf speedwell
jagged chickweed
Jerusalem artichoke
little hogweed
maidenstears
mayapple
Morrow's honeysuckle
northern catalpa
Persian speedwell
purple deadnettle
purslane speedwell
scarlet pimpernel
Spanish needles
spotted St. Johnswort
stickweed
Tatarian honeysuckle
threadstalk speedwell
thymeleaf speedwell
toothed spurge
white ash
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild parsnip

Scientific Name

(48 weeds)
Acer negundo
Ageratina altissima
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Anagallis arvensis
Apocynum cannabinum
Bidens bipinnata
Catalpa speciosa
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Cirsium vulgare
Desmodium tortuosum
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Dipsacus fullonum
Euphorbia dentata
Fraxinus americana
Helianthus tuberosus
Holosteum umbellatum
Hypericum perforatum
Hypericum punctatum
Lamium amplexicaule
Lamium purpureum
Lathyrus hirsutus
Ligustrum sinense
Lonicera morrowii
Lonicera tatarica
Ludwigia palustris
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Nyssa sylvatica
Pastinaca sativa
Podophyllum peltatum
Portulaca oleracea
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Silene vulgaris
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Verbena urticifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Veronica agrestis
Veronica americana
Veronica arvensis
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica filiformis
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica officinalis
Veronica peregrina
Veronica persica
Veronica serpyllifolia
Vicia sativa

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