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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

I do not know

simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
I do not know

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
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

(86 weeds)
alligatorweed
American speedwell
beefsteakplant
big chickweed
blackgum
bladder campion
boxelder
bull thistle
Caley pea
Canada toadflax
Carolina geranium
catnip
Chinese privet
Chinese yam
common chickweed
common milkweed
common mouse-ear chickweed
common periwinkle
common ragweed
common speedwell
common St. Johnswort
common vetch
coralberry
corn speedwell
creeping primrose
cutleaf geranium
Deptford pink
devil's beggartick
false daisy
Florida beggarweed
Fuller's teasel
germander speedwell
great ragweed
green ash
green field speedwell
ground ivy
hairy angelica
heavenly bamboo
hemp dogbane
henbit deadnettle
honeyvine milkweed
ivyleaf speedwell
jagged chickweed
Japanese honeysuckle
Jerusalem artichoke
lanceleaf ragweed
lateflowering thoroughwort
lawn burweed
lemon beebalm
little hogweed
maidenstears
mayapple
Morrow's honeysuckle
northern catalpa
pecan
perennial pea
Persian speedwell
poorjoe
purple ammannia
purple deadnettle
purslane speedwell
red maple
red sandspurry
roadside pennycress
scarlet pimpernel
silktree
Spanish needles
spotted St. Johnswort
stickweed
sticky chickweed
stinging nettle
sugar maple
sun spurge
swamp tupelo
swamp verbena
sweet fennel
Tatarian honeysuckle
threadstalk speedwell
thymeleaf speedwell
toothed spurge
trumpet creeper
Virginia buttonweed
white ash
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild parsnip

Scientific Name

(86 weeds)
Acer negundo
Acer rubrum var. trilobum
Acer sacharum
Ageratina altissima
Albizia julibrissin
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ambrosia bidentata
Ambrosia trifida
Ammannia coccinea
Ampelamus albidus
Anagallis arvensis
Angelica venenosa
Apocynum cannabinum
Asclepias syriaca
Bidens bipinnata
Bidens frondosa
Campsis radicans
Carya illinoinensis
Catalpa speciosa
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Cerastium glomeratum
Cirsium vulgare
Desmodium tortuosum
Dianthus armeria
Diodia teres
Diodia virginiana
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Dipsacus fullonum
Eclipta prostrata
Eupatorium serotinum
Euphorbia dentata
Euphorbia helioscopia
Foeniculum vulgare
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Geranium carolinianum
Geranium dissectum
Glechoma hederacea
Helianthus tuberosus
Holosteum umbellatum
Hypericum perforatum
Hypericum punctatum
Lamium amplexicaule
Lamium purpureum
Lathyrus hirsutus
Lathyrus latifolius
Ligustrum sinense
Lonicera japonica
Lonicera morrowii
Lonicera tatarica
Ludwigia palustris
Monarda citriodora
Nandina domestica
Nepeta cataria
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Nyssa biflora
Nyssa sylvatica
Pastinaca sativa
Perilla frutescens
Podophyllum peltatum
Portulaca oleracea
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Silene vulgaris
Soliva sessilis
Spergularia rubra
Stellaria media
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Thlaspi alliaceum
Urtica dioica
Verbena hastata
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
Vinca minor

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