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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
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Leaf structure
simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
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Leaf shape
round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
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Leaf arrangement
alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
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Leaf margin
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entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
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Leaf stalk
none
none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
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Leaf hairs
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has hairs
no hairs
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Stem cross section
round or oval
square or multi-edged
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Stem hairs
has hairs
no hairs
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Thorns or spines
Present
Not Present
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Ochrea
Present
Not Present
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Milky sap
Present
Not Present
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Dominant flower color
white
yellow
blue
purple
red
orange
pink
green
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Flower symmetry
radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
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Flower diameter
larger
pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
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Lifecycle
winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
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Root structure
fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
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Common Name
Scientific Name
Common name
(10 weeds)
bull thistle
chicory
garden cornflower
moth mullein
musk thistle
perennial sowthistle
sensitive partridge pea
tall globethistle
trumpet creeper
western salsify
Scientific Name
(10 weeds)
Campsis
radicans
Carduus
nutans
Centaurea
cyanus
Chamaecrista
nictitans
ssp.
nictitans
var.
nictitans
Cichorium
intybus
Cirsium
vulgare
Echinops
exaltatus
Sonchus
arvensis
Tragopogon
dubius
Verbascum
blattaria