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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

round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
I do not know

Leaf arrangement

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
I do not know

Leaf stalk

longer than leaf

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
I do not know

Leaf hairs

I do not know

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Stem cross section

round or oval
square or multi-edged
I do not know

Stem hairs

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Thorns or spines

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Ochrea

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Milky sap

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

white

white
yellow
blue
purple
red
orange
pink
green
I do not know

Flower symmetry

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

I do not know

fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
I do not know

Common name

(30 weeds)
Asian ponysfoot
Australian water-clover
beefsteakplant
bishop's weed
black locust
Carolina ponysfoot
common blue violet
common mallow
English ivy
European field pansy
field bindweed
field pansy
flower of an hour
garlic mustard
hedge bindweed
honeyvine milkweed
ivyleaf speedwell
man of the earth
manyflower marshpennywort
mayapple
multiflora rose
northern dewberry
prairie fleabane
spurred anoda
tall morning-glory
Virginia creeper
Virginia strawberry
white clover
white snakeroot
wild buckwheat

Scientific Name

(30 weeds)
Aegopodium podagraria
Ageratina altissima
Alliaria petiolata
Ampelamus albidus
Anoda cristata
Calystegia sepium
Convolvulus arvensis
Dichondra carolinensis
Dichondra micrantha
Erigeron strigosus
Fragaria virginiana
Hedera helix
Hibiscus trionum
Hydrocotyle umbellata
Ipomoea pandurata
Ipomoea purpurea
Malva neglecta
Marsilea mutica
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Perilla frutescens
Podophyllum peltatum
Polygonum convolvulus
Robinia pseudoacacia
Rosa multiflora
Rubus flagellaris
Trifolium repens
Veronica hederifolia
Viola arvensis
Viola bicolor
Viola sororia

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