Weeds Identification

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Plant type

Broadleaf

Broadleaf
Grass or grass like
Other

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Growth habit

upright and nonwoody

upright and nonwoody

prostrate and nonwoody

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

Leaf shape

I do not know

Leaf arrangement

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

has hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

I do not know

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

I do not know

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

Root structure

taproot

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(94 weeds)

American burnweed

bearded beggarticks

bird's-foot trefoil

bladder campion

Canada goldenrod

Carolina geranium

clammy groundcherry

common cocklebur

common evening primrose

common groundsel

common sunflower

common threeseed mercury

common viper's bugloss

common yellow oxalis

cutleaf geranium

eastern black nightshade

eastern daisy fleabane

field pepperweed

Florida beggarweed

flower of an hour

garden cornflower

giant goldenrod

hairy bittercress

hophornbeam copperleaf

Indian strawberry

Jerusalem artichoke

lanceleaf ragweed

narrowleaf hawksbeard

orange hawkweed

panicledleaf ticktrefoil

Pennsylvania smartweed

perennial sowthistle

perplexed ticktrefoil

piedmont bedstraw

Powell's amaranth

prairie fleabane

prickly lettuce

prickly Russian thistle

purple loosestrife

purple passionflower

Queen Anne's lace

redroot amaranth

shepherd's purse

showy rattlebox

smallflower morningglory

smooth hawksbeard

spiny plumeless thistle

spiny sowthistle

spoonleaf purple everlasting

spotted knapweed

spotted ladysthumb

tall globethistle

Virginia strawberry

Virginia threeseed mercury

white snakeroot

yellow spring bedstraw

Scientific Name

(94 weeds)

Abutilon theophrasti

Acalypha ostryifolia

Acalypha rhomboidea

Acalypha virginica

Ageratina altissima

Amaranthus hybridus

Amaranthus powellii

Amaranthus retroflexus

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Ambrosia bidentata

Ambrosia trifida

Anthemis arvensis

Arabidopsis thaliana

Arctium tomentosum

Artemisia absinthium

Bassia scoparia

Bellis perennis

Bidens aristosa

Brassica juncea

Buglossoides arvensis

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Cardamine hirsuta

Carduus acanthoides

Centaurea cyanus

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Cichorium intybus

Cirsium arvense

Cirsium vulgare

Conyza bonariensis

Conyza canadensis

Crepis capillaris

Crepis tectorum

Crotalaria spectabilis

Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis

Cruciata pedemontana

Desmodium paniculatum

Desmodium perplexum

Desmodium tortuosum

Dianthus armeria

Duchesnea indica

Echinops exaltatus

Eclipta prostrata

Erechtites hieracifolia

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron strigosus

Euphorbia dentata

Fragaria virginiana

Gamochaeta purpure

Geranium carolinianum

Geranium dissectum

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus tuberosus

Hibiscus trionum

Hieracium aurantiacum

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

Lactuca Canadensis

Lactuca serriola

Lepidium campestre

Lotus corniculatus

Lythrum salicaria

Oenothera biennis

Passiflora incarnata

Physalis heterophylla

Polygonum pensylvanicum

Polygonum persicaria

Senecio vulgaris

Sida rhombifolia

Silene latifolia ssp. alba

Sinapis arvensis ssp. arvensis

Sisymbrium offcinale

Solanum carolinense

Solanum ptycanthum

Solanum rostratum

Solidago altissima

Solidago giganteae

Sonchus arvensis

Trifolium pratense

Verbascum thapsus

Verbena urticifolia

Vernonia gigantea

Veronica arvensis

Xanthium strumarium