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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

I do not know

round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
I do not know

Leaf arrangement

I do not know

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

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
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

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

Common name

(69 weeds)
air yam
Asian ponysfoot
Australian water-clover
bird's-foot trefoil
bishop's weed
black locust
Carolina ponysfoot
Chinese yam
common blue violet
common dandelion
common mallow
common ragweed
common sheep sorrel
common yellow oxalis
cow pea
creeping woodsorrel
cursed buttercup
cutleaf geranium
cypress spurge
devil's beggartick
dovefoot geranium
eastern cottonwood
English ivy
European field pansy
field bindweed
field pansy
flower of an hour
garlic mustard
green ash
hedge bindweed
honeyvine milkweed
Indian strawberry
ivyleaf speedwell
kudzu
littleleaf buttercup
man of the earth
manyflower marshpennywort
mayapple
multiflora rose
northern dewberry
Norwegian cinquefoil
Palmer amaranth
palmleaf morningglory
Powell's amaranth
prairie fleabane
redroot amaranth
redstar
small geranium
smallflower buttercup
smallflower morningglory
smooth sumac
Spanish needles
spurred anoda
St. Anthony's turnip
sugar maple
sweet fennel
sweetgum
tall morning-glory
velvetleaf
Virginia creeper
Virginia pepperweed
Virginia strawberry
white ash
white clover
white snakeroot
wild buckwheat
wild parsnip
wild radish
winged sumac

Scientific Name

(69 weeds)
Abutilon theophrasti
Acer sacharum
Aegopodium podagraria
Ageratina altissima
Alliaria petiolata
Amaranthus palmeri
Amaranthus powellii
Amaranthus retroflexus
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ampelamus albidus
Anoda cristata
Bidens bipinnata
Bidens frondosa
Calystegia sepium
Convolvulus arvensis
Dichondra carolinensis
Dichondra micrantha
Dioscorea bulbifera
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Duchesnea indica
Erigeron strigosus
Euphorbia cyparissias
Foeniculum vulgare
Fragaria virginiana
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Geranium dissectum
Geranium molle
Geranium pusillum
Hedera helix
Hibiscus trionum
Hydrocotyle umbellata
Ipomoea coccinea
Ipomoea pandurata
Ipomoea purpurea
Ipomoea wrightii
Jacquemontia tamnifolia
Lepidium virginicum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Lotus corniculatus
Malva neglecta
Marsilea mutica
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis stricta
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Pastinaca sativa
Podophyllum peltatum
Polygonum convolvulus
Populus deltoides
Potentilla norvegica
Pueraria montana var. lobata
Ranunculus abortivus
Ranunculus bulbosus
Ranunculus parviflorus
Ranunculus sceleratus
Raphanus raphanistrum
Rhus copallinum
Rhus glabra
Robinia pseudoacacia
Rosa multiflora
Rubus flagellaris
Rumex acetosella
Taraxacum officinale
Trifolium repens
Veronica hederifolia
Vigna unguiculata
Viola arvensis
Viola bicolor
Viola sororia

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