Weeds Identification

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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

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

simple

Leaf shape

I do not know

Leaf arrangement

alternate

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Not Present

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

I do not know

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(137 weeds)

American basswood

American burnweed

American pokeweed

annual sowthistle

Asian ponysfoot

Asiatic dayflower

brownray knapweed

camphor pluchea

Canada goldenrod

Carolina elephantsfoot

Carolina ponysfoot

clammy groundcherry

climbing dayflower

common cocklebur

common groundsel

common persimmon

common threeseed mercury

cursed buttercup

cutleaf geranium

early yellowrocket

eastern black nightshade

eastern daisy fleabane

European field pansy

European spindletree

field pepperweed

Florida beggarweed

garden cornflower

garden yellowrocket

giant goldenrod

green field speedwell

hophornbeam copperleaf

ivyleaf morning-glory

ivyleaf speedwell

Japanese barberry

Jerusalem artichoke

lanceleaf ragweed

littleleaf buttercup

longleaf groundcherry

man of the earth

manyflower marshpennywort

mayweed chamomile

northern red oak

Oriental bittersweet

Palmer amaranth

perennial sowthistle

Persian speedwell

philadelphia fleabane

plantain-leaved pussytoes

prairie fleabane

prickly Russian thistle

purslane speedwell

redroot amaranth

roughfruit amaranth

roundleaf greenbriar

shepherd's purse

showy rattlebox

slender amaranth

smallflower buttercup

smallflower morningglory

spiny plumeless thistle

spiny sowthistle

spoonleaf purple everlasting

spotted knapweed

St. Anthony's turnip

tall globethistle

tall morning-glory

threadstalk speedwell

Virginia sweetspire

Virginia threeseed mercury

western salsify

white heath aster

Scientific Name

(137 weeds)

Abutilon theophrasti

Acalypha ostryifolia

Acalypha rhomboidea

Acalypha virginica

Achillea millefolium

Amaranthus palmeri

Amaranthus retroflexus

Amaranthus spinosus

Amaranthus tuberculatus

Amaranthus viridis

Ambrosia bidentata

Antennaria plantaginifolia

Anthemis cotula

Arabidopsis thaliana

Arctium tomentosum

Artemisia absinthium

Artemisia vulgaris

Asclepias tuberosa

Asimina triloba

Barbarea vulgaris

Bassia scoparia

Berberis thunbergii

Brassica juncea

Broussonetia papyrifera

Buglossoides arvensis

Calystegia sepium

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Carduus acanthoides

Celastrus orbiculatus

Centaurea cyanus

Centaurea jacea

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Cercis canadensis

Chenopodium album

Chenopodium ambrosioides

Cichorium intybus

Cirsium arvense

Cirsium vulgare

Commelina communis

Commelina diffusa

Convolvulus arvensis

Conyza canadensis

Crotalaria spectabilis

Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis

Croton monanthogynus

Datura stramonium

Desmodium tortuosum

Dichondra carolinensis

Dichondra micrantha

Dioscorea bulbifera

Dioscorea oppositifolia

Diospyros virginiana

Echinops exaltatus

Eclipta prostrata

Elaeagnus umbellata

Elephantopus carolinianus

Erechtites hieracifolia

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron philadelphicus

Erigeron strigosus

Euonymus europaeus

Euphorbia dentata

Fagus grandifolia

Gamochaeta purpure

Geranium dissectum

Helenium amarum

Helianthus tuberosus

Hydrocotyle umbellata

Impatiens capensis

Ipomoea coccinea

Ipomoea hederacea

Ipomoea lacunosa

Ipomoea pandurata

Ipomoea purpurea

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

Lactuca Canadensis

Lepidium campestre

Leucanthemum vulgare

Liquidambar styraciflua

Maclura pomifera

Oxydendrum arboreum

Phyllanthus urinaria

Physalis heterophylla

Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata

Phytolacca americana

Pluchea camphorata

Portulaca oleracea

Quercus virginiana

Ranunculus abortivus

Ranunculus bulbosus

Ranunculus parviflorus

Ranunculus sceleratus

Raphanus raphanistrum

Senecio viscosus

Senecio vulgaris

Sicyos angulatus

Sida rhombifolia

Smilax rotundifolia

Solanum ptycanthum

Solidago altissima

Solidago giganteae

Sonchus arvensis

Sonchus oleraceus

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

Tilia americana

Tragopogon dubius

Tussilago farfara

Verbascum thapsus

Verbesina alternifolia

Vernonia gigantea

Veronica agrestis

Veronica filiformis

Veronica hederifolia

Veronica peregrina

Veronica persica

Xanthium strumarium