Weeds Identification

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Plant type

Broadleaf

Broadleaf
Grass or grass like
Other

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Growth habit

I do not know

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

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

no hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

perennial

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(87 weeds)

American barberry

American basswood

American pokeweed

American speedwell

American sycamore

bittersweet nightshade

blackeyed Susan

browneyed Susan

Chinese wisteria

common dandelion

common milkweed

common periwinkle

common persimmon

common selfheal

creeping lespedeza

creeping primrose

devil's walkingstick

eastern poison ivy

European spindletree

giant goldenrod

Japanese barberry

Japanese knotweed

man of the earth

northern red oak

Oriental bittersweet

panicledleaf ticktrefoil

perennial sowthistle

purple passionflower

roundleaf greenbriar

silverleaf nightshade

spotted St. Johnswort

swamp smartweed

Tatarian honeysuckle

thymeleaf speedwell

trumpet creeper

Virginia bluebells

Virginia creeper

white snakeroot

wild blue phlox

wild sarsaparilla

yellow passionflower

Scientific Name

(87 weeds)

Acer rubrum var. trilobum

Ageratina altissima

Ailanthus altissima

Albizia julibrissin

Angelica venenosa

Apocynum cannabinum

Aralia nudicaulis

Artemisia absinthium

Artemisia vulgaris

Asclepias syriaca

Berberis canadensis

Berberis thunbergii

Calystegia sepium

Campsis radicans

Carya illinoinensis

Celastrus orbiculatus

Cercis canadensis

Coronilla varia

Desmodium paniculatum

Dioscorea bulbifera

Diospyros virginiana

Elaeagnus umbellata

Euonymus europaeus

Eupatorium capillifolium

Fagus grandifolia

Gleditsia triacanthos

Hypericum punctatum

Ipomoea pandurata

Lathyrus latifolius

Lespedeza repens

Leucanthemum vulgare

Liquidambar styraciflua

Lonicera tatarica

Ludwigia palustris

Mertensia virginica

Nyssa sylvatica

Oxydendrum arboreum

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Passiflora incarnata

Passiflora lutea

Paulownia tomentosa

Phlox divaricata

Phlox paniculata

Phytolacca americana

Platanus occidentalis

Podophyllum peltatum

Polygonum cuspidatum

Polygonum hydropiperoides

Poncirus trifoliata

Prunella vulgaris

Quercus virginiana

Rudbeckia hirta

Rudbeckia triloba

Rumex obtusifolius

Sassafras albidum

Silene vulgaris

Smilax rotundifolia

Solanum dulcamara

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Solidago giganteae

Sonchus arvensis

Taraxacum officinale

Tilia americana

Toxicodendron radicans

Trifolium repens

Tussilago farfara

Verbena hastata

Verbena urticifolia

Verbesina alternifolia

Verbesina occidentalis

Vernonia gigantea

Veronica americana

Veronica serpyllifolia

Wisteria sinensis