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Plant type

Broadleaf
  • Broadleaf
  • Grass or grass like
  • Other
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Growth habit

prostrate and nonwoody

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

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
I do not know

Leaf stalk

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
I do not know

Leaf hairs

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

I do not know

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

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

(60 weeds)
alligatorweed
American speedwell
Asiatic dayflower
big chickweed
black medic
Carolina geranium
Carolina ponysfoot
chamber bitter
climbing dayflower
common chickweed
common mouse-ear chickweed
common plantain
common speedwell
common yarrow
common yellow oxalis
coon's tail
corn speedwell
creeping lespedeza
creeping woodsorrel
curly dock
cutleaf geranium
dovefoot geranium
false daisy
field pennycress
green carpetweed
green field speedwell
hairy fleabane
ivyleaf speedwell
jagged chickweed
Japanese clover
kiss me quick
knawel
largebracted plantain
lawn burweed
little hogweed
littleleaf buttercup
meadow hawkweed
narrowleaf hawksbeard
narrowleaf plantain
orange hawkweed
Oriental lady's thumb
Persian speedwell
plantain-leaved pussytoes
poorjoe
prairie tea
prostrate pigweed
slender parsley piert
small geranium
smallflower buttercup
smooth hawksbeard
Spanish needles
spotted sandmat
sticky chickweed
sun spurge
threadstalk speedwell
thymeleaf speedwell
vente conmigo
Virginia buttonweed
white clover
woodland bittercress

Scientific Name

(60 weeds)
Achillea millefolium
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Amaranthus albus
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Bidens bipinnata
Cardamine flexuosa
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Cerastium glomeratum
Ceratophyllum demersum
Chamaesyce maculata
Commelina communis
Commelina diffusa
Conyza bonariensis
Crepis capillaris
Crepis tectorum
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
Croton monanthogynus
Dichondra carolinensis
Diodia teres
Diodia virginiana
Eclipta prostrata
Euphorbia helioscopia
Geranium carolinianum
Geranium dissectum
Geranium molle
Geranium pusillum
Hieracium aurantiacum
Hieracium caespitosum
Holosteum umbellatum
Kummerowia striata
Lespedeza repens
Medicago lupulina
Mollugo verticillata
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis stricta
Phyllanthus urinaria
Plantago aristata
Plantago lanceolata
Plantago major
Polygonum caespitosum
Portulaca oleracea
Portulaca pilosa
Ranunculus abortivus
Ranunculus parviflorus
Rumex crispus
Scleranthus annuus
Soliva sessilis
Stellaria media
Thlaspi arvense
Trifolium repens
Veronica agrestis
Veronica americana
Veronica arvensis
Veronica filiformis
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica officinalis
Veronica persica
Veronica serpyllifolia

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