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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
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

rosette

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

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

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

Common name

(25 weeds)
annual sowthistle
bitter dock
butterweed
common plantain
common viper's bugloss
curly dock
fiddle dock
field pennycress
garden lettuce
garden yellowrocket
hedgemustard
largebracted plantain
lawndaisy
meadow hawkweed
mouseear cress
narrowleaf hawksbeard
narrowleaf plantain
poison hemlock
prickly lettuce
shepherd's purse
smooth hawksbeard
spotted knapweed
spring draba
white ballmustard
wild radish

Scientific Name

(25 weeds)
Arabidopsis thaliana
Barbarea vulgaris
Bellis perennis
Calepina irregularis
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos
Conium maculatum
Crepis capillaris
Crepis tectorum
Draba verna
Echium vulgare
Hieracium caespitosum
Lactuca sativa
Lactuca serriola
Packera glabella
Plantago aristata
Plantago lanceolata
Plantago major
Raphanus raphanistrum
Rumex crispus
Rumex obtusifolius
Rumex pulcher
Sisymbrium offcinale
Sonchus oleraceus
Thlaspi arvense

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