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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

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

Not Present

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

larger

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

(25 weeds)
blackeyed Susan
bull thistle
Chinese wisteria
common persimmon
common sunflower
garden cornflower
green ash
hedge bindweed
ivyleaf morning-glory
jimsonweed
lateflowering thoroughwort
mayapple
moth mullein
musk thistle
northern dewberry
oxeye daisy
purple passionflower
Queen Anne's lace
sensitive partridge pea
silverleaf nightshade
spoonleaf purple everlasting
stickweed
tall globethistle
tall morning-glory
trumpet creeper

Scientific Name

(25 weeds)
Calystegia sepium
Campsis radicans
Carduus nutans
Centaurea cyanus
Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans
Cirsium vulgare
Datura stramonium
Daucus carota
Diospyros virginiana
Echinops exaltatus
Eupatorium serotinum
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Gamochaeta purpure
Helianthus annuus
Ipomoea hederacea
Ipomoea purpurea
Leucanthemum vulgare
Passiflora incarnata
Podophyllum peltatum
Rubus flagellaris
Rudbeckia hirta
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Verbascum blattaria
Verbesina occidentalis
Wisteria sinensis

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