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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

round

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

I do not know

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
I do not know

Leaf stalk

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
I do not know

Leaf hairs

I do not know

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

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
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

(50 weeds)
American pokeweed
American sycamore
Asian ponysfoot
big chickweed
bitter dock
black locust
black medic
burcucumber
chamber bitter
clammy groundcherry
coltsfoot
common blue violet
common mallow
common mouse-ear chickweed
common mullein
common plantain
common sheep sorrel
common sunflower
creeping lespedeza
curly dock
English ivy
fiddle dock
field pansy
field pennycress
flower of an hour
green ash
hairy bittercress
hophornbeam copperleaf
hyssopleaf thoroughwort
ivyleaf speedwell
jagged chickweed
large hopclover
little hogweed
littleleaf buttercup
manyflower marshpennywort
meadow hawkweed
moth mullein
multiflora rose
Oriental bittersweet
osage orange
paper mulberry
red maple
red mulberry
roundleaf greenbriar
sicklepod
smallflower buttercup
smooth pigweed
sweet clover
sweetgum
white clover

Scientific Name

(50 weeds)
Acalypha ostryifolia
Acer rubrum var. trilobum
Amaranthus hybridus
Broussonetia papyrifera
Cardamine hirsuta
Celastrus orbiculatus
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Dichondra micrantha
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Hedera helix
Helianthus annuus
Hibiscus trionum
Hieracium caespitosum
Holosteum umbellatum
Hydrocotyle umbellata
Lespedeza repens
Liquidambar styraciflua
Maclura pomifera
Malva neglecta
Medicago lupulina
Melilotus officinalis
Morus rubra
Phyllanthus urinaria
Physalis heterophylla
Phytolacca americana
Plantago major
Platanus occidentalis
Portulaca oleracea
Ranunculus abortivus
Ranunculus parviflorus
Robinia pseudoacacia
Rosa multiflora
Rumex acetosella
Rumex crispus
Rumex obtusifolius
Rumex pulcher
Senna obtusifolia
Sicyos angulatus
Smilax rotundifolia
Thlaspi arvense
Trifolium aureum
Trifolium repens
Tussilago farfara
Verbascum blattaria
Verbascum thapsus
Veronica hederifolia
Viola bicolor
Viola sororia

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