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

round

Leaf arrangement

alternate

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

I do not know

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

Not Present

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

Root structure

taproot

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(20 weeds)

American pokeweed

clammy groundcherry

creeping lespedeza

flower of an hour

hairy bittercress

hophornbeam copperleaf

Oriental bittersweet

Scientific Name

(20 weeds)

Acalypha ostryifolia

Amaranthus hybridus

Cardamine hirsuta

Celastrus orbiculatus

Hibiscus trionum

Lespedeza repens

Medicago lupulina

Melilotus officinalis

Physalis heterophylla

Phytolacca americana

Portulaca oleracea

Rumex obtusifolius

Senna obtusifolia

Sicyos angulatus

Trifolium repens

Verbascum blattaria

Verbascum thapsus