Weeds Identification

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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

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

Leaf shape

lance

Leaf arrangement

leaves not present

Leaf margin

entire

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

I do not know

Ochrea

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

I do not know

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

pencil

Lifecycle

Root structure

fibrous

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(37 weeds)

Asiatic dayflower

bigpod sesbania

bladder campion

climbing dayflower

common chickweed

common cocklebur

common sheep sorrel

common viper's bugloss

curlytop knotweed

eastern black nightshade

honeyvine milkweed

jagged chickweed

lanceleaf ragweed

largebracted plantain

Oriental lady's thumb

prairie fleabane

purslane speedwell

smooth bedstraw

spotted ladysthumb

swamp smartweed

thymeleaf speedwell

Virginia buttonweed

Virginia creeper

white heath aster

yellow spring bedstraw

Scientific Name

(37 weeds)

Ambrosia bidentata

Ampelamus albidus

Apocynum cannabinum

Arabidopsis thaliana

Bassia scoparia

Buglossoides arvensis

Commelina communis

Commelina diffusa

Diodia virginiana

Erigeron strigosus

Gleditsia triacanthos

Holosteum umbellatum

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Phyllanthus urinaria

Plantago aristata

Polygonum caespitosum

Polygonum hydropiperoides

Polygonum lapathifolium

Polygonum persicaria

Rumex acetosella

Scleranthus annuus

Sesbania herbacea

Silene latifolia ssp. alba

Solanum ptycanthum

Stellaria media

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

Vernonia gigantea

Veronica peregrina

Veronica serpyllifolia

Xanthium strumarium