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

alternate

leaves not present

Leaf margin

I do not know

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

round or oval

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

I do not know

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

I do not know

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(94 weeds)

American burnweed

Asiatic dayflower

bearded beggarticks

bigpod sesbania

bird's-foot trefoil

brownray knapweed

camphor pluchea

Canada goldenrod

Chinese wisteria

climbing dayflower

common cinquefoil

common cocklebur

common groundsel

common sheep sorrel

curlytop knotweed

cursed buttercup

early yellowrocket

eastern black nightshade

eastern daisy fleabane

European field pansy

European spindletree

field pepperweed

Florida beggarweed

garden cornflower

giant goldenrod

Jerusalem artichoke

lanceleaf ragweed

longleaf groundcherry

Oriental lady's thumb

palmleaf morningglory

panicledleaf ticktrefoil

Pennsylvania smartweed

perennial sowthistle

perplexed ticktrefoil

plantain-leaved pussytoes

prairie fleabane

prickly Russian thistle

purple loosestrife

purple passionflower

purslane speedwell

rabbitfoot clover

sericea lespedeza

silverleaf nightshade

spiny plumeless thistle

spotted knapweed

spotted ladysthumb

swamp smartweed

Virginia creeper

Virginia strawberry

Virginia sweetspire

Virginia threeseed mercury

western salsify

white heath aster

Scientific Name

(94 weeds)

Acalypha virginica

Achillea millefolium

Ailanthus altissima

Ambrosia bidentata

Antennaria plantaginifolia

Arabidopsis thaliana

Artemisia absinthium

Artemisia annua

Bassia scoparia

Bidens aristosa

Buglossoides arvensis

Carduus acanthoides

Centaurea cyanus

Centaurea jacea

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Chenopodium ambrosioides

Cichorium intybus

Commelina communis

Commelina diffusa

Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis

Croton monanthogynus

Desmodium paniculatum

Desmodium perplexum

Desmodium tortuosum

Eclipta prostrata

Erechtites hieracifolia

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron strigosus

Euonymus europaeus

Euphorbia dentata

Fragaria virginiana

Gleditsia triacanthos

Helianthus tuberosus

Ipomoea wrightii

Lactuca Canadensis

Lepidium campestre

Lespedeza cuneata

Leucanthemum vulgare

Liquidambar styraciflua

Lotus corniculatus

Lythrum salicaria

Maclura pomifera

Matricaria discoidea

Nicandra physalodes

Oxydendrum arboreum

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Passiflora incarnata

Phyllanthus urinaria

Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata

Pluchea camphorata

Polygonum caespitosum

Polygonum hydropiperoides

Polygonum lapathifolium

Polygonum pensylvanicum

Polygonum persicaria

Potentilla simplex

Ranunculus sceleratus

Raphanus raphanistrum

Rhus copallinum

Rumex acetosella

Senecio vulgaris

Sesbania herbacea

Sisymbrium offcinale

Solanum carolinense

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Solanum ptycanthum

Solanum rostratum

Solidago altissima

Solidago giganteae

Sonchus arvensis

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

Tragopogon dubius

Trifolium arvense

Verbascum blattaria

Verbascum thapsus

Verbesina alternifolia

Vernonia gigantea

Veronica peregrina

Vigna unguiculata

Wisteria sinensis

Xanthium strumarium