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

Leaf stalk

I do not know

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

I do not know

Milky sap

I do not know

Dominant flower color

red

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

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

(14 weeds)

orange hawkweed

Oriental lady's thumb

purple loosestrife

spotted ladysthumb

Virginia threeseed mercury

wild blue phlox

Scientific Name

(14 weeds)

Acalypha virginica

Bassia scoparia

Clinopodium vulgare

Euonymus alatus

Hieracium aurantiacum

Lactuca Canadensis

Lythrum salicaria

Phlox divaricata

Phlox paniculata

Polygonum caespitosum

Polygonum persicaria

Vernonia gigantea