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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
vine
woody bush or tree
I do not know

Leaf structure

simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
I do not know

Leaf shape

lance

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

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
I do not know

Leaf stalk

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
I do not know

Leaf hairs

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Stem cross section

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

I do not know

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Milky sap

Not Present

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

yellow

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

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

(38 weeds)
absinthe
bearded beggarticks
bigpod sesbania
bird's-foot trefoil
Canada goldenrod
common groundsel
cursed buttercup
disc mayweed
early yellowrocket
eastern daisy fleabane
field pansy
giant goldenrod
hairy fleabane
hedgemustard
honeylocust
honeyvine milkweed
lanceleaf ragweed
mugwort
narrowleaf hawksbeard
narrowleaf plantain
Norwegian cinquefoil
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
piedmont bedstraw
prairie fleabane
prickly sida
sassafras
sericea lespedeza
smooth hawksbeard
Spanish needles
spotted St. Johnswort
sweet sagewort
sweetscented bedstraw
tree-of-heaven
Virginia buttonweed
wild parsnip
wild radish
wingstem
yellow spring bedstraw

Scientific Name

(38 weeds)
Ailanthus altissima
Ambrosia bidentata
Ampelamus albidus
Artemisia absinthium
Artemisia annua
Artemisia vulgaris
Barbarea verna
Bidens aristosa
Bidens bipinnata
Conyza bonariensis
Crepis capillaris
Crepis tectorum
Cruciata pedemontana
Desmodium paniculatum
Diodia virginiana
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron strigosus
Galium odoratum
Galium verum
Gleditsia triacanthos
Hypericum punctatum
Lespedeza cuneata
Lotus corniculatus
Matricaria discoidea
Pastinaca sativa
Plantago lanceolata
Potentilla norvegica
Ranunculus sceleratus
Raphanus raphanistrum
Sassafras albidum
Senecio vulgaris
Sesbania herbacea
Sida spinosa
Sisymbrium offcinale
Solidago altissima
Solidago giganteae
Verbesina alternifolia
Viola bicolor

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