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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
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Leaf structure
simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
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Leaf shape
lance
round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
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Leaf arrangement
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alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
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Leaf margin
entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
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Leaf stalk
none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
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Leaf hairs
has hairs
no hairs
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Stem cross section
round or oval
square or multi-edged
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Stem hairs
has hairs
no hairs
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Thorns or spines
Present
Not Present
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Ochrea
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Present
Not Present
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Milky sap
Not Present
Present
Not Present
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Dominant flower color
yellow
white
yellow
blue
purple
red
orange
pink
green
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Flower symmetry
radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
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Flower diameter
pencil
pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
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Lifecycle
winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
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Root structure
fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
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Common Name
Scientific Name
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