Weeds Identification

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Plant type

Broadleaf

Broadleaf
Grass or grass like
Other

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Growth habit

upright and nonwoody

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

round or oval

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

dime

Lifecycle

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(37 weeds)

American burnweed

bearded beggarticks

bigpod sesbania

bird's-foot trefoil

bladder campion

common selfheal

common speedwell

cursed buttercup

devil's beggartick

eastern black nightshade

eastern daisy fleabane

Florida beggarweed

germander speedwell

jagged chickweed

Jerusalem artichoke

longleaf groundcherry

Pennsylvania smartweed

prairie fleabane

purple loosestrife

rabbitfoot clover

spiny plumeless thistle

spotted knapweed

spotted St. Johnswort

Virginia strawberry

Scientific Name

(37 weeds)

Ambrosia trifida

Bidens aristosa

Bidens frondosa

Carduus acanthoides

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Clinopodium vulgare

Desmodium tortuosum

Dianthus armeria

Erechtites hieracifolia

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron strigosus

Fragaria virginiana

Helianthus tuberosus

Holosteum umbellatum

Hypericum punctatum

Lactuca Canadensis

Lathyrus latifolius

Lotus corniculatus

Lythrum salicaria

Pastinaca sativa

Phyllanthus urinaria

Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata

Polygonum pensylvanicum

Prunella vulgaris

Ranunculus sceleratus

Sesbania herbacea

Silene latifolia ssp. alba

Solanum ptycanthum

Trifolium arvense

Verbascum thapsus

Verbesina alternifolia

Verbesina occidentalis

Veronica chamaedrys

Veronica officinalis