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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

oval

round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
I do not know

Leaf arrangement

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

no 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

Not Present

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Milky sap

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

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

I do not know

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

fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
I do not know

Common name

(48 weeds)
American burnweed
annual sowthistle
Asiatic dayflower
Australian water-clover
blackeyed Susan
brown mustard
Canada toadflax
chamber bitter
Chinese yam
common cinquefoil
creeping primrose
cursed buttercup
eastern black nightshade
eastern poison ivy
English ivy
field pansy
garden yellowrocket
giant goldenrod
hemp dogbane
honeylocust
jagged chickweed
large hopclover
little hogweed
littleleaf buttercup
longleaf groundcherry
low hopclover
lyreleaf sage
mayapple
mayweed chamomile
Oriental bittersweet
prairie fleabane
prickly sida
purslane speedwell
scarlet pimpernel
sicklepod
small hopclover
Spanish needles
spiny sowthistle
stickweed
Tatarian honeysuckle
thymeleaf speedwell
Virginia creeper
white clover
white heath aster
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild parsnip
woodland bittercress

Scientific Name

(48 weeds)
Ageratina altissima
Anagallis arvensis
Anthemis cotula
Apocynum cannabinum
Barbarea vulgaris
Bidens bipinnata
Brassica juncea
Cardamine flexuosa
Celastrus orbiculatus
Commelina communis
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron strigosus
Gleditsia triacanthos
Hedera helix
Holosteum umbellatum
Lonicera tatarica
Ludwigia palustris
Marsilea mutica
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Pastinaca sativa
Phyllanthus urinaria
Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata
Podophyllum peltatum
Portulaca oleracea
Potentilla simplex
Ranunculus abortivus
Ranunculus sceleratus
Rudbeckia hirta
Salvia lyrata
Senna obtusifolia
Sida spinosa
Solanum ptycanthum
Solidago giganteae
Sonchus asper
Sonchus oleraceus
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Toxicodendron radicans
Trifolium aureum
Trifolium campestre
Trifolium dubium
Trifolium repens
Verbena urticifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Veronica peregrina
Veronica serpyllifolia
Viola bicolor

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