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Plant type

Broadleaf
  • Broadleaf
  • Grass or grass like
  • Other
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Growth habit

I do not know

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

I do not know

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

serrated

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

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

pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
I do not know

Lifecycle

I do not know

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

(84 weeds)
American basswood
American burnweed
American speedwell
annual sowthistle
arrowleaf sida
black medic
blackeyed Susan
boxelder
browneyed Susan
bull thistle
camphor pluchea
Canada lettuce
Canada thistle
Carolina elephantsfoot
clammy groundcherry
common burdock
common cinquefoil
common cocklebur
common mullein
common selfheal
common speedwell
common sunflower
corn speedwell
devil's walkingstick
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
eastern poison ivy
field pansy
field pennycress
fragrant sumac
Fuller's teasel
germander speedwell
giant goldenrod
green field speedwell
hophornbeam copperleaf
ivyleaf speedwell
Jerusalem artichoke
jewelweed
jimsonweed
large hopclover
lesser calamint
littleleaf buttercup
low hopclover
mayapple
Mexican tea
moth mullein
mouseear cress
multiflora rose
musk thistle
northern dewberry
Norwegian cinquefoil
paper mulberry
perennial sowthistle
Persian speedwell
prairie fleabane
prickly sida
purple passionflower
purslane speedwell
rabbitfoot clover
small hopclover
Spanish needles
spiny sowthistle
spotted sandmat
spring draba
spurred anoda
St. Anthony's turnip
stickweed
sulphur cinquefoil
sweet clover
threadstalk speedwell
thymeleaf speedwell
toothed spurge
Virginia creeper
Virginia pepperweed
Virginia strawberry
white heath aster
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild basil
wild parsnip
wild radish
wild sarsaparilla
wingstem
woolly burdock

Scientific Name

(84 weeds)
Acalypha ostryifolia
Acer negundo
Ageratina altissima
Anoda cristata
Arabidopsis thaliana
Aralia nudicaulis
Aralia spinosa
Arctium minus
Arctium tomentosum
Bidens bipinnata
Broussonetia papyrifera
Calamintha nepeta
Carduus nutans
Chamaesyce maculata
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Cirsium arvense
Cirsium vulgare
Clinopodium vulgare
Datura stramonium
Dipsacus fullonum
Draba verna
Elephantopus carolinianus
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron strigosus
Euphorbia dentata
Fragaria virginiana
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus tuberosus
Impatiens capensis
Lactuca Canadensis
Lepidium virginicum
Medicago lupulina
Melilotus officinalis
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Passiflora incarnata
Pastinaca sativa
Physalis heterophylla
Pluchea camphorata
Podophyllum peltatum
Potentilla norvegica
Potentilla recta
Potentilla simplex
Prunella vulgaris
Ranunculus abortivus
Ranunculus bulbosus
Raphanus raphanistrum
Rhus aromatica
Rosa multiflora
Rubus flagellaris
Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia triloba
Sida rhombifolia
Sida spinosa
Solanum ptycanthum
Solidago giganteae
Sonchus arvensis
Sonchus asper
Sonchus oleraceus
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Thlaspi arvense
Tilia americana
Toxicodendron radicans
Trifolium arvense
Trifolium aureum
Trifolium campestre
Trifolium dubium
Verbascum blattaria
Verbascum thapsus
Verbena urticifolia
Verbesina alternifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Veronica agrestis
Veronica americana
Veronica arvensis
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica filiformis
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica officinalis
Veronica peregrina
Veronica persica
Veronica serpyllifolia
Viola bicolor
Xanthium strumarium

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