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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
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

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

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

I do not know

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

Common name

(58 weeds)
American burnweed
American pokeweed
American speedwell
annual sowthistle
arrowleaf sida
big chickweed
bladder campion
camphor pluchea
Canada toadflax
Carolina elephantsfoot
chamber bitter
common cocklebur
common evening primrose
common mouse-ear chickweed
common mullein
common speedwell
corn speedwell
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
field pansy
field pennycress
Fuller's teasel
hairy bittercress
hedgemustard
hemp dogbane
horsenettle
ivyleaf speedwell
jagged chickweed
Japanese knotweed
jimsonweed
lawndaisy
mayapple
mayweed chamomile
moth mullein
mouseear cress
mugwort
Persian speedwell
plantain-leaved pussytoes
prairie fleabane
purple passionflower
purslane speedwell
rabbitfoot clover
spring draba
spurred anoda
sweet clover
tall globethistle
threadstalk speedwell
thymeleaf speedwell
toothed spurge
Virginia strawberry
white ballmustard
white heath aster
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild basil
wild blue phlox
wild sarsaparilla
woolly burdock

Scientific Name

(58 weeds)
Ageratina altissima
Anoda cristata
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Anthemis cotula
Apocynum cannabinum
Arabidopsis thaliana
Aralia nudicaulis
Arctium tomentosum
Artemisia vulgaris
Bellis perennis
Calepina irregularis
Cardamine hirsuta
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Clinopodium vulgare
Datura stramonium
Dipsacus fullonum
Draba verna
Echinops exaltatus
Elephantopus carolinianus
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron strigosus
Euphorbia dentata
Fragaria virginiana
Holosteum umbellatum
Melilotus officinalis
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Oenothera biennis
Passiflora incarnata
Phlox divaricata
Phyllanthus urinaria
Phytolacca americana
Pluchea camphorata
Podophyllum peltatum
Polygonum cuspidatum
Sida rhombifolia
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Sisymbrium offcinale
Solanum carolinense
Solanum ptycanthum
Sonchus oleraceus
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Thlaspi arvense
Trifolium arvense
Verbascum blattaria
Verbascum thapsus
Verbena urticifolia
Veronica americana
Veronica arvensis
Veronica filiformis
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica officinalis
Veronica peregrina
Veronica persica
Veronica serpyllifolia
Viola bicolor
Xanthium strumarium

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