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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

shorter than leaf

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

I do not know

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

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

Common name

(24 weeds)
American burnweed
American pokeweed
American speedwell
camphor pluchea
eastern black nightshade
field pansy
field pennycress
hedgemustard
hemp dogbane
jagged chickweed
Japanese knotweed
jimsonweed
mayapple
mayweed chamomile
moth mullein
prairie fleabane
purslane speedwell
sweet clover
thymeleaf speedwell
white ballmustard
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild blue phlox
wild sarsaparilla

Scientific Name

(24 weeds)
Ageratina altissima
Anthemis cotula
Apocynum cannabinum
Aralia nudicaulis
Calepina irregularis
Datura stramonium
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron strigosus
Holosteum umbellatum
Melilotus officinalis
Phlox divaricata
Phytolacca americana
Pluchea camphorata
Podophyllum peltatum
Polygonum cuspidatum
Sisymbrium offcinale
Solanum ptycanthum
Thlaspi arvense
Verbascum blattaria
Verbena urticifolia
Veronica americana
Veronica peregrina
Veronica serpyllifolia
Viola bicolor

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