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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

has 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
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

(62 weeds)
American burnweed
arrowleaf sida
bird's-foot trefoil
bladder campion
brown mustard
browneyed Susan
buffalobur
clammy groundcherry
common burdock
common cocklebur
common mullein
common ragweed
common speedwell
common sunflower
common vetch
corn speedwell
creeping primrose
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
Florida beggarweed
germander speedwell
giant goldenrod
hairy bittercress
hedgemustard
henbit deadnettle
hophornbeam copperleaf
horsenettle
ivyleaf speedwell
jagged chickweed
Jerusalem artichoke
lawndaisy
low hopclover
mayapple
mayweed chamomile
mouseear cress
mugwort
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
perennial sowthistle
perplexed ticktrefoil
Persian speedwell
plantain-leaved pussytoes
prairie fleabane
prickly sida
purple deadnettle
purple passionflower
purslane speedwell
rabbitfoot clover
red clover
showy rattlebox
smooth pigweed
Spanish needles
spotted knapweed
spring draba
spurred anoda
thymeleaf speedwell
toothed spurge
Virginia strawberry
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild basil
wingstem
woolly burdock

Scientific Name

(62 weeds)
Acalypha ostryifolia
Ageratina altissima
Amaranthus hybridus
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Anoda cristata
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Anthemis cotula
Arabidopsis thaliana
Arctium minus
Arctium tomentosum
Artemisia vulgaris
Bellis perennis
Bidens bipinnata
Brassica juncea
Cardamine hirsuta
Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos
Clinopodium vulgare
Crotalaria spectabilis
Desmodium paniculatum
Desmodium perplexum
Desmodium tortuosum
Draba verna
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron strigosus
Euphorbia dentata
Fragaria virginiana
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus tuberosus
Holosteum umbellatum
Lamium amplexicaule
Lamium purpureum
Lotus corniculatus
Ludwigia palustris
Passiflora incarnata
Physalis heterophylla
Podophyllum peltatum
Rudbeckia triloba
Sida rhombifolia
Sida spinosa
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Sisymbrium offcinale
Solanum carolinense
Solanum ptycanthum
Solanum rostratum
Solidago giganteae
Sonchus arvensis
Trifolium arvense
Trifolium campestre
Trifolium pratense
Verbascum thapsus
Verbena urticifolia
Verbesina alternifolia
Veronica arvensis
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica officinalis
Veronica peregrina
Veronica persica
Veronica serpyllifolia
Vicia sativa
Xanthium strumarium

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