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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

I do not know

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

entire

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

I do not know

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

I do not know

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

(109 weeds)
alligatorweed
American pokeweed
American speedwell
annual sowthistle
Asiatic dayflower
Australian water-clover
autumn olive
big chickweed
bird's-foot trefoil
bitter dock
bittersweet nightshade
black medic
black nightshade
blackgum
bladder campion
brown mustard
bull thistle
Caley pea
Canada toadflax
chamber bitter
Chinese privet
Chinese wisteria
common burdock
common cocklebur
common mouse-ear chickweed
common plantain
common St. Johnswort
common vetch
coralberry
cow pea
creeping primrose
crownvetch
eastern black nightshade
eastern poison ivy
English ivy
field pansy
field pennycress
Florida beggarweed
garden lettuce
garden yellowrocket
hemp dogbane
hog peanut
honeylocust
ivyleaf speedwell
jagged chickweed
Japanese barberry
Japanese clover
Japanese knotweed
Jerusalem artichoke
lawndaisy
little hogweed
longleaf groundcherry
low hopclover
lyreleaf sage
maidenstears
meadow hawkweed
Mexican tea
Morrow's honeysuckle
moth mullein
mouseear cress
northern catalpa
Oriental bittersweet
osage orange
Palmer amaranth
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
partridge pea
pawpaw
perplexed ticktrefoil
plantain-leaved pussytoes
Powell's amaranth
prairie fleabane
princesstree
prostrate pigweed
purple loosestrife
purslane speedwell
rabbitfoot clover
red clover
roughfruit amaranth
sassafras
scarlet pimpernel
sensitive partridge pea
sericea lespedeza
showy rattlebox
sicklepod
slender amaranth
small hopclover
smallflower morningglory
smooth bedstraw
smooth pigweed
smooth sumac
spiny amaranth
spiny sowthistle
spotted St. Johnswort
spring draba
sweet clover
tall globethistle
Tatarian honeysuckle
thymeleaf speedwell
Virginia bluebells
Virginia creeper
Virginia pepperweed
western brackenfern
white ash
white clover
white heath aster
whitestar
wild blue phlox
winged sumac
woodland bittercress

Scientific Name

(109 weeds)
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Amaranthus albus
Amaranthus hybridus
Amaranthus palmeri
Amaranthus powellii
Amaranthus spinosus
Amaranthus tuberculatus
Amaranthus viridis
Amphicarpa bracteata
Anagallis arvensis
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Apocynum cannabinum
Arabidopsis thaliana
Arctium minus
Asimina triloba
Barbarea vulgaris
Bellis perennis
Berberis thunbergii
Brassica juncea
Cardamine flexuosa
Catalpa speciosa
Celastrus orbiculatus
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Cirsium vulgare
Commelina communis
Coronilla varia
Crotalaria spectabilis
Cruciata laevipes
Desmodium paniculatum
Desmodium perplexum
Desmodium tortuosum
Draba verna
Echinops exaltatus
Elaeagnus umbellata
Erigeron strigosus
Fraxinus americana
Gleditsia triacanthos
Hedera helix
Helianthus tuberosus
Hieracium caespitosum
Holosteum umbellatum
Hypericum perforatum
Hypericum punctatum
Ipomoea lacunosa
Jacquemontia tamnifolia
Kummerowia striata
Lactuca sativa
Lathyrus hirsutus
Lepidium virginicum
Lespedeza cuneata
Ligustrum sinense
Lonicera morrowii
Lonicera tatarica
Lotus corniculatus
Ludwigia palustris
Lythrum salicaria
Maclura pomifera
Marsilea mutica
Medicago lupulina
Melilotus officinalis
Mertensia virginica
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Nyssa sylvatica
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Paulownia tomentosa
Phlox divaricata
Phyllanthus urinaria
Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata
Phytolacca americana
Plantago major
Polygonum cuspidatum
Portulaca oleracea
Pteridium aquilinum
Rhus copallinum
Rhus glabra
Rumex obtusifolius
Salvia lyrata
Sassafras albidum
Senna obtusifolia
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Silene vulgaris
Solanum dulcamara
Solanum nigrum
Solanum ptycanthum
Sonchus asper
Sonchus oleraceus
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Thlaspi arvense
Toxicodendron radicans
Trifolium arvense
Trifolium campestre
Trifolium dubium
Trifolium pratense
Trifolium repens
Verbascum blattaria
Veronica americana
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica peregrina
Veronica serpyllifolia
Vicia sativa
Vigna unguiculata
Viola bicolor
Wisteria sinensis
Xanthium strumarium

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