Weeds Identification

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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

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

simple

Leaf shape

oval

Leaf arrangement

alternate

leaves not present

Leaf margin

entire

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

I do not know

Dominant flower color

I do not know

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(43 weeds)

American pokeweed

annual sowthistle

Asiatic dayflower

common cocklebur

eastern black nightshade

Florida beggarweed

garden yellowrocket

ivyleaf speedwell

Japanese barberry

Japanese knotweed

Jerusalem artichoke

longleaf groundcherry

Oriental bittersweet

Palmer amaranth

plantain-leaved pussytoes

prairie fleabane

prostrate pigweed

purple loosestrife

purslane speedwell

roughfruit amaranth

showy rattlebox

slender amaranth

smallflower morningglory

spiny sowthistle

tall globethistle

white heath aster

Scientific Name

(43 weeds)

Amaranthus albus

Amaranthus hybridus

Amaranthus palmeri

Amaranthus spinosus

Amaranthus tuberculatus

Amaranthus viridis

Antennaria plantaginifolia

Arabidopsis thaliana

Asimina triloba

Barbarea vulgaris

Berberis thunbergii

Brassica juncea

Celastrus orbiculatus

Chenopodium ambrosioides

Cirsium vulgare

Commelina communis

Crotalaria spectabilis

Desmodium tortuosum

Echinops exaltatus

Elaeagnus umbellata

Erigeron strigosus

Helianthus tuberosus

Ipomoea lacunosa

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

Lythrum salicaria

Maclura pomifera

Phyllanthus urinaria

Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata

Phytolacca americana

Polygonum cuspidatum

Portulaca oleracea

Rumex obtusifolius

Solanum ptycanthum

Sonchus oleraceus

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

Verbascum blattaria

Veronica hederifolia

Veronica peregrina

Xanthium strumarium