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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
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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

I do not know

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
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Leaf stalk

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
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Leaf hairs

has hairs
no hairs
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Stem cross section

round or oval

round or oval
square or multi-edged
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Stem hairs

has hairs
no hairs
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Thorns or spines

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Ochrea

Present
Not Present
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Milky sap

Present
Not Present
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Dominant flower color

green

white
yellow
blue
purple
red
orange
pink
green
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Flower symmetry

radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
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Flower diameter

pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
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Lifecycle

winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
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Root structure

I do not know

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

Common name

(28 weeds)
bitter dock
blackgum
chamber bitter
Chinese yam
common cocklebur
common plantain
common ragweed
coralberry
curly dock
eastern poison ivy
English ivy
fragrant sumac
hemp dogbane
honeylocust
Oriental bittersweet
osage orange
Palmer amaranth
paper mulberry
Powell's amaranth
roughfruit amaranth
smooth pigweed
smooth sumac
spiny amaranth
Virginia creeper
Virginia strawberry
white ash
wild sarsaparilla
winged sumac

Scientific Name

(28 weeds)
Amaranthus hybridus
Amaranthus palmeri
Amaranthus powellii
Amaranthus spinosus
Amaranthus tuberculatus
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Apocynum cannabinum
Aralia nudicaulis
Broussonetia papyrifera
Celastrus orbiculatus
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Fragaria virginiana
Fraxinus americana
Gleditsia triacanthos
Hedera helix
Maclura pomifera
Nyssa sylvatica
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Phyllanthus urinaria
Plantago major
Rhus aromatica
Rhus copallinum
Rhus glabra
Rumex crispus
Rumex obtusifolius
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Toxicodendron radicans
Xanthium strumarium

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