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

Leaf shape

spatulate

Leaf arrangement

leaves not present

Leaf margin

serrated

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

I do not know

Ochrea

Milky sap

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

(17 weeds)

American barberry

common cocklebur

common threeseed mercury

field pepperweed

flower of an hour

littleleaf buttercup

northern red oak

philadelphia fleabane

prickly lettuce

roadside pennycress

spiny plumeless thistle

spiny sowthistle

sulphur cinquefoil

Scientific Name

(17 weeds)

Acalypha rhomboidea

Berberis canadensis

Carduus acanthoides

Erigeron philadelphicus

Hibiscus trionum

Lactuca serriola

Lepidium campestre

Potentilla recta

Ranunculus abortivus

Senecio viscosus

Thlaspi alliaceum

Verbascum blattaria

Xanthium strumarium