Weeds Identification

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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

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

simple

Leaf shape

spatulate

Leaf arrangement

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

I do not know

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

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

(16 weeds)

common cocklebur

common threeseed mercury

field pepperweed

green carpetweed

orange hawkweed

philadelphia fleabane

prickly lettuce

redroot amaranth

roadside pennycress

spiny plumeless thistle

spiny sowthistle

spoonleaf purple everlasting

Virginia bluebells

Scientific Name

(16 weeds)

Acalypha rhomboidea

Amaranthus retroflexus

Carduus acanthoides

Erigeron philadelphicus

Gamochaeta purpure

Helenium amarum

Hieracium aurantiacum

Lactuca serriola

Lepidium campestre

Mertensia virginica

Mollugo verticillata

Thlaspi alliaceum

Verbascum blattaria

Xanthium strumarium