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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

spatulate

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

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
I do not know

Leaf stalk

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
I do not know

Leaf hairs

no hairs

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Stem cross section

round or oval

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

I do not know

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Milky sap

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

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

I do not know

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

Common name

(16 weeds)
American barberry
Canada toadflax
fragrant sumac
green carpetweed
Japanese barberry
Japanese honeysuckle
littleleaf buttercup
moth mullein
northern red oak
redroot amaranth
roadside pennycress
spiny plumeless thistle
spiny sowthistle
swamp tupelo
Virginia bluebells
water oak

Scientific Name

(16 weeds)
Amaranthus retroflexus
Berberis canadensis
Berberis thunbergii
Carduus acanthoides
Lonicera japonica
Mertensia virginica
Mollugo verticillata
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Nyssa biflora
Quercus nigra
Quercus rubra
Ranunculus abortivus
Rhus aromatica
Sonchus asper
Thlaspi alliaceum
Verbascum blattaria

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