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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

I do not know

simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
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Leaf shape

triangle

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
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Leaf stalk

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
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Leaf 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

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Milky sap

I do not know

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

I do not know

white
yellow
blue
purple
red
orange
pink
green
I do not know

Flower symmetry

radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
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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

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

Common name

(37 weeds)
Asiatic tearthumb
Australian water-clover
bishop's weed
bittersweet nightshade
black medic
black nightshade
chicory
common blue violet
common ragweed
common yarrow
cursed buttercup
eastern black nightshade
eastern cottonwood
field bindweed
field horsetail
flower of an hour
garlic mustard
hedge bindweed
hedgemustard
honeyvine milkweed
jimsonweed
large hopclover
low hopclover
poison hemlock
Queen Anne's lace
sensitive partridge pea
shepherd's purse
small hopclover
smallflower morningglory
spiny plumeless thistle
spotted water hemlock
spurred anoda
St. Anthony's turnip
stinging nettle
sugar maple
western brackenfern
wild mustard

Scientific Name

(37 weeds)
Acer sacharum
Achillea millefolium
Aegopodium podagraria
Alliaria petiolata
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ampelamus albidus
Anoda cristata
Calystegia sepium
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Carduus acanthoides
Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans
Cichorium intybus
Cicuta maculata
Conium maculatum
Convolvulus arvensis
Datura stramonium
Daucus carota
Equisetum arvense
Hibiscus trionum
Jacquemontia tamnifolia
Marsilea mutica
Medicago lupulina
Polygonum perfoliatum
Populus deltoides
Pteridium aquilinum
Ranunculus bulbosus
Ranunculus sceleratus
Sinapis arvensis ssp. arvensis
Sisymbrium offcinale
Solanum dulcamara
Solanum nigrum
Solanum ptycanthum
Trifolium aureum
Trifolium campestre
Trifolium dubium
Urtica dioica
Viola sororia

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