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

I do not know

Leaf shape

Leaf arrangement

I do not know

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

I do not know

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

yellow

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

Root structure

taproot

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(79 weeds)

annual sowthistle

bearded beggarticks

bigpod sesbania

bird's-foot trefoil

blackeyed Susan

Canada goldenrod

clammy groundcherry

common dandelion

common evening primrose

common groundsel

common plantain

common St. Johnswort

common sunflower

common yellow oxalis

creeping woodsorrel

cutleaf evening primrose

eastern daisy fleabane

eastern poison ivy

flower of an hour

garden yellowrocket

giant goldenrod

Indian strawberry

Japanese barberry

Jerusalem artichoke

lanceleaf ragweed

narrowleaf hawksbeard

narrowleaf plantain

panicledleaf ticktrefoil

perennial sowthistle

piedmont bedstraw

prairie fleabane

prickly lettuce

sensitive partridge pea

sericea lespedeza

showy rattlebox

smooth hawksbeard

spiny sowthistle

spotted St. Johnswort

sweetscented bedstraw

western salsify

yellow passionflower

yellow spring bedstraw

Scientific Name

(79 weeds)

Abutilon theophrasti

Ailanthus altissima

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Ambrosia bidentata

Anthemis arvensis

Artemisia absinthium

Asclepias tuberosa

Barbarea vulgaris

Bellis perennis

Berberis thunbergii

Bidens aristosa

Brassica juncea

Chamaecrista fasciculata

Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans

Conyza bonariensis

Conyza canadensis

Crepis capillaris

Crepis tectorum

Crotalaria spectabilis

Cruciata pedemontana

Desmodium paniculatum

Duchesnea indica

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron strigosus

Euphorbia dentata

Euphorbia helioscopia

Galium odoratum

Gleditsia triacanthos

Helenium amarum

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus tuberosus

Hibiscus trionum

Hypericum perforatum

Hypericum punctatum

Lactuca Canadensis

Lactuca serriola

Lespedeza cuneata

Lotus corniculatus

Matricaria discoidea

Medicago lupulina

Melilotus officinalis

Oenothera biennis

Oenothera laciniata

Oxalis corniculata

Packera glabella

Passiflora lutea

Physalis heterophylla

Plantago lanceolata

Portulaca oleracea

Raphanus raphanistrum

Rudbeckia hirta

Senecio viscosus

Senecio vulgaris

Senna obtusifolia

Sesbania herbacea

Sicyos angulatus

Sida rhombifolia

Sinapis arvensis ssp. arvensis

Sisymbrium offcinale

Solanum rostratum

Solidago altissima

Solidago giganteae

Soliva sessilis

Sonchus arvensis

Sonchus oleraceus

Taraxacum officinale

Toxicodendron radicans

Tragopogon dubius

Verbascum blattaria