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Plant type

Broadleaf
  • Broadleaf
  • Grass or grass like
  • Other
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Growth habit

woody bush or tree

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
I do not know

Leaf shape

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

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Stem cross section

round or oval
square or multi-edged
I do not know

Stem hairs

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Thorns or spines

I do not know

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Ochrea

Not Present

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Milky sap

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
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

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

Common name

(62 weeds)
American basswood
American beech
American sycamore
autumn olive
bittersweet nightshade
black locust
black willow
blackgum
boxelder
burningbush
butterfly weed
Chinese privet
common persimmon
common St. Johnswort
coralberry
cow pea
devil's walkingstick
dogfennel
eastern redbud
eastern redcedar
European spindletree
Florida beggarweed
fragrant sumac
green ash
hardy orange
heavenly bamboo
honeylocust
Japanese barberry
live oak
Morrow's honeysuckle
multiflora rose
northern catalpa
northern jointvetch
northern red oak
osage orange
paper mulberry
pawpaw
pecan
prickly Russian thistle
red maple
red mulberry
red sandspurry
roundleaf greenbriar
sassafras
scarlet pimpernel
sericea lespedeza
silktree
smooth sumac
sourwood
stickweed
sticky ragwort
sugar maple
swamp tupelo
sweetgum
Tatarian honeysuckle
tree-of-heaven
Virginia sweetspire
water oak
white ash
white mulberry
wild radish
winged sumac

Scientific Name

(62 weeds)
Acer negundo
Acer rubrum var. trilobum
Acer sacharum
Aeschynomene virginica
Ailanthus altissima
Albizia julibrissin
Anagallis arvensis
Aralia spinosa
Asclepias tuberosa
Asimina triloba
Berberis thunbergii
Broussonetia papyrifera
Carya illinoinensis
Catalpa speciosa
Cercis canadensis
Desmodium tortuosum
Diospyros virginiana
Elaeagnus umbellata
Euonymus alatus
Euonymus europaeus
Eupatorium capillifolium
Fagus grandifolia
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Gleditsia triacanthos
Hypericum perforatum
Itea virginica
Juniperus virginiana
Lespedeza cuneata
Ligustrum sinense
Liquidambar styraciflua
Lonicera morrowii
Lonicera tatarica
Maclura pomifera
Morus alba
Morus rubra
Nandina domestica
Nyssa biflora
Nyssa sylvatica
Oxydendrum arboreum
Platanus occidentalis
Poncirus trifoliata
Quercus nigra
Quercus rubra
Quercus virginiana
Raphanus raphanistrum
Rhus aromatica
Rhus copallinum
Rhus glabra
Robinia pseudoacacia
Rosa multiflora
Salix nigra
Salsola tragus
Sassafras albidum
Senecio viscosus
Smilax rotundifolia
Solanum dulcamara
Spergularia rubra
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Tilia americana
Verbesina occidentalis
Vigna unguiculata

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