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Plant type

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

I do not know

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

oval

round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
I do not know

Leaf arrangement

I do not know

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

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

bilateral symetry

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

(50 weeds)
American beech
American burnweed
American speedwell
autumn olive
bird's-foot trefoil
bittersweet nightshade
Caley pea
Canada toadflax
Chinese wisteria
clammy groundcherry
common cocklebur
common mullein
common selfheal
common speedwell
common sunflower
common vetch
corn speedwell
cow pea
crownvetch
devil's walkingstick
early yellowrocket
English ivy
field pansy
Florida beggarweed
germander speedwell
green field speedwell
hairy bittercress
hardy orange
hedgemustard
henbit deadnettle
ivyleaf speedwell
Japanese clover
jewelweed
lyreleaf sage
Morrow's honeysuckle
moth mullein
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
perplexed ticktrefoil
Persian speedwell
Powell's amaranth
purple deadnettle
sericea lespedeza
showy rattlebox
Spanish needles
spiny amaranth
spring draba
stickweed
threadstalk speedwell
thymeleaf speedwell
wingstem

Scientific Name

(50 weeds)
Amaranthus powellii
Amaranthus spinosus
Aralia spinosa
Barbarea verna
Bidens bipinnata
Cardamine hirsuta
Coronilla varia
Crotalaria spectabilis
Desmodium paniculatum
Desmodium perplexum
Desmodium tortuosum
Draba verna
Elaeagnus umbellata
Erechtites hieracifolia
Fagus grandifolia
Hedera helix
Helianthus annuus
Impatiens capensis
Kummerowia striata
Lamium amplexicaule
Lamium purpureum
Lathyrus hirsutus
Lespedeza cuneata
Lonicera morrowii
Lotus corniculatus
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Physalis heterophylla
Poncirus trifoliata
Prunella vulgaris
Salvia lyrata
Sisymbrium offcinale
Solanum dulcamara
Verbascum blattaria
Verbascum thapsus
Verbesina alternifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Veronica agrestis
Veronica americana
Veronica arvensis
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica filiformis
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica officinalis
Veronica persica
Veronica serpyllifolia
Vicia sativa
Vigna unguiculata
Viola bicolor
Wisteria sinensis
Xanthium strumarium

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