Weeds Identification

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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

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

simple

Leaf shape

Leaf arrangement

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

round or oval

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

I do not know

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

I do not know

Root structure

taproot

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(123 weeds)

American burnweed

American pokeweed

annual sowthistle

bladder campion

brownray knapweed

Canada goldenrod

Carolina ponysfoot

clammy groundcherry

common cocklebur

common dandelion

common evening primrose

common groundsel

common plantain

common selfheal

common St. Johnswort

common sunflower

common threeseed mercury

common viper's bugloss

cutleaf evening primrose

cutleaf geranium

eastern black nightshade

eastern daisy fleabane

field pennycress

field pepperweed

Florida beggarweed

garden cornflower

garden yellowrocket

giant goldenrod

green field speedwell

hophornbeam copperleaf

ivyleaf morning-glory

Japanese barberry

Jerusalem artichoke

lanceleaf ragweed

largebracted plantain

man of the earth

narrowleaf hawksbeard

narrowleaf plantain

orange hawkweed

Oriental bittersweet

Oriental lady's thumb

Palmer amaranth

Pennsylvania smartweed

perennial sowthistle

prairie fleabane

prickly lettuce

prickly Russian thistle

prostrate pigweed

purple loosestrife

redroot amaranth

roughfruit amaranth

shepherd's purse

showy rattlebox

slender amaranth

smallflower morningglory

smooth hawksbeard

spiny plumeless thistle

spiny sowthistle

spoonleaf purple everlasting

spotted knapweed

spotted ladysthumb

spotted sandmat

spotted St. Johnswort

tall globethistle

tall morning-glory

Virginia threeseed mercury

western salsify

white ballmustard

white snakeroot

Scientific Name

(123 weeds)

Abutilon theophrasti

Acalypha ostryifolia

Acalypha rhomboidea

Acalypha virginica

Ageratina altissima

Alternanthera philoxeroides

Amaranthus albus

Amaranthus hybridus

Amaranthus palmeri

Amaranthus retroflexus

Amaranthus spinosus

Amaranthus tuberculatus

Amaranthus viridis

Ambrosia bidentata

Ambrosia trifida

Arabidopsis thaliana

Arctium tomentosum

Artemisia absinthium

Asclepias tuberosa

Asimina triloba

Barbarea vulgaris

Bassia scoparia

Bellis perennis

Berberis thunbergii

Brassica juncea

Buglossoides arvensis

Calepina irregularis

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Carduus acanthoides

Celastrus orbiculatus

Centaurea cyanus

Centaurea jacea

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Chamaesyce maculata

Chenopodium ambrosioides

Cichorium intybus

Cirsium arvense

Cirsium vulgare

Conyza bonariensis

Conyza canadensis

Crepis capillaris

Crepis tectorum

Crotalaria spectabilis

Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis

Datura stramonium

Desmodium tortuosum

Dianthus armeria

Dichondra carolinensis

Echinops exaltatus

Eclipta prostrata

Elaeagnus umbellata

Erechtites hieracifolia

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron strigosus

Euphorbia dentata

Euphorbia helioscopia

Gamochaeta purpure

Geranium dissectum

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus tuberosus

Hieracium aurantiacum

Hypericum perforatum

Hypericum punctatum

Ipomoea coccinea

Ipomoea hederacea

Ipomoea lacunosa

Ipomoea pandurata

Ipomoea purpurea

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

Lactuca Canadensis

Lactuca serriola

Lathyrus latifolius

Lepidium campestre

Lythrum salicaria

Oenothera biennis

Oenothera laciniata

Physalis heterophylla

Phytolacca americana

Plantago aristata

Plantago lanceolata

Polygonum caespitosum

Polygonum convolvulus

Polygonum pensylvanicum

Polygonum persicaria

Portulaca oleracea

Prunella vulgaris

Raphanus raphanistrum

Rumex obtusifolius

Senecio vulgaris

Sicyos angulatus

Sida rhombifolia

Silene latifolia ssp. alba

Sinapis arvensis ssp. arvensis

Solanum carolinense

Solanum ptycanthum

Solidago altissima

Solidago giganteae

Sonchus arvensis

Sonchus oleraceus

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Taraxacum officinale

Thlaspi arvense

Tragopogon dubius

Verbascum blattaria

Verbascum thapsus

Vernonia gigantea

Veronica agrestis

Veronica arvensis

Xanthium strumarium