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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

simple

simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
I do not know

Leaf shape

lance

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

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Ochrea

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Milky sap

Not Present

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

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

(111 weeds)
absinthe
American burnweed
American speedwell
Asiatic dayflower
black willow
bladder campion
brownray knapweed
burningbush
camphor pluchea
Canada goldenrod
chamber bitter
climbing dayflower
common cocklebur
common evening primrose
common groundsel
common mullein
common periwinkle
common selfheal
common sheep sorrel
common speedwell
common viper's bugloss
common yarrow
corn gromwell
corn speedwell
creeping primrose
curly dock
cursed buttercup
cutleaf evening primrose
Deptford pink
devil's beggartick
early yellowrocket
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
European field pansy
European spindletree
false daisy
fiddle dock
field madder
field mustard
field pansy
field pennycress
field pepperweed
Florida beggarweed
Fuller's teasel
garden cornflower
germander speedwell
giant goldenrod
giant ironweed
great ragweed
hairy fleabane
honeyvine milkweed
horsenettle
jagged chickweed
Jerusalem artichoke
kiss me quick
knawel
kochia
lambsquarters
lanceleaf ragweed
largebracted plantain
lateflowering thoroughwort
lemon beebalm
longleaf groundcherry
maidenstears
Mexican tea
moth mullein
mouseear cress
mugwort
musk thistle
narrowleaf hawksbeard
narrowleaf plantain
Oriental lady's thumb
oxeye daisy
pecan
Pennsylvania smartweed
perennial pea
plantain-leaved pussytoes
poorjoe
prairie fleabane
prickly Russian thistle
prickly sida
purple ammannia
purple deadnettle
purple loosestrife
purslane speedwell
rape
smooth bedstraw
smooth hawksbeard
sourwood
Spanish needles
spiny plumeless thistle
spotted knapweed
spotted ladysthumb
spotted St. Johnswort
spring draba
stickweed
stickywilly
swamp smartweed
swamp verbena
sweetgum
sweetscented bedstraw
thymeleaf speedwell
Virginia buttonweed
Virginia sweetspire
Virginia threeseed mercury
white heath aster
white vervain
wild basil
wild radish
wingstem
yellow spring bedstraw

Scientific Name

(111 weeds)
Acalypha virginica
Achillea millefolium
Ambrosia bidentata
Ambrosia trifida
Ammannia coccinea
Ampelamus albidus
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Arabidopsis thaliana
Artemisia absinthium
Artemisia vulgaris
Barbarea verna
Bassia scoparia
Bidens bipinnata
Bidens frondosa
Brassica napus
Brassica rapa
Buglossoides arvensis
Carduus acanthoides
Carduus nutans
Carya illinoinensis
Centaurea cyanus
Centaurea jacea
Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos
Chenopodium album
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Clinopodium vulgare
Commelina communis
Commelina diffusa
Conyza bonariensis
Crepis capillaris
Crepis tectorum
Desmodium tortuosum
Dianthus armeria
Diodia teres
Diodia virginiana
Dipsacus fullonum
Draba verna
Echium vulgare
Eclipta prostrata
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron strigosus
Euonymus alatus
Euonymus europaeus
Eupatorium serotinum
Galium aparine
Galium mollugo
Galium odoratum
Galium verum
Helianthus tuberosus
Holosteum umbellatum
Hypericum punctatum
Itea virginica
Lamium purpureum
Lathyrus latifolius
Lepidium campestre
Leucanthemum vulgare
Liquidambar styraciflua
Ludwigia palustris
Lythrum salicaria
Monarda citriodora
Oenothera biennis
Oenothera laciniata
Oxydendrum arboreum
Phyllanthus urinaria
Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata
Plantago aristata
Plantago lanceolata
Pluchea camphorata
Polygonum caespitosum
Polygonum hydropiperoides
Polygonum pensylvanicum
Polygonum persicaria
Portulaca pilosa
Prunella vulgaris
Ranunculus sceleratus
Raphanus raphanistrum
Rumex acetosella
Rumex crispus
Rumex pulcher
Salix nigra
Salsola tragus
Scleranthus annuus
Senecio vulgaris
Sherardia arvensis
Sida spinosa
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Silene vulgaris
Solanum carolinense
Solanum ptycanthum
Solidago altissima
Solidago giganteae
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Thlaspi arvense
Verbascum blattaria
Verbascum thapsus
Verbena hastata
Verbena urticifolia
Verbesina alternifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Vernonia gigantea
Veronica americana
Veronica arvensis
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica officinalis
Veronica peregrina
Veronica serpyllifolia
Vinca minor
Viola arvensis
Viola bicolor
Xanthium strumarium

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