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

simple

Leaf shape

Leaf arrangement

leaves not present

Leaf margin

entire

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

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

I do not know

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(148 weeds)

American pokeweed

American speedwell

annual sowthistle

Asian ponysfoot

Asiatic dayflower

Asiatic tearthumb

bittersweet nightshade

bladder campion

Carolina ponysfoot

climbing dayflower

common cocklebur

common milkweed

common mouse-ear chickweed

common periwinkle

common persimmon

common plantain

common sheep sorrel

common St. Johnswort

common viper's bugloss

creeping primrose

curlytop knotweed

eastern black nightshade

European field pansy

European spindletree

field horsetail

field pennycress

field pepperweed

Florida beggarweed

garden cornflower

garden yellowrocket

green carpetweed

honeyvine milkweed

hyssopleaf thoroughwort

ivyleaf morning-glory

ivyleaf speedwell

jagged chickweed

Japanese barberry

Japanese honeysuckle

Japanese knotweed

Jerusalem artichoke

kiss me over the garden gate

lanceleaf ragweed

largebracted plantain

longleaf groundcherry

man of the earth

meadow hawkweed

Morrow's honeysuckle

narrowleaf plantain

northern catalpa

orange hawkweed

Oriental bittersweet

Oriental lady's thumb

Palmer amaranth

Pennsylvania smartweed

philadelphia fleabane

plantain-leaved pussytoes

prairie fleabane

prickly Russian thistle

prostrate pigweed

purple ammannia

purple loosestrife

purslane speedwell

roughfruit amaranth

roundleaf greenbriar

scarlet pimpernel

shepherd's purse

showy rattlebox

slender amaranth

smallflower morningglory

smooth bedstraw

smooth bedstraw

spiny sowthistle

spoonleaf purple everlasting

spotted ladysthumb

spotted St. Johnswort

sticky chickweed

swamp smartweed

sweetscented bedstraw

tall globethistle

tall morning-glory

Tatarian honeysuckle

thymeleaf speedwell

Virginia bluebells

Virginia buttonweed

Virginia pepperweed

Virginia sweetspire

Virginia threeseed mercury

western salsify

white heath aster

yellow spring bedstraw

Scientific Name

(148 weeds)

Acalypha virginica

Alternanthera philoxeroides

Amaranthus albus

Amaranthus blitoides

Amaranthus hybridus

Amaranthus palmeri

Amaranthus spinosus

Amaranthus tuberculatus

Amaranthus viridis

Ambrosia bidentata

Ammannia coccinea

Ampelamus albidus

Anagallis arvensis

Antennaria plantaginifolia

Apocynum cannabinum

Arabidopsis thaliana

Asclepias syriaca

Asclepias tuberosa

Asimina triloba

Barbarea vulgaris

Bassia scoparia

Bellis perennis

Berberis thunbergii

Brassica juncea

Buglossoides arvensis

Calystegia sepium

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Carya illinoinensis

Catalpa speciosa

Celastrus orbiculatus

Centaurea cyanus

Cerastium fontanum

Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare

Cerastium glomeratum

Cercis canadensis

Chenopodium album

Chenopodium ambrosioides

Cirsium vulgare

Commelina communis

Commelina diffusa

Conyza bonariensis

Crotalaria spectabilis

Croton monanthogynus

Cruciata laevipes

Desmodium tortuosum

Dianthus armeria

Dichondra carolinensis

Dichondra micrantha

Diodia virginiana

Dioscorea bulbifera

Diospyros virginiana

Echinops exaltatus

Elaeagnus umbellata

Equisetum arvense

Erigeron philadelphicus

Erigeron strigosus

Euonymus europaeus

Eupatorium hyssopifolium

Foeniculum vulgare

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Galium odoratum

Gamochaeta purpure

Helenium amarum

Helianthus tuberosus

Hieracium aurantiacum

Hieracium caespitosum

Holosteum umbellatum

Hypericum perforatum

Hypericum punctatum

Ipomoea coccinea

Ipomoea hederacea

Ipomoea lacunosa

Ipomoea pandurata

Ipomoea purpurea

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

Lathyrus latifolius

Lepidium campestre

Lepidium virginicum

Ligustrum sinense

Lonicera japonica

Lonicera morrowii

Lonicera tatarica

Ludwigia palustris

Lythrum salicaria

Maclura pomifera

Mertensia virginica

Mollugo verticillata

Monarda citriodora

Nyssa sylvatica

Oxydendrum arboreum

Phyllanthus urinaria

Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata

Phytolacca americana

Plantago aristata

Plantago lanceolata

Polygonum caespitosum

Polygonum convolvulus

Polygonum cuspidatum

Polygonum hydropiperoides

Polygonum lapathifolium

Polygonum orientale

Polygonum pensylvanicum

Polygonum perfoliatum

Polygonum persicaria

Portulaca oleracea

Portulaca pilosa

Quercus virginiana

Rumex acetosella

Rumex obtusifolius

Scleranthus annuus

Senecio viscosus

Silene latifolia ssp. alba

Silene vulgaris

Smilax rotundifolia

Solanum dulcamara

Solanum ptycanthum

Sonchus oleraceus

Spergularia rubra

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

Thlaspi arvense

Tragopogon dubius

Verbascum blattaria

Vernonia gigantea

Veronica americana

Veronica hederifolia

Veronica peregrina

Veronica serpyllifolia

Xanthium strumarium