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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

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

Not Present

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

radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
I do not know

Flower diameter

dime

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

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

Common name

(46 weeds)
American burnweed
annual sowthistle
Asiatic dayflower
beefsteakplant
bladder campion
brown mustard
chamber bitter
Chinese privet
climbing dayflower
common blue violet
common mouse-ear chickweed
common mullein
common speedwell
cursed buttercup
devil's beggartick
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
English ivy
European field pansy
fiddle dock
field bindweed
field pansy
garden yellowrocket
germander speedwell
great ragweed
ground ivy
henbit deadnettle
horseweed
jagged chickweed
Japanese honeysuckle
largebracted plantain
littleleaf buttercup
longleaf groundcherry
mayweed chamomile
perennial pea
Persian speedwell
philadelphia fleabane
prairie fleabane
purple deadnettle
scarlet pimpernel
spurred anoda
St. Anthony's turnip
stickweed
sun spurge
threadstalk speedwell
Virginia buttonweed

Scientific Name

(46 weeds)
Ambrosia trifida
Anagallis arvensis
Anoda cristata
Anthemis cotula
Barbarea vulgaris
Bidens frondosa
Brassica juncea
Cerastium fontanum
Commelina communis
Commelina diffusa
Convolvulus arvensis
Conyza canadensis
Diodia virginiana
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron philadelphicus
Erigeron strigosus
Euphorbia helioscopia
Glechoma hederacea
Hedera helix
Holosteum umbellatum
Lamium amplexicaule
Lamium purpureum
Lathyrus latifolius
Ligustrum sinense
Lonicera japonica
Perilla frutescens
Phyllanthus urinaria
Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata
Plantago aristata
Ranunculus abortivus
Ranunculus bulbosus
Ranunculus sceleratus
Rumex pulcher
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Solanum ptycanthum
Sonchus oleraceus
Verbascum thapsus
Verbesina occidentalis
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica filiformis
Veronica officinalis
Veronica persica
Viola arvensis
Viola bicolor
Viola sororia

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