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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
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Leaf structure
simple
simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
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Leaf shape
round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
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Leaf arrangement
alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
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Leaf margin
entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
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Leaf stalk
none
none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
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Leaf hairs
has hairs
no hairs
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Stem cross section
square or multi-edged
round or oval
square or multi-edged
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Stem hairs
has hairs
no hairs
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Thorns or spines
Not Present
Present
Not Present
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Ochrea
Not Present
Present
Not Present
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Milky sap
Present
Not Present
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Dominant flower color
white
yellow
blue
purple
red
orange
pink
green
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Flower symmetry
radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
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Flower diameter
pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
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Lifecycle
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winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
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Root structure
fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
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Common Name
Scientific Name
Common name
(8 weeds)
field madder
scarlet pimpernel
smooth bedstraw
spotted knapweed
stickywilly
sweetscented bedstraw
Virginia buttonweed
yellow spring bedstraw
Scientific Name
(8 weeds)
Anagallis
arvensis
Centaurea
stoebe
ssp.
micranthos
Diodia
virginiana
Galium
aparine
Galium
mollugo
Galium
odoratum
Galium
verum
Sherardia
arvensis