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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
vine
woody bush or tree
I do not know

Leaf structure

trifoliate

simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
I do not know

Leaf shape

round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
I do not know

Leaf arrangement

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

I do not know

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

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

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

I do not know

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

Common name

(23 weeds)
black medic
boxelder
browneyed Susan
common yellow oxalis
creeping woodsorrel
eastern poison ivy
Indian strawberry
kudzu
large hopclover
low hopclover
northern dewberry
Norwegian cinquefoil
Powell's amaranth
rabbitfoot clover
red clover
small hopclover
spring avens
St. Anthony's turnip
sweet clover
Virginia creeper
Virginia strawberry
white clover
wild sarsaparilla

Scientific Name

(23 weeds)
Acer negundo
Amaranthus powellii
Aralia nudicaulis
Duchesnea indica
Fragaria virginiana
Geum vernum
Medicago lupulina
Melilotus officinalis
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis stricta
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Potentilla norvegica
Pueraria montana var. lobata
Ranunculus bulbosus
Rubus flagellaris
Rudbeckia triloba
Toxicodendron radicans
Trifolium arvense
Trifolium aureum
Trifolium campestre
Trifolium dubium
Trifolium pratense
Trifolium repens

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