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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

pinnate

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

entire

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

I do not know

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

I do not know

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

(29 weeds)
bigpod sesbania
black locust
black nightshade
Caley pea
Chinese wisteria
common chickweed
corn chamomile
crownvetch
cypressvine
disc mayweed
English ivy
fall phlox
garden yellowrocket
hairy vetch
honeylocust
lyreleaf sage
Mexican tea
northern jointvetch
partridge pea
sensitive partridge pea
sicklepod
silktree
smooth sumac
sticky ragwort
Virginia creeper
western brackenfern
white ash
winged sumac
woodland bittercress

Scientific Name

(29 weeds)
Aeschynomene virginica
Albizia julibrissin
Anthemis arvensis
Barbarea vulgaris
Cardamine flexuosa
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Coronilla varia
Fraxinus americana
Gleditsia triacanthos
Hedera helix
Ipomoea quamoclit
Lathyrus hirsutus
Matricaria discoidea
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Phlox paniculata
Pteridium aquilinum
Rhus copallinum
Rhus glabra
Robinia pseudoacacia
Salvia lyrata
Senecio viscosus
Senna obtusifolia
Sesbania herbacea
Solanum nigrum
Stellaria media
Vicia villosa
Wisteria sinensis

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