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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

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

shorter than leaf

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
I do not know

Leaf hairs

I do not know

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Stem cross section

round or oval

round or oval
square or multi-edged
I do not know

Stem hairs

I do not know

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
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

(15 weeds)
bigpod sesbania
Caley pea
Chinese wisteria
corn chamomile
crownvetch
English ivy
fall phlox
garden yellowrocket
hairy vetch
honeylocust
sensitive partridge pea
sicklepod
silktree
Virginia creeper
woodland bittercress

Scientific Name

(15 weeds)
Albizia julibrissin
Anthemis arvensis
Barbarea vulgaris
Cardamine flexuosa
Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans
Coronilla varia
Gleditsia triacanthos
Hedera helix
Lathyrus hirsutus
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Phlox paniculata
Senna obtusifolia
Sesbania herbacea
Vicia villosa
Wisteria sinensis

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