Weeds Identification

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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

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

Leaf shape

Leaf arrangement

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

none

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

no hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

I do not know

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Not Present

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

perennial

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(26 weeds)

American speedwell

common dandelion

common St. Johnswort

field horsetail

giant goldenrod

hyssopleaf thoroughwort

Japanese honeysuckle

perennial sowthistle

smooth bedstraw

spotted St. Johnswort

sweetscented bedstraw

thymeleaf speedwell

trumpet creeper

Virginia buttonweed

western brackenfern

white heath aster

Scientific Name

(26 weeds)

Achillea millefolium

Alternanthera philoxeroides

Campsis radicans

Cirsium arvense

Coronilla varia

Dianthus armeria

Diodia virginiana

Equisetum arvense

Eupatorium capillifolium

Eupatorium hyssopifolium

Galium odoratum

Gleditsia triacanthos

Hypericum perforatum

Hypericum punctatum

Lonicera japonica

Portulaca pilosa

Pteridium aquilinum

Solidago giganteae

Sonchus arvensis

Spergularia rubra

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

Taraxacum officinale

Veronica americana

Veronica serpyllifolia