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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

I do not know

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
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

has 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

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

I do not know

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

(122 weeds)
absinthe
American basswood
American burnweed
arrowleaf sida
autumn olive
bearded beggarticks
bird's-foot trefoil
black medic
black willow
bladder campion
boxelder
brown mustard
browneyed Susan
buffalobur
burcucumber
butterfly weed
Canada goldenrod
Carolina geranium
catnip
Chinese privet
clammy groundcherry
common burdock
common chickweed
common cocklebur
common dandelion
common milkweed
common mullein
common ragweed
common speedwell
common sunflower
common threeseed mercury
common vetch
common viper's bugloss
coralberry
corn chamomile
corn speedwell
creeping primrose
curlytop knotweed
devil's beggartick
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
eastern poison ivy
eastern redbud
English ivy
European field pansy
field pepperweed
Florida beggarweed
flower of an hour
germander speedwell
giant goldenrod
giant ironweed
great ragweed
green field speedwell
hairy bittercress
hairy vetch
hedgemustard
henbit deadnettle
hog peanut
hophornbeam copperleaf
horsenettle
ivyleaf morning-glory
ivyleaf speedwell
jagged chickweed
Japanese honeysuckle
Jerusalem artichoke
lateflowering thoroughwort
lawndaisy
live oak
low hopclover
mayapple
mayweed chamomile
Morrow's honeysuckle
mouseear cress
mugwort
orange hawkweed
Oriental lady's thumb
osage orange
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
paper mulberry
Pennsylvania smartweed
perennial sowthistle
perplexed ticktrefoil
Persian speedwell
plantain-leaved pussytoes
prairie fleabane
prairie tea
prickly sida
purple deadnettle
purple passionflower
purslane speedwell
Queen Anne's lace
rabbitfoot clover
red clover
red maple
red mulberry
showy rattlebox
smooth pigweed
sourwood
Spanish needles
spoonleaf purple everlasting
spotted knapweed
spotted ladysthumb
spring draba
spurred anoda
stinging nettle
swamp smartweed
swamp verbena
sweetgum
tall morning-glory
thymeleaf speedwell
toothed spurge
velvetleaf
vente conmigo
Virginia strawberry
Virginia threeseed mercury
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild basil
wild buckwheat
wild mustard
wingstem
woolly burdock

Scientific Name

(122 weeds)
Abutilon theophrasti
Acalypha ostryifolia
Acalypha rhomboidea
Acalypha virginica
Acer negundo
Acer rubrum var. trilobum
Ageratina altissima
Amaranthus hybridus
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ambrosia trifida
Amphicarpa bracteata
Anoda cristata
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Anthemis arvensis
Anthemis cotula
Arabidopsis thaliana
Arctium minus
Arctium tomentosum
Artemisia absinthium
Artemisia vulgaris
Asclepias syriaca
Asclepias tuberosa
Bellis perennis
Bidens aristosa
Bidens bipinnata
Bidens frondosa
Brassica juncea
Broussonetia papyrifera
Cardamine hirsuta
Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos
Cercis canadensis
Clinopodium vulgare
Crotalaria spectabilis
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
Croton monanthogynus
Daucus carota
Desmodium paniculatum
Desmodium perplexum
Desmodium tortuosum
Draba verna
Echium vulgare
Elaeagnus umbellata
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron strigosus
Eupatorium serotinum
Euphorbia dentata
Fragaria virginiana
Gamochaeta purpure
Geranium carolinianum
Hedera helix
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus tuberosus
Hibiscus trionum
Hieracium aurantiacum
Holosteum umbellatum
Ipomoea hederacea
Ipomoea purpurea
Lamium amplexicaule
Lamium purpureum
Lepidium campestre
Ligustrum sinense
Liquidambar styraciflua
Lonicera japonica
Lonicera morrowii
Lotus corniculatus
Ludwigia palustris
Maclura pomifera
Medicago lupulina
Morus rubra
Nepeta cataria
Oxydendrum arboreum
Passiflora incarnata
Physalis heterophylla
Podophyllum peltatum
Polygonum caespitosum
Polygonum convolvulus
Polygonum hydropiperoides
Polygonum lapathifolium
Polygonum pensylvanicum
Polygonum persicaria
Quercus virginiana
Rudbeckia triloba
Salix nigra
Sicyos angulatus
Sida rhombifolia
Sida spinosa
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Sinapis arvensis ssp. arvensis
Sisymbrium offcinale
Solanum carolinense
Solanum ptycanthum
Solanum rostratum
Solidago altissima
Solidago giganteae
Sonchus arvensis
Stellaria media
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Taraxacum officinale
Tilia americana
Toxicodendron radicans
Trifolium arvense
Trifolium campestre
Trifolium pratense
Urtica dioica
Verbascum thapsus
Verbena hastata
Verbena urticifolia
Verbesina alternifolia
Vernonia gigantea
Veronica agrestis
Veronica arvensis
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica officinalis
Veronica peregrina
Veronica persica
Veronica serpyllifolia
Vicia sativa
Vicia villosa
Viola arvensis
Xanthium strumarium

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