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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

simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
I do not know

Leaf shape

round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
I do not know

Leaf arrangement

opposite

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

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

I do not know

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

I do not know

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

pencil

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

(63 weeds)
alligatorweed
American barberry
American speedwell
beefsteakplant
big chickweed
bladder campion
Caley pea
Canada toadflax
Carolina geranium
catnip
Chinese privet
Chinese yam
common chickweed
common milkweed
common mouse-ear chickweed
common ragweed
common selfheal
common speedwell
common vetch
coralberry
corn speedwell
cutleaf geranium
false daisy
Florida beggarweed
Fuller's teasel
great ragweed
green field speedwell
heavenly bamboo
hemp dogbane
henbit deadnettle
honeyvine milkweed
ivyleaf speedwell
jagged chickweed
Japanese honeysuckle
knawel
lanceleaf ragweed
lawn burweed
little hogweed
Morrow's honeysuckle
northern catalpa
Persian speedwell
poorjoe
prostrate pigweed
purple ammannia
purple deadnettle
purslane speedwell
red maple
roadside pennycress
scarlet pimpernel
Spanish needles
spotted sandmat
spotted St. Johnswort
sticky chickweed
sugar maple
sun spurge
sweet fennel
Tatarian honeysuckle
threadstalk speedwell
thymeleaf speedwell
Virginia buttonweed
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild parsnip

Scientific Name

(63 weeds)
Acer rubrum var. trilobum
Acer sacharum
Ageratina altissima
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Amaranthus albus
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ambrosia bidentata
Ambrosia trifida
Ammannia coccinea
Ampelamus albidus
Anagallis arvensis
Apocynum cannabinum
Asclepias syriaca
Berberis canadensis
Bidens bipinnata
Catalpa speciosa
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Cerastium glomeratum
Chamaesyce maculata
Desmodium tortuosum
Diodia teres
Diodia virginiana
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Dipsacus fullonum
Eclipta prostrata
Euphorbia helioscopia
Foeniculum vulgare
Geranium carolinianum
Geranium dissectum
Holosteum umbellatum
Hypericum punctatum
Lamium amplexicaule
Lamium purpureum
Lathyrus hirsutus
Ligustrum sinense
Lonicera japonica
Lonicera morrowii
Lonicera tatarica
Nandina domestica
Nepeta cataria
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Pastinaca sativa
Perilla frutescens
Portulaca oleracea
Prunella vulgaris
Scleranthus annuus
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Soliva sessilis
Stellaria media
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Thlaspi alliaceum
Verbena urticifolia
Veronica agrestis
Veronica americana
Veronica arvensis
Veronica filiformis
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica officinalis
Veronica peregrina
Veronica persica
Veronica serpyllifolia
Vicia sativa

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