Weeds Identification

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Plant type

Broadleaf

Broadleaf
Grass or grass like
Other

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Growth habit

upright and nonwoody

upright and nonwoody

prostrate and nonwoody

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

Leaf shape

Leaf arrangement

leaves not present

Leaf margin

I do not know

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

I do not know

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

I do not know

Dominant flower color

I do not know

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(218 weeds)

American burnweed

American pokeweed

American speedwell

annual sowthistle

bearded beggarticks

bigpod sesbania

bird's-foot trefoil

blackeyed Susan

bladder campion

browneyed Susan

brownray knapweed

camphor pluchea

Canada goldenrod

Canada toadflax

Carolina elephantsfoot

Carolina geranium

clammy groundcherry

common cocklebur

common evening primrose

common groundsel

common milkweed

common mouse-ear chickweed

common selfheal

common sheep sorrel

common speedwell

common sunflower

common threeseed mercury

common viper's bugloss

common yellow oxalis

creeping lespedeza

creeping primrose

curlytop knotweed

cursed buttercup

cutleaf geranium

devil's beggartick

early yellowrocket

eastern black nightshade

eastern daisy fleabane

field horsetail

field pennycress

field pepperweed

Florida beggarweed

flower of an hour

Fuller's teasel

garden cornflower

garden yellowrocket

germander speedwell

giant goldenrod

great blue lobelia

green carpetweed

hairy bittercress

henbit deadnettle

hophornbeam copperleaf

hyssopleaf thoroughwort

Indian strawberry

ivyleaf speedwell

jagged chickweed

Japanese knotweed

Jerusalem artichoke

kiss me over the garden gate

lanceleaf ragweed

large hopclover

lateflowering thoroughwort

longleaf groundcherry

manyflower marshpennywort

mayweed chamomile

narrowleaf hawksbeard

Norwegian cinquefoil

orange hawkweed

Palmer amaranth

panicledleaf ticktrefoil

Pennsylvania smartweed

perennial sowthistle

perplexed ticktrefoil

Persian speedwell

philadelphia fleabane

piedmont bedstraw

plantain-leaved pussytoes

Powell's amaranth

prairie fleabane

prickly lettuce

prickly Russian thistle

purple ammannia

purple deadnettle

purple loosestrife

purple passionflower

purslane speedwell

Queen Anne's lace

rabbitfoot clover

redroot amaranth

roadside pennycress

roughfruit amaranth

sensitive partridge pea

shepherd's purse

showy rattlebox

silverleaf nightshade

slender amaranth

slender parsley piert

small hopclover

smallflower buttercup

smallflower morningglory

smooth bedstraw

smooth bedstraw

smooth hawksbeard

Spanish needles

spiny plumeless thistle

spiny sowthistle

spoonleaf purple everlasting

spotted knapweed

spotted ladysthumb

spotted St. Johnswort

spotted water hemlock

St. Anthony's turnip

stinging nettle

swamp smartweed

sweetscented bedstraw

tall globethistle

threadstalk speedwell

thymeleaf speedwell

Virginia bluebells

Virginia pepperweed

Virginia strawberry

Virginia threeseed mercury

western brackenfern

western salsify

white ballmustard

white heath aster

white snakeroot

wild blue phlox

wild sarsaparilla

yellow spring bedstraw

Scientific Name

(218 weeds)

Abutilon theophrasti

Acalypha ostryifolia

Acalypha rhomboidea

Acalypha virginica

Ageratina altissima

Amaranthus hybridus

Amaranthus palmeri

Amaranthus powellii

Amaranthus retroflexus

Amaranthus spinosus

Amaranthus tuberculatus

Amaranthus viridis

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Ambrosia bidentata

Ambrosia trifida

Ammannia coccinea

Angelica venenosa

Antennaria plantaginifolia

Anthemis arvensis

Anthemis cotula

Apocynum cannabinum

Arabidopsis thaliana

Aralia nudicaulis

Arctium tomentosum

Artemisia absinthium

Artemisia annua

Artemisia vulgaris

Asclepias syriaca

Barbarea vulgaris

Bassia scoparia

Bellis perennis

Bidens aristosa

Bidens bipinnata

Bidens frondosa

Brassica juncea

Buglossoides arvensis

Calepina irregularis

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Cardamine hirsuta

Carduus acanthoides

Centaurea cyanus

Centaurea jacea

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Cerastium fontanum

Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare

Chamaecrista fasciculata

Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans

Chenopodium album

Chenopodium ambrosioides

Cichorium intybus

Cicuta maculata

Cirsium arvense

Cirsium vulgare

Clinopodium vulgare

Conium maculatum

Conyza bonariensis

Conyza canadensis

Crepis capillaris

Crepis tectorum

Crotalaria spectabilis

Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis

Cruciata laevipes

Cruciata pedemontana

Datura stramonium

Desmodium paniculatum

Desmodium perplexum

Desmodium tortuosum

Dianthus armeria

Dipsacus fullonum

Duchesnea indica

Echinops exaltatus

Eclipta prostrata

Elephantopus carolinianus

Equisetum arvense

Erechtites hieracifolia

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron philadelphicus

Erigeron strigosus

Eupatorium capillifolium

Eupatorium hyssopifolium

Eupatorium serotinum

Euphorbia dentata

Foeniculum vulgare

Fragaria virginiana

Galium odoratum

Gamochaeta purpure

Geranium carolinianum

Geranium dissectum

Helenium amarum

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus tuberosus

Hibiscus trionum

Hieracium aurantiacum

Holosteum umbellatum

Hydrocotyle umbellata

Hypericum punctatum

Impatiens capensis

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

Lactuca Canadensis

Lactuca serriola

Lamium amplexicaule

Lamium purpureum

Lathyrus hirsutus

Lathyrus latifolius

Lepidium campestre

Lepidium virginicum

Lespedeza repens

Leucanthemum vulgare

Lobelia siphilitica

Lotus corniculatus

Ludwigia palustris

Lythrum salicaria

Matricaria discoidea

Melilotus officinalis

Mertensia virginica

Mollugo verticillata

Monarda citriodora

Nicandra physalodes

Nuttallanthus canadensis

Oenothera biennis

Packera glabella

Passiflora incarnata

Pastinaca sativa

Perilla frutescens

Phlox divaricata

Phlox paniculata

Phyllanthus urinaria

Physalis heterophylla

Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata

Phytolacca americana

Pluchea camphorata

Podophyllum peltatum

Polygonum cuspidatum

Polygonum hydropiperoides

Polygonum lapathifolium

Polygonum orientale

Polygonum pensylvanicum

Polygonum persicaria

Potentilla norvegica

Prunella vulgaris

Pteridium aquilinum

Ranunculus bulbosus

Ranunculus parviflorus

Ranunculus sceleratus

Rudbeckia hirta

Rudbeckia triloba

Rumex acetosella

Rumex obtusifolius

Senecio vulgaris

Senna obtusifolia

Sesbania herbacea

Sherardia arvensis

Sida rhombifolia

Silene latifolia ssp. alba

Sinapis arvensis ssp. arvensis

Sisymbrium offcinale

Solanum carolinense

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Solanum ptycanthum

Solanum rostratum

Solidago altissima

Solidago giganteae

Sonchus arvensis

Sonchus oleraceus

Spergula arvensis

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

Thlaspi alliaceum

Thlaspi arvense

Tragopogon dubius

Trifolium arvense

Trifolium aureum

Trifolium campestre

Trifolium dubium

Trifolium pratense

Verbascum blattaria

Verbascum thapsus

Verbena hastata

Verbena urticifolia

Verbesina alternifolia

Verbesina occidentalis

Vernonia gigantea

Veronica americana

Veronica arvensis

Veronica chamaedrys

Veronica filiformis

Veronica hederifolia

Veronica officinalis

Veronica peregrina

Veronica persica

Veronica serpyllifolia

Xanthium strumarium