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

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

has hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

I do not know

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

I do not know

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

I do not know

Lifecycle

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(134 weeds)

American burnweed

bearded beggarticks

bird's-foot trefoil

bladder campion

browneyed Susan

camphor pluchea

Canada goldenrod

Carolina elephantsfoot

Carolina geranium

clammy groundcherry

common cocklebur

common evening primrose

common groundsel

common milkweed

common mouse-ear chickweed

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 daisy fleabane

Florida beggarweed

flower of an hour

garden cornflower

germander speedwell

hairy bittercress

henbit deadnettle

hophornbeam copperleaf

ivyleaf speedwell

Jerusalem artichoke

lanceleaf ragweed

large hopclover

lateflowering thoroughwort

mayweed chamomile

Norwegian cinquefoil

orange hawkweed

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 deadnettle

purple loosestrife

purple passionflower

purslane speedwell

Queen Anne's lace

rabbitfoot clover

redroot amaranth

roadside pennycress

sensitive partridge pea

shepherd's purse

small hopclover

smallflower buttercup

smallflower morningglory

smooth bedstraw

smooth bedstraw

Spanish needles

spiny sowthistle

spoonleaf purple everlasting

spotted knapweed

spotted ladysthumb

St. Anthony's turnip

stinging nettle

tall globethistle

threadstalk speedwell

Virginia pepperweed

Virginia strawberry

Virginia threeseed mercury

white ballmustard

white heath aster

yellow spring bedstraw

Scientific Name

(134 weeds)

Abutilon theophrasti

Acalypha ostryifolia

Acalypha rhomboidea

Acalypha virginica

Amaranthus hybridus

Amaranthus powellii

Amaranthus retroflexus

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Ambrosia bidentata

Ambrosia trifida

Antennaria plantaginifolia

Anthemis arvensis

Anthemis cotula

Arabidopsis thaliana

Arctium tomentosum

Artemisia absinthium

Artemisia vulgaris

Asclepias syriaca

Bellis perennis

Bidens aristosa

Bidens bipinnata

Bidens frondosa

Buglossoides arvensis

Calepina irregularis

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Cardamine hirsuta

Centaurea cyanus

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Cerastium fontanum

Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare

Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans

Chenopodium ambrosioides

Cichorium intybus

Cirsium arvense

Cirsium vulgare

Clinopodium vulgare

Conyza bonariensis

Conyza canadensis

Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis

Cruciata laevipes

Cruciata pedemontana

Desmodium paniculatum

Desmodium perplexum

Desmodium tortuosum

Echinops exaltatus

Eclipta prostrata

Elephantopus carolinianus

Erechtites hieracifolia

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron philadelphicus

Erigeron strigosus

Eupatorium capillifolium

Eupatorium serotinum

Euphorbia dentata

Fragaria virginiana

Gamochaeta purpure

Geranium carolinianum

Geranium dissectum

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus tuberosus

Hibiscus trionum

Hieracium aurantiacum

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

Lactuca serriola

Lamium amplexicaule

Lamium purpureum

Lepidium virginicum

Lespedeza repens

Lotus corniculatus

Ludwigia palustris

Lythrum salicaria

Matricaria discoidea

Monarda citriodora

Oenothera biennis

Passiflora incarnata

Pastinaca sativa

Physalis heterophylla

Pluchea camphorata

Polygonum lapathifolium

Polygonum pensylvanicum

Polygonum persicaria

Potentilla norvegica

Ranunculus bulbosus

Ranunculus parviflorus

Ranunculus sceleratus

Rudbeckia triloba

Senecio vulgaris

Sherardia arvensis

Sida rhombifolia

Silene latifolia ssp. alba

Sinapis arvensis ssp. arvensis

Sisymbrium offcinale

Solanum carolinense

Solanum rostratum

Solidago altissima

Sonchus arvensis

Spergula arvensis

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

Thlaspi alliaceum

Trifolium arvense

Trifolium aureum

Trifolium campestre

Trifolium dubium

Trifolium pratense

Verbascum blattaria

Verbascum thapsus

Verbena urticifolia

Verbesina alternifolia

Verbesina occidentalis

Veronica arvensis

Veronica chamaedrys

Veronica filiformis

Veronica hederifolia

Veronica officinalis

Veronica peregrina

Veronica persica

Xanthium strumarium