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Plant type

Broadleaf
  • Broadleaf
  • Grass or grass like
  • Other
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Growth habit

prostrate and nonwoody

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

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

no 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

I do not know

fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
I do not know

Common name

(39 weeds)
alligatorweed
American speedwell
Asiatic dayflower
bishop's weed
Carolina ponysfoot
chamber bitter
climbing dayflower
coltsfoot
common blue violet
common cinquefoil
common dandelion
common periwinkle
common yarrow
coon's tail
creeping lespedeza
crownvetch
curly dock
European field pansy
field pennycress
green carpetweed
jagged chickweed
Japanese clover
kiss me quick
lawn burweed
little hogweed
littleleaf buttercup
maidenstears
moth mullein
poorjoe
prostrate pigweed
red sandspurry
slender parsley piert
Spanish needles
spotted sandmat
sun spurge
thymeleaf speedwell
Virginia buttonweed
white clover
woodland bittercress

Scientific Name

(39 weeds)
Achillea millefolium
Aegopodium podagraria
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Amaranthus albus
Bidens bipinnata
Cardamine flexuosa
Ceratophyllum demersum
Chamaesyce maculata
Commelina communis
Commelina diffusa
Coronilla varia
Dichondra carolinensis
Diodia teres
Diodia virginiana
Euphorbia helioscopia
Holosteum umbellatum
Kummerowia striata
Lespedeza repens
Mollugo verticillata
Phyllanthus urinaria
Portulaca oleracea
Portulaca pilosa
Potentilla simplex
Ranunculus abortivus
Rumex crispus
Silene vulgaris
Soliva sessilis
Spergularia rubra
Taraxacum officinale
Thlaspi arvense
Trifolium repens
Tussilago farfara
Verbascum blattaria
Veronica americana
Veronica serpyllifolia
Vinca minor
Viola arvensis
Viola sororia

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