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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

serrated

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

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

(24 weeds)
American barberry
American speedwell
beefsteakplant
bishop's weed
boxelder
common selfheal
devil's beggartick
Fuller's teasel
hairy angelica
lemon beebalm
mayapple
purslane speedwell
red maple
roadside pennycress
Spanish needles
spotted sandmat
stickweed
sugar maple
sun spurge
thymeleaf speedwell
trumpet creeper
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild parsnip

Scientific Name

(24 weeds)
Acer negundo
Acer rubrum var. trilobum
Acer sacharum
Aegopodium podagraria
Ageratina altissima
Angelica venenosa
Berberis canadensis
Bidens bipinnata
Bidens frondosa
Campsis radicans
Chamaesyce maculata
Dipsacus fullonum
Euphorbia helioscopia
Monarda citriodora
Pastinaca sativa
Perilla frutescens
Podophyllum peltatum
Prunella vulgaris
Thlaspi alliaceum
Verbena urticifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Veronica americana
Veronica peregrina
Veronica serpyllifolia

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