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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

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

I do not know

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Stem cross section

round or oval
square or multi-edged
I do not know

Stem hairs

I do not know

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

I do not know

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

summer annual

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

(40 weeds)
American burnweed
apple of Peru
arrowleaf sida
bearded beggarticks
beefsteakplant
black medic
burcucumber
common cocklebur
common mallow
common mullein
common sunflower
common threeseed mercury
corn chamomile
devil's beggartick
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
false daisy
field pansy
flower of an hour
great ragweed
green field speedwell
hairy fleabane
hophornbeam copperleaf
jewelweed
jimsonweed
lanceleaf ragweed
Mexican tea
Norwegian cinquefoil
prairie fleabane
prickly sida
redstar
smallflower buttercup
spiny sowthistle
spotted sandmat
spurred anoda
sweet sagewort
toothed spurge
velvetleaf
vente conmigo
Virginia threeseed mercury

Scientific Name

(40 weeds)
Abutilon theophrasti
Acalypha ostryifolia
Acalypha rhomboidea
Acalypha virginica
Ambrosia bidentata
Ambrosia trifida
Anoda cristata
Anthemis arvensis
Artemisia annua
Bidens aristosa
Bidens frondosa
Chamaesyce maculata
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Conyza bonariensis
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
Datura stramonium
Eclipta prostrata
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron strigosus
Euphorbia dentata
Helianthus annuus
Hibiscus trionum
Impatiens capensis
Ipomoea coccinea
Malva neglecta
Medicago lupulina
Nicandra physalodes
Perilla frutescens
Potentilla norvegica
Ranunculus parviflorus
Sicyos angulatus
Sida rhombifolia
Sida spinosa
Solanum ptycanthum
Sonchus asper
Verbascum thapsus
Veronica agrestis
Viola bicolor
Xanthium strumarium

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