Weeds Identification

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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

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

Leaf shape

Leaf arrangement

leaves not present

Leaf margin

serrated

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

I do not know

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

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

summer annual

Root structure

fibrous

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(21 weeds)

American burnweed

common cocklebur

devil's beggartick

eastern black nightshade

eastern daisy fleabane

green field speedwell

lanceleaf ragweed

prairie fleabane

smallflower buttercup

spiny sowthistle

Scientific Name

(21 weeds)

Ambrosia bidentata

Ambrosia trifida

Anthemis arvensis

Bidens frondosa

Eclipta prostrata

Erechtites hieracifolia

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron strigosus

Ipomoea coccinea

Nicandra physalodes

Perilla frutescens

Ranunculus parviflorus

Sicyos angulatus

Solanum ptycanthum

Verbascum thapsus

Veronica agrestis

Xanthium strumarium