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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

pinnate

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

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

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Thorns or spines

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Ochrea

Not Present

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

taproot

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

Common name

(27 weeds)
absinthe
apple of Peru
bigpod sesbania
blindeyes
buffalobur
butterweed
common ragweed
corn chamomile
disc mayweed
dogfennel
garden yellowrocket
hairy angelica
hairy bittercress
hairy vetch
honeylocust
lawn burweed
lyreleaf sage
Mexican tea
partridge pea
poison hemlock
Queen Anne's lace
sensitive partridge pea
sicklepod
spotted knapweed
sticky ragwort
tree-of-heaven
trumpet creeper

Scientific Name

(27 weeds)
Ailanthus altissima
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Angelica venenosa
Anthemis arvensis
Artemisia absinthium
Barbarea vulgaris
Campsis radicans
Cardamine hirsuta
Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Conium maculatum
Daucus carota
Eupatorium capillifolium
Gleditsia triacanthos
Matricaria discoidea
Nicandra physalodes
Packera glabella
Papaver dubium
Salvia lyrata
Senecio viscosus
Senna obtusifolia
Sesbania herbacea
Solanum rostratum
Soliva sessilis
Vicia villosa

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