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

Leaf stalk

none

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

I do not know

Stem cross section

I do not know

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Not Present

Ochrea

Milky sap

I do not know

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(104 weeds)

American burnweed

American speedwell

Asiatic dayflower

bladder campion

Canada goldenrod

Carolina elephantsfoot

Carolina geranium

climbing dayflower

common dandelion

common evening primrose

common groundsel

common milkweed

common mouse-ear chickweed

common plantain

common speedwell

common St. Johnswort

cutleaf evening primrose

early yellowrocket

eastern daisy fleabane

field horsetail

garden cornflower

germander speedwell

giant goldenrod

green carpetweed

hyssopleaf thoroughwort

ivyleaf speedwell

jagged chickweed

Japanese honeysuckle

lanceleaf ragweed

large hopclover

largebracted plantain

narrowleaf hawksbeard

narrowleaf plantain

Oriental lady's thumb

Persian speedwell

philadelphia fleabane

prairie fleabane

prickly Russian thistle

purple ammannia

purple loosestrife

purslane speedwell

roadside pennycress

scarlet pimpernel

sensitive partridge pea

sericea lespedeza

shepherd's purse

slender parsley piert

smooth bedstraw

smooth bedstraw

smooth hawksbeard

spotted knapweed

spotted sandmat

spotted St. Johnswort

swamp smartweed

sweetscented bedstraw

threadstalk speedwell

thymeleaf speedwell

trumpet creeper

Virginia buttonweed

western brackenfern

western salsify

white heath aster

yellow spring bedstraw

Scientific Name

(104 weeds)

Achillea millefolium

Alternanthera philoxeroides

Ambrosia bidentata

Ammannia coccinea

Anagallis arvensis

Anthemis arvensis

Arabidopsis thaliana

Artemisia annua

Asclepias syriaca

Bassia scoparia

Buglossoides arvensis

Campsis radicans

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Centaurea cyanus

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Cerastium fontanum

Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare

Ceratophyllum demersum

Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans

Chamaesyce maculata

Cichorium intybus

Commelina communis

Commelina diffusa

Conyza bonariensis

Conyza canadensis

Coronilla varia

Crepis capillaris

Crepis tectorum

Cruciata laevipes

Dianthus armeria

Diodia virginiana

Eclipta prostrata

Elephantopus carolinianus

Equisetum arvense

Erechtites hieracifolia

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron philadelphicus

Erigeron strigosus

Eupatorium capillifolium

Eupatorium hyssopifolium

Euphorbia helioscopia

Galium odoratum

Geranium carolinianum

Helenium amarum

Holosteum umbellatum

Hypericum perforatum

Hypericum punctatum

Ipomoea quamoclit

Lactuca Canadensis

Lespedeza cuneata

Lonicera japonica

Lythrum salicaria

Matricaria discoidea

Mollugo verticillata

Oenothera biennis

Oenothera laciniata

Phyllanthus urinaria

Plantago aristata

Plantago lanceolata

Polygonum caespitosum

Polygonum hydropiperoides

Portulaca oleracea

Portulaca pilosa

Pteridium aquilinum

Scleranthus annuus

Senecio vulgaris

Sherardia arvensis

Silene latifolia ssp. alba

Sisymbrium offcinale

Solidago altissima

Solidago giganteae

Spergula arvensis

Spergularia rubra

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

Taraxacum officinale

Thlaspi alliaceum

Tragopogon dubius

Trifolium aureum

Verbascum blattaria

Verbascum thapsus

Veronica americana

Veronica arvensis

Veronica chamaedrys

Veronica filiformis

Veronica hederifolia

Veronica officinalis

Veronica peregrina

Veronica persica

Veronica serpyllifolia