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

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

I do not know

Ochrea

Not Present

Milky sap

Present

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

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

(16 weeds)

annual sowthistle

common dandelion

common milkweed

meadow hawkweed

orange hawkweed

perennial sowthistle

prickly lettuce

spiny sowthistle

western salsify

Scientific Name

(16 weeds)

Apocynum cannabinum

Asclepias syriaca

Cichorium intybus

Convolvulus arvensis

Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis

Euphorbia helioscopia

Hieracium aurantiacum

Hieracium caespitosum

Lactuca Canadensis

Lactuca serriola

Sonchus arvensis

Sonchus oleraceus

Taraxacum officinale

Tragopogon dubius