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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

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

Not Present

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

I do not know

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

nickle

pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
I do not know

Lifecycle

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

(52 weeds)
bigpod sesbania
blackeyed Susan
buffalobur
bull thistle
Canada thistle
Chinese privet
clammy groundcherry
common blue violet
common burdock
common evening primrose
common periwinkle
common St. Johnswort
common yellow oxalis
cow pea
creeping woodsorrel
crownvetch
cutleaf evening primrose
cypressvine
devil's beggartick
European field pansy
fall phlox
field pansy
flower of an hour
ground ivy
Jerusalem artichoke
jewelweed
kudzu
large hopclover
lemon beebalm
lyreleaf sage
maidenstears
man of the earth
mayapple
mayweed chamomile
multiflora rose
northern jointvetch
oxeye daisy
palmleaf morningglory
partridge pea
perennial pea
rabbitfoot clover
redstar
smallflower morningglory
spiny plumeless thistle
St. Anthony's turnip
stickweed
velvetleaf
Virginia bluebells
white mulberry
whitestar
wild blue phlox
woolly burdock

Scientific Name

(52 weeds)
Abutilon theophrasti
Aeschynomene virginica
Anthemis cotula
Arctium minus
Arctium tomentosum
Bidens frondosa
Carduus acanthoides
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Cirsium arvense
Cirsium vulgare
Coronilla varia
Glechoma hederacea
Helianthus tuberosus
Hibiscus trionum
Hypericum perforatum
Impatiens capensis
Ipomoea coccinea
Ipomoea lacunosa
Ipomoea pandurata
Ipomoea quamoclit
Ipomoea wrightii
Jacquemontia tamnifolia
Lathyrus latifolius
Leucanthemum vulgare
Ligustrum sinense
Mertensia virginica
Monarda citriodora
Morus alba
Oenothera biennis
Oenothera laciniata
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis stricta
Phlox divaricata
Phlox paniculata
Physalis heterophylla
Podophyllum peltatum
Pueraria montana var. lobata
Ranunculus bulbosus
Rosa multiflora
Rudbeckia hirta
Salvia lyrata
Sesbania herbacea
Silene vulgaris
Solanum rostratum
Trifolium arvense
Trifolium aureum
Verbesina occidentalis
Vigna unguiculata
Vinca minor
Viola arvensis
Viola bicolor
Viola sororia

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