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

alternate

leaves not present

Leaf margin

I do not know

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

I do not know

Milky sap

Not Present

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

Root structure

I do not know

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(215 weeds)

American basswood

American burnweed

American pokeweed

American sycamore

Asian ponysfoot

Asiatic dayflower

Asiatic tearthumb

bearded beggarticks

bigpod sesbania

bird's-foot trefoil

blackeyed Susan

browneyed Susan

brownray knapweed

camphor pluchea

Canada goldenrod

Canada toadflax

Carolina elephantsfoot

Carolina geranium

Carolina ponysfoot

Chinese wisteria

clammy groundcherry

climbing dayflower

common cinquefoil

common cocklebur

common groundsel

common persimmon

common sheep sorrel

common threeseed mercury

common yellow oxalis

creeping lespedeza

creeping woodsorrel

cursed buttercup

cutleaf geranium

devil's walkingstick

early yellowrocket

eastern black nightshade

eastern cottonwood

eastern daisy fleabane

eastern poison ivy

eastern redcedar

European field pansy

European spindletree

field pepperweed

Florida beggarweed

flower of an hour

garden cornflower

garden yellowrocket

giant goldenrod

green field speedwell

hairy bittercress

hophornbeam copperleaf

Indian strawberry

ivyleaf morning-glory

ivyleaf speedwell

Japanese barberry

Japanese clover

Japanese knotweed

Jerusalem artichoke

lanceleaf ragweed

large hopclover

littleleaf buttercup

longleaf groundcherry

man of the earth

manyflower marshpennywort

mayweed chamomile

multiflora rose

northern dewberry

northern jointvetch

northern red oak

Oriental bittersweet

Oriental lady's thumb

Palmer amaranth

palmleaf morningglory

panicledleaf ticktrefoil

Pennsylvania smartweed

perplexed ticktrefoil

Persian speedwell

philadelphia fleabane

plantain-leaved pussytoes

Powell's amaranth

prairie fleabane

prickly Russian thistle

prostrate knotweed

prostrate pigweed

purple loosestrife

purple passionflower

purslane speedwell

Queen Anne's lace

rabbitfoot clover

redroot amaranth

roughfruit amaranth

roundleaf greenbriar

sensitive partridge pea

sericea lespedeza

shepherd's purse

showy rattlebox

silverleaf nightshade

slender amaranth

slender parsley piert

small hopclover

smallflower buttercup

smallflower morningglory

spiny plumeless thistle

spoonleaf purple everlasting

spotted knapweed

spotted ladysthumb

spotted water hemlock

St. Anthony's turnip

swamp smartweed

tall globethistle

tall morning-glory

threadstalk speedwell

Virginia creeper

Virginia strawberry

Virginia sweetspire

Virginia threeseed mercury

western brackenfern

white heath aster

wild sarsaparilla

woodland bittercress

yellow passionflower

Scientific Name

(215 weeds)

Abutilon theophrasti

Acalypha ostryifolia

Acalypha rhomboidea

Acalypha virginica

Achillea millefolium

Aeschynomene virginica

Ailanthus altissima

Amaranthus albus

Amaranthus hybridus

Amaranthus palmeri

Amaranthus powellii

Amaranthus retroflexus

Amaranthus spinosus

Amaranthus tuberculatus

Amaranthus viridis

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Ambrosia bidentata

Amphicarpa bracteata

Antennaria plantaginifolia

Anthemis arvensis

Anthemis cotula

Arabidopsis thaliana

Aralia nudicaulis

Arctium tomentosum

Artemisia absinthium

Artemisia annua

Artemisia vulgaris

Asclepias tuberosa

Asimina triloba

Barbarea vulgaris

Bassia scoparia

Berberis thunbergii

Bidens aristosa

Brassica juncea

Broussonetia papyrifera

Buglossoides arvensis

Calystegia sepium

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Cardamine flexuosa

Cardamine hirsuta

Carduus acanthoides

Celastrus orbiculatus

Centaurea cyanus

Centaurea jacea

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Cercis canadensis

Chamaecrista fasciculata

Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans

Chenopodium album

Chenopodium ambrosioides

Cicuta maculata

Cirsium arvense

Cirsium vulgare

Commelina communis

Commelina diffusa

Conium maculatum

Conyza canadensis

Coronilla varia

Crotalaria spectabilis

Datura stramonium

Desmodium paniculatum

Desmodium perplexum

Desmodium tortuosum

Dichondra carolinensis

Dichondra micrantha

Dioscorea bulbifera

Dioscorea oppositifolia

Diospyros virginiana

Duchesnea indica

Echinops exaltatus

Eclipta prostrata

Elaeagnus umbellata

Elephantopus carolinianus

Erechtites hieracifolia

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron philadelphicus

Erigeron strigosus

Euonymus europaeus

Eupatorium capillifolium

Fagus grandifolia

Fragaria virginiana

Gamochaeta purpure

Geranium carolinianum

Geranium dissectum

Gleditsia triacanthos

Helenium amarum

Helianthus tuberosus

Hibiscus trionum

Hydrocotyle umbellata

Impatiens capensis

Ipomoea coccinea

Ipomoea hederacea

Ipomoea lacunosa

Ipomoea pandurata

Ipomoea purpurea

Ipomoea quamoclit

Ipomoea wrightii

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

Juniperus virginiana

Kummerowia striata

Lepidium campestre

Lespedeza cuneata

Lespedeza repens

Leucanthemum vulgare

Liquidambar styraciflua

Lotus corniculatus

Lythrum salicaria

Matricaria discoidea

Medicago lupulina

Melilotus officinalis

Nicandra physalodes

Nuttallanthus canadensis

Oxalis corniculata

Oxydendrum arboreum

Packera glabella

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Passiflora incarnata

Passiflora lutea

Phyllanthus urinaria

Physalis heterophylla

Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata

Phytolacca americana

Platanus occidentalis

Pluchea camphorata

Polygonum aviculare

Polygonum caespitosum

Polygonum convolvulus

Polygonum cuspidatum

Polygonum hydropiperoides

Polygonum pensylvanicum

Polygonum perfoliatum

Polygonum persicaria

Poncirus trifoliata

Populus deltoides

Portulaca oleracea

Potentilla simplex

Pteridium aquilinum

Pueraria montana var. lobata

Quercus virginiana

Ranunculus abortivus

Ranunculus bulbosus

Ranunculus parviflorus

Ranunculus sceleratus

Raphanus raphanistrum

Rhus copallinum

Rosa multiflora

Rubus flagellaris

Rudbeckia hirta

Rudbeckia triloba

Rumex acetosella

Rumex obtusifolius

Senecio viscosus

Senecio vulgaris

Senna obtusifolia

Sesbania herbacea

Sicyos angulatus

Sida rhombifolia

Sinapis arvensis ssp. arvensis

Sisymbrium offcinale

Smilax rotundifolia

Solanum carolinense

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Solanum ptycanthum

Solanum rostratum

Solidago altissima

Solidago giganteae

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

Tilia americana

Toxicodendron radicans

Trifolium arvense

Trifolium aureum

Trifolium campestre

Trifolium dubium

Trifolium pratense

Trifolium repens

Tussilago farfara

Verbascum blattaria

Verbascum thapsus

Verbesina alternifolia

Vernonia gigantea

Veronica agrestis

Veronica filiformis

Veronica hederifolia

Veronica peregrina

Veronica persica

Vigna unguiculata

Wisteria sinensis

Xanthium strumarium