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

I do not know

Leaf arrangement

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

Milky sap

Not Present

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

Root structure

fibrous

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(136 weeds)

American burnweed

Asiatic dayflower

Asiatic tearthumb

Australian water-clover

bigpod sesbania

blackeyed Susan

bladder campion

Canada goldenrod

Canada toadflax

Carolina elephantsfoot

Carolina ponysfoot

Chinese wisteria

climbing dayflower

common blue violet

common chickweed

common cinquefoil

common cocklebur

common groundsel

common mouse-ear chickweed

common sheep sorrel

common speedwell

common viper's bugloss

creeping primrose

cursed buttercup

cutleaf geranium

devil's beggartick

eastern black nightshade

eastern daisy fleabane

eastern poison ivy

European field pansy

field horsetail

garden yellowrocket

germander speedwell

giant goldenrod

green carpetweed

green field speedwell

henbit deadnettle

honeyvine milkweed

ivyleaf speedwell

jagged chickweed

Japanese honeysuckle

lanceleaf ragweed

large hopclover

largebracted plantain

lateflowering thoroughwort

littleleaf buttercup

longleaf groundcherry

manyflower marshpennywort

mayweed chamomile

multiflora rose

Oriental bittersweet

Oriental lady's thumb

Persian speedwell

philadelphia fleabane

prairie fleabane

purple deadnettle

purslane speedwell

rabbitfoot clover

redroot amaranth

scarlet pimpernel

slender parsley piert

small hopclover

smallflower buttercup

smooth bedstraw

Spanish needles

spotted ladysthumb

St. Anthony's turnip

swamp smartweed

Tatarian honeysuckle

threadstalk speedwell

thymeleaf speedwell

trumpet creeper

Virginia buttonweed

Virginia creeper

white heath aster

white snakeroot

woodland bittercress

yellow passionflower

yellow spring bedstraw

Scientific Name

(136 weeds)

Ageratina altissima

Amaranthus retroflexus

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Ambrosia bidentata

Ambrosia trifida

Ampelamus albidus

Anagallis arvensis

Anthemis arvensis

Anthemis cotula

Arabidopsis thaliana

Artemisia vulgaris

Barbarea vulgaris

Bassia scoparia

Bidens bipinnata

Bidens frondosa

Brassica juncea

Buglossoides arvensis

Calystegia sepium

Campsis radicans

Cardamine flexuosa

Celastrus orbiculatus

Cerastium fontanum

Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare

Commelina communis

Commelina diffusa

Conyza canadensis

Dichondra carolinensis

Diodia virginiana

Dioscorea oppositifolia

Eclipta prostrata

Elephantopus carolinianus

Equisetum arvense

Erechtites hieracifolia

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron philadelphicus

Erigeron strigosus

Eupatorium capillifolium

Eupatorium serotinum

Geranium dissectum

Glechoma hederacea

Gleditsia triacanthos

Holosteum umbellatum

Hydrocotyle umbellata

Ipomoea coccinea

Ipomoea quamoclit

Lamium amplexicaule

Lamium purpureum

Lathyrus latifolius

Leucanthemum vulgare

Ligustrum sinense

Liquidambar styraciflua

Lonicera japonica

Lonicera tatarica

Ludwigia palustris

Marsilea mutica

Mollugo verticillata

Nicandra physalodes

Nuttallanthus canadensis

Packera glabella

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Passiflora lutea

Pastinaca sativa

Perilla frutescens

Phyllanthus urinaria

Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata

Plantago aristata

Podophyllum peltatum

Polygonum caespitosum

Polygonum hydropiperoides

Polygonum perfoliatum

Polygonum persicaria

Portulaca oleracea

Potentilla simplex

Pueraria montana var. lobata

Ranunculus abortivus

Ranunculus bulbosus

Ranunculus parviflorus

Ranunculus sceleratus

Rosa multiflora

Rudbeckia hirta

Rumex acetosella

Rumex obtusifolius

Scleranthus annuus

Senecio vulgaris

Senna obtusifolia

Sesbania herbacea

Sicyos angulatus

Silene latifolia ssp. alba

Sinapis arvensis ssp. arvensis

Solanum carolinense

Solanum ptycanthum

Solanum rostratum

Solidago altissima

Solidago giganteae

Soliva sessilis

Stellaria media

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

Toxicodendron radicans

Trifolium arvense

Trifolium aureum

Trifolium campestre

Trifolium dubium

Trifolium repens

Verbascum blattaria

Verbascum thapsus

Verbena urticifolia

Verbesina occidentalis

Vernonia gigantea

Veronica agrestis

Veronica arvensis

Veronica chamaedrys

Veronica filiformis

Veronica hederifolia

Veronica officinalis

Veronica peregrina

Veronica persica

Veronica serpyllifolia

Wisteria sinensis

Xanthium strumarium