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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

serrated

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
I do not know

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
I do not know

Leaf hairs

has hairs

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

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

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

(60 weeds)
American basswood
American burnweed
arrowleaf sida
bearded beggarticks
black medic
black willow
boxelder
browneyed Susan
burcucumber
Canada goldenrod
Carolina geranium
catnip
clammy groundcherry
common burdock
common cocklebur
common mullein
common speedwell
common threeseed mercury
corn chamomile
corn speedwell
devil's beggartick
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
eastern poison ivy
European field pansy
field pepperweed
flower of an hour
germander speedwell
giant goldenrod
great ragweed
green field speedwell
hophornbeam copperleaf
ivyleaf speedwell
Jerusalem artichoke
lateflowering thoroughwort
low hopclover
mayapple
mouseear cress
paper mulberry
Persian speedwell
prairie fleabane
prickly sida
purple passionflower
purslane speedwell
rabbitfoot clover
red maple
red mulberry
Spanish needles
spring draba
spurred anoda
stinging nettle
swamp verbena
thymeleaf speedwell
velvetleaf
Virginia strawberry
Virginia threeseed mercury
white snakeroot
white vervain
wingstem
woolly burdock

Scientific Name

(60 weeds)
Abutilon theophrasti
Acalypha ostryifolia
Acalypha rhomboidea
Acalypha virginica
Acer negundo
Acer rubrum var. trilobum
Ageratina altissima
Ambrosia trifida
Anoda cristata
Anthemis arvensis
Arabidopsis thaliana
Arctium minus
Arctium tomentosum
Bidens aristosa
Bidens bipinnata
Bidens frondosa
Broussonetia papyrifera
Draba verna
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron strigosus
Eupatorium serotinum
Fragaria virginiana
Geranium carolinianum
Helianthus tuberosus
Hibiscus trionum
Lepidium campestre
Medicago lupulina
Morus rubra
Nepeta cataria
Passiflora incarnata
Physalis heterophylla
Podophyllum peltatum
Rudbeckia triloba
Salix nigra
Sicyos angulatus
Sida rhombifolia
Sida spinosa
Solanum ptycanthum
Solidago altissima
Solidago giganteae
Tilia americana
Toxicodendron radicans
Trifolium arvense
Trifolium campestre
Urtica dioica
Verbascum thapsus
Verbena hastata
Verbena urticifolia
Verbesina alternifolia
Veronica agrestis
Veronica arvensis
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica officinalis
Veronica peregrina
Veronica persica
Veronica serpyllifolia
Viola arvensis
Xanthium strumarium

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