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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

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

no hairs

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Thorns or spines

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Ochrea

I do not know

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Milky sap

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

white
yellow
blue
purple
red
orange
pink
green
I do not know

Flower symmetry

not symmetrical

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

(20 weeds)
air yam
Asiatic dayflower
Carolina ponysfoot
climbing dayflower
common burdock
common sheep sorrel
field pepperweed
hedge bindweed
lambsquarters
live oak
northern catalpa
Oriental bittersweet
Palmer amaranth
sensitive partridge pea
shepherd's purse
slender amaranth
sourwood
Tatarian honeysuckle
white ash
wild buckwheat

Scientific Name

(20 weeds)
Amaranthus palmeri
Amaranthus viridis
Arctium minus
Calystegia sepium
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Catalpa speciosa
Celastrus orbiculatus
Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans
Chenopodium album
Commelina communis
Commelina diffusa
Dichondra carolinensis
Dioscorea bulbifera
Fraxinus americana
Lepidium campestre
Lonicera tatarica
Oxydendrum arboreum
Polygonum convolvulus
Quercus virginiana
Rumex acetosella

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