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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
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Leaf structure
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simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
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Leaf shape
round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
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Leaf arrangement
alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
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Leaf margin
entire
entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
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Leaf stalk
none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
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Leaf hairs
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has hairs
no hairs
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Stem cross section
round or oval
square or multi-edged
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Stem hairs
no hairs
has hairs
no hairs
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Thorns or spines
Present
Not Present
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Ochrea
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Present
Not Present
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Milky sap
Present
Not Present
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Dominant flower color
white
yellow
blue
purple
red
orange
pink
green
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Flower symmetry
radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
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Flower diameter
pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
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Lifecycle
winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
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Root structure
fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
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Common Name
Scientific Name
Common name
(127 weeds)
air yam
alligatorweed
American pokeweed
American speedwell
annual sowthistle
Asiatic dayflower
Asiatic tearthumb
Australian water-clover
autumn olive
bigpod sesbania
bitter dock
bittersweet nightshade
black nightshade
blackgum
brown mustard
Caley pea
Canada toadflax
Carolina ponysfoot
chamber bitter
Chinese wisteria
climbing dayflower
common burdock
common milkweed
common periwinkle
common persimmon
common sheep sorrel
common St. Johnswort
common vetch
common yellow oxalis
coon's tail
cow pea
creeping lespedeza
creeping primrose
crownvetch
curlytop knotweed
cypress spurge
cypressvine
Deptford pink
disc mayweed
eastern black nightshade
eastern poison ivy
eastern redbud
English ivy
European field pansy
European spindletree
fall phlox
field horsetail
field pansy
field pennycress
field pepperweed
garden lettuce
garden yellowrocket
giant ironweed
green ash
green carpetweed
hairy vetch
hedge bindweed
hemp dogbane
honeylocust
honeyvine milkweed
hyssopleaf thoroughwort
jagged chickweed
Japanese barberry
Japanese knotweed
knawel
kochia
lambsquarters
little hogweed
live oak
longleaf groundcherry
lyreleaf sage
maidenstears
man of the earth
moth mullein
narrowleaf plantain
northern catalpa
Oriental bittersweet
Oriental lady's thumb
Palmer amaranth
palmleaf morningglory
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
partridge pea
pecan
perennial pea
Powell's amaranth
prickly Russian thistle
princesstree
prostrate pigweed
purple ammannia
purple loosestrife
purslane speedwell
rape
redstar
roughfruit amaranth
roundleaf greenbriar
sassafras
scarlet pimpernel
sensitive partridge pea
shepherd's purse
showy rattlebox
sicklepod
silktree
slender amaranth
smooth sumac
sneezeweed
sourwood
spiny amaranth
spiny sowthistle
spotted St. Johnswort
spring draba
swamp smartweed
swamp tupelo
sweet clover
sweet fennel
sweetscented bedstraw
Tatarian honeysuckle
thymeleaf speedwell
Virginia bluebells
Virginia creeper
western brackenfern
western salsify
white ash
white clover
whitestar
wild blue phlox
wild buckwheat
yellow passionflower
Scientific Name
(127 weeds)
Albizia
julibrissin
Alternanthera
philoxeroides
Amaranthus
albus
Amaranthus
palmeri
Amaranthus
powellii
Amaranthus
spinosus
Amaranthus
tuberculatus
Amaranthus
viridis
Ammannia
coccinea
Ampelamus
albidus
Anagallis
arvensis
Apocynum
cannabinum
Arctium
minus
Asclepias
syriaca
Barbarea
vulgaris
Bassia
scoparia
Berberis
thunbergii
Brassica
juncea
Brassica
napus
Calystegia
sepium
Capsella
bursa-pastoris
Carya
illinoinensis
Catalpa
speciosa
Celastrus
orbiculatus
Ceratophyllum
demersum
Cercis
canadensis
Chamaecrista
fasciculata
Chamaecrista
nictitans
ssp.
nictitans
var.
nictitans
Chenopodium
album
Commelina
communis
Commelina
diffusa
Coronilla
varia
Crotalaria
spectabilis
Desmodium
paniculatum
Dianthus
armeria
Dichondra
carolinensis
Dioscorea
bulbifera
Diospyros
virginiana
Draba
verna
Elaeagnus
umbellata
Equisetum
arvense
Euonymus
europaeus
Eupatorium
hyssopifolium
Euphorbia
cyparissias
Foeniculum
vulgare
Fraxinus
americana
Fraxinus
pennsylvanica
Galium
odoratum
Gleditsia
triacanthos
Hedera
helix
Helenium
amarum
Holosteum
umbellatum
Hypericum
perforatum
Hypericum
punctatum
Ipomoea
coccinea
Ipomoea
lacunosa
Ipomoea
pandurata
Ipomoea
quamoclit
Ipomoea
wrightii
Lactuca
sativa
Lathyrus
hirsutus
Lathyrus
latifolius
Lepidium
campestre
Lespedeza
repens
Lonicera
tatarica
Ludwigia
palustris
Lythrum
salicaria
Marsilea
mutica
Matricaria
discoidea
Melilotus
officinalis
Mertensia
virginica
Mollugo
verticillata
Nuttallanthus
canadensis
Nyssa
biflora
Nyssa
sylvatica
Oxalis
stricta
Oxydendrum
arboreum
Parthenocissus
quinquefolia
Passiflora
lutea
Paulownia
tomentosa
Phlox
divaricata
Phlox
paniculata
Phyllanthus
urinaria
Physalis
longifolia
var.
subglabrata
Phytolacca
americana
Plantago
lanceolata
Polygonum
caespitosum
Polygonum
convolvulus
Polygonum
cuspidatum
Polygonum
hydropiperoides
Polygonum
lapathifolium
Polygonum
perfoliatum
Portulaca
oleracea
Pteridium
aquilinum
Quercus
virginiana
Rhus
glabra
Rumex
acetosella
Rumex
obtusifolius
Salsola
tragus
Salvia
lyrata
Sassafras
albidum
Scleranthus
annuus
Senna
obtusifolia
Sesbania
herbacea
Silene
vulgaris
Smilax
rotundifolia
Solanum
dulcamara
Solanum
nigrum
Solanum
ptycanthum
Sonchus
asper
Sonchus
oleraceus
Thlaspi
arvense
Toxicodendron
radicans
Tragopogon
dubius
Trifolium
repens
Verbascum
blattaria
Vernonia
gigantea
Veronica
americana
Veronica
peregrina
Veronica
serpyllifolia
Vicia
sativa
Vicia
villosa
Vigna
unguiculata
Vinca
minor
Viola
arvensis
Viola
bicolor
Wisteria
sinensis