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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

I do not know

simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
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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
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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
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

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

(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

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