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

oval

Leaf arrangement

leaves not present

Leaf margin

lobed

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

no hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Not Present

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

Root structure

taproot

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(13 weeds)

American burnweed

annual sowthistle

eastern black nightshade

Fuller's teasel

perennial sowthistle

spiny sowthistle

white ballmustard

Scientific Name

(13 weeds)

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Calepina irregularis

Cirsium arvense

Datura stramonium

Dipsacus fullonum

Erechtites hieracifolia

Lactuca Canadensis

Raphanus raphanistrum

Solanum ptycanthum

Sonchus arvensis

Sonchus oleraceus