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

Leaf arrangement

I do not know

leaves not present

Leaf margin

wavy

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

I do not know

Stem cross section

I do not know

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

I do not know

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(24 weeds)

American pokeweed

clammy groundcherry

common evening primrose

cutleaf evening primrose

field pennycress

garden yellowrocket

heavenly bamboo

hophornbeam copperleaf

Indian strawberry

kiss me over the garden gate

littleleaf buttercup

man of the earth

redroot amaranth

silverleaf nightshade

smallflower buttercup

Scientific Name

(24 weeds)

Acalypha ostryifolia

Amaranthus hybridus

Amaranthus retroflexus

Barbarea vulgaris

Duchesnea indica

Fagus grandifolia

Ipomoea pandurata

Melilotus officinalis

Nandina domestica

Oenothera biennis

Oenothera laciniata

Physalis heterophylla

Phytolacca americana

Polygonum orientale

Poncirus trifoliata

Ranunculus abortivus

Ranunculus parviflorus

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Thlaspi arvense

Tussilago farfara

Verbascum thapsus