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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

I do not know

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
I do not know

Leaf stalk

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
I do not know

Leaf hairs

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Stem cross section

I do not know

round or oval
square or multi-edged
I do not know

Stem hairs

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Thorns or spines

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Ochrea

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

pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
I do not know

Lifecycle

biennial

winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
I do not know

Root structure

I do not know

fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
I do not know

Common name

(20 weeds)
Canada lettuce
Canada toadflax
Carolina geranium
catnip
common viper's bugloss
cutleaf geranium
field pennycress
Fuller's teasel
garden yellowrocket
horseweed
littleleaf buttercup
narrowleaf hawksbeard
philadelphia fleabane
poison hemlock
Queen Anne's lace
smooth hawksbeard
Spanish needles
spotted water hemlock
sweet clover
sweet fennel

Scientific Name

(20 weeds)
Barbarea vulgaris
Bidens bipinnata
Cicuta maculata
Conium maculatum
Conyza canadensis
Crepis capillaris
Crepis tectorum
Daucus carota
Dipsacus fullonum
Echium vulgare
Erigeron philadelphicus
Foeniculum vulgare
Geranium carolinianum
Geranium dissectum
Lactuca Canadensis
Melilotus officinalis
Nepeta cataria
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Ranunculus abortivus
Thlaspi arvense

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