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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
simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
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Leaf shape
round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
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Leaf arrangement
alternate
alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
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Leaf margin
entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
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Leaf stalk
none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
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Leaf hairs
has hairs
no hairs
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Stem cross section
round or oval
round or oval
square or multi-edged
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Stem hairs
has hairs
no hairs
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Thorns or spines
Present
Not Present
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Ochrea
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
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pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
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Lifecycle
winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
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Root structure
rhizomes present
fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
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Common Name
Scientific Name
Common name
(21 weeds)
black medic
butterfly weed
Canada thistle
Chinese yam
coltsfoot
common cinquefoil
crownvetch
eastern poison ivy
field bindweed
giant ironweed
hedge bindweed
Japanese knotweed
multiflora rose
red clover
swamp smartweed
threadstalk speedwell
Virginia creeper
western brackenfern
white heath aster
wild grapes
wild sarsaparilla
Scientific Name
(21 weeds)
Aralia
nudicaulis
Asclepias
tuberosa
Calystegia
sepium
Cirsium
arvense
Convolvulus
arvensis
Coronilla
varia
Dioscorea
oppositifolia
Medicago
lupulina
Parthenocissus
quinquefolia
Polygonum
cuspidatum
Polygonum
hydropiperoides
Potentilla
simplex
Pteridium
aquilinum
Rosa
multiflora
Symphyotrichum
pilosum
var.
pilosum
Toxicodendron
radicans
Trifolium
pratense
Tussilago
farfara
Vernonia
gigantea
Veronica
filiformis
Vitis
spp.