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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
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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
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
I do not know

Stem cross section

round or oval

round or oval
square or multi-edged
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Stem 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
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Milky sap

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

green

white
yellow
blue
purple
red
orange
pink
green
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Flower symmetry

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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

I do not know

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

(61 weeds)
absinthe
air yam
bitter dock
black willow
blackgum
burcucumber
Carolina ponysfoot
chamber bitter
Chinese yam
common cocklebur
common plantain
common ragweed
common sheep sorrel
common threeseed mercury
coon's tail
coralberry
curly dock
cypress spurge
disc mayweed
dogfennel
eastern poison ivy
English ivy
European spindletree
fiddle dock
fragrant sumac
great ragweed
hairy angelica
hemp dogbane
honeylocust
knawel
kochia
lanceleaf ragweed
live oak
narrowleaf plantain
northern red oak
Oriental bittersweet
osage orange
Palmer amaranth
paper mulberry
pecan
Powell's amaranth
red mulberry
redroot amaranth
roughfruit amaranth
roundleaf greenbriar
smooth pigweed
smooth sumac
spiny amaranth
stinging nettle
sugar maple
sun spurge
swamp tupelo
tree-of-heaven
Virginia creeper
Virginia strawberry
water oak
white ash
wild grapes
wild sarsaparilla
winged sumac
yellow passionflower

Scientific Name

(61 weeds)
Acalypha rhomboidea
Acer sacharum
Ailanthus altissima
Amaranthus hybridus
Amaranthus palmeri
Amaranthus powellii
Amaranthus retroflexus
Amaranthus spinosus
Amaranthus tuberculatus
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ambrosia bidentata
Ambrosia trifida
Angelica venenosa
Apocynum cannabinum
Aralia nudicaulis
Artemisia absinthium
Bassia scoparia
Broussonetia papyrifera
Carya illinoinensis
Celastrus orbiculatus
Ceratophyllum demersum
Dichondra carolinensis
Dioscorea bulbifera
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Euonymus europaeus
Eupatorium capillifolium
Euphorbia cyparissias
Euphorbia helioscopia
Fragaria virginiana
Fraxinus americana
Gleditsia triacanthos
Hedera helix
Maclura pomifera
Matricaria discoidea
Morus rubra
Nyssa biflora
Nyssa sylvatica
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Passiflora lutea
Phyllanthus urinaria
Plantago lanceolata
Plantago major
Quercus nigra
Quercus rubra
Quercus virginiana
Rhus aromatica
Rhus copallinum
Rhus glabra
Rumex acetosella
Rumex crispus
Rumex obtusifolius
Rumex pulcher
Salix nigra
Scleranthus annuus
Sicyos angulatus
Smilax rotundifolia
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Toxicodendron radicans
Urtica dioica
Vitis spp.
Xanthium strumarium

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