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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

I do not know

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

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

round or oval

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

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

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

(101 weeds)
alligatorweed
American burnweed
American pokeweed
American speedwell
annual sowthistle
Asiatic dayflower
Australian water-clover
autumn olive
big chickweed
bigpod sesbania
black locust
bladder campion
burcucumber
Canada toadflax
Carolina elephantsfoot
Carolina geranium
Carolina ponysfoot
chamber bitter
Chinese privet
common cocklebur
common mallow
common milkweed
common mouse-ear chickweed
common plantain
common speedwell
common yarrow
coralberry
corn chamomile
corn gromwell
corn speedwell
corn spurry
curlytop knotweed
devil's walkingstick
dogfennel
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
eastern poison ivy
English ivy
European spindletree
false daisy
field pansy
field pennycress
field pepperweed
green carpetweed
green field speedwell
hairy bittercress
hairy fleabane
heavenly bamboo
hedgemustard
hemp dogbane
honeyvine milkweed
horsenettle
horseweed
hyssopleaf thoroughwort
ivyleaf speedwell
jagged chickweed
Japanese honeysuckle
Japanese knotweed
largebracted plantain
lawndaisy
little hogweed
manyflower marshpennywort
Morrow's honeysuckle
mouseear cress
northern catalpa
Persian speedwell
philadelphia fleabane
plantain-leaved pussytoes
poison hemlock
poorjoe
prairie fleabane
prairie tea
prickly lettuce
prickly Russian thistle
purslane speedwell
Queen Anne's lace
roadside pennycress
sericea lespedeza
shepherd's purse
sourwood
spotted sandmat
spotted water hemlock
spring draba
spurred anoda
sticky chickweed
sweet clover
Tatarian honeysuckle
threadstalk speedwell
thymeleaf speedwell
tree-of-heaven
vente conmigo
Virginia creeper
Virginia strawberry
white ballmustard
white clover
white heath aster
white mulberry
white snakeroot
wild buckwheat
wild sarsaparilla
woodland bittercress

Scientific Name

(101 weeds)
Achillea millefolium
Ageratina altissima
Ailanthus altissima
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Ampelamus albidus
Anoda cristata
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Anthemis arvensis
Apocynum cannabinum
Arabidopsis thaliana
Aralia nudicaulis
Aralia spinosa
Asclepias syriaca
Bellis perennis
Buglossoides arvensis
Calepina irregularis
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Cardamine flexuosa
Cardamine hirsuta
Catalpa speciosa
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Cerastium glomeratum
Chamaesyce maculata
Cicuta maculata
Commelina communis
Conium maculatum
Conyza bonariensis
Conyza canadensis
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
Croton monanthogynus
Daucus carota
Dichondra carolinensis
Diodia teres
Draba verna
Eclipta prostrata
Elaeagnus umbellata
Elephantopus carolinianus
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron philadelphicus
Erigeron strigosus
Euonymus europaeus
Eupatorium capillifolium
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Fragaria virginiana
Geranium carolinianum
Hedera helix
Holosteum umbellatum
Hydrocotyle umbellata
Lactuca serriola
Lepidium campestre
Lespedeza cuneata
Ligustrum sinense
Lonicera japonica
Lonicera morrowii
Lonicera tatarica
Malva neglecta
Marsilea mutica
Melilotus officinalis
Mollugo verticillata
Morus alba
Nandina domestica
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Oxydendrum arboreum
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Phyllanthus urinaria
Phytolacca americana
Plantago aristata
Plantago major
Polygonum convolvulus
Polygonum cuspidatum
Polygonum lapathifolium
Portulaca oleracea
Robinia pseudoacacia
Salsola tragus
Sesbania herbacea
Sicyos angulatus
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Sisymbrium offcinale
Solanum carolinense
Solanum ptycanthum
Sonchus oleraceus
Spergula arvensis
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Thlaspi alliaceum
Thlaspi arvense
Toxicodendron radicans
Trifolium repens
Veronica agrestis
Veronica americana
Veronica arvensis
Veronica filiformis
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica officinalis
Veronica peregrina
Veronica persica
Veronica serpyllifolia
Viola bicolor
Xanthium strumarium

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