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

alternate

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

none

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

I do not know

Stem cross section

round or oval

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

I do not know

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(62 weeds)

American burnweed

annual sowthistle

Asiatic dayflower

Canada goldenrod

Carolina elephantsfoot

Carolina geranium

climbing dayflower

common groundsel

early yellowrocket

eastern daisy fleabane

garden cornflower

giant goldenrod

ivyleaf speedwell

lanceleaf ragweed

large hopclover

Oriental lady's thumb

perennial sowthistle

Persian speedwell

philadelphia fleabane

prairie fleabane

prickly Russian thistle

purple loosestrife

purslane speedwell

sensitive partridge pea

sericea lespedeza

shepherd's purse

spiny plumeless thistle

spiny sowthistle

spotted knapweed

swamp smartweed

tall globethistle

threadstalk speedwell

western brackenfern

western salsify

white heath aster

Scientific Name

(62 weeds)

Achillea millefolium

Ambrosia bidentata

Anthemis arvensis

Arabidopsis thaliana

Artemisia annua

Bassia scoparia

Buglossoides arvensis

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Carduus acanthoides

Centaurea cyanus

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans

Cichorium intybus

Cirsium arvense

Cirsium vulgare

Commelina communis

Commelina diffusa

Conyza canadensis

Coronilla varia

Echinops exaltatus

Eclipta prostrata

Elephantopus carolinianus

Erechtites hieracifolia

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron philadelphicus

Erigeron strigosus

Eupatorium capillifolium

Geranium carolinianum

Gleditsia triacanthos

Ipomoea quamoclit

Lactuca Canadensis

Lespedeza cuneata

Lythrum salicaria

Matricaria discoidea

Phyllanthus urinaria

Polygonum caespitosum

Polygonum hydropiperoides

Portulaca oleracea

Pteridium aquilinum

Senecio vulgaris

Sisymbrium offcinale

Solidago altissima

Solidago giganteae

Sonchus arvensis

Sonchus oleraceus

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

Tragopogon dubius

Trifolium aureum

Verbascum blattaria

Verbascum thapsus

Veronica filiformis

Veronica hederifolia

Veronica peregrina

Veronica persica