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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

simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
I do not know

Leaf shape

round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
I do not know

Leaf arrangement

opposite

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
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

(34 weeds)
alligatorweed
American speedwell
big chickweed
bladder campion
Chinese privet
common milkweed
common mouse-ear chickweed
common speedwell
coralberry
corn speedwell
false daisy
green field speedwell
hemp dogbane
honeyvine milkweed
ivyleaf speedwell
jagged chickweed
Japanese honeysuckle
lateflowering thoroughwort
little hogweed
Morrow's honeysuckle
northern catalpa
perennial pea
Persian speedwell
poorjoe
purslane speedwell
roadside pennycress
spotted sandmat
sticky chickweed
Tatarian honeysuckle
threadstalk speedwell
thymeleaf speedwell
toothed spurge
white snakeroot
wild basil

Scientific Name

(34 weeds)
Ageratina altissima
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Ampelamus albidus
Apocynum cannabinum
Asclepias syriaca
Catalpa speciosa
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Cerastium glomeratum
Chamaesyce maculata
Clinopodium vulgare
Diodia teres
Eclipta prostrata
Eupatorium serotinum
Euphorbia dentata
Holosteum umbellatum
Lathyrus latifolius
Ligustrum sinense
Lonicera japonica
Lonicera morrowii
Lonicera tatarica
Portulaca oleracea
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Thlaspi alliaceum
Veronica agrestis
Veronica americana
Veronica arvensis
Veronica filiformis
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica officinalis
Veronica peregrina
Veronica persica
Veronica serpyllifolia

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