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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

I do not know

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

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

I do not know

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(331 weeds)

American barberry

American basswood

American burnweed

American pokeweed

American speedwell

American sycamore

annual sowthistle

Asian ponysfoot

Asiatic dayflower

Asiatic tearthumb

Australian water-clover

bearded beggarticks

bigpod sesbania

bird's-foot trefoil

bittersweet nightshade

black nightshade

blackeyed Susan

bladder campion

browneyed Susan

brownray knapweed

camphor pluchea

Canada goldenrod

Canada toadflax

Carolina elephantsfoot

Carolina geranium

Carolina ponysfoot

Chinese wisteria

clammy groundcherry

climbing dayflower

common blue violet

common cinquefoil

common cocklebur

common dandelion

common evening primrose

common groundsel

common milkweed

common mouse-ear chickweed

common periwinkle

common persimmon

common plantain

common selfheal

common sheep sorrel

common speedwell

common St. Johnswort

common sunflower

common threeseed mercury

common viper's bugloss

common yellow oxalis

creeping lespedeza

creeping primrose

creeping woodsorrel

curlytop knotweed

cursed buttercup

cutleaf evening primrose

cutleaf geranium

devil's beggartick

devil's walkingstick

dovefoot geranium

early yellowrocket

eastern black nightshade

eastern cottonwood

eastern daisy fleabane

eastern poison ivy

eastern redcedar

European field pansy

European spindletree

field horsetail

field pennycress

field pepperweed

Florida beggarweed

flower of an hour

garden cornflower

garden yellowrocket

germander speedwell

giant goldenrod

great blue lobelia

green carpetweed

green field speedwell

hairy bittercress

heavenly bamboo

honeyvine milkweed

hophornbeam copperleaf

hyssopleaf thoroughwort

Indian strawberry

ivyleaf morning-glory

ivyleaf speedwell

jagged chickweed

Japanese barberry

Japanese clover

Japanese honeysuckle

Japanese knotweed

Jerusalem artichoke

lanceleaf ragweed

large hopclover

largebracted plantain

lateflowering thoroughwort

littleleaf buttercup

longleaf groundcherry

man of the earth

manyflower marshpennywort

mayweed chamomile

meadow hawkweed

Morrow's honeysuckle

multiflora rose

narrowleaf hawksbeard

narrowleaf plantain

northern catalpa

northern dewberry

northern red oak

Norwegian cinquefoil

orange hawkweed

Oriental bittersweet

Oriental lady's thumb

Palmer amaranth

palmleaf morningglory

panicledleaf ticktrefoil

Pennsylvania smartweed

perennial sowthistle

perplexed ticktrefoil

Persian speedwell

philadelphia fleabane

piedmont bedstraw

plantain-leaved pussytoes

Powell's amaranth

prairie fleabane

prickly lettuce

prickly Russian thistle

prostrate knotweed

prostrate pigweed

purple ammannia

purple loosestrife

purple passionflower

purslane speedwell

Queen Anne's lace

rabbitfoot clover

redroot amaranth

roadside pennycress

roughfruit amaranth

roundleaf greenbriar

sensitive partridge pea

sericea lespedeza

shepherd's purse

showy rattlebox

silverleaf nightshade

slender amaranth

small hopclover

smallflower buttercup

smallflower morningglory

smooth bedstraw

smooth hawksbeard

Spanish needles

spiny plumeless thistle

spiny sowthistle

spoonleaf purple everlasting

spotted knapweed

spotted ladysthumb

spotted sandmat

spotted St. Johnswort

spotted water hemlock

St. Anthony's turnip

sticky chickweed

stinging nettle

sulphur cinquefoil

swamp smartweed

tall globethistle

tall morning-glory

Tatarian honeysuckle

threadstalk speedwell

thymeleaf speedwell

trumpet creeper

Virginia bluebells

Virginia creeper

Virginia pepperweed

Virginia strawberry

Virginia sweetspire

Virginia threeseed mercury

western brackenfern

western salsify

white ballmustard

white heath aster

white snakeroot

wild blue phlox

wild sarsaparilla

woodland bittercress

yellow passionflower

Scientific Name

(331 weeds)

Abutilon theophrasti

Acalypha ostryifolia

Acalypha rhomboidea

Acalypha virginica

Acer rubrum var. trilobum

Achillea millefolium

Aegopodium podagraria

Ageratina altissima

Ailanthus altissima

Albizia julibrissin

Alliaria petiolata

Alternanthera philoxeroides

Amaranthus albus

Amaranthus hybridus

Amaranthus palmeri

Amaranthus powellii

Amaranthus retroflexus

Amaranthus spinosus

Amaranthus tuberculatus

Amaranthus viridis

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Ambrosia bidentata

Ambrosia trifida

Ammannia coccinea

Ampelamus albidus

Amphicarpa bracteata

Angelica venenosa

Antennaria plantaginifolia

Anthemis arvensis

Anthemis cotula

Apocynum cannabinum

Arabidopsis thaliana

Aralia nudicaulis

Arctium tomentosum

Artemisia absinthium

Artemisia annua

Asclepias syriaca

Asclepias tuberosa

Asimina triloba

Barbarea vulgaris

Bassia scoparia

Bellis perennis

Berberis canadensis

Berberis thunbergii

Bidens aristosa

Bidens bipinnata

Bidens frondosa

Brassica juncea

Broussonetia papyrifera

Buglossoides arvensis

Calepina irregularis

Calystegia sepium

Campsis radicans

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Cardamine flexuosa

Cardamine hirsuta

Carduus acanthoides

Carya illinoinensis

Catalpa speciosa

Celastrus orbiculatus

Centaurea cyanus

Centaurea jacea

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Cerastium fontanum

Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare

Cerastium glomeratum

Ceratophyllum demersum

Cercis canadensis

Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans

Chamaesyce maculata

Chenopodium ambrosioides

Cichorium intybus

Cicuta maculata

Cirsium arvense

Cirsium vulgare

Clinopodium vulgare

Commelina communis

Commelina diffusa

Conium maculatum

Convolvulus arvensis

Conyza bonariensis

Conyza canadensis

Coronilla varia

Crepis capillaris

Crepis tectorum

Crotalaria spectabilis

Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis

Croton monanthogynus

Cruciata laevipes

Cruciata pedemontana

Datura stramonium

Desmodium paniculatum

Desmodium perplexum

Desmodium tortuosum

Dianthus armeria

Dichondra carolinensis

Dichondra micrantha

Dioscorea bulbifera

Dioscorea oppositifolia

Diospyros virginiana

Duchesnea indica

Echinops exaltatus

Eclipta prostrata

Elaeagnus umbellata

Elephantopus carolinianus

Equisetum arvense

Erechtites hieracifolia

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron philadelphicus

Erigeron strigosus

Euonymus alatus

Euonymus europaeus

Eupatorium capillifolium

Eupatorium hyssopifolium

Eupatorium serotinum

Euphorbia cyparissias

Euphorbia dentata

Euphorbia helioscopia

Fagus grandifolia

Foeniculum vulgare

Fragaria virginiana

Fraxinus americana

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Gamochaeta purpure

Geranium carolinianum

Geranium dissectum

Geranium pusillum

Gleditsia triacanthos

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus tuberosus

Hibiscus trionum

Hieracium aurantiacum

Hieracium caespitosum

Holosteum umbellatum

Hydrocotyle umbellata

Hypericum perforatum

Hypericum punctatum

Impatiens capensis

Ipomoea coccinea

Ipomoea hederacea

Ipomoea lacunosa

Ipomoea pandurata

Ipomoea purpurea

Ipomoea quamoclit

Ipomoea wrightii

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

Juniperus virginiana

Kummerowia striata

Lactuca Canadensis

Lactuca serriola

Lathyrus hirsutus

Lathyrus latifolius

Lepidium campestre

Lepidium virginicum

Lespedeza cuneata

Lespedeza repens

Leucanthemum vulgare

Ligustrum sinense

Liquidambar styraciflua

Lobelia siphilitica

Lonicera japonica

Lonicera morrowii

Lonicera tatarica

Lotus corniculatus

Ludwigia palustris

Lythrum salicaria

Maclura pomifera

Marsilea mutica

Matricaria discoidea

Medicago lupulina

Melilotus officinalis

Mertensia virginica

Mollugo verticillata

Monarda citriodora

Nandina domestica

Nicandra physalodes

Nuttallanthus canadensis

Nyssa sylvatica

Oenothera biennis

Oenothera laciniata

Oxalis corniculata

Oxydendrum arboreum

Packera glabella

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Passiflora incarnata

Passiflora lutea

Pastinaca sativa

Paulownia tomentosa

Phlox divaricata

Phlox paniculata

Phyllanthus urinaria

Physalis heterophylla

Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata

Phytolacca americana

Plantago aristata

Plantago lanceolata

Platanus occidentalis

Pluchea camphorata

Podophyllum peltatum

Polygonum aviculare

Polygonum caespitosum

Polygonum convolvulus

Polygonum cuspidatum

Polygonum hydropiperoides

Polygonum lapathifolium

Polygonum pensylvanicum

Polygonum perfoliatum

Polygonum persicaria

Poncirus trifoliata

Populus deltoides

Portulaca oleracea

Potentilla norvegica

Potentilla recta

Potentilla simplex

Prunella vulgaris

Pteridium aquilinum

Pueraria montana var. lobata

Quercus virginiana

Ranunculus abortivus

Ranunculus bulbosus

Ranunculus parviflorus

Ranunculus sceleratus

Raphanus raphanistrum

Rhus copallinum

Robinia pseudoacacia

Rosa multiflora

Rubus flagellaris

Rudbeckia hirta

Rudbeckia triloba

Rumex acetosella

Rumex obtusifolius

Sassafras albidum

Scleranthus annuus

Senecio vulgaris

Senna obtusifolia

Sesbania herbacea

Sicyos angulatus

Sida rhombifolia

Silene latifolia ssp. alba

Sinapis arvensis ssp. arvensis

Sisymbrium offcinale

Smilax rotundifolia

Solanum carolinense

Solanum dulcamara

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Solanum ptycanthum

Solanum rostratum

Solidago altissima

Solidago giganteae

Soliva sessilis

Sonchus arvensis

Sonchus oleraceus

Spergula arvensis

Spergularia rubra

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

Taraxacum officinale

Thlaspi alliaceum

Thlaspi arvense

Tilia americana

Toxicodendron radicans

Tragopogon dubius

Trifolium arvense

Trifolium aureum

Trifolium campestre

Trifolium dubium

Trifolium pratense

Trifolium repens

Tussilago farfara

Verbascum blattaria

Verbascum thapsus

Verbena hastata

Verbesina alternifolia

Verbesina occidentalis

Vernonia gigantea

Veronica agrestis

Veronica americana

Veronica arvensis

Veronica chamaedrys

Veronica filiformis

Veronica hederifolia

Veronica officinalis

Veronica peregrina

Veronica persica

Veronica serpyllifolia

Vigna unguiculata

Wisteria sinensis

Xanthium strumarium