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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

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
I do not know

Leaf stalk

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
I do not know

Leaf hairs

no 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
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

I do not know

fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
I do not know

Common name

(30 weeds)
American pokeweed
American sycamore
bitter dock
black locust
chamber bitter
coltsfoot
common blue violet
common sheep sorrel
creeping lespedeza
curly dock
English ivy
fiddle dock
field pansy
field pennycress
green ash
hyssopleaf thoroughwort
jagged chickweed
large hopclover
little hogweed
littleleaf buttercup
manyflower marshpennywort
moth mullein
Oriental bittersweet
paper mulberry
red maple
roundleaf greenbriar
sicklepod
sweet clover
sweetgum
white clover

Scientific Name

(30 weeds)
Acer rubrum var. trilobum
Broussonetia papyrifera
Celastrus orbiculatus
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Hedera helix
Holosteum umbellatum
Hydrocotyle umbellata
Lespedeza repens
Liquidambar styraciflua
Melilotus officinalis
Phyllanthus urinaria
Phytolacca americana
Platanus occidentalis
Portulaca oleracea
Ranunculus abortivus
Robinia pseudoacacia
Rumex acetosella
Rumex crispus
Rumex obtusifolius
Rumex pulcher
Senna obtusifolia
Smilax rotundifolia
Thlaspi arvense
Trifolium aureum
Trifolium repens
Tussilago farfara
Verbascum blattaria
Viola bicolor
Viola sororia

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