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

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

I do not know

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

has hairs

Thorns or spines

I do not know

Ochrea

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

yellow

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

Root structure

taproot

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(43 weeds)

bearded beggarticks

bird's-foot trefoil

Canada goldenrod

clammy groundcherry

common evening primrose

common groundsel

common plantain

common sunflower

common yellow oxalis

creeping woodsorrel

cutleaf evening primrose

eastern daisy fleabane

flower of an hour

Jerusalem artichoke

lanceleaf ragweed

panicledleaf ticktrefoil

perennial sowthistle

piedmont bedstraw

prairie fleabane

prickly lettuce

sensitive partridge pea

sericea lespedeza

spiny sowthistle

yellow spring bedstraw

Scientific Name

(43 weeds)

Abutilon theophrasti

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Ambrosia bidentata

Anthemis arvensis

Artemisia absinthium

Asclepias tuberosa

Bellis perennis

Bidens aristosa

Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans

Conyza bonariensis

Conyza canadensis

Cruciata pedemontana

Desmodium paniculatum

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron strigosus

Euphorbia dentata

Euphorbia helioscopia

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus tuberosus

Hibiscus trionum

Lactuca serriola

Lespedeza cuneata

Lotus corniculatus

Matricaria discoidea

Medicago lupulina

Oenothera biennis

Oenothera laciniata

Oxalis corniculata

Physalis heterophylla

Senecio vulgaris

Sicyos angulatus

Sida rhombifolia

Sinapis arvensis ssp. arvensis

Sisymbrium offcinale

Solanum rostratum

Solidago altissima

Sonchus arvensis

Verbascum blattaria