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Plant type

Broadleaf
  • Broadleaf
  • Grass or grass like
  • Other
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Growth habit

upright and nonwoody

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
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

serrated

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
I do not know

Leaf stalk

I do not know

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
square or multi-edged
I do not know

Stem hairs

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Thorns or spines

I do not know

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

I do not know

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

(53 weeds)
American burnweed
American speedwell
annual sowthistle
apple of Peru
beefsteakplant
blackeyed Susan
browneyed Susan
camphor pluchea
Canada lettuce
Canada thistle
common groundsel
common selfheal
devil's beggartick
dogfennel
eastern black nightshade
field mustard
field pansy
field pennycress
Fuller's teasel
giant goldenrod
great blue lobelia
hairy angelica
jewelweed
jimsonweed
large hopclover
lemon beebalm
low hopclover
mayapple
moth mullein
oxeye daisy
perennial sowthistle
poison hemlock
prairie fleabane
prickly sida
purslane speedwell
roadside pennycress
shepherd's purse
small hopclover
Spanish needles
spiny plumeless thistle
spiny sowthistle
spotted water hemlock
stickweed
sweet clover
sweet sagewort
thymeleaf speedwell
Virginia threeseed mercury
white heath aster
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild parsnip
wild sarsaparilla
wingstem

Scientific Name

(53 weeds)
Acalypha virginica
Ageratina altissima
Angelica venenosa
Aralia nudicaulis
Artemisia annua
Bidens bipinnata
Bidens frondosa
Brassica rapa
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Carduus acanthoides
Cicuta maculata
Cirsium arvense
Conium maculatum
Datura stramonium
Dipsacus fullonum
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron strigosus
Eupatorium capillifolium
Impatiens capensis
Lactuca Canadensis
Leucanthemum vulgare
Lobelia siphilitica
Melilotus officinalis
Monarda citriodora
Nicandra physalodes
Pastinaca sativa
Perilla frutescens
Pluchea camphorata
Podophyllum peltatum
Prunella vulgaris
Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia triloba
Senecio vulgaris
Sida spinosa
Solanum ptycanthum
Solidago giganteae
Sonchus arvensis
Sonchus asper
Sonchus oleraceus
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Thlaspi alliaceum
Thlaspi arvense
Trifolium aureum
Trifolium campestre
Trifolium dubium
Verbascum blattaria
Verbena urticifolia
Verbesina alternifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Veronica americana
Veronica peregrina
Veronica serpyllifolia
Viola bicolor

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