Virginia Tech logo VT Logo
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Start Over

Plant type

Broadleaf
  • Broadleaf
  • Grass or grass like
  • Other
If you find errors in this application, please contact Weed ID Developers.

Growth habit

upright and nonwoody
prostrate and nonwoody
vine
woody bush or tree
I do not know

Leaf structure

I do not know

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

(84 weeds)
American barberry
American basswood
American burnweed
American speedwell
American sycamore
annual sowthistle
apple of Peru
beefsteakplant
bishop's weed
black willow
blackeyed Susan
boxelder
browneyed Susan
camphor pluchea
Canada lettuce
Canada thistle
common blue violet
common cinquefoil
common dandelion
common groundsel
common selfheal
devil's beggartick
devil's walkingstick
dogfennel
eastern black nightshade
eastern cottonwood
eastern poison ivy
European field pansy
field mustard
field pansy
field pennycress
fragrant sumac
Fuller's teasel
garlic mustard
giant goldenrod
great blue lobelia
hairy angelica
jewelweed
jimsonweed
large hopclover
lemon beebalm
littleleaf buttercup
low hopclover
mayapple
moth mullein
northern dewberry
northern red oak
oxeye daisy
paper mulberry
perennial sowthistle
poison hemlock
prairie fleabane
prickly sida
purslane speedwell
red maple
redstar
roadside pennycress
shepherd's purse
small hopclover
Spanish needles
spiny plumeless thistle
spiny sowthistle
spotted sandmat
spotted water hemlock
stickweed
sticky ragwort
sugar maple
sun spurge
sweet clover
sweet sagewort
thymeleaf speedwell
tree-of-heaven
trumpet creeper
Virginia creeper
Virginia threeseed mercury
white heath aster
white mulberry
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild grapes
wild parsnip
wild radish
wild sarsaparilla
wingstem

Scientific Name

(84 weeds)
Acalypha virginica
Acer negundo
Acer rubrum var. trilobum
Acer sacharum
Aegopodium podagraria
Ageratina altissima
Ailanthus altissima
Alliaria petiolata
Angelica venenosa
Aralia nudicaulis
Aralia spinosa
Artemisia annua
Berberis canadensis
Bidens bipinnata
Bidens frondosa
Brassica rapa
Broussonetia papyrifera
Campsis radicans
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Carduus acanthoides
Chamaesyce maculata
Cicuta maculata
Cirsium arvense
Conium maculatum
Datura stramonium
Dipsacus fullonum
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron strigosus
Eupatorium capillifolium
Euphorbia helioscopia
Impatiens capensis
Ipomoea coccinea
Lactuca Canadensis
Leucanthemum vulgare
Lobelia siphilitica
Melilotus officinalis
Monarda citriodora
Morus alba
Nicandra physalodes
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Pastinaca sativa
Perilla frutescens
Platanus occidentalis
Pluchea camphorata
Podophyllum peltatum
Populus deltoides
Potentilla simplex
Prunella vulgaris
Quercus rubra
Ranunculus abortivus
Raphanus raphanistrum
Rhus aromatica
Rubus flagellaris
Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia triloba
Salix nigra
Senecio viscosus
Senecio vulgaris
Sida spinosa
Solanum ptycanthum
Solidago giganteae
Sonchus arvensis
Sonchus asper
Sonchus oleraceus
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Taraxacum officinale
Thlaspi alliaceum
Thlaspi arvense
Tilia americana
Toxicodendron radicans
Trifolium aureum
Trifolium campestre
Trifolium dubium
Verbascum blattaria
Verbena urticifolia
Verbesina alternifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Veronica americana
Veronica peregrina
Veronica serpyllifolia
Viola arvensis
Viola bicolor
Viola sororia
Vitis spp.

Image of Virginia Cooperative Extension logo