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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
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Leaf shape

round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
I do not know

Leaf arrangement

opposite

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
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Leaf stalk

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
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Leaf hairs

has hairs
no hairs
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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
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Flower symmetry

radial symetery

radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
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Flower diameter

pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
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Lifecycle

winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
I do not know

Root structure

fibrous

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

Common name

(21 weeds)
big chickweed
bladder campion
Chinese privet
common mouse-ear chickweed
coralberry
creeping primrose
cutleaf geranium
hemp dogbane
honeyvine milkweed
jagged chickweed
knawel
lateflowering thoroughwort
lawn burweed
little hogweed
mayapple
poorjoe
scarlet pimpernel
sun spurge
Virginia buttonweed
white vervain
wild parsnip

Scientific Name

(21 weeds)
Ampelamus albidus
Anagallis arvensis
Apocynum cannabinum
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Diodia teres
Diodia virginiana
Eupatorium serotinum
Euphorbia helioscopia
Geranium dissectum
Holosteum umbellatum
Ligustrum sinense
Ludwigia palustris
Pastinaca sativa
Podophyllum peltatum
Portulaca oleracea
Scleranthus annuus
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Soliva sessilis
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Verbena urticifolia

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