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Plant type

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

prostrate 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

I do not know

round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
I do not know

Leaf arrangement

I do not know

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

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

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

perennial

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

(23 weeds)
alligatorweed
big chickweed
bishop's weed
common cinquefoil
common dandelion
common mouse-ear chickweed
common plantain
common yarrow
common yellow oxalis
coon's tail
creeping woodsorrel
curly dock
Indian strawberry
maidenstears
meadow hawkweed
narrowleaf plantain
orange hawkweed
red clover
red sandspurry
St. Anthony's turnip
sulphur cinquefoil
Virginia buttonweed
white clover

Scientific Name

(23 weeds)
Achillea millefolium
Aegopodium podagraria
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Ceratophyllum demersum
Diodia virginiana
Duchesnea indica
Hieracium aurantiacum
Hieracium caespitosum
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis stricta
Plantago lanceolata
Plantago major
Potentilla recta
Potentilla simplex
Ranunculus bulbosus
Rumex crispus
Silene vulgaris
Spergularia rubra
Taraxacum officinale
Trifolium pratense
Trifolium repens

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