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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
I do not know

Leaf shape

round

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

Not Present

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Milky sap

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

white

white
yellow
blue
purple
red
orange
pink
green
I do not know

Flower symmetry

radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
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Flower diameter

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

(25 weeds)
American pokeweed
Asian ponysfoot
big chickweed
black locust
burcucumber
chamber bitter
common blue violet
common mallow
common mouse-ear chickweed
common mullein
common plantain
English ivy
field pansy
field pennycress
flower of an hour
hairy bittercress
hyssopleaf thoroughwort
ivyleaf speedwell
jagged chickweed
little hogweed
manyflower marshpennywort
multiflora rose
red mulberry
sweet clover
white clover

Scientific Name

(25 weeds)
Cardamine hirsuta
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Dichondra micrantha
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Hedera helix
Hibiscus trionum
Holosteum umbellatum
Hydrocotyle umbellata
Malva neglecta
Melilotus officinalis
Morus rubra
Phyllanthus urinaria
Phytolacca americana
Plantago major
Portulaca oleracea
Robinia pseudoacacia
Rosa multiflora
Sicyos angulatus
Thlaspi arvense
Trifolium repens
Verbascum thapsus
Veronica hederifolia
Viola bicolor
Viola sororia

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