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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

oval

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

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

I do not know

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

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

(116 weeds)
alligatorweed
American basswood
American beech
American burnweed
American pokeweed
American speedwell
annual sowthistle
Asiatic dayflower
Australian water-clover
autumn olive
bitter dock
bittersweet nightshade
blackeyed Susan
blackgum
boxelder
brown mustard
browneyed Susan
Caley pea
camphor pluchea
Canada lettuce
Canada thistle
Canada toadflax
chamber bitter
Chinese wisteria
Chinese yam
common cinquefoil
common selfheal
common St. Johnswort
cow pea
creeping primrose
crownvetch
curly dock
cursed buttercup
devil's walkingstick
early yellowrocket
eastern black nightshade
eastern poison ivy
English ivy
field pansy
field pennycress
fragrant sumac
Fuller's teasel
garden lettuce
garden yellowrocket
giant goldenrod
hardy orange
hedgemustard
hemp dogbane
honeylocust
jagged chickweed
Japanese barberry
Japanese clover
Japanese knotweed
jewelweed
jimsonweed
large hopclover
little hogweed
littleleaf buttercup
longleaf groundcherry
low hopclover
lyreleaf sage
maidenstears
mayapple
mayweed chamomile
moth mullein
northern dewberry
Oriental bittersweet
Palmer amaranth
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
paper mulberry
partridge pea
pawpaw
perennial sowthistle
perplexed ticktrefoil
prairie fleabane
prickly sida
princesstree
prostrate knotweed
prostrate pigweed
purple loosestrife
purslane speedwell
roughfruit amaranth
sassafras
scarlet pimpernel
sensitive partridge pea
showy rattlebox
sicklepod
slender amaranth
small hopclover
smooth sumac
Spanish needles
spiny amaranth
spiny sowthistle
spotted sandmat
spotted St. Johnswort
stickweed
sweet clover
Tatarian honeysuckle
thymeleaf speedwell
Virginia bluebells
Virginia creeper
western brackenfern
white ash
white ballmustard
white clover
white heath aster
white snakeroot
white vervain
whitestar
wild blue phlox
wild parsnip
wild radish
wild sarsaparilla
winged sumac
wingstem
woodland bittercress

Scientific Name

(116 weeds)
Acer negundo
Ageratina altissima
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Amaranthus albus
Amaranthus palmeri
Amaranthus spinosus
Amaranthus tuberculatus
Amaranthus viridis
Anagallis arvensis
Anthemis cotula
Apocynum cannabinum
Aralia nudicaulis
Aralia spinosa
Asimina triloba
Barbarea verna
Barbarea vulgaris
Berberis thunbergii
Bidens bipinnata
Brassica juncea
Broussonetia papyrifera
Calepina irregularis
Cardamine flexuosa
Celastrus orbiculatus
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans
Chamaesyce maculata
Cirsium arvense
Commelina communis
Coronilla varia
Crotalaria spectabilis
Datura stramonium
Desmodium paniculatum
Desmodium perplexum
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Dipsacus fullonum
Elaeagnus umbellata
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron strigosus
Fagus grandifolia
Fraxinus americana
Gleditsia triacanthos
Hedera helix
Holosteum umbellatum
Hypericum perforatum
Hypericum punctatum
Impatiens capensis
Ipomoea lacunosa
Kummerowia striata
Lactuca Canadensis
Lactuca sativa
Lathyrus hirsutus
Lonicera tatarica
Ludwigia palustris
Lythrum salicaria
Marsilea mutica
Melilotus officinalis
Mertensia virginica
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Nyssa sylvatica
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Pastinaca sativa
Paulownia tomentosa
Phlox divaricata
Phyllanthus urinaria
Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata
Phytolacca americana
Pluchea camphorata
Podophyllum peltatum
Polygonum aviculare
Polygonum cuspidatum
Poncirus trifoliata
Portulaca oleracea
Potentilla simplex
Prunella vulgaris
Pteridium aquilinum
Ranunculus abortivus
Ranunculus sceleratus
Raphanus raphanistrum
Rhus aromatica
Rhus copallinum
Rhus glabra
Rubus flagellaris
Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia triloba
Rumex crispus
Rumex obtusifolius
Salvia lyrata
Sassafras albidum
Senna obtusifolia
Sida spinosa
Silene vulgaris
Sisymbrium offcinale
Solanum dulcamara
Solanum ptycanthum
Solidago giganteae
Sonchus arvensis
Sonchus asper
Sonchus oleraceus
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Thlaspi arvense
Tilia americana
Toxicodendron radicans
Trifolium aureum
Trifolium campestre
Trifolium dubium
Trifolium repens
Verbascum blattaria
Verbena urticifolia
Verbesina alternifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Veronica americana
Veronica peregrina
Veronica serpyllifolia
Vigna unguiculata
Viola bicolor
Wisteria sinensis

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