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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
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

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
I do not know

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
I do not know

Leaf hairs

has 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

I do not know

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

pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
I do not know

Lifecycle

summer annual

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

(40 weeds)
American burnweed
arrowleaf sida
bearded beggarticks
black medic
burcucumber
common cocklebur
common mullein
common ragweed
common sunflower
common threeseed mercury
common vetch
corn chamomile
curlytop knotweed
devil's beggartick
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
Florida beggarweed
flower of an hour
great ragweed
green field speedwell
hairy vetch
hog peanut
hophornbeam copperleaf
ivyleaf morning-glory
mayweed chamomile
Oriental lady's thumb
Pennsylvania smartweed
prairie fleabane
prairie tea
prickly sida
showy rattlebox
smooth pigweed
spotted ladysthumb
spurred anoda
tall morning-glory
toothed spurge
velvetleaf
vente conmigo
Virginia threeseed mercury
wild buckwheat

Scientific Name

(40 weeds)
Abutilon theophrasti
Acalypha ostryifolia
Acalypha rhomboidea
Acalypha virginica
Amaranthus hybridus
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ambrosia trifida
Amphicarpa bracteata
Anoda cristata
Anthemis arvensis
Anthemis cotula
Bidens aristosa
Bidens frondosa
Crotalaria spectabilis
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
Croton monanthogynus
Desmodium tortuosum
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron strigosus
Euphorbia dentata
Helianthus annuus
Hibiscus trionum
Ipomoea hederacea
Ipomoea purpurea
Medicago lupulina
Polygonum caespitosum
Polygonum convolvulus
Polygonum lapathifolium
Polygonum pensylvanicum
Polygonum persicaria
Sicyos angulatus
Sida rhombifolia
Sida spinosa
Solanum ptycanthum
Verbascum thapsus
Veronica agrestis
Vicia sativa
Vicia villosa
Xanthium strumarium

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