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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

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

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

I do not know

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

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

(82 weeds)
alligatorweed
American speedwell
Asian ponysfoot
Asiatic dayflower
big chickweed
bishop's weed
black medic
Carolina geranium
Carolina ponysfoot
chamber bitter
climbing dayflower
coltsfoot
common blue violet
common chickweed
common cinquefoil
common dandelion
common mouse-ear chickweed
common mullein
common periwinkle
common plantain
common speedwell
common yarrow
common yellow oxalis
coon's tail
corn speedwell
creeping lespedeza
creeping woodsorrel
crownvetch
curly dock
cutleaf evening primrose
cutleaf geranium
dovefoot geranium
European field pansy
false daisy
field pennycress
flower of an hour
germander speedwell
green carpetweed
green field speedwell
hairy fleabane
Indian strawberry
ivyleaf speedwell
jagged chickweed
Japanese clover
kiss me quick
knawel
largebracted plantain
lawn burweed
little hogweed
littleleaf buttercup
maidenstears
mat amaranth
meadow hawkweed
moth mullein
musk thistle
narrowleaf hawksbeard
narrowleaf plantain
orange hawkweed
Oriental lady's thumb
Persian speedwell
plantain-leaved pussytoes
poorjoe
prairie tea
prostrate pigweed
red clover
red sandspurry
slender parsley piert
small geranium
smallflower buttercup
smooth hawksbeard
Spanish needles
spotted sandmat
St. Anthony's turnip
sticky chickweed
sulphur cinquefoil
sun spurge
threadstalk speedwell
thymeleaf speedwell
vente conmigo
Virginia buttonweed
white clover
woodland bittercress

Scientific Name

(82 weeds)
Achillea millefolium
Aegopodium podagraria
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Amaranthus albus
Amaranthus blitoides
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Bidens bipinnata
Cardamine flexuosa
Carduus nutans
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Cerastium glomeratum
Ceratophyllum demersum
Chamaesyce maculata
Commelina communis
Commelina diffusa
Conyza bonariensis
Coronilla varia
Crepis capillaris
Crepis tectorum
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
Croton monanthogynus
Dichondra carolinensis
Dichondra micrantha
Diodia teres
Diodia virginiana
Duchesnea indica
Eclipta prostrata
Euphorbia helioscopia
Geranium carolinianum
Geranium dissectum
Geranium molle
Geranium pusillum
Hibiscus trionum
Hieracium aurantiacum
Hieracium caespitosum
Holosteum umbellatum
Kummerowia striata
Lespedeza repens
Medicago lupulina
Mollugo verticillata
Oenothera laciniata
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis stricta
Phyllanthus urinaria
Plantago aristata
Plantago lanceolata
Plantago major
Polygonum caespitosum
Portulaca oleracea
Portulaca pilosa
Potentilla recta
Potentilla simplex
Ranunculus abortivus
Ranunculus bulbosus
Ranunculus parviflorus
Rumex crispus
Scleranthus annuus
Silene vulgaris
Soliva sessilis
Spergularia rubra
Stellaria media
Taraxacum officinale
Thlaspi arvense
Trifolium pratense
Trifolium repens
Tussilago farfara
Verbascum blattaria
Verbascum thapsus
Veronica agrestis
Veronica americana
Veronica arvensis
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica filiformis
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica officinalis
Veronica persica
Veronica serpyllifolia
Vinca minor
Viola arvensis
Viola sororia

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