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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

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

I do not know

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

perennial

winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
I do not know

Root structure

fibrous

fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
I do not know

Common name

(67 weeds)
Australian water-clover
big chickweed
bitter dock
blackeyed Susan
bladder campion
Canada goldenrod
Carolina elephantsfoot
Carolina ponysfoot
chicory
Chinese privet
Chinese wisteria
Chinese yam
common blue violet
common cinquefoil
common dandelion
common mouse-ear chickweed
common sheep sorrel
common speedwell
coralberry
creeping primrose
curly dock
cursed buttercup
dogfennel
eastern poison ivy
English ivy
fiddle dock
field bindweed
field horsetail
germander speedwell
giant goldenrod
giant ironweed
ground ivy
hedge bindweed
hemp dogbane
honeylocust
honeyvine milkweed
horsenettle
Japanese honeysuckle
kudzu
lateflowering thoroughwort
lyreleaf sage
manyflower marshpennywort
mayapple
meadow hawkweed
mugwort
multiflora rose
Oriental bittersweet
oxeye daisy
perennial pea
smooth bedstraw
St. Anthony's turnip
stickweed
swamp smartweed
sweetgum
Tatarian honeysuckle
threadstalk speedwell
thymeleaf speedwell
trumpet creeper
Virginia buttonweed
Virginia creeper
white clover
white heath aster
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild parsnip
yellow passionflower
yellow spring bedstraw

Scientific Name

(67 weeds)
Ageratina altissima
Ampelamus albidus
Apocynum cannabinum
Artemisia vulgaris
Calystegia sepium
Campsis radicans
Celastrus orbiculatus
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Cichorium intybus
Convolvulus arvensis
Dichondra carolinensis
Diodia virginiana
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Elephantopus carolinianus
Equisetum arvense
Eupatorium capillifolium
Eupatorium serotinum
Galium mollugo
Galium verum
Glechoma hederacea
Gleditsia triacanthos
Hedera helix
Hieracium caespitosum
Hydrocotyle umbellata
Lathyrus latifolius
Leucanthemum vulgare
Ligustrum sinense
Liquidambar styraciflua
Lonicera japonica
Lonicera tatarica
Ludwigia palustris
Marsilea mutica
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Passiflora lutea
Pastinaca sativa
Podophyllum peltatum
Polygonum hydropiperoides
Potentilla simplex
Pueraria montana var. lobata
Ranunculus bulbosus
Ranunculus sceleratus
Rosa multiflora
Rudbeckia hirta
Rumex acetosella
Rumex crispus
Rumex obtusifolius
Rumex pulcher
Salvia lyrata
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Solanum carolinense
Solidago altissima
Solidago giganteae
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Taraxacum officinale
Toxicodendron radicans
Trifolium repens
Verbena urticifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Vernonia gigantea
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica filiformis
Veronica officinalis
Veronica serpyllifolia
Viola sororia
Wisteria sinensis

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