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Plant type

Broadleaf
  • Broadleaf
  • Grass or grass like
  • Other
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Growth habit

I do not know

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

I do not know

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

Not Present

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

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

Flower symmetry

bilateral symetry

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

(71 weeds)
American beech
American burnweed
American speedwell
American sycamore
Asian ponysfoot
autumn olive
bearded beggarticks
bird's-foot trefoil
bittersweet nightshade
burningbush
Caley pea
Canada toadflax
catnip
clammy groundcherry
coltsfoot
common blue violet
common cocklebur
common mallow
common mullein
common periwinkle
common persimmon
common speedwell
common vetch
common viper's bugloss
corn speedwell
cow pea
creeping lespedeza
crownvetch
cutleaf evening primrose
devil's walkingstick
early yellowrocket
eastern redbud
English ivy
European field pansy
field madder
field pansy
Florida beggarweed
germander speedwell
great blue lobelia
great ragweed
green ash
green field speedwell
ground ivy
hairy bittercress
hardy orange
henbit deadnettle
ivyleaf speedwell
Japanese clover
jewelweed
lyreleaf sage
Morrow's honeysuckle
northern jointvetch
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
perennial pea
perplexed ticktrefoil
Persian speedwell
piedmont bedstraw
Powell's amaranth
purple deadnettle
sericea lespedeza
showy rattlebox
silverleaf nightshade
Spanish needles
spiny amaranth
spring draba
stickweed
threadstalk speedwell
thymeleaf speedwell
trumpet creeper
wingstem
yellow passionflower

Scientific Name

(71 weeds)
Aeschynomene virginica
Amaranthus powellii
Amaranthus spinosus
Ambrosia trifida
Aralia spinosa
Barbarea verna
Bidens aristosa
Bidens bipinnata
Campsis radicans
Cardamine hirsuta
Cercis canadensis
Coronilla varia
Crotalaria spectabilis
Cruciata pedemontana
Desmodium paniculatum
Desmodium perplexum
Desmodium tortuosum
Dichondra micrantha
Diospyros virginiana
Draba verna
Echium vulgare
Elaeagnus umbellata
Erechtites hieracifolia
Euonymus alatus
Fagus grandifolia
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Glechoma hederacea
Hedera helix
Impatiens capensis
Kummerowia striata
Lamium amplexicaule
Lamium purpureum
Lathyrus hirsutus
Lathyrus latifolius
Lespedeza cuneata
Lespedeza repens
Lobelia siphilitica
Lonicera morrowii
Lotus corniculatus
Malva neglecta
Nepeta cataria
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Oenothera laciniata
Passiflora lutea
Physalis heterophylla
Platanus occidentalis
Poncirus trifoliata
Salvia lyrata
Sherardia arvensis
Solanum dulcamara
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Tussilago farfara
Verbascum thapsus
Verbesina alternifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Veronica agrestis
Veronica americana
Veronica arvensis
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica filiformis
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica officinalis
Veronica persica
Veronica serpyllifolia
Vicia sativa
Vigna unguiculata
Vinca minor
Viola arvensis
Viola bicolor
Viola sororia
Xanthium strumarium

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