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Plant type
Broadleaf
Broadleaf
Grass or grass like
Other
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Growth habit
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upright and nonwoody
prostrate and nonwoody
vine
woody bush or tree
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Leaf structure
simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
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Leaf shape
round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
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Leaf arrangement
alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
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Leaf margin
entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
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Leaf stalk
none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
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Leaf hairs
has hairs
no hairs
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Stem cross section
round or oval
square or multi-edged
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Stem hairs
has hairs
no hairs
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Thorns or spines
Present
Present
Not Present
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Ochrea
Present
Not Present
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Milky sap
Present
Not Present
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Dominant flower color
white
yellow
blue
purple
red
orange
pink
green
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Flower symmetry
radial symetery
radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
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Flower diameter
pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
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Lifecycle
winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
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Root structure
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fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
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Common Name
Scientific Name
Common name
(24 weeds)
annual sowthistle
arrowleaf sida
Asiatic tearthumb
buffalobur
bull thistle
Canada thistle
honeylocust
horsenettle
Japanese barberry
jimsonweed
multiflora rose
musk thistle
northern dewberry
perennial sowthistle
Powell's amaranth
prickly lettuce
prickly sida
roundleaf greenbriar
spiny amaranth
spiny plumeless thistle
spiny sowthistle
swamp verbena
tall globethistle
wild sarsaparilla
Scientific Name
(24 weeds)
Amaranthus
powellii
Amaranthus
spinosus
Aralia
nudicaulis
Berberis
thunbergii
Carduus
acanthoides
Carduus
nutans
Cirsium
arvense
Cirsium
vulgare
Datura
stramonium
Echinops
exaltatus
Gleditsia
triacanthos
Lactuca
serriola
Polygonum
perfoliatum
Rosa
multiflora
Rubus
flagellaris
Sida
rhombifolia
Sida
spinosa
Smilax
rotundifolia
Solanum
carolinense
Solanum
rostratum
Sonchus
arvensis
Sonchus
asper
Sonchus
oleraceus
Verbena
hastata