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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

serrated

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

Not Present

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

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

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

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

I do not know

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

Common name

(38 weeds)
American burnweed
bishop's weed
burcucumber
camphor pluchea
Carolina geranium
common cocklebur
common mullein
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
eastern poison ivy
European field pansy
field pennycress
flower of an hour
garden cornflower
hairy angelica
hairy fleabane
horseweed
lateflowering thoroughwort
mayapple
moth mullein
mouseear cress
oxeye daisy
philadelphia fleabane
poison hemlock
prairie fleabane
purple passionflower
rabbitfoot clover
spotted water hemlock
spurred anoda
sweet clover
tree-of-heaven
vente conmigo
Virginia creeper
Virginia strawberry
white heath aster
white vervain
wild basil
woolly burdock

Scientific Name

(38 weeds)
Aegopodium podagraria
Ailanthus altissima
Angelica venenosa
Anoda cristata
Arabidopsis thaliana
Arctium tomentosum
Centaurea cyanus
Cicuta maculata
Clinopodium vulgare
Conium maculatum
Conyza bonariensis
Conyza canadensis
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron philadelphicus
Erigeron strigosus
Eupatorium serotinum
Fragaria virginiana
Geranium carolinianum
Hibiscus trionum
Leucanthemum vulgare
Melilotus officinalis
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Passiflora incarnata
Pluchea camphorata
Podophyllum peltatum
Sicyos angulatus
Solanum ptycanthum
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Thlaspi arvense
Toxicodendron radicans
Trifolium arvense
Verbascum blattaria
Verbascum thapsus
Verbena urticifolia
Viola arvensis
Xanthium strumarium

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