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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

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

entire

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
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

I do not know

pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
I do not know

Lifecycle

winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
I do not know

Root structure

taproot

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

Common name

(21 weeds)
alligatorweed
black medic
Carolina ponysfoot
common plantain
common yellow oxalis
creeping lespedeza
creeping woodsorrel
field pennycress
hairy fleabane
Japanese clover
largebracted plantain
little hogweed
maidenstears
mat amaranth
moth mullein
narrowleaf plantain
orange hawkweed
Oriental lady's thumb
prostrate pigweed
red clover
white clover

Scientific Name

(21 weeds)
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Amaranthus albus
Amaranthus blitoides
Conyza bonariensis
Dichondra carolinensis
Hieracium aurantiacum
Kummerowia striata
Lespedeza repens
Medicago lupulina
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis stricta
Plantago aristata
Plantago lanceolata
Plantago major
Polygonum caespitosum
Portulaca oleracea
Silene vulgaris
Thlaspi arvense
Trifolium pratense
Trifolium repens
Verbascum blattaria

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