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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

lance

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

round or oval
square or multi-edged
I do not know

Stem hairs

I do not know

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

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

(79 weeds)
American speedwell
Asiatic dayflower
bigpod sesbania
bird's-foot trefoil
bladder campion
Caley pea
chamber bitter
Chinese wisteria
climbing dayflower
common cocklebur
common milkweed
common periwinkle
common sheep sorrel
corn gromwell
cow pea
creeping primrose
curlytop knotweed
Deptford pink
disc mayweed
eastern black nightshade
European field pansy
European spindletree
fall phlox
field pansy
field pennycress
field pepperweed
Florida beggarweed
garden cornflower
giant ironweed
hairy fleabane
hairy vetch
hemp dogbane
honeyvine milkweed
jagged chickweed
Jerusalem artichoke
knawel
kochia
lanceleaf ragweed
largebracted plantain
lemon beebalm
longleaf groundcherry
moth mullein
mouseear cress
narrowleaf plantain
orange hawkweed
Oriental lady's thumb
palmleaf morningglory
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
pecan
Pennsylvania smartweed
perennial pea
perplexed ticktrefoil
piedmont bedstraw
plantain-leaved pussytoes
poorjoe
prairie fleabane
prairie tea
prickly Russian thistle
purple ammannia
purple loosestrife
purslane speedwell
rabbitfoot clover
rape
sassafras
sericea lespedeza
smooth sumac
sourwood
spotted ladysthumb
spotted St. Johnswort
spring draba
swamp smartweed
thymeleaf speedwell
Virginia creeper
Virginia sweetspire
Virginia threeseed mercury
western salsify
white heath aster
wild blue phlox
winged sumac

Scientific Name

(79 weeds)
Acalypha virginica
Ambrosia bidentata
Ammannia coccinea
Ampelamus albidus
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Apocynum cannabinum
Arabidopsis thaliana
Asclepias syriaca
Bassia scoparia
Brassica napus
Buglossoides arvensis
Carya illinoinensis
Centaurea cyanus
Commelina communis
Commelina diffusa
Conyza bonariensis
Croton monanthogynus
Cruciata pedemontana
Desmodium paniculatum
Desmodium perplexum
Desmodium tortuosum
Dianthus armeria
Diodia teres
Draba verna
Erigeron strigosus
Euonymus europaeus
Helianthus tuberosus
Hieracium aurantiacum
Holosteum umbellatum
Hypericum punctatum
Ipomoea wrightii
Itea virginica
Lathyrus hirsutus
Lathyrus latifolius
Lepidium campestre
Lespedeza cuneata
Lotus corniculatus
Ludwigia palustris
Lythrum salicaria
Matricaria discoidea
Monarda citriodora
Oxydendrum arboreum
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Phlox divaricata
Phlox paniculata
Phyllanthus urinaria
Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata
Plantago aristata
Plantago lanceolata
Polygonum caespitosum
Polygonum hydropiperoides
Polygonum lapathifolium
Polygonum pensylvanicum
Polygonum persicaria
Rhus copallinum
Rhus glabra
Rumex acetosella
Salsola tragus
Sassafras albidum
Scleranthus annuus
Sesbania herbacea
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Solanum ptycanthum
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Thlaspi arvense
Tragopogon dubius
Trifolium arvense
Verbascum blattaria
Vernonia gigantea
Veronica americana
Veronica peregrina
Veronica serpyllifolia
Vicia villosa
Vigna unguiculata
Vinca minor
Viola arvensis
Viola bicolor
Wisteria sinensis
Xanthium strumarium

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