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Plant type
Broadleaf
Broadleaf
Grass or grass like
Other
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Growth habit
upright and nonwoody
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
I do not know
has hairs
no hairs
I do not know
Stem cross section
round or oval
square or multi-edged
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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
I do not know
Present
Not Present
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Dominant flower color
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white
yellow
blue
purple
red
orange
pink
green
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Flower symmetry
radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
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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
taproot
fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
I do not know
Common Name
Scientific Name
Common name
(116 weeds)
absinthe
American burnweed
American pokeweed
apple of Peru
bearded beggarticks
bigpod sesbania
bird's-foot trefoil
bitter dock
blackeyed Susan
bladder campion
blindeyes
brown mustard
brownray knapweed
butterweed
Canada goldenrod
Canada lettuce
Canada toadflax
Carolina geranium
chicory
clammy groundcherry
common burdock
common cocklebur
common evening primrose
common groundsel
common mallow
common mullein
common ragweed
common selfheal
common sunflower
common threeseed mercury
common yellow oxalis
corn chamomile
corn gromwell
corn speedwell
creeping lespedeza
cutleaf geranium
Deptford pink
disc mayweed
dogfennel
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
false daisy
fiddle dock
field mustard
field pansy
field pennycress
field pepperweed
Florida beggarweed
flower of an hour
garden cornflower
garden lettuce
garden yellowrocket
giant goldenrod
giant ironweed
great ragweed
hairy angelica
hairy bittercress
hairy fleabane
hedgemustard
hophornbeam copperleaf
horseweed
Indian strawberry
Jerusalem artichoke
kochia
lambsquarters
lanceleaf ragweed
lawndaisy
lyreleaf sage
moth mullein
mouseear cress
narrowleaf hawksbeard
orange hawkweed
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
partridge pea
Pennsylvania smartweed
perennial pea
perplexed ticktrefoil
piedmont bedstraw
poison hemlock
prairie fleabane
prickly Russian thistle
purple loosestrife
purple passionflower
Queen Anne's lace
rape
red clover
redroot amaranth
roughfruit amaranth
sensitive partridge pea
shepherd's purse
showy rattlebox
sicklepod
slender amaranth
slender parsley piert
smallflower morningglory
smooth hawksbeard
smooth pigweed
sneezeweed
spoonleaf purple everlasting
spotted knapweed
spotted ladysthumb
spotted St. Johnswort
sweet clover
sweetscented bedstraw
toothed spurge
velvetleaf
vente conmigo
Virginia strawberry
Virginia threeseed mercury
western salsify
white ballmustard
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild mustard
woolly burdock
yellow spring bedstraw
Scientific Name
(116 weeds)
Abutilon
theophrasti
Acalypha
ostryifolia
Acalypha
rhomboidea
Acalypha
virginica
Ageratina
altissima
Amaranthus
hybridus
Amaranthus
retroflexus
Amaranthus
tuberculatus
Amaranthus
viridis
Ambrosia
artemisiifolia
Ambrosia
bidentata
Ambrosia
trifida
Angelica
venenosa
Anthemis
arvensis
Arabidopsis
thaliana
Arctium
minus
Arctium
tomentosum
Artemisia
absinthium
Barbarea
vulgaris
Bassia
scoparia
Bellis
perennis
Bidens
aristosa
Brassica
juncea
Brassica
napus
Brassica
rapa
Buglossoides
arvensis
Calepina
irregularis
Capsella
bursa-pastoris
Cardamine
hirsuta
Centaurea
cyanus
Centaurea
jacea
Centaurea
stoebe
ssp.
micranthos
Chamaecrista
fasciculata
Chamaecrista
nictitans
ssp.
nictitans
var.
nictitans
Chenopodium
album
Cichorium
intybus
Conium
maculatum
Conyza
bonariensis
Conyza
canadensis
Crepis
capillaris
Crepis
tectorum
Crotalaria
spectabilis
Croton
glandulosus
var.
septentrionalis
Cruciata
pedemontana
Daucus
carota
Desmodium
paniculatum
Desmodium
perplexum
Desmodium
tortuosum
Dianthus
armeria
Duchesnea
indica
Eclipta
prostrata
Erechtites
hieracifolia
Erigeron
annuus
Erigeron
strigosus
Eupatorium
capillifolium
Euphorbia
dentata
Fragaria
virginiana
Galium
odoratum
Galium
verum
Gamochaeta
purpure
Geranium
carolinianum
Geranium
dissectum
Helenium
amarum
Helianthus
annuus
Helianthus
tuberosus
Hibiscus
trionum
Hieracium
aurantiacum
Hypericum
punctatum
Jacquemontia
tamnifolia
Lactuca
Canadensis
Lactuca
sativa
Lathyrus
latifolius
Lepidium
campestre
Lespedeza
repens
Lotus
corniculatus
Lythrum
salicaria
Malva
neglecta
Matricaria
discoidea
Melilotus
officinalis
Nicandra
physalodes
Nuttallanthus
canadensis
Oenothera
biennis
Oxalis
stricta
Packera
glabella
Papaver
dubium
Passiflora
incarnata
Physalis
heterophylla
Phytolacca
americana
Polygonum
pensylvanicum
Polygonum
persicaria
Prunella
vulgaris
Rudbeckia
hirta
Rumex
obtusifolius
Rumex
pulcher
Salsola
tragus
Salvia
lyrata
Senecio
vulgaris
Senna
obtusifolia
Sesbania
herbacea
Silene
latifolia
ssp.
alba
Sinapis
arvensis
ssp.
arvensis
Sisymbrium
offcinale
Solanum
ptycanthum
Solidago
altissima
Solidago
giganteae
Thlaspi
arvense
Tragopogon
dubius
Trifolium
pratense
Verbascum
blattaria
Verbascum
thapsus
Verbena
urticifolia
Vernonia
gigantea
Veronica
arvensis
Viola
bicolor
Xanthium
strumarium