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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

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

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

Not Present

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

I do not know

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

Flower symmetry

bilateral symetry

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

(39 weeds)
American beech
American burnweed
American sycamore
Asian ponysfoot
bearded beggarticks
bird's-foot trefoil
Canada toadflax
Chinese wisteria
clammy groundcherry
coltsfoot
common cocklebur
common mallow
common mullein
common persimmon
cow pea
creeping lespedeza
crownvetch
early yellowrocket
eastern redbud
English ivy
European field pansy
field pansy
Florida beggarweed
green field speedwell
hairy bittercress
hedgemustard
ivyleaf speedwell
Japanese clover
jewelweed
moth mullein
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
perplexed ticktrefoil
Persian speedwell
sericea lespedeza
showy rattlebox
spotted water hemlock
threadstalk speedwell
wingstem
yellow passionflower

Scientific Name

(39 weeds)
Barbarea verna
Bidens aristosa
Cardamine hirsuta
Cercis canadensis
Cicuta maculata
Coronilla varia
Crotalaria spectabilis
Desmodium paniculatum
Desmodium perplexum
Desmodium tortuosum
Dichondra micrantha
Diospyros virginiana
Erechtites hieracifolia
Fagus grandifolia
Hedera helix
Impatiens capensis
Kummerowia striata
Lespedeza cuneata
Lespedeza repens
Lotus corniculatus
Malva neglecta
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Passiflora lutea
Physalis heterophylla
Platanus occidentalis
Sisymbrium offcinale
Tussilago farfara
Verbascum blattaria
Verbascum thapsus
Verbesina alternifolia
Veronica agrestis
Veronica filiformis
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica persica
Vigna unguiculata
Viola arvensis
Viola bicolor
Wisteria sinensis
Xanthium strumarium

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