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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

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
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

I do not know

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

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

(28 weeds)
American pokeweed
big chickweed
bitter dock
black medic
burcucumber
chamber bitter
common mouse-ear chickweed
common mullein
common plantain
common sunflower
curly dock
fiddle dock
field pennycress
flower of an hour
hairy bittercress
hyssopleaf thoroughwort
jagged chickweed
large hopclover
little hogweed
littleleaf buttercup
manyflower marshpennywort
meadow hawkweed
moth mullein
paper mulberry
sicklepod
smallflower buttercup
sweet clover
white clover

Scientific Name

(28 weeds)
Broussonetia papyrifera
Cardamine hirsuta
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Helianthus annuus
Hibiscus trionum
Hieracium caespitosum
Holosteum umbellatum
Hydrocotyle umbellata
Medicago lupulina
Melilotus officinalis
Phyllanthus urinaria
Phytolacca americana
Plantago major
Portulaca oleracea
Ranunculus abortivus
Ranunculus parviflorus
Rumex crispus
Rumex obtusifolius
Rumex pulcher
Senna obtusifolia
Sicyos angulatus
Thlaspi arvense
Trifolium aureum
Trifolium repens
Verbascum blattaria
Verbascum thapsus

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