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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
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Leaf structure
simple
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
has hairs
no hairs
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Stem cross section
round or oval
round or oval
square or multi-edged
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Stem hairs
has hairs
no hairs
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Thorns or spines
Not Present
Present
Not Present
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Ochrea
Present
Not Present
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Milky sap
Present
Not Present
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Dominant flower color
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
pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
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Lifecycle
winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
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Root structure
taproot
fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
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Common Name
Scientific Name
Common name
(68 weeds)
absinthe
alligatorweed
American burnweed
American pokeweed
bitter dock
bladder campion
burcucumber
butterfly weed
Canada goldenrod
Canada lettuce
Carolina ponysfoot
common cocklebur
common groundsel
common mallow
common plantain
common selfheal
coralberry
corn gromwell
corn speedwell
curly dock
cutleaf geranium
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
false daisy
fiddle dock
field pansy
field pennycress
field pepperweed
Florida beggarweed
garden lettuce
garden yellowrocket
giant goldenrod
giant ironweed
great ragweed
green field speedwell
hairy fleabane
hophornbeam copperleaf
horseweed
kochia
lanceleaf ragweed
largebracted plantain
lawndaisy
little hogweed
mouseear cress
narrowleaf hawksbeard
narrowleaf plantain
orange hawkweed
Oriental bittersweet
Oriental lady's thumb
prairie fleabane
prickly Russian thistle
prostrate pigweed
redroot amaranth
roughfruit amaranth
shepherd's purse
showy rattlebox
smallflower morningglory
smooth hawksbeard
spotted knapweed
spotted ladysthumb
spotted sandmat
spotted St. Johnswort
sun spurge
vente conmigo
white ballmustard
white snakeroot
wild buckwheat
wild radish
Scientific Name
(68 weeds)
Acalypha
ostryifolia
Ageratina
altissima
Alternanthera
philoxeroides
Amaranthus
albus
Amaranthus
retroflexus
Amaranthus
tuberculatus
Ambrosia
bidentata
Ambrosia
trifida
Arabidopsis
thaliana
Artemisia
absinthium
Asclepias
tuberosa
Barbarea
vulgaris
Bassia
scoparia
Bellis
perennis
Buglossoides
arvensis
Calepina
irregularis
Capsella
bursa-pastoris
Celastrus
orbiculatus
Centaurea
stoebe
ssp.
micranthos
Chamaesyce
maculata
Conyza
bonariensis
Conyza
canadensis
Crepis
capillaris
Crepis
tectorum
Crotalaria
spectabilis
Croton
glandulosus
var.
septentrionalis
Desmodium
tortuosum
Dichondra
carolinensis
Eclipta
prostrata
Erechtites
hieracifolia
Erigeron
annuus
Erigeron
strigosus
Euphorbia
helioscopia
Geranium
dissectum
Hieracium
aurantiacum
Hypericum
punctatum
Jacquemontia
tamnifolia
Lactuca
Canadensis
Lactuca
sativa
Lepidium
campestre
Malva
neglecta
Phytolacca
americana
Plantago
aristata
Plantago
lanceolata
Plantago
major
Polygonum
caespitosum
Polygonum
convolvulus
Polygonum
persicaria
Portulaca
oleracea
Prunella
vulgaris
Raphanus
raphanistrum
Rumex
crispus
Rumex
obtusifolius
Rumex
pulcher
Salsola
tragus
Senecio
vulgaris
Sicyos
angulatus
Silene
latifolia
ssp.
alba
Solanum
ptycanthum
Solidago
altissima
Solidago
giganteae
Symphoricarpos
orbiculatus
Thlaspi
arvense
Vernonia
gigantea
Veronica
agrestis
Veronica
arvensis
Viola
bicolor
Xanthium
strumarium