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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
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
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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
I do not know
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
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
(151 weeds)
absinthe
alligatorweed
American burnweed
American pokeweed
apple of Peru
bearded beggarticks
bigpod sesbania
bird's-foot trefoil
bitter dock
black medic
blackeyed Susan
bladder campion
brown mustard
brownray knapweed
burcucumber
butterfly weed
butterweed
Canada goldenrod
Canada lettuce
Canada toadflax
Carolina geranium
Carolina ponysfoot
chicory
Chinese wisteria
clammy groundcherry
common burdock
common cocklebur
common dandelion
common evening primrose
common groundsel
common mallow
common mullein
common plantain
common ragweed
common selfheal
common St. Johnswort
common sunflower
common threeseed mercury
common yellow oxalis
coralberry
corn chamomile
corn gromwell
corn speedwell
cow pea
creeping lespedeza
creeping woodsorrel
curly dock
cutleaf evening primrose
cutleaf geranium
Deptford pink
disc mayweed
dogfennel
dovefoot geranium
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
eastern poison ivy
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
green field speedwell
hairy angelica
hairy bittercress
hairy fleabane
hairy vetch
hedgemustard
hophornbeam copperleaf
horseweed
Indian strawberry
ivyleaf morning-glory
Japanese clover
Jerusalem artichoke
kochia
kudzu
lanceleaf ragweed
largebracted plantain
lawn burweed
lawndaisy
little hogweed
man of the earth
moth mullein
mouseear cress
narrowleaf hawksbeard
narrowleaf plantain
orange hawkweed
Oriental bittersweet
Oriental lady's thumb
palmleaf morningglory
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
pawpaw
Pennsylvania smartweed
perennial pea
perplexed ticktrefoil
piedmont bedstraw
poison hemlock
prairie fleabane
prickly Russian thistle
prostrate pigweed
purple loosestrife
purple passionflower
Queen Anne's lace
rape
red clover
redroot amaranth
redstar
roughfruit amaranth
sensitive partridge pea
sericea lespedeza
shepherd's purse
showy rattlebox
sicklepod
slender amaranth
small geranium
smallflower morningglory
smooth hawksbeard
smooth pigweed
spoonleaf purple everlasting
spotted knapweed
spotted ladysthumb
spotted sandmat
spotted St. Johnswort
sun spurge
sweet clover
tall morning-glory
toothed spurge
tree-of-heaven
trumpet creeper
velvetleaf
vente conmigo
Virginia strawberry
Virginia threeseed mercury
western salsify
white ballmustard
white clover
white snakeroot
whitestar
wild buckwheat
wild mustard
wild radish
woolly burdock
yellow passionflower
Scientific Name
(151 weeds)
Abutilon
theophrasti
Acalypha
ostryifolia
Acalypha
rhomboidea
Acalypha
virginica
Ageratina
altissima
Ailanthus
altissima
Alternanthera
philoxeroides
Amaranthus
albus
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
Asclepias
tuberosa
Asimina
triloba
Barbarea
vulgaris
Bassia
scoparia
Bellis
perennis
Bidens
aristosa
Brassica
juncea
Brassica
napus
Brassica
rapa
Buglossoides
arvensis
Calepina
irregularis
Campsis
radicans
Capsella
bursa-pastoris
Cardamine
hirsuta
Celastrus
orbiculatus
Centaurea
cyanus
Centaurea
jacea
Centaurea
stoebe
ssp.
micranthos
Chamaecrista
nictitans
ssp.
nictitans
var.
nictitans
Chamaesyce
maculata
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
Dichondra
carolinensis
Duchesnea
indica
Eclipta
prostrata
Erechtites
hieracifolia
Erigeron
annuus
Erigeron
strigosus
Eupatorium
capillifolium
Euphorbia
dentata
Euphorbia
helioscopia
Fragaria
virginiana
Gamochaeta
purpure
Geranium
carolinianum
Geranium
dissectum
Geranium
molle
Geranium
pusillum
Helianthus
annuus
Helianthus
tuberosus
Hibiscus
trionum
Hieracium
aurantiacum
Hypericum
perforatum
Hypericum
punctatum
Ipomoea
coccinea
Ipomoea
hederacea
Ipomoea
lacunosa
Ipomoea
pandurata
Ipomoea
purpurea
Ipomoea
wrightii
Jacquemontia
tamnifolia
Kummerowia
striata
Lactuca
Canadensis
Lactuca
sativa
Lathyrus
latifolius
Lepidium
campestre
Lespedeza
cuneata
Lespedeza
repens
Lotus
corniculatus
Lythrum
salicaria
Malva
neglecta
Matricaria
discoidea
Medicago
lupulina
Melilotus
officinalis
Nicandra
physalodes
Nuttallanthus
canadensis
Oenothera
biennis
Oenothera
laciniata
Oxalis
corniculata
Oxalis
stricta
Packera
glabella
Passiflora
incarnata
Passiflora
lutea
Physalis
heterophylla
Phytolacca
americana
Plantago
aristata
Plantago
lanceolata
Plantago
major
Polygonum
caespitosum
Polygonum
convolvulus
Polygonum
pensylvanicum
Polygonum
persicaria
Portulaca
oleracea
Prunella
vulgaris
Pueraria
montana
var.
lobata
Raphanus
raphanistrum
Rudbeckia
hirta
Rumex
crispus
Rumex
obtusifolius
Rumex
pulcher
Salsola
tragus
Senecio
vulgaris
Senna
obtusifolia
Sesbania
herbacea
Sicyos
angulatus
Silene
latifolia
ssp.
alba
Sinapis
arvensis
ssp.
arvensis
Sisymbrium
offcinale
Solanum
ptycanthum
Solidago
altissima
Solidago
giganteae
Soliva
sessilis
Symphoricarpos
orbiculatus
Taraxacum
officinale
Thlaspi
arvense
Toxicodendron
radicans
Tragopogon
dubius
Trifolium
pratense
Trifolium
repens
Verbascum
blattaria
Verbascum
thapsus
Vernonia
gigantea
Veronica
agrestis
Veronica
arvensis
Vicia
villosa
Vigna
unguiculata
Viola
bicolor
Wisteria
sinensis
Xanthium
strumarium