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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
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

I do not know

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Stem cross section

round or oval

round or oval
square or multi-edged
I do not know

Stem hairs

I do not know

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
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

taproot

fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
I do not know

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

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