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Plant and Weed Identification

Annual bluegrass - Poa annua
Asiatic (common) dayflower - Commelina communis
Barnyardgrass - Echinochloa crus-galli
Brambles - Rubus spp.
British elecampane - Inula britannica
Broad-leaved helleborine - Epipactis helleborine
Broadleaf plantain – Plantago major
Buckhorn plantain – Plantago lanceolata
Bull thistle – Cirsium vulgare
Canada goldenrod – Solidago canadensis
Carpetweed – Mullogo verticillata
Common cottonwood – Populus deltoides
Common eveningprimrose – Oenothera biennis
Common groundsel – Senecio vulgaris
Common lambsquarters – Chenopodium album
Common mallow – Malva neglecta
Common milkweed – Asclepias syriaca
Common purslane – Portulaca oleracea
Common ragweed – Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Common St. Johnswort – Hypericum perforatum
Corn speedwell – Veronica arvensis
Curly dock – Rumex crispus
Dandelion – Taraxacum officinale
Eastern black nightshade – Solanum ptycanthum
English ivy – Hedera helix
Fall panicum – Panicum dichotomiflorum
Field bindweed – Convolvulus arvensis
Field horsetail – Equisetum arvense
Field pennycress – Thlaspi arvense
Field violet – Viola arvensis
Giant Hogweed – Heracleum mantegazzianum

Published on June 1, 2012
Green foxtail – Setaria viridis
Ground ivy (creeping Charlie) – Glechoma hederacea
Hairy bittercress – Cardamine hirsuta
Hairy galinsoga – Galinsoga quadriradiata
Healall – Prunella vulgaris
Hemp dogbane – Apocynum cannabinum
Henbit – Lamium amplexicaule
Hoary alyssum – Berteroa incana
Horsenettle – Solanum carolinense
Horseweed (marestail) – Conyza canadensis
Ivyleaf morningglory – Ipomoea hederacea
Japanese knotweed – Fallopia japonica
Jimsonweed – Datura stramonium
Johnsongrass – Sorghum halepense
Knawel – Scleranthus annuus
Large crabgrass – Digitaria sanguinalis
Liverworts – Division Marchantiophyta
Marsh yellowcress – Rorippa palustris
Mosses – Division Bryophyta
Motherwort - Leonurus cardiaca
Mouseear chickweed – Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Mugwort – Artemisia vulgaris
Northern willowherb – Epilobium ciliatum
Pennsylvania smartweed – Persicaria pensylvanica
Perennial sowthistle – Sonchus arvensis
Pineapple weed – Matricaria discoidea
Poison hemlock- Conium maculatum
Poison ivy – Toxicodendron radicans and rybergii

Published on May 29, 2020
Pokeweed – Phytolacca americana
Prostrate knotweed – Polygonum aviculare
Prostrate pigweed – Amaranthus blitoides
Puncturevine – Tribulus terrestris
Quackgrass- Elymus repens
Redroot pigweed – Amaranthus retroflexus
Redstem filaree – Erodium cicutarium
Shepherd’s purse – Capsella bursa-pastoris
Smooth groundcherry – Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata
Spotted knapweed – Centaurea stoebe
Staghorn sumac – Rhus typhina
Stinging nettle – Urtica dioica
Stinkgrass – Eragrostis cilianensis
Tall fescue - Lolium arundinacea
Tree-of-heaven – Ailanthus altissima
Tumble pigweed – Amaranthus albus
Velvetleaf – Abutilon theophrasti
Vetches – Vicia spp.
Virginia creeper – Parthenocissus quinquefolia
White campion (white cockle) – Silene latifolia
White clover – Trifolium repens
Wild buckwheat – Fallopia convolvulus
Wild carrot (Queen Anne’s lace) – Daucus carota
Wild grapes- Vitis spp.
Wild mustard – Sinapis arvensis
Yellow nutsedge – Cyperus esculentus
Yellow rocket – Barbarea vulgaris
Yellow woodsorrel – Oxalis stricta

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