aster
Wild Aster:
A branching perennial with white and yellow or purple flowers that may reach as much as 5 1/2 feet in height
bedstraw
Bedstraw:
A perennial with square stems and whorls of 6 to 8 leaves
birdsfoottrefoilplant
Birdsfoot Trefoil:
The stems are slender, branch well, and are moderately leafy. The bloom is made up of a cluster of bright yellow flowers arranged in a whorl at the end of the flowering stems.
blackmedicplants
Black Medic:
A low-trailing summer annual, with yellow flowers
blkseed
Blackseed Plantain:
Perennial from a basal rosette with broad oval leaves
blueweed
Blueweed:
Plants are covered with long hairs and produce many bright blue flowers
brambles
Brambles:
Group of perennial herbs, shrubs or trailing vines, that are noted for their prickly stems and berry-like, usually edible fruits.
broadleafplantainplant
Broad-leaved Plantain:
The plant has large, oval, ribbed leaves and small, inconspicuous flowers appearing in clusters on solitary, erect flower stems.
buckhornplantain
Buckhorn Plantain:
Long, narrow leaves that have prominent parallel veins and inconspicuous flowers in dense clusters located at the end of erect, leafless flowering stems
bullthistle
Bull Thistle:
Spiny-winged stems and leaves with rough hairs on the upper surface and softer whitish hairs below.
burdock
Burdock:
Leaves are distinctive due to their large size, heart-shaped base, wooly undersurface, and hollow leaf stalks.
buttercup
Buttercup:
Low growing perennial broadleaf plant with shamrocklike leaves
canadathistle
Canada Thistle:
Creeping perennial roots, which extend downward as well as horizontally, and its relatively smooth spineless stems
carolinageranium
Carolina Geranium:
Divided leaves and distinctive 'crane's bill' fruit and the whitish-pink to purple flower color.
chickweedcommon
Common Chickweed:
Oppositely arranged small oval or elliptic leaves and stems with rows of hairs
chicory
Chicory:
Produces flowering stems with attractive blue, purple or white flowers.
cockleburcommon
Cocklebur:
Stems are thick, and may branch many times, and have purple or black spots
commoneveningprimrose
Evening Primrose:
Erect plants with elliptic leaves that have untoothed margins, and showy yellow flowers.
commonknotweed
Knotweed:
Inconspicuous flower heads are found at the top of short stalks that grow from the bases of leaves. They consist of a cluster of two to eight tiny, green flowers with white or pink edges.
cudweed
Cudweed:
Stems and foliage with distinct white-woolly foliage
daisyfleabane
Daisy Fleabane:
Solid stem, white flowers with a yellow center, oval base leaves, linear upper leaves.
dandelion
Dandelion:
Basal leaves with jagged edges, hollow stems that are leafless and terminate in a single yellow flower, and fluffy white seed heads.
dandelionfall
Fall Dandelion (Fall Hawkbit):
Many yellow rays on branched, stems that are not hollow
dockcurled
Dock (Curled):
Leaves of curly dock are long and relatively narrow, with curly or wavy margins resembling crisped bacon. Curly dock leaves sometimes have a bluish green color.
englishdaisy
English Daisy:
White or pinkish “petals” are actually small ray flowers and their yellow centers consist of tiny disc flowers
fieldbindweed
Bindweed (Field):
Leaves are attached to flattened stalks that are grooved on the upper surface. They trail along the ground or climb on upright plants such as shrubs.
fleabanerough
Fleabane:
Upper branches contain many flowering stalks and there is one flower head per stalk
floridapusley
Florida Pusley:
The flower is star shaped with six parts connected to form a tube.
garlicmustard
False Dandelion:
The rosette growth habit, irregularly lobed leaves, and bright yellow flowers are characteristics of this plant.
grnsmartweed
Smartweed (green):
Green flowers and glandular dots on the undersurface of upper leaves
groundivy
Ground ivy:
Perennial with creeping stems that root at the nodes and foliage that emits a mint-like odor when mowed
hawkweeddevilspaintbrush
Devil's Paint Brush (Hawkweed):
2-foot-tall leafless stems with terminal groups of orange flowers.
healall
Heal-all:
Grows as a sprawling plant with upright flower clusters, but it can have an erect habit when growing in undisturbed areas
henbit
Henbit:
The flowers of the henbit weed are pinkish or pinkish-purple, tubular in shape and sit on top of the whorls of the top leaves
honeysucklebushplants
Honeysuckle:
Generally are comprised of older lower branches from which arching, upward, younger branches arise
jimsonweed
Jimsonweed:
Plants with large conspicuous flowers and fruit, and a distinctive odor
kochia
Kochia:
Highly branched nature and hairs that occur along the leaf margins
kudzu
Kudzu:
Rapid growth, climbing or trailing nature, and invasive habit
lambsquarters
Lambsquarters:
Leaf surfaces, especially on new growth, are covered with a fine white powdery coating
mallow
Mallow:
Leaves are hairy, somewhat palm shaped,
morningglory
Morningglory:
Mature plants have long stems that climb and twine. Leaves are large, heart shaped and/or three lobed, and are alternate to one another along the stem
mouseearchickweed
Mouse-ear chickweed:
A spreading, mat-forming perennial with prominently hairy prostrate stems and leaves
mustards
Mustards:
Mature mustards have dense clusters of four-petaled, yellow flowers at the tips of branches.
narrowleafplantain
Narrow-leaved Plantain:
Long, narrow leaves with prominent, parallel veins, and its slender, leafless stems tipped with short, dense, oval spikes of tiny flowers.
oxalis
Oxalis (Yellow Woodsorrel):
Trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers that is primarily a weed in greenhouses, container ornamentals, landscapes, turfgrass, and lawns
oxeyedaisy
Ox-eye daisy:
Distinguished by lower leaves that are dark green, hairless, somewhat fleshy, and coarsely toothed and conspicuous daisy-like flowers with white rays and yellow centers
pennywort
Pennywort:
Leaves are hairless, stems root at joints and leaf stalks have papery structures at base. Leaves are round or kidney shaped, and are alternate to one another along the stem.
peppergrass
Peppergrass:
The stems are light green to reddish green
pigweed
Pigweed (Prostrate):
Leaves of prostrate pigweed have light colored edges and a bristle at the tip.
pineappleweed
Pineapple Weed:
Low-growing plants with finely divided foliage that gives off a pineapple smell when crushed
poisonivy
Poison Ivy:
Leaves occur on petioles and are divided into 3 leaflets which are generally oval in outline. Leaflets may be either toothed, untoothed, or lobed.
poorjoe
Poorjoe (Common Buttonweed):
Erect or spreading annual with opposite, linear leaves and small white flowers
povertyweed
Povertyweed:
Foliage has an unpleasant aromatic odor and is moderately covered with short stiff hairs
purslane
Purslane:
Prostrate growth habit in combination with the fleshy, succulent nature of this weed helps to distinguish it from most other plants.
purslanespeedwell
Speedwell (Purslane leaved):
Flowers bloom in a terminal inflorescence with bracts similar to the leaves and each floret has very small white corolla, fruit form as capsules.
ragweed
Ragweed:
Egg-shaped in outline and once or twice compound, leaves hairy on upper surface and margin, densely appressed on lower surface
russianthistle
Russian thistle:
Mature plants are large and bushy with rigid, purple-streaked or green stems that typically curve upward giving the plant an overall round shape
sheepsorel
Sheep sorrel:
Slim reddish stems and narrow arrow-shaped leaves that have a pungent lemon scent distinguish this weed from others.
shepherdspurese
Shepherd's purse:
White four-parted flowers; seeds develop in a triangular, flattened pod (purse), notched at the top
smoothpigweed
Pigweed:
Very narrow, often lax, terminal spike with numerous short lateral branches
soliva
Soliva:
Small, diffuse, prostrate, stemless, annual herb; leaves radical, branches stolon like
sowthistle
Sow thistle:
An annual with bluish-green leaves and stems that secretes a milky sap when cut
spurgespotted
Spotted spurge:
Small plants that emit a milky sap when broken and form dense mats that radiate out from a central point
stichwortgrassleavedplant
Grass leaved stitchwort:
Found growing in small patches, as the rootstocks send up flowering stalks at intervals of a few inches
stonecropmossy
Stonecrop (mossy):
It is distinguished by its low stature, short, thick, very succulent leaves and small, yellow flowers.
sumacsmooth
Sumac:
Woody perennial grows in a colony as a shrub or it may grow alone as a small tree.
thymesandwort
Sandwort (thyme-leaved):
Covered with very short inward-curved or nearly flat-lying hair this gives a somewhat rough texture and a bluish-green color
veronicathymeleaf
Veronica (thyme-leaved):
The tiny dark green leaves disguise it, looking like creeping thyme; but when it blooms hundreds of small azure blue flowers
vervain
Vervain:
5 united petals in the form of a slender tube with a flared top. Flowers are located in dense spikes at the end of square stems.
vetchcommonplant
Vetch:
The leaves that are divided into 8 to 16 leaflets, the distinct stipule that occurs at the base of the leaf petiole, and the climbing or trailing growth habit
violet
Violet:
The heart-shaped leaves with rounded teeth along the margins, purple flowers, and rhizomes
whiteclover
Clover (White):
Trifoliate leaves and white flowers
wildblackberry
Wild Blackberry:
Tall, thorny, arching cane with palmate-compound leaves, flowers white to pinkish, 5-petaled, with many bushy stamens, in loose clusters
wildcarrot
Wild Carrot:
Closely resembles a typical garden carrot during the first year of growth. During the second year of growth, the plants produce stalks with white, flat-topped flowers.
wildgarlic
Wild Garlic:
The leaves of wild garlic are hollow and round, and bulblets that emit a strong garlic or onion smell when crushed
wildgeranium
Wild Geranium:
Native perennial plant is 1-2½' tall, consisting of a loose cluster of basal leaves and flowering stems that develop directly from the creeping rootstock
wildlettuce
Wild Lettuce:
The stem and leaves are purple flushed, the leaves are less divided, but there is more spreading.
wildonion
Wild Onion:
Generally have tall, fleshy, blade-like leaves which connect with a small, shallowly-rooted bulb
wildradish
Wild Radish:
Highly lobed leaves in a basal rosette and on the erect flowering stem
wildraspberyy
Wild Raspberry:
Biennial, prickly, often with gland-tipped hairs; bark shredding, yellow to cinnamon brown; similar to cultivated raspberry
yarrow
Yarrow:
A perennial from rhizomes with finely dissected leaves and white, flat-topped flowers
yellowhawkweed
Yellow Hawkweed:
Produces rosettes consisting of long leaves and bunches of yellow flowers at the tips of leafless stems.