Weed ID Quiz 1

Dandelion

Genus+Species- Taraxacum officinale

Family- Asteraceae

Life Cycle- Simple perennial

Wild garlic

Genus+Species- Allium vineale

Family- Liliaceae

Life Cycle- Perennial, "functionally" winter annual

Poison Hemlock

Genus+Species- Conium maculatum

Family- Apiaceae

Life Cycle- Biennial

Johnsongrass

Genus+Species- Sorghum halepense

Family- Poaceae

Life Cycle- creeping perennial

Yellow nutsedge

Genus+Species- Cyperus esculentus

Family- Cyperaceae (NOT a grass)

Life Cycle- Perennial

Canada Thistle

Genus+Species- Cirsium arvense

Family- Asteraceae

Life Cycle- Perennial

Smooth pigweed

Genus+Species- Amaranthus hybridus

Family- Amaranthaceae

Life Cycle- Summer annual

Palmer Amaranth

Genus+Species- Amaranthus palmeri

Family- Amaranthaceae

Life Cycle- summer annual

Common Lambsquarters

Genus+Species- Chenopodium album

Family- Chenopodiaceae

Life Cycle- summer annual

Commmon Mallow

Life Cycle- Annual

Creeping Charlie/ ground ivy

Life Cycle- Creeping Perennial

-Stolons (horizontal stems on soil surface)

winter creeper

Life Cycle- Perennial

buckhorn plantain

Life Cycle- Perennial

indina strawberry/ mock strawberry

Life Cycle- Perennial

common chickweed

Life Cycle- winter annual

purple deadnettle

Life Cycle- winter annual

henbit

Life Cycle- winter annual

Carolina geranium

Life Cycle- winter annual

hairy bittercress

Life Cycle- winter annual

field pansy

Life Cycle- winter annual

mouseear chickweed

Life Cycle- commonly short lived perennial (turf), usually winter annual (cropping)

Musk Thistle

Life Cycle- Biennial (doesn't always follow this lifecycle)

Broadleaf dock

Life Cycle- perennial

star of bethlehem

Life Cycle- Perennial (bulb)

common blue violet

Life Cycle- perennial (rhizomes and repro via seed)

common yellow oxalis/ yellow woodsorrel

Life Cycle- perennial

ivyleaf morningglory

Life Cycle- summer annual

eastern black nightshade

Life Cycle- summer annual

hairy galinsoga

Life Cycle- summer annual

jimsonweed

Life Cycle- summer annual

Dandelion

buckhorn plantain

common mallow

henbit

creeping charlie/ ground ivy

purple deadnettle

wild garlic

common chickweed

hairy buttercress

carolina geranium

musk thistle

common blue violet

yellow nutsedge

poison hemlock

hairy galinsoga

jimsonweed

ivy leaf/ morning glory

star of bethlehem

eastern black nightshade

Johnson grass

canada thistle

smooth pigweed

palmer amaranth

common lambquarters

winter creeper

indian strawberry/ mock strawberry

field pansy

mouseear chickweed

broadleaf dock

common yellow oxalis/ yellow woodsorrel

horseweed seed

giant ragweed seed

common lambsquarter seed

giant foxtail seed

velvet leaf seed

morning glory seeds

hair galinsoga seed

honey vine milkweed seed

smooth pigweed seed