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| Common Name | Latin Name | 
|---|---|
| Ajuga | see Bugleweed | 
| Allegheny Blackberry | see Smooth Blackberry | 
| Alligatorweed | Alternanthera philoxeroides | 
| American Bellflower | Campanulastrum americanum | 
| American Burnweed | see Fireweed | 
| American Elder | see Elderberry | 
| American Lotus | Nelumbo lutea | 
| American Speedwell | Veronica americana | 
| American Water Plantain | Alisma subcordatum | 
| American Water Willow | see Water Willow | 
| American brooklime | see American Speedwell | 
| Amur honeysuckle | see Bush Honeysuckle | 
| Annual Bluegrass | Poa annua | 
| Annual Fleabane | Erigeron annuus | 
| Annual Jewgrass | see Japanese Stiltgrass | 
| Annual Marshelder | Iva annua | 
| Annual Rye | see Annual Ryegrass | 
| Annual Ryegrass | Lolium multiflorum | 
| Annual Sowthistle | Sonchus oleraceus | 
| Annual Wormwood | Artemisia annua | 
| Apple-of-Peru | Nicandra physalodes | 
| Arabidopsis | see Mouse-ear Cress | 
| Arrow-leaved Tearthumb | Polygonum sagittatum | 
| Arrowleaf Knotweed | see Arrow-leaved Tearthumb | 
| Arrowleaf Sida | Sida rhombifolia | 
| Arrowleaf Smartweed | see Arrow-leaved Tearthumb | 
| Arrowvine | see Arrow-leaved Tearthumb | 
| Asian Dayflower | see Marsh Dayflower | 
| Asian Spiderwort | see Marsh Dayflower | 
| Asiatic Dayflower | Commelina communis | 
| Aunt Lucy | Ellisia nyclelea | 
| Autumn Clematis | see Virgin's Bower | 
| Autumn Olive | Elaeagnus umbellata | 
| Bachelors Buttons | see Cornflower | 
| Baldwins Ironweed | Vernonia baldwinii | 
| Balloonvine | Cardiospermum halicacabum | 
| Barnyardgrass | Echinochloa crus-galli | 
| Basketgrass | see Japanese Stiltgrass | 
| Bathurst Bur | see Spiny Cocklebur | 
| Beaked Nightshade | see Buffalobur | 
| Bear's Foot | see Yellow-flowered Leaf-cup | 
| Bear-grass | see Yucca | 
| Bearded Sprangletop | Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis | 
| Bedstraw | Galium aparine | 
| Bee-balm | Monarda fistulosa | 
| Beef-steak Plant | see Perilla Mint | 
| Benghal Dayflower | Commelina benghalensis | 
| Bermudagrass | Cynodon dactylon | 
| Bigroot Morningglory | Ipomoea pandurata | 
| Birds Foot Violet | Viola pedata | 
| Birdsfoot Trefoil | Lotus corniculatus | 
| Bitter Sneezeweed | Helenium amarum | 
| Bittersweet Nightshade | Solanum dulcamara | 
| Black Locust | Robinia pseudoacacia | 
| Black Medic | Medicago lupulina | 
| Black Oak | Quercus velutina | 
| Blackjack Oak | Quercus marilandica | 
| Blackseed Plantain | Plantago rugelii | 
| Bladder Campion | Silene vulgaris | 
| Bladderworts | Utricularia spp. | 
| Bloodroot | Sanguinaria canadensis | 
| Bloom Fell | see Birdsfoot Trefoil | 
| Blue Phlox | Phlox divaricata | 
| Blue Vervain | Verbena hastata | 
| Blue-Bottles | see Starch Grapehyacinth | 
| Bluebell | see Virginia Bluebells | 
| Blueweed | see Viper's Bugloss | 
| Bouncing-bet | Saponaria officinalis | 
| Brazilian Elodea | Egeria densa | 
| Brazilian Waterweed | see Brazilian Elodea | 
| Bristly Cattail Sedge | see Frank's Sedge | 
| Bristly Greenbrier | Smilax hispida | 
| Brittle Naiad | see Slender Naiad | 
| Brittleleaf | see Slender Naiad | 
| Broadleaf Arrowhead | see Midwestern Arrowhead | 
| Broadleaf Dock | Rumex obtusifolius | 
| Broadleaf Pepperweed | see Perennial Pepperweed | 
| Broadleaf Plantain | Plantago major | 
| Broadleaf Signalgrass | Brachiaria platyphylla | 
| Broomsedge | Andropogon virginicus | 
| Brown Mustard | see Indian Mustard | 
| Browntop Millet | Brachiaria ramosa | 
| Buckbrush | Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | 
| Buckhorn Plantain | Plantago lanceolata | 
| Buffalobur | Solanum rostratum | 
| Bugleweed | Ajuga reptans | 
| Bulbous Buttercup | Ranunculus bulbosus | 
| Bulbous Oatgrass | Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosa | 
| Bulbous Tall Oatgrass | see Bulbous Oatgrass | 
| Bull Thistle | Cirsium vulgare | 
| Bullbrier | see Greenbrier | 
| Burcucumber | Sicyos angulatus | 
| Bush Honeysuckle | Lonicera maackii | 
| Bushy Wallflower | Erysimum repandum | 
| Butterfly Milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | 
| Butterflyweed | see Butterfly Milkweed | 
| Butterweed | see Cressleaf Groundsel | 
| Calamint | Calamintha nepeta | 
| Calepina | Calepina irregularis | 
| Caltrop | see Puncturevine | 
| Canada Onion | see Wild Onion | 
| Canada Thistle | Cirsium arvense | 
| Canadian Garlic | see Wild Onion | 
| Cancer weed | see Lyreleaf Sage | 
| Cancer-root | see Squaw-root | 
| Caper Spurge | Euphorbia lathyris | 
| Carolina False Dandelion | Pyrrhopappus carolinianus | 
| Carolina Foxtail | Alopecurus carolinianus | 
| Carolina Geranium | Geranium carolinianum | 
| Carpet Bentgrass | see Creeping Bentgrass | 
| Carpet Bugle | see Bugleweed | 
| Carpetweed | Mollugo verticillata | 
| Castor Bean | Ricinus communis | 
| Castor Oil Plant | see Castor Bean | 
| Cat'S Clover | see Birdsfoot Trefoil | 
| Cat's claw | see Sensitive Brier | 
| Catbrier | see Bristly Greenbrier | 
| Catbrier | see Greenbrier | 
| Catmint | see Catnip | 
| Catnip | Nepeta cataria | 
| Cattails | Nympha spp. | 
| Catwort | see Catnip | 
| Celery-Leaf Buttercup | see Crowfoot Buttercup | 
| Chara | Chara spp. | 
| Cheat | Bromus secalinus | 
| Chicory | Cichorium intybus | 
| Chinese Fountain Grass | Pennisetum alopecuroides | 
| Chinese Lantern | see Apple-of-Peru | 
| Chinese Yam | Dioscorea batatas | 
| Cinnamon Vine | see Chinese Yam | 
| Clammy Groundcherry | Physallis heterophylla | 
| Clasping Milkweed | Asclepias amplexicaule | 
| Cleavers | see Bedstraw | 
| Climbing False Buckwheat | Polygonum scandens | 
| Climbing Rose | see Prairie Rose | 
| Cockspur Thorn | Crataegus crus-galli | 
| Coco | see Purple Nutsedge | 
| Coffee Senna | Cassia occidentalis | 
| Common Balm | see Bee-balm | 
| Common Beggar-ticks | Bidens frondosa | 
| Common Beggarticks | see Common Beggar-ticks | 
| Common Blackberry | see Smooth Blackberry | 
| Common Blue Violet | Viola papilionacea | 
| Common Bugleweed | see Bugleweed | 
| Common Burdock | Arctium minus | 
| Common Buttonweed | see Poorjoe | 
| Common Catsear | Hypochoeris radicata | 
| Common Chickweed | Stellaria media | 
| Common Cocklebur | Xanthium strumarium | 
| Common Dayflower | see Asiatic Dayflower | 
| Common Dewberry | see Northern Dewberry | 
| Common Duckweeds | see Duckweeds | 
| Common Eveningprimrose | Oenothera biennis | 
| Common Greenbrier | see Roundleaf Greenbrier | 
| Common Groundsel | Senecio vulgaris | 
| Common Hop Sedge | see Hop Sedge | 
| Common Lambsquarters | Chenopodium album | 
| Common Lespedeza | Lespedeza striata | 
| Common Mallow | Malva neglecta | 
| Common Milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | 
| Common Mullein | Verbascum thapsus | 
| Common Pokeweed | Phytolacca americana | 
| Common Purslane | Portulaca oleracea | 
| Common Ragweed | Ambrosia artemisiifolia | 
| Common Reed | Phragmites australis | 
| Common Saint Johnswort | see Saint Johnswort | 
| Common Sunflower | Helianthus annuus | 
| Common Tansy | Tanacetum vulgare | 
| Common Teasel | Dipsacus fullonum | 
| Common Toadflax | Linaria canadensis | 
| Common Unicorn Plant | see Devil's Claw | 
| Common Venus Looking-glass | Triodanis perfoliata | 
| Common Vetch | Vicia sativa | 
| Common Waterhemp | Amaranthus tuberculatus | 
| Common Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | 
| Compass Plant | Silphium laciniatum | 
| Coontail | Ceratophyllum demersum | 
| Coralberry | see Buckbrush | 
| Coreopsis Beggarticks | Bidens polylepis | 
| Corn Buttercup | Ranunculus arvensis | 
| Corn Campion | see Corn Cockle | 
| Corn Cockle | Agrostemma githago | 
| Corn Gromwell | Buglossoides arvensis | 
| Corn Rose | see Corn Cockle | 
| Corn Speedwell | Veronica arvensis | 
| Corn Spurry | Spergula arvensis | 
| Cornflower | Centaurea cyanus | 
| Cornsalad | Valerianella radiata | 
| Cotton Morningglory | Ipomoea cordatotriloba | 
| Cotton thistle | see Scotch Thistle | 
| Cottonwood | Populus deltoides | 
| Cow-itch | see Trumpetcreeper | 
| Creamy Wild Indigo | Baptisia leucophaea | 
| Creeping Bentgrass | Agrostis palustris | 
| Creeping Phlox | Phlox subulata | 
| Creeping Red Woodsorrel | Oxalis corniculata | 
| Creeping Rush | Juncus repens | 
| Creeping Water Purslane | see Water Purslane | 
| Creeping Woodsorrel | see Creeping Red Woodsorrel | 
| Creeping charlie | see Ground Ivy | 
| Cressleaf Groundsel | Senecio glabellus | 
| Crested anoda | see Spurred Anoda | 
| Crimson Fountain Grass | see Chinese Fountain Grass | 
| Crossvine | Bignonia capreolata | 
| Crow Toes | see Birdsfoot Trefoil | 
| Crowfoot Buttercup | Ranunculus sceleratus | 
| Crowfoot violet | see Birds Foot Violet | 
| Crowfootgrass | Dactyloctenium aegyptium | 
| Crownvetch | Coronilla varia | 
| Cup Plant | Silphium perfoliatum | 
| Curly Dock | Rumex crispus | 
| Curlycup Gumweed | Grindelia squarrosa | 
| Curlyleaf Pondweed | Potamogeton crispus | 
| Cursed Buttercup | see Crowfoot Buttercup | 
| Cursed Crowfoot | see Crowfoot Buttercup | 
| Cutleaf Eveningprimrose | Oenothera laciniata | 
| Cutleaf Geranium | Geranium dissectum | 
| Cutleaf Teasel | Dipsacus laciniatus | 
| Cypress Spurge | Euphorbia cyparissias | 
| Cypressvine Morningglory | Ipomoea quamoclit | 
| Cypressweed | see Dogfennel | 
| Daggerweed | see Spiny Cocklebur | 
| Daisy Fleabane | see Annual Fleabane | 
| Dallisgrass | Paspalum dilatatum | 
| Dame's Rocket | Hesperis matronalis | 
| Dandelion | Taraxacum officinale | 
| Deer-tongue Grass | Panicum clandestinum or Dichanthelium clandestinum | 
| Deer-tongue Panic Grass | see Deer-tongue Grass | 
| Deptford Pink | Dianthus armeria | 
| Devil'S Shoestring | see Buckbrush | 
| Devil's Claw | Proboscidea louisianica | 
| Devil's-tongue | see Prickly Pear | 
| Devils Beggar-Ticks | see Common Beggar-ticks | 
| Dichondra | Dichondra repens | 
| Ditchweed | see Marijuana | 
| Dodder | Cuscuta spp. | 
| Dogfennel | Eupatorium capillifolium | 
| Doveweed | Murdannia nudiflora | 
| Downy Brome | Bromus tectorum | 
| Duckweeds | Lemna spp. | 
| Dwarf Dandelion | Krigia oppositifolia or Krigia caespitosa | 
| Dyers Woad | Isatis tinctora | 
| Eardrops | see Redvine | 
| Eastern Black Nightshade | Solanum ptycanthum | 
| Eastern Cottonwood | see Cottonwood | 
| Eastern Gamagrass | Tripsacum dactyloides | 
| Eastern Redcedar | Juniperus virginiana | 
| Eclipta | Eclipta prostrata | 
| Egeria | see Brazilian Elodea | 
| Egypt grass | see Crowfootgrass | 
| Elderberry | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | 
| Entireleaf Morningglory | Ipomoea hederacea var. integriuscula | 
| Everlasting Pea | see Perennial Pea | 
| Fall Panicum | Panicum dichotomiflorum | 
| False Dandelion | see Common Catsear | 
| Field Balm | see Calamint | 
| Field Bindweed | Convolvulus arvensis | 
| Field Dodder | see Dodder | 
| Field Horsetail | Equisetum arvense | 
| Field Madder | Sherardia arvensis | 
| Field Pansy | Viola rafinesquii | 
| Field Pennycress | Thlaspi arvense | 
| Field Pepperweed | Lepidium campestre | 
| Field Poppy | Papaver dubium | 
| Field Violet | Viola arvensis | 
| Fire Pink | Silene virginica | 
| Fireweed | Erechtites hieracifolia | 
| Flatweed | see Common Catsear | 
| Florida Beggarweed | Desmodium tortuosum | 
| Florida Betony | Stachys floridana | 
| Florida Pusley | Richardia scabra | 
| Flowering Spurge | Euphorbia corollata | 
| Fogfruit | Phyla lanceolata | 
| Fountain Grass | see Chinese Fountain Grass | 
| Fourvalve Mimosa | see Sensitive Brier | 
| Foxglove Penstemon | |
| Foxtail Barley | Hordeum jubatum | 
| Foxtail Millet | Setaria italica | 
| Frank's Sedge | Carex frankii | 
| Frogfruit | see Fogfruit | 
| Fuzzy Bean | see Missouri Fuzzy Bean | 
| Gamagrass | see Eastern Gamagrass | 
| Garden Vetch | see Common Vetch | 
| Garlic Mustard | Allaria petiolata | 
| German Moss | see Knawel | 
| Giant Foxtail | Setaria faberi | 
| Giant Ragweed | Ambrosia trifida | 
| Giant Whiteweed | see Perennial Pepperweed | 
| Globe Flatsedge | Cyperus echinatus | 
| Goat's-beard | Tragopogon dubius | 
| Goosegrass | Eleusine indica | 
| Gopher Plant | see Caper Spurge | 
| Grass pink | see Deptford Pink | 
| Great Reedmace | see Cattails | 
| Green Foxtail | Setaria viridis | 
| Green Kyllinga | Kyllinga brevifolia | 
| Green Milkweed | Asclepias viridis | 
| Green Pigweed | see Slender Amaranth | 
| Greenbrier | Smilax bona-nox | 
| Ground Burnut | see Puncturevine | 
| Ground Honeysuckle | see Birdsfoot Trefoil | 
| Ground Ivy | Glechoma hederacea | 
| Gum Weed | see Compass Plant | 
| Hairy Bittercress | Cardamine hirsuta | 
| Hairy Galinsoga | Galinsoga ciliata | 
| Hare'S-Foot Clover | see Rabbitfoot Clover | 
| Healall | Prunella vulgaris | 
| Hedge | see Osage Orange | 
| Hedge Bindweed | Calystegia sepium | 
| Hedge Mustard | Sisymbrium officinale | 
| Hemp Dogbane | Apocynum cannabinum | 
| Hemp Sesbania | Sesbania exaltata | 
| Henbit | Lamium amplexicaule | 
| Herb Of Grace | see Blue Vervain | 
| Hickory | Carya tomentosa | 
| Highbush Blackberry | Rubus argutus | 
| Hoary Plantain | Plantago virginica | 
| Hoary Puccoon | Lithospermum canescens | 
| Hogwort | see Woolly Croton | 
| Honey Locust | Gleditsia triacanthos | 
| Honeyvine Milkweed | Ampelamus albidus | 
| Hop O'My Thumb | see Birdsfoot Trefoil | 
| Hop Sedge | Carex lupulina | 
| Hop Trefoil | see Large Hop Clover | 
| Hophornbeam Copperleaf | Acalypha ostryifolia | 
| Horehound | Marrubium vulgare | 
| Hornwort | see Coontail | 
| Horsenettle | Solanum carolinense | 
| Horsetail | see Field Horsetail | 
| Horseweed | Conyza canadensis | 
| Hush-tomatoe | see Smooth Groundcherry | 
| Illinois Bundleflower | Desmanthus illinoensis | 
| Indian Currant | see Buckbrush | 
| Indian Mock-Strawberry | Duchesnea indica | 
| Indian Mustard | Brassica juncea | 
| Indian Paint | see Bloodroot | 
| Indian Woodoats | Chasmanthium latifolium | 
| Inland Ironweed | see Baldwins Ironweed | 
| Irish Moss | see Cypress Spurge | 
| Ironweed | see Baldwins Ironweed | 
| Italian Ryegrass | see Annual Ryegrass | 
| Ivyleaf Morningglory | Ipomoea hederacea | 
| Japanese Bamboo | Polygonum cuspidatum | 
| Japanese Clover | see Common Lespedeza | 
| Japanese Honeysuckle | Lonicera japonica | 
| Japanese Hops | Humulus japonicus | 
| Japanese Knotweed | see Japanese Bamboo | 
| Japanese Silverberry | see Autumn Olive | 
| Japanese Stiltgrass | Microstegium vimineum var. imberbe | 
| Jerusalem Artichoke | Helianthus tuberosus | 
| Jewelweed | see Touch-me-not | 
| Jimsonweed | Datura stramonium | 
| Johnsongrass | Sorghum halepense | 
| Jointhead Arthraxon | Arthraxon hispidus | 
| Kansas Thistle | see Buffalobur | 
| Kentucky Bluegrass | Poa pratensis | 
| Kidney Weed | see Dichondra | 
| Kiss-Me-Dick | see Cypress Spurge | 
| Knawel | Scleranthus annuus | 
| Kochia | Kochia scoparia | 
| Kudzu | Pueraria montana var. lobata | 
| Ladies' Eardrops | see Redvine | 
| Ladysthumb | Polygonum persicaria | 
| Lanceleaf Fogfruit | see Fogfruit | 
| Lanceleaf Ragweed | Ambrosia bidentata | 
| Large Crabgrass | Digitaria sanguinalis | 
| Large Hop Clover | Trifolium campestre | 
| Large-bracted Plantain | Plantago aristata | 
| Late Boneset | Eupatorium serotinum | 
| Late Thoroughwort | see Late Boneset | 
| Lateflowering Thoroughwort | see Late Boneset | 
| Lawn Burweed | Soliva pterosperma | 
| Lemon Balm | see Bee-balm | 
| Lindheimer's Panic-grass | Dicanthelium acuminatum subsp. Lindheimeri | 
| Little Barley | Hordeum pusillum | 
| Livid Amaranth | see Purple Amaranth | 
| Livid Pigweed | see Purple Amaranth | 
| Lizards Tail | Saururus cernuus | 
| Long Smooth-fruited Poppy | see Field Poppy | 
| Long-beaked Arrowhead | Sagittaria australis | 
| Long-stalked Phyllanthus | Phyllanthus tenellus | 
| Longspine Sandbur | Cenchrus longispinus | 
| Lyreleaf Sage | Salvia lyrata | 
| Mandrake | see Mayapple | 
| Marestail | see Horseweed | 
| Marijuana | Cannabis sativa | 
| Marlahan mustard | see Dyers Woad | 
| Marsh Dayflower | Murdannia keisak | 
| Marsh Pennywort | Hydrocotyle umbellata | 
| Marshelder | Iva annua | 
| Mary'S Grass | see Japanese Stiltgrass | 
| Mayapple | Podophyllum peltatum | 
| Maypop Passionflower | Passiflora incarnata | 
| Mayweed | see Mayweed Chamomile | 
| Mayweed Chamomile | Anthemis cotula | 
| Meadow Foxtail | Alopecurus pratensis | 
| Meadow Garlic | see Wild Onion | 
| Mexican Sandbur | see Puncturevine | 
| Microstegium | see Japanese Stiltgrass | 
| Midwestern Arrowhead | Sagittaria brevirostra | 
| Milfoil | see Common Yarrow | 
| Mimosa | Albizia julibrissin | 
| Missouri Fuzzy Bean | Strophostyles helvula missouriensis | 
| Mockernut Hickory | see Hickory | 
| Mole Plant | see Caper Spurge | 
| Morrow's Bush-Honeysuckle | Lonicera morrowii | 
| Moss Pink | see Creeping Phlox | 
| Moth Mullein | Verbascum blattaria | 
| Mouse-ear Cress | Arabidopsis thaliana | 
| Mouseear Chickweed | Cerastium vulgatum | 
| Mouseear Hawkweed | Hieracium pilosella | 
| Mousetail | Myosurus minimus | 
| Mugwort | Artemisia vulgaris | 
| Mulberry Weed | Fatoua villosa | 
| Mullein | see Common Mullein | 
| Multiflora Rose | Rosa multiflora | 
| Musk Thistle | Carduus nutans | 
| Musk-grass | see Chara | 
| Nailrod | see Cattails | 
| Neckweed | see Purslane Speedwell | 
| New England Aster | Aster novae-angliae | 
| New York Ironweed | Vernonia noveboracensis | 
| Nimblewill | Muhlenbergia schreberi | 
| Nodding Spurge | Chamaesyce nutans | 
| Nodding Thistle | see Musk Thistle | 
| Northern Dewberry | Rubus flagellaris | 
| Ohio Spiderwort | Tradescantia ohiensis | 
| Oldfield Cinquefoil | see Sulfur Cinquefoil | 
| Oldfield Toadflax | see Common Toadflax | 
| Orange Puccoon | see Hoary Puccoon | 
| Orchardgrass | Dactylis glomerata | 
| Oregon Vetch | see Common Vetch | 
| Oriental Mustard | see Indian Mustard | 
| Osage Orange | Maclura pomifera | 
| Oxeye Daisy | Chrysanthemum leucanthemum | 
| Pale Indian Plantain | Arnoglossum atriplicifolium | 
| Paleseed Plantain | see Hoary Plantain | 
| Palmer Amaranth | Amaranthus palmeri | 
| Palmer Pigweed | see Palmer Amaranth | 
| Palmleaf Morningglory | Ipomoea wrightii | 
| Parrotfeather | Myriophyllum aquaticum | 
| Partridgepea | Cassia fasciculata | 
| Pennsylvania Smartweed | Polygonum pensylvanicum | 
| Penstemon digitalis | see Foxglove Penstemon | 
| Perennial Lupine | Lupinus perennis | 
| Perennial Pea | Lathyrus latifolius | 
| Perennial Pepperweed | Lepidium latifolium | 
| Perfoliate Pennycress | Thlaspi perfoliatum | 
| Perilla Mint | Perilla frutescens | 
| Persian Speedwell | Veronica persica | 
| Pickerelweed | Pontederia cordata | 
| Piedmont Bedstraw | Cruciata pedemontana | 
| Pin Oak | Quercus palustris | 
| Pineapple-weed | Matricaria matricarioides | 
| Pinnate Tansymustard | Descurainia pinnata | 
| Pitted Morningglory | Ipomoea lacunosa | 
| Plumeless Thistle | Carduus acanthoides | 
| Poison Hemlock | Conium maculatum | 
| Poison Ivy | Toxicodendron radicans | 
| Pokeberry | see Common Pokeweed | 
| Poorjoe | Diodia teres | 
| Potato Vine | see Chinese Yam | 
| Prairie Mimosa | see Illinois Bundleflower | 
| Prairie Rose | Rosa Setigera | 
| Prairie Wild Rose | Rosa arkansana | 
| Prairie beardtongue | see Trumpet Penstemon | 
| Prickly Lettuce | Lactuca serriola | 
| Prickly Pear | Opuntia humifusa | 
| Prickly Sida | Sida spinosa | 
| Prostrate Amaranth | see Prostrate Pigweed | 
| Prostrate Knotweed | Polygonum aviculare | 
| Prostrate Pigweed | Amaranthus blitoides | 
| Puncturevine | Tribulus terrestris | 
| Purple Amaranth | Amaranthus blitum | 
| Purple Cockle | see Corn Cockle | 
| Purple Cudweed | Gnaphalium purpureum | 
| Purple Deadnettle | Lamium purpureum | 
| Purple Feathergrass | see Chinese Fountain Grass | 
| Purple Loosestrife | Lythrum salicaria | 
| Purple Lovegrass | Eragrostis spectabilis | 
| Purple Milkweed | Asclepias purpurascens | 
| Purple Nutgrass | see Purple Nutsedge | 
| Purple Nutsedge | Cyperus rotundus | 
| Purple-Headed Sneezeweed | Helenium flexuosum | 
| Purplehead Sneezeweed | see Purple-Headed Sneezeweed | 
| Purpletop | Tridens flavus | 
| Purslane Speedwell | Veronica peregrina | 
| Quackgrass | Elymus repens | 
| Queen Anne's Lace | see Wild Carrot | 
| Rabbitfoot Clover | Trifolium arvense | 
| Rattlebox | see Showy Crotalaria | 
| Rattlesnake Weed | see Florida Betony | 
| Red Clover | Trifolium pratense | 
| Red Deadnettle | see Purple Deadnettle | 
| Red Morningglory | Ipomoea coccinea | 
| Red Puccoon | see Bloodroot | 
| Red Sorrel | Rumex acetosella | 
| Redroot Pigweed | Amaranthus retroflexus | 
| Redstem Filaree | Erodium cicutarium | 
| Redtop | see Creeping Bentgrass | 
| Redvine | Brunnichia ovata | 
| Reed Canarygrass | Phalaris arundinacea | 
| Rice Flatsedge | Cyperus iria | 
| Richweed | see White Snakeroot | 
| Roadside thistle | see Tall Thistle | 
| Rosinweed | see Compass Plant | 
| Rough Cinquefoil | Potentilla norvegica | 
| Roughstalk Bluegrass | Poa trivialis | 
| Roundleaf Greenbrier | Smilax rotundifolia | 
| Russian Olive | Elaeagnus angustifolia | 
| Russian Thistle | Salsola kali | 
| Saint Johnswort | Hypericum perforatum | 
| Saltwort | see Russian Thistle | 
| Sandbar Willow | Salix exigua | 
| Sassafras | Sassafras albidum | 
| Sassy Jack | see Caper Spurge | 
| Saw Greenbrier | see Greenbrier | 
| Sawtooth Blackberry | see Highbush Blackberry | 
| Scarlet Indian Paintbrush | Castilleja coccinea | 
| Scarlet Pimpernel | Anagallis arvensis | 
| Scarlet Toothcup | see Valley Redstem | 
| Scotch Thistle | Onopordum acanthoides | 
| Scouring Rush | see Field Horsetail | 
| Scouringrush | Equisetum hyemale | 
| Sensitive Brier | Mimosa quadrivalvis var. nuttallii | 
| Sericea Lespedeza | Lespedeza cuneata | 
| Shagbark Hickory | Carya ovata | 
| Sharp-Toothed Blackberry | see Highbush Blackberry | 
| Shattercane | Sorghum bicolor | 
| Sheep-Foot | see Birdsfoot Trefoil | 
| Shepherd's-purse | Capsella bursa-pastoris | 
| Shingle Oak | Quercus imbricaria | 
| Shoo Fly | see Apple-of-Peru | 
| Showy Crotalaria | Crotalaria spectabilis | 
| Showy Evening-primrose | Oenothera speciosa | 
| Showy Rattlebox | see Showy Crotalaria | 
| Showy Ticktrefoil | Desmodium canadense | 
| Sicklepod | Cassia obtusifolius | 
| Silver Wormwood | see White Sage | 
| Silverleaf Nightshade | Solanum elaeagnifolium | 
| Slender Amaranth | Amaranthus viridis | 
| Slender Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | 
| Slender Naiad | Najas minor | 
| Slender Pigweed | see Slender Amaranth | 
| Slender Pondweed | Potamogeton pusillus | 
| Small Pondweed | see Slender Pondweed | 
| Smallflower Geranium | Geranium molle | 
| Smallflower Morningglory | Jacquemontia tamnifolia | 
| Smallflowered Bittercress | Cardamine parviflora | 
| Smallflowered Phacelia | Phacelia dubia | 
| Smooth Bedstraw | Galium mollugo | 
| Smooth Bedstraw | see Bedstraw | 
| Smooth Blackberry | Rubus allegheniensis | 
| Smooth Blackberry | see Highbush Blackberry | 
| Smooth Brome | Bromus inermis | 
| Smooth Bromegrass | see Smooth Brome | 
| Smooth Crabgrass | Digitaria ischaemum | 
| Smooth Groundcherry | Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata | 
| Smooth Hawksbeard | Crepis capillaris | 
| Smooth Pigweed | Amaranthus hybridus | 
| Smooth Sumac | Rhus glabra | 
| Smooth Vetch | Vicia dasycarpa | 
| Snow-on-the-Mountain | Euphorbia marginata | 
| Snowy spurge | see Snow-on-the-Mountain | 
| Soapwort | see Bouncing-bet | 
| Southern Cottonwood | see Cottonwood | 
| Southern Sneezeweed | see Purple-Headed Sneezeweed | 
| Spanish Needles | Bidens bipinnata | 
| Spanish Thistle | see Spiny Cocklebur | 
| Spiked loosestrife | see Purple Loosestrife | 
| Spiny Amaranth | Amaranthus spinosus | 
| Spiny Burweed | see Spiny Cocklebur | 
| Spiny Clotbur | see Spiny Cocklebur | 
| Spiny Cocklebur | Xanthium spinosum | 
| Spiny Pigweed | see Spiny Amaranth | 
| Spiny Sowthistle | Sonchus asper | 
| Spotted Knapweed | Centaurea maculosa | 
| Spotted Spurge | Chamaesyce maculata | 
| Spotted St. Johnswort | Hypericum punctatum | 
| Spurred Anoda | Anoda cristata | 
| Squaw-root | Conopholis americana | 
| Squawweed | see Cressleaf Groundsel | 
| St. Augustine Grass | Stenotaphrum secundatum | 
| Star Thistle | see Spotted Knapweed | 
| Star-of-Bethlehem | Ornithogalum umbellatum | 
| Starch Grapehyacinth | Muscari racemosum | 
| Sticktight | see Common Beggar-ticks | 
| Stickweed | Verbesina occidentalis | 
| Stinging Nettle | Urtica dioica | 
| Stinkgrass | Eragrostis cilianensis | 
| Stone Clover | see Rabbitfoot Clover | 
| Stonewort | see Chara | 
| Straw-colored Flatsedge | Cyperus strigosus | 
| Sulfur Cinquefoil | Potentilla recta | 
| Summer Spurge | see Sun Spurge | 
| Sun Spurge | Euphorbia helioscopia | 
| Swamp Milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | 
| Swamp Smartweed | Polygonum coccineum | 
| Swamp Verbena | see Blue Vervain | 
| Sweet Annie | see Annual Wormwood | 
| Sweet Betty | see Bouncing-bet | 
| Sweet Pea | see Perennial Pea | 
| Sweet Vernalgrass | Anthoxanthum odoratum | 
| Sweetgum | Liquidambar styraciflua | 
| Swine wart cress | see Swinecress | 
| Swinecress | Coronopus didymus | 
| Tall Fennel | see Dogfennel | 
| Tall Fescue | Lolium arundinaceum | 
| Tall Goldenrod | Solidago canadensis var. scabra | 
| Tall Green Milkweed | Asclepias hirtella | 
| Tall Morningglory | Ipomoea purpurea | 
| Tall Oatgrass | see Bulbous Oatgrass | 
| Tall Thistle | Cirsium altissimum | 
| Tall Waterhemp | see Common Waterhemp | 
| Tansy Mustard | Descurainia pinnata | 
| Tansy Mustard | see Pinnate Tansymustard | 
| Tearthumb | Polygonum arifolium | 
| Teaweed | see Prickly Sida | 
| Texas Panicum | Panicum texanum | 
| Texas Thistle | see Buffalobur | 
| Thorny Buryweed | see Spiny Cocklebur | 
| Thoroughwort Pennycress | see Perfoliate Pennycress | 
| Three-way Sedge | Dulichium arundinaceum | 
| Timothy | Phleum pratense | 
| Toothed Spurge | Euphorbia dentata | 
| Toothed Spurge | see Wild Poinsettia | 
| Touch-me-not | Impatiens capensis | 
| Trailing Crownvetch | see Crownvetch | 
| Tree-of-Heaven | Ailanthus altissima | 
| Trifoliate Orange | Poncirus trifoliata | 
| Tropic Croton | Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis | 
| Tropical Soda Apple | Solanum viarum | 
| Trumpet Penstemon | Penstemon tubaeflorus | 
| Trumpetcreeper | Campsis radicans | 
| Tufted Knotweed | Polygonum caespitosum var .longisetum | 
| Tumble Pigweed | Amaranthus albus | 
| Tumbleweed | see Russian Thistle | 
| Valley Redstem | Ammannia coccinea | 
| Variable-leaf Pondweed | Potamogeton diversifolius | 
| Velvetleaf | Abutilon theophrasti | 
| Velvetleaf Ticktrefoil | Desmodium viridiflorum | 
| Venice Mallow | Hibiscus trionum | 
| Viper's Bugloss | Echium vulgare | 
| Virgin's Bower | Clematis terniflora | 
| Virginia Bluebells | Mertensia virginica | 
| Virginia Buttonweed | Diodia virginiana | 
| Virginia Copperleaf | Acalypha virginica | 
| Virginia Cowslip | see Virginia Bluebells | 
| Virginia Creeper | Parthenocissus quinquefolia | 
| Virginia Knotweed | Polygonum virginianum | 
| Virginia Pepperweed | Lepidium virginicum | 
| Virginia Plantain | see Hoary Plantain | 
| Virginia Smartweed | see Virginia Knotweed | 
| Volunteer Wheat | see Wheat | 
| Water Hyacinth | Eichhornia crassipes | 
| Water Pennywort | see Marsh Pennywort | 
| Water Plantain | Alisma subcordatum | 
| Water Purslane | Ludwigia palustris | 
| Water Willow | Justicia americana | 
| Water-starwort | Callitriche heterophylla | 
| Waterhemp | see Common Waterhemp | 
| Waterlilies | Nymphaea spp. | 
| Watermeal | Wolffia spp. | 
| Watershield | Brasenia schreberi | 
| Waterthread Pondweed | see Variable-leaf Pondweed | 
| Western Ironweed | see Baldwins Ironweed | 
| Western Panic-grass | see Lindheimer's Panic-grass | 
| Western Rock Jasmine | Androsace occidentalis | 
| Western Salsify | see Goat's-beard | 
| Western Tansymustard | see Pinnate Tansymustard | 
| Western Yarrow | see Common Yarrow | 
| Wheat | Triticum aestivum | 
| White Avens | Geum canadense | 
| White Campion | Silene alba | 
| White Clover | Trifolium repens | 
| White Flowered Mazus | Mazus japonicus | 
| White Heath Aster | Aster pilosus | 
| White Hickory | see Hickory | 
| White Horehound | see Horehound | 
| White Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana | 
| White Sagebrush | see White Sage | 
| White Sanicle | see White Snakeroot | 
| White Snakeroot | Ageratina altissima | 
| White Sweet Clover | Melilotus alba | 
| White Vervain | Verbena urticifolia | 
| White evening-primrose | see Showy Evening-primrose | 
| White wand beardtongue | see Trumpet Penstemon | 
| White wand penstemon | see Trumpet Penstemon | 
| Wild Basil | Satureja vulgaris | 
| Wild Bergamot | see Bee-balm | 
| Wild Blue Phlox | see Blue Phlox | 
| Wild Buckwheat | Polygonum convolvulus | 
| Wild Carrot | Daucus carota | 
| Wild Chervil | Chaerophyllum procumbens | 
| Wild Chrysanthemum | see Mugwort | 
| Wild Four-O Clock | Mirablis nyctaginea | 
| Wild Garlic | Allium vineale | 
| Wild Grapes | Vitis spp. | 
| Wild Mustard | Brassica kaber | 
| Wild Oat | Avena fatua | 
| Wild Onion | Allium canadense | 
| Wild Pansy | see Field Violet | 
| Wild Parsnip | Pastinaca sativa | 
| Wild Poinsettia | Euphorbia heterophylla | 
| Wild Radish | Raphanus raphanistrum | 
| Wild Sunflower | see Common Sunflower | 
| Wild Sweet William | see Blue Phlox | 
| Wild Vervain | see Blue Vervain | 
| Wild-proso Millet | Panicum miliaceum | 
| Winged Sumac | Rhus copallina | 
| Wingstem | Verbesina alternifolia | 
| Wire Grass | see Bermudagrass | 
| Wireweed | see Prostrate Knotweed | 
| Witchgrass | Panicum capillare | 
| Woodland Phlox | see Blue Phlox | 
| Woodrush | Luzula bulbosa | 
| Woolly Croton | Croton capitatus | 
| Woolly Cupgrass | Eriochloa villosa | 
| Wooly Ragwort | Senecio tomentosus | 
| Yellow Crownbeard | see Stickweed | 
| Yellow Fox Sedge | Carex annectens | 
| Yellow Foxtail | Setaria glauca | 
| Yellow Nutsedge | Cyperus esculentus | 
| Yellow Rocket | Barbarea vulgaris | 
| Yellow Woodsorrel | Oxalis stricta | 
| Yellow-flowered Leaf-cup | Smallanthus uvedalia | 
| Yellowfruit Sedge | see Yellow Fox Sedge | 
| Yucca | Yucca filamentosa | 
| Zarzaparrilla | see Greenbrier | 
For additional assistance identifying weeds, contact Dr. Kevin Braldly, State Extension Weed Scientist (bradleyke@missouri.edu).