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Common Chickweed

Image courtesy of the slide collection of Jack Harper.

Common Chickweed

Image courtesy of the slide collection of Jack Harper.

Image courtesy of Jeffrey Borger.

Common Chickweed

Image courtesy of Jeffrey Borger.

Close-up of stem showing hairs. Image courtesy of Jeffrey Borger.

Common Chickweed

Close-up of stem showing hairs. Image courtesy of Jeffrey Borger.

Leaves and emerging flower bud. Image courtesy of Jeffrey Borger.

Common Chickweed

Leaves and emerging flower bud. Image courtesy of Jeffrey Borger.

Photo courtesy of Matthew Naedel.

Common Chickweed

Photo courtesy of Matthew Naedel.

Photo courtesy of Matthew Naedel.

Common Chickweed

Photo courtesy of Matthew Naedel.

Hair-lined stem. Photo courtesy of Matthew Naedel.

Common Chickweed

Hair-lined stem. Photo courtesy of Matthew Naedel.

Photo courtesy of Matthew Naedel.

Common Chickweed

Photo courtesy of Matthew Naedel.

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Plant Identification

  • Plant Identification Overview
  • Broadleaf Weeds
    • Broadleaf Weeds Overview
    • Aster, Whiteheath
    • Brambles
    • Buckwheat, Wild
    • Burcucumber
    • Burdock, Common
    • Buttercup, Tall
    • Butterfly-weed
    • Carrot, Wild
    • Catchfly, Night-flowering
    • Chickweed, Common
    • Chickweed, Mouseear
    • Clover, White
    • Cinquefoil, spp.
    • Chicory
    • Coltsfoot
    • Cornmint
    • Cornspurry
    • Cucumber, Wild
    • Daisy, Ox-eye
    • Dandelion, Common
    • Dock, Broadleaf
    • Dock, Curly
    • Dogbane
    • Dogfennel
    • Evening Primrose, Cutleaf
    • Fern, Eastern Bracken
    • Filaree, Redstem
    • Galinsoga, Hairy
    • Geranium, Wild
    • Goldenrod, Canada
    • Goosefoot, Nettleleaf
    • Ground Cherry, Clammy
    • Groundsel
    • Hawkweed, Yellow
    • Healall
    • Hemlock, Poison
    • Hemp, Sesbania
    • Henbit
    • Horsetail, Field
    • Ivy, Ground
    • Ivy, Poison
    • Jimsonweed
    • Knotgrass, German
    • Knotweed, Prostrate
    • Kochia
    • Ladysthumb
    • Lambsquarter
    • Lettuce, Prickly
    • Medic, Black
    • Mallow
    • Marestail
    • Mayweed
    • Milkweed
    • Morning-glory
    • Mugwort
    • Nightshade, Bitter
    • Oxalis
    • Plantain, Bracted
    • Plantain, Broadleaf
    • Plantain, Buckhorn
    • Passion Flower
    • Pea, Partridge
    • Pear, Prickly
    • Pearlwort, Birdseye
    • Pennycress, Field
    • Peppervine
    • Pigweed, Redroot
    • Pineapple-weed
    • Pokeweed, Common
    • Purslane
    • Ragweed, spp.
    • Redmaids, Fringed
    • Rocket, Yellow
    • Scarlet-pimpernel
    • Shepherds-purse
    • Sicklepod
    • Smartweed, Pennsylvania
    • Snakeroot, White
    • Snow on the Mountain
    • Sorrel, Red
    • Sowthistle, Perennial
    • Spanish-needles
    • Speedwell, Creeping
    • Speedwell, Ivyleaf
    • Speedwell, Thymeleaf
    • Sprangletop, Red
    • Spurge, Leafy
    • Spurge, Prostrate
    • Spurge, Spotted
    • Starbur, Bristly
    • St. Johnswort
    • Sumac, Poison
    • Swinecress
    • Thistle, Bull
    • Thistle, Canada
    • Trefoil, Birdsfoot
    • Trumpet-creeper
    • Velvetleaf
    • Verbena, Bigbract
    • Verbena, Sandpaper
    • Yarrow
    • Vetch, spp.
    • Violet
    • Watermelon, Wild
    • Whitlowgrass, Early
    • Witchweed, Asiatic
  • Grasses and Sedges
    • Grasses and Sedges Overview
    • Barnyardgrass
    • Barley, Little
    • Bentgrass, Creeping
    • Bluegrass, Annual
    • Bluegrass, Kentucky
    • Bluegrass, Rough
    • Bromegrass, Downy
    • Cane, Wild
    • Crabgrass, Smooth
    • Dallisgrass
    • Dayflower, Asiatic
    • Fescue, Fine spp.
    • Fescue, Tall
    • Foxtail, Green
    • Foxtail, Giant
    • Foxtail, Yellow
    • Goosegrass
    • Johnsongrass
    • Nimblewill
    • Nutsedge, Yellow
    • Onion, Wild
    • Orchardgrass
    • Panicum, Fall
    • Quackgrass
    • Rush, Toad
    • Ryegrass, Perennial
    • Sandbur, Field
    • Signalgrass, spp.
    • Smutgrass
    • Stinkgrass
    • Velvetgrass, Common
    • Witchgrass
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