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agronomy
For Middle School Agri science Contest (CDE)
Plant Name | About Plant |
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Canadian Thistle | weed:a perennial herb (Cirsium arvense) in the composite family, native to Europe and naturalized as a noxius weed in North America having spiny-margined leaves and rose-purple or sometimes white flower heads |
Lambsquarter | weed:common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often uses as a potherb |
Cocklebur | weed:any of the several annual weeds of the genus Xanthium, in the composite family, having small seedlike fruits enclosed within a prickly bur that clings readily to clothing or animals fur |
Quack grass | weed:European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed |
Dandelion | weed:A Eurasian plant of the composite family having many-rayed yellow flower heads and deeply notched basal leaves. Wildly naturalized in North America as a weed |
Ragweed | weed:Any of various weeds of the genus having small ,greenish, unisexual flower heads and producing abundant pollen that is one of the chief causes of hay fever |
Green foxtail | weed:European foxtail naturalized in North America; often a troublesome weed |
Velvet leaf | weed:tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leafs and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States |
Jimsonweed | weed:A course poisonous plant (Datura stramonium) having large, trumpet-shaped white or purplish flowers and prickly capsules |
Wild musturd | weed:any of several weedy plants belonging to the genus Brassica, of the mustard family,as charlock |
Barley | seed:A grass in the genus Hordeum,native to tmeperate regions,having flowers in terminal,often longawned spikes |
Rye | seed:a cereal grass (Secale cereale) widely cultivated for its grain;The grain of this plant, used in making whiskey and for lifestock feed |
Corn | seed:also called indian corn it is a usually tall grass,Zea mays,, cultivated for its yellow edible grains, which develop on a spike; the grain of this plant, used for food,fodder,and as a source of oil |
Soybeans | seed:a southeast Asian annual leguminous plant (Glycine mex), widely cultivated for forage and soil improvement and for its nutritious seeds |
Oats | seed:Any of various grasses of the genus Avena, especially A. sativa, widely cultivated for their edible grains |
Wheats | seed:Any of various annual cereal grasses of the genus Triticum of the Mediterranean region and southwest Asia, especially T. aestivum,widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important edible grain |
Sorghum | seed:An Old World grass (Sorghum bicolor), several varieties of which are widely cultivated as grain and forage or as a source of syrup |