Southwest Virginia Flora - Species list

Flora of Southwest Virginia

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Species	Common Name	Family
Abies fraseri Acer negundo Acer rubrum Acer pensylvanicum Acer saccharum Achillea millefolium Actaea pachypoda Adiantum pedatum Aesculus octandra Agalinis purpurea Ailanthus altissima Aletris farinosa Alliaria petiolata Alnus serrulata Amaranthus hybridus Ambrosia artemisiifolia Ambrosia trifida Amelanchier arborea Andropogon virginicus Anemone quinquefolia Anemone virginiana Antennaria plantaginifolia Apios americana Aplectrum hyemale Aquilegia canadensis Arabidopsis thaliana Arabis lyrata Aralia nudicaulis Aralia racemosa Arisaema triphyllum Aristolochia macrophylla Artemesia vulgaris Asarum canadense Asclepius syriaca Asimina triloba Asplenium platyneuron Asplenium rhizophyllum Aster pilosus Aster sp. Athyrium filix-femina Aureolaria laevigata Barbarea vulgaris Bidens frondosa Boehmeria cylindrica Botrychium dissectum Botrychium virginianum Brassica napus Buddleja davidi Campanula divaricata Cardamine diphylla Cardamine hirsuta Cardamine pensylvanica Carex intumescens Carex lurida Carex vulpinoidea Carya sp. Castanea dentata Castanea mollissima Catalpa speciosa Caulophyllum thalictroides Celastrus orbiculatus Cercis canadensis Chaenomeles japonica Chamaelirium luteum Chelone glabrum Chenopodium album Chimaphila maculata Chrysanthemum leucanthemum Cichorium intybus Cimicifuga racemosa Circaea alpina Claytonia caroliniana Clematis virginiana Clethra acuminata Clintonia umbellulata Collinsonia canadensis Commelina communis Conopholis americana Convolvulus arvensis Coreopsis major Cornus amomum Cornus florida Coronilla varia Crataegus sp. Crepis capillaris Cymophyllus fraseri Dactylus glomerata Daucus carota Delphinium tricorne Dennstaedtia punctilobula Descurainia brachycarpa Desmodium nudiflorum Dianthus armeria Dicentra cucullaria Dioscorea villosa Dipsacus sylvestris Disporum lanuginosum Draba verna Dryopteris intermedia Dryopteris marginalis Elaeagnus umbellata Eleocharis obtusa Elymus virginicus Epigaea repens Epilobium ciliatum Equisetum arvense Erigeron philadelphicus Eupatorium fistulosum Eupatorium perfoliatum Eupatorium serotinum Eupatorium rugosum Euphorbia cyparissias Euphorbia maculata Fagus grandifolia Fothergilla gardeni Fragaria virginiana Fraxinus americana Galax aphylla Galeopsis tetrahit* Galinsoga ciliata Galium aparine Galium lanceolatum Gaultheria procumbens Gentiana decora Geranium columbinum Geranium maculatum Geranium pusillum Geum virginianum Ginkgo biloba Glechoma hederacea Goodyeara pubescens Habenaria lacera Halesia carolina Hamamelis virginiana Hepatica acutiloba Hesperis matronalis Hexastylis virginica Hibiscus syriacus Hieracium pratense Hieracium venosum Houstonia caerulea Houstonia longifolia Hydrangea arborescens Hypericum canadense Hypericum prolificum Hypericum punctatum Hypoxis hirsuta Ilex opaca Impatiens capensis Impatiens palida Iris cristata Iris pseudacorus Isotria verticillata Jeffersonia diphylla Juglans nigra Juncus effusus Juniperus virginiana Kalmia latifolia Lactuca floridana Lactuca saligna Lamium purpurium Lamium amplexicaule Lathyrus latifolius Lespedeza bicolor Lespedeza cuneata Ligustrum obtusifolium Lindera benzoin Liquidambar styraciflua Liriodendron tulipifera Lobelia inflata Lobelia cardinalis Lobelia siphilitica Lonicera japonica Lonicera morrowi Lotus corniculatus Ludwigia alternifolia Ludwigia palustris Lunaria annua Luzula multiflora Lychnis alba Lycopodium flabelliforme Lycopodium obscurum Lycopodium lucidulum Lycopus virginicus Lysimachia quadrifolia Magnolia acuminata Magnolia fraseri Magnolia tripetala Mahonia beali Maianthemum canadense Malus sp. Medeola virginiana Medicago lupulina Medicago sativa Melilotus alba Melilotus officinalis Menispermum canadense Metasequoia glyptostroboides Mimulus ringens Mitchella repens Mitella diphylla Monotropa uniflora Nyssa sylvatica Obolaria virginica Oenothera biennis Onoclea sensibilis Opuntia humifusa Orchis spectabilis Osmorhiza claytonii Osmunda cinnamomea Osmunda claytoniana Osmunda regalis Oxalis corniculata Oxalis violacea Oxydendrum arboreum Panax quinquefolium Panicum sp. Parthenocissus quinquefolia Pedicularis canadensis Penstemon digitalis Phacelia bipinnatifida Phleum pratense Phlox maculata Phytolacca americana Picea rubens Pinus sp. Pinus strobus Pinus palustris Pinus virginiana Plantago lanceolata Plantago major Platanus occidentalis Podophyllum peltatum Polygala sanguinea Polygonatum biflorum Polygonum cuspidatum Polygonum sagittatum Polygonum punctatum Polypodium virginianum Polystichum acrostichoides Potamogeton sp. Potentilla recta Potentilla simplex Prenanthes altissima Prunella vulgaris Prunus serotina Pteridium aquilinum Pyrola rotundifolia Pyrularia pubera Quercus alba Quercus palustris Quercus prinus Ranunculus abortivus Ranunculus acris Ranunculus bulbosus Ranunculus recurvatus Rhododendron calendulaceum Rhododendron maximum Rhus glabra Rhus radicans Rhus copallina Robinia hispida Robinia pseudo-acacia Rosa multiflora Rubus argutus Rubus hispida Rubus odorata Rudbeckia hirta Rumex spp. Sabatia angularis Salix sp. Sambucus canadensis Sanguinaria canadensis Sanicula canadensis Sassafras albidum Sedum ternatum Sedum sarmentosum Senecio aureus Senecio smallii Silene virginica Sisyrinchium mucronatum Smilacina racemosa Smilax rotundifolia Solanum americanum Solanum carolinense Solidago curtisii Solidago nemoralis Spiranthes cernua Spirea alba Spirea tomentosa Staphylea trifolia Stellaria graminea Stellaria media Stellaria pubera Stylophorum diphyllum Taraxacum officinale Thalictrum thalictroides Thelypteris noveboracensis Thlaspi arvense Thuja occidentalis Tiarella cordifolia Tilia americana Tipularia discolor Trifolium pratense Trifolium repens Trillium erectum Trillium grandiflorum Trillium undulatum Tsuga canadensis Tussilago farfara Typha latifolia Ulmus americana Uvularia perfoliata Uvularia grandiflora Vaccinium vacillans Vaccinium stamineum Verbascum blattaria Verbascum thapsis Verbena urticifolia Vernonia noveboracensis Veronica hederaefolia Veronica officinalis Veronica persica Veronica serpyllifolia Viburnum acerifolium Viburnum cassinoides Viburnum prunifolium Vicia angustifolia Vicia caroliniana Vicia dasycarpa Vinca minor Viola arvensis Viola blanda Viola canadensis Viola eriocarpa Viola hastata Viola papilionacea Viola primulifolia Viola rostrata Vitis aestivalis Zelkova sp. Zizia aurea	Fir Box Elder Red Maple Striped Maple Sugar Maple Yarrow Baneberry Maidenhair Fern Horse Chestnut Purple Gerardia Tree of Heavan Star-grass Garlic Mustard Smooth Alder Pigweed Ragweed Giant Ragweed Serviceberry Broomsedge Wood Anemone Thimbleweed Pussy Toes Groundnut Puttyroot Columbine Mouse-ear Cress Lyreleaf Rockcress Wild Sarsaparilla American Spikenard Jack-in-the-Pulpit Dutchman's Pipe Mugwort Wild Ginger Milkweed Pawpaw Ebony Spleenwort Walking Fern White Heath Aster Aster Lady Fern Yellow Foxglove Yellow Rocket Beggar-Ticks False Nettle Grape Fern Rattlesnake Fern Wild Turnip Butterfly Bush Southern Bellflower Toothwort Bittercress Pennsylvania Bittercress Swollen Sedge Yellow-green Sedge Foxtail Sedge Hickory American Chestnut Chinese Chestnut Cigar Tree Blue Cohosh Bittersweet Redbud Flowering Quince Blazing Star, Devil's Bit Turtlehead Lamb's Quarters Spotted Wintergreen Ox-Eye Daisy Chickory Black Cohosh Enchanter's Nightshade Carolina Spring Beauty Virgin's Bower Sweet Pepperbush Speckled Wood Lily Horse-Balm Day-Flower Cancer-Root Field Bindweed Wood Tickseed Kinnikinnik Flowering Dogwood Crown Vetch Hawthorne Smooth Hawkbeard Fraser's Sedge Orchard Grass Queen Anne's Lace Larkspur Hey-scented Fern Tansy Mustard Tick Trefoil Pink Dutchman's Breeches Wild Yam Teasel Hairy Disporum Whitlow Grass Fancy Fern Marginal Shield Fern Autumn Olive Spikerush Wild Rye Trailing Arbutus Willow Herb Horsetail Fleabane Joe Pye Weed Boneset Thoroughwort White Snakeroot Cypress Spurge Spotted Spurge American Beech Witch Alder Wild Strawberry American Ash Galax Hemp Nettle* Raceweed Goosegrass Bedstraw Wintergreen Showy Gentian Long-stalked Crane's Bill Wild Geranium Small flowered Crane's Bill Virginia Avens Maidenhair Tree Ground Ivy Rattlesnake Plantain Ragged Fringed Orchid Carolina Silverbell Witch Hazel Liver Leaf Dame's Rocket Virginia Heartleaf Rose of Sharon Field Hawkweed Rattlesnake-Weed Bluet Long-leaved Summer Bluet Wild Hydrangea Canadian St. John's Wort Shrubby St. John's Wort Dotted St. John's Wort Yellow Star Grass American Holly Spotted Touch-Me-Not Pale Touch-Me-Not Dwarf Crested Iris Yellow Iris Whorled Pogonia Twinleaf Black Walnut Common Rush Red Cedar Mountain Laurel Florida Blue Lettuce Willow Lettuce Purple Dead-Nettle Henbit Everlasting Pea Japanese Bushclover Sericea Privet Spice Bush Sweet Gum Yellow Poplar, Tulip Tree Indian Tobacco Cardinal Flower Great Blue Lobelia Honeysuckle Morrow's Honeysuckle Birdfoot Trefoil Seedbox Marsh Purslane Honesty Common Woodrush White Campion Ground Pine Tree Clubmoss Shining Clubmoss Bugleweed Whorled Loosestrife Cucumber Tree Mountain Magnolia Umbrella Tree Oregon Grape Mayflower Apple Indian Cucumber-root Black Medic Alfalfa White Sweetclover Yellow Sweetclover Moonseed Dawn Redwood Monkey Flower Partridgeberry Bishop's Cap Indian Pipe Black Gum Pennywort Evening Primrose Sensitive Fern Prickly Pear Showy Orchid Sweet Cicely Cinnamon Fern Interrupted Fern Royal Fern Wood Sorrel Violet Wood Sorrel Sourwood Ginseng Grass Virginia Creeper Lousewort Foxglove Beardtongue Fern-Leaved Phacelia Timothy Spotted Phlox Pokeweed Spruce Pine White Pine Long-leaf Pine Scrub Pine Plantain Great Plantain Sycamore May-apple Rose Polygala Common Solomon's Seal Japanese Knotweed Arrowleaf Tearthumb Water Smartweed Rock Cap Fern Christmas Fern Pondweed Upright Cinquefoil Cinquefoil Tall White Lettuce Heal-All Wild Black Cherry Bracken Fern Round-leaved Wintergreen Buffalonut White Oak Pin Oak Chestnut Oak Kidneyleaf Crowfoot Meadow Buttercup Bulbous Buttercup Hooked Crowfoot Flame Azalea Great Laurel Smooth Sumac Poison Ivy Winged Sumac Bristly Locust Black Locust Multiflora Rose Blackberry Dewberry FLowering Raspberry Black-Eyed Susan Dock Rose Pink Willow Elderberry Bloodroot Black Snakeroot White Sassafras Wild Stonecrop Stonecrop Golden Ragwort Small's Ragwort Fire Pink Blue-Eyed Grass False Solomon's Seal Common Greenbrier Black Nightshade Horse-Nettle Curtis' Goldenrod Goldenrod Nodding Ladies' Tresses Meadowsweet Steeplebush Bladdernut Lesser Stitchwort Common Chickweed Great Chickweed Celandine poppy Dandelion Wind Flower New York Fern Penny cress White Cedar, Arborvitae Foam Flower Linden Tree, Basswood Cranefly Orchid Red Clover White Clover Wake Robin Large-Flowered Trillium Painted Trillium Eastern Hemlock Coltsfoot Cattail Elm Mealy Bellwort Large-Flowered Bellwort Blueberry Squaw Huckleberry Moth Mullein Great Mullein Nettleleaf Vervain Iron Weed Ivy-leaved Speedwell Common Speedwell Bird's Eye Thyme-leaved Speedwell Maple-leaf Arrowwood Wild Raisin Black Haw Common Vetch Wild Vetch Smooth Vetch Periwinkle Wild Pansy Sweet White Violet Canada Violet Smooth Yellow Violet Halberd-Leaf Violet Common Blue Violet Primrose-leaved Violet Long-Spurred Violet Summer Grape Zelkova Golden Alexander	Pinaceae Aceraceae Aceraceae Aceraceae Aceraceae Asteraceae Ranunculaceae Pteridaceae Hippocastanaceae Scrophulariaceae Simaroubaceae Liliaceae Brassicaceae Betulaceae Amaranthaceae Asteraceae Asteraceae Roseaceae Poaceae Ranunculaceae Ranunculaceae Asteraceae Fabaceae Orchidaceae Ranunculaceae Brassicaceae Brassicaceae Araliaceae Araliaceae Araceae Aristolochiaceae Asteraceae Aristolochiaceae Asclepiadaceae Annonaceae Aspleniaceae Aspleniaceae Asteraceae Asteraceae Aspidiaceae Scrophulariaceae Brassicaceae Asteraceae Urticaceae Ophioglossaceae Ophioglossaceae Brassicaceae Loganiaceae Campanulaceae Brassicaceae Brassicaceae Brassicaceae Cyperaceae Cyperaceae Cyperaceae Juglandaceae Fagaceae Fagaceae Bignoniaceae Berberidaceae Celastraceae Fabaceae Rosaceae Liliaceae Scrophulariaceae Chenopodiaceae Ericaceae Asteraceae Asteraceae Ranunculaceae Onagraceae Portulacacaeae Ranunculaceae Clethraceae Liliaceae Lamiaceae Commelinaceae Orobanchaceae Convolvulaceae Asteraceae Cornaceae Cornaceae Fabaceae Rosaceae Asteraceae Cyperaceae Poaceae Apiaceae Ranunculaceae Pteridaceae Brassicaceae Fabaceae Caryophyllaceae Fumariaceae Dioscoreaceae Dipsacaceae Liliaceae Brassicaceae Aspidiaceae Aspidiaceae Elaeagnaceae Cyperaceae Poaceae Ericaceae Onagraceae Equisetaceae Asteraceae Asteraceae Asteraceae Asteraceae Asteraceae Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae Fagaceae Hamamelidaceae Rosaceae Oleaceae Diapensiaceae Lamiaceae Asteraceae Rubiaceae Rubiaceae Ericaceae Gentianaceae Geraniaceae Geraniaceae Geraniaceae Rosaeae Ginkgoaceae Lamiaceae Orchidaceae Orchidaceae Styracaceae Hamamelidaceae Ranunculaceae Brassicaceae Aristolochiaceae Malvaceae Asteraceae Asteraceae Rubiaceae Rubiaceae Saxifragaceae Hypericaceae Hypericaceae Hypericaceae Amaryllidaceae Aquifoliaceae Balsaminaceae Balsaminaceae Iridaceae Iridaceae Orchidaceae Berberidaceae Juglandaceae Juncaceae Cupressaceae Ericaceae Asteraceae Asteraceae Lamiaceae Lamiaceae Fabaceae Fabaceae Fabaceae Oleaceae Lauraceae Hamamelidaceae Magnoliaceae Campanulaceae Campanulaceae Campanulaceae Caprifoliaceae Caprifoliaceae Fabaceae Onagraceae Onagraceae Brassicaceae Juncaceae Caryophyllaceae Lycopodiaceae Lycopodiaceae Lycopodiaceae Lamiaceae Primulaceae Magnoliaceae Magnoliaceae Magnoliaceae Berberidaceae Liliaceae Rosaceae Liliaceae Fabaceae Fabaceae Fabaceae Fabaceae Menispermaceae Taxodiaceae Scrophulariaceae Rubiaceae Saxifragaceae Ericaceae Nyssaceae Gentianaceae Onagraceae Aspidiaceae Cactaceae Orchidaceae Apiaceae Osmundaceae Osmundaceae Osmundaceae Oxalidaceae Oxalidaceae Ericaceae Araliaceae Poaceae Vitaceae Scrophulariaceae Scrophulariaceae Hydrophyllaceae Poaceae Polemoniaceae Phytolaccaceae Pinaceae Pinaceae Pinaceae Pinaceae Pinaceae Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae Platanaceae Berberidaceae Polygalaceae Liliaceae Polygonaceae Polygonaceae Polygonaceae Polypodiaceae Aspidiaceae Potamogetonaceae Rosaceae Rosaceae Asteraceae Lamiaceae Rosaceae Pteridaceae Ericaceae Santalaceae Fagaceae Fagaceae Fagaceae Ranunculaceae Ranunculaceae Ranunculaceae Ranunculaceae Ericaceae Ericaceae Anacardiaceae Anacardiaceae Anacardiaceae Fabaceae Fabaceae Rosaceae Rosaceae Rosaceae Rosaceae Asteraceae Polygonaceae Gentianaceae Salicaceae Caprifoliaceae Papaveraceae Apiaceae Lauraceae Crassulaceae Crassulaceae Asteraceae Asteraceae Caryophyllaceae Iridaceae Liliaceae Liliaceae Solanaceae Solanaceae Asteraceae Asteraceae Orchidaceae Rosaceae Rosaceae Staphyleaceae Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae Papaveraceae Asteraceae Ranunculaceae Aspidiaceae Brassicaceae Cupressaceae Saxifragaceae Tiliaceae Orchidaceae Fabaceae Fabaceae Liliaceae Liliaceae Liliaceae Pinaceae Asteraceae Typhaceae Ulmaceae Liliaceae Liliaceae Ericaceae Ericaceae Scrophulariaceae Scrophulariaceae Verbenaceae Asteraceae Scrophulariaceae Scrophulariaceae Scrophulariaceae Scrophulariaceae Caprifoliaceae Caprifoliaceae Caprifoliaceae Fabaceae Fabaceae Fabaceae Apocynaceae Violaceae Violaceae Violaceae Violaceae Violaceae Violaceae Violaceae Violaceae Vitaceae Ulmaceae Apiaceae

*identification questionable.

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