Native Plants by County
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Note: This is not intended to be a complete list of native species for each County. It is an abbreviated list that includes the more common or commonly available species. For a more complete list of Virginia native plants, visit the Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora
Scientific Name | Common Name | Plant Form |
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Abdra brachycarpa | Short-fruited whitlow-grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Abies balsamea | Northern balsam, Balsam fir | Large Trees, Medium Trees |
Acalypha gracilens | Slender three-seeded mercury, Short-stalk copperleaf, Slender copperleaf, Three-seeded mercury, Shortsalk copperleaf | Herbs |
Acalypha rhomboidea | Common three-seeded mercury, Common copperleaf | Herbs |
Acalypha virginica | Virginia three-seeded mercury, Virginia copperleaf | Herbs |
Acer floridanum | Southern sugar maple, Florida maple | Large Trees, Medium Trees |
Acer negundo var. negundo | Eastern boxelder | Medium Trees |
Acer nigrum | Black maple | Large Trees |
Acer pensylvanicum | Striped maple | Shrubs & Small Trees |
Acer rubrum | Red maple | Large Trees |
Acer saccharinum | Silver maple | Large Trees |
Acer saccharum | Sugar maple | Large Trees |
Acer spicatum | Mountain maple | Shrubs & Small Trees |
Achillea borealis | Common yarrow | Herbs |
Achillea millefolium | Common yarrow | Herbs |
Aconitum uncinatum | Blue monkshood | Herbs |
Actaea pachypoda | White baneberry, Dolls'-eyes | Herbs |
Actaea podocarpa | Mountain black cohosh, Late black cohosh | Herbs |
Actaea racemosa | Common black cohosh, Bugbane | Herbs |
Adiantum pedatum | Northern maidenhair fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
Aesculus flava | Yellow buckeye, Sweet buckeye, Yellow buckeye | Large Trees |
Aesculus sylvatica | Painted buckeye | Shrubs & Small Trees |
Agalinis obtusifolia | Ten-lobe false foxglove | Herbs |
Agalinis purpurea | Purple false foxglove | Herbs |
Agalinis setacea | Threadleaf false foxglove | Herbs |
Agalinis tenuifolia | Slender false foxglove, Slender-leaf false foxglove | Herbs |
Agastache nepetoides | Yellow giant hyssop | Herbs |
Agastache scrophulariifolia | Purple giant hyssop | Herbs |
Ageratina altissima | White snakeroot | Herbs |
Ageratina aromatica | Small white snakeroot, Lesser snakeroot | Herbs |
Agrimonia gryposepala | Tall hairy agrimony | Herbs |
Agrimonia microcarpa | Low agrimony | Herbs |
Agrimonia parviflora | Small-flowered agrimony, Harvest-lice | Herbs |
Agrimonia pubescens | Downy agrimony | Herbs |
Agrimonia rostellata | Woodland agrimony | Herbs |
Agrostis elliottiana | Elliott's bentgrass, Southern bentgrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Agrostis hyemalis | Winter bentgrass, Ticklegrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Agrostis perennans | Autumn bentgrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Aletris farinosa | White colicroot | Herbs |
Alisma subcordatum | Southern water-plantain | Herbs |
Allium canadense var. canadense | Wild onion, Meadow onion | Herbs |
Allium cernuum | Nodding onion | Herbs |
Allium tricoccum | Ramps, Wild leek, Rampscallions | Herbs |
Alnus serrulata | Smooth alder, Hazel alder | Shrubs & Small Trees |
Alopecurus carolinianus | Carolina foxtail grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Amaranthus cannabinus | Tidal-marsh amaranth, Water-hemp | Herbs |
Amaranthus retroflexus | Rough pigweed, Red-root amaranth | Herbs |
Amauropelta noveboracensis | New york fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
Ambrosia artemisiifolia | Common ragweed | Herbs |
Ambrosia trifida | Giant ragweed | Herbs |
Amelanchier arborea | Downy serviceberry | Medium Trees |
Amelanchier canadensis | Canadian serviceberry | Medium Trees |
Amelanchier laevis | Smooth serviceberry | Medium Trees |
Amelanchier obovalis | Coastal plain serviceberry | Shrubs & Small Trees |
Amelanchier spicata | Running serviceberry, Dwarf serviceberry | Shrubs & Small Trees |
Amianthium muscitoxicum | Fly-poison | Herbs |
Ammannia coccinea | Scarlet ammannia, Purple ammannia | Herbs |
Ammannia latifolia | Scarlet ammannia, Purple ammannia | Herbs |
Amorpha fruticosa | False indigo-bush, Tall indigo-bush | Shrubs & Small Trees |
Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata | Hog-peanut | Herbs, Vines |
Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa | American hog-peanut, Lowland hog-peanut, American hogpeanut | Herbs, Vines |
Amsonia tabernaemontana | Blue star | Herbs |
Anchistea virginica | Virginia chain fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
Andersonglossum virginianum | Wild comfrey | Herbs |
Andropogon gerardii | Big bluestem, Turkeyfoot | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy bluestem, Broomsedge, Bluestem, Bushy beardgrass, Bush beard grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Andropogon gyrans | Bushy bluestem, Broomsedge, Bluestem, Bushy beardgrass, Bush beard grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Andropogon hirsutior | Bushy bluestem, Broomsedge, Bluestem, Bushy beardgrass, Bush beard grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Andropogon virginicus | Bushy bluestem, Broomsedge, Bluestem, Bushy beardgrass, Bush beard grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Anemone acutiloba | Sharp-lobed hepatica, Sharp-lobed liverleaf | Herbs |
Anemone lancifolia | Lanceleaf anemone, Mountain anemone | Herbs |
Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia | Wood anemone | Herbs |
Anemone virginiana var. virginiana | Tall anemone, Thimbleweed | Herbs |
Angelica triquinata | Filmy angelica, Mountain angelica | Herbs |
Angelica venenosa | Hairy angelica | Herbs |
Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica | Howell's pussytoes | Herbs |
Antennaria neglecta | Field pussytoes | Herbs |
Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax | Big-head pussytoes | Herbs |
Antennaria parlinii ssp. parlinii | Parlin's pussytoes | Herbs |
Antennaria plantaginifolia | Plantain-leaved pussytoes | Herbs |
Antennaria solitaria | Single-head pussytoes | Herbs |
Antennaria virginica | Shale-barren pussytoes | Herbs |
Apios americana | Groundnut | Herbs, Vines |
Aplectrum hyemale | Puttyroot, Adam-and-eve | Herbs |
Apocynum androsaemifolium | Spreading dogbane | Herbs |
Apocynum cannabinum | Indian hemp, Hemp dogbane | Herbs |
Apocynum sibiricum | Clasping-leaved dogbane | Herbs |
Aquilegia canadensis | Wild columbine, Eastern red columbine | Herbs |
Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata | Lyre-leaf rock cress | Herbs |
Aralia nudicaulis | Wild sarsaparilla | Herbs |
Aralia racemosa | Spikenard, American spikenard | Herbs |
Aralia spinosa | Devil's walking-stick | Medium Trees, Shrubs & Small Trees |
Arisaema dracontium | Green dragon | Herbs |
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. pusillum | Common jack-in-the-pulpit | Herbs |
Aristida curtissii | Curtiss' three-awn grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Aristida dichotoma | Fork-tip three-awn grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Aristida longespica | Long-awned slim-spike, Three-awn grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Aristida oligantha | Prairie three-awn grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Aristida purpurascens | Long-awned slim-spike, Three-awn grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Aristida virgata | Wandlike three-awn grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Arnica acaulis | Leopard's-bane | Herbs |
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium | Pale indian-plantain | Herbs |
Aronia arbutifolia | Red chokeberry | Shrubs & Small Trees |
Aronia melanocarpa | Black chokeberry | Shrubs & Small Trees |
Aronia prunifolia | Purple chokeberry | Shrubs & Small Trees |
Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus | Goat's-beard | Herbs |
Arundinaria gigantea | Giant cane, River cane | Shrubs & Small Trees |
Arundinaria tecta | Switch cane, Small cane | Shrubs & Small Trees |
Asarum canadense | Common wild ginger | Herbs |
Asclepias amplexicaulis | Clasping milkweed, Sand milkweed, Blunt-leaved milkweed | Herbs |
Asclepias exaltata | Tall milkweed | Herbs |
Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra | Swamp milkweed, Swamp butterfly weed, Marsh milkweed | Herbs |
Asclepias quadrifolia | Whorled milkweed | Herbs |
Asclepias syriaca | Common milkweed | Herbs |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly milkweed, Common butterfly weed, Butterfly weed, Common butterfly-weed | Herbs |
Asclepias variegata | White milkweed | Herbs |
Asclepias verticillata | Whorled milkweed | Herbs |
Asclepias viridiflora | Green milkweed, Green-flowered milkweed, Green comet milkweed, Wand milkweed | Herbs |
Asimina triloba | Pawpaw, Common pawpaw | Medium Trees |
Asplenium montanum | Mountain spleenwort | Fern & Fern Allies |
Asplenium pinnatifidum | Lobed spleenwort | Fern & Fern Allies |
Asplenium platyneuron | Ebony spleenwort | Fern & Fern Allies |
Asplenium resiliens | Blackstem spleenwort | Herbs |
Asplenium rhizophyllum | Walking fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes | Maidenhair spleenwort | Fern & Fern Allies |
Astilbe biternata | Appalachian false goat's-beard | Herbs |
Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis | Canada milkvetch | Herbs |
Athyrium asplenioides | Southern lady fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
Atriplex mucronata | Sea-beach orach | Herbs |
Aureolaria flava | Smooth yellow false foxglove, Smooth oak-leach | Herbs |
Aureolaria laevigata | Entire-leaf yellow false foxglove, Appalachian oak-leach | Herbs |
Aureolaria pedicularia | Fern-leaf yellow false foxglove, Annual oak-leach | Herbs |
Aureolaria virginica | Downy yellow false foxglove, Downy oak-leach | Herbs |
Avenella flexuosa | Wavy hairgrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Axonopus furcatus | Big carpetgrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Baccharis halimifolia | High-tide bush, Groundsel tree | Shrubs & Small Trees |
Baptisia australis | Blue wild indigo, False blue indigo | Herbs |
Baptisia tinctoria | Yellow wild indigo, Horsefly weed | Herbs |
Bartonia virginica | Yellow bartonia, Yellow screwstem | Herbs |
Berberis canadensis | American barberry, Allegheny barberry | Shrubs & Small Trees |
Berchemia scandens | Supplejack, American rattan | Vines |
Betula alleghaniensis | Yellow birch | Large Trees |
Betula lenta var. lenta | Sweet birch, Black birch, Cherry birch | Large Trees, Medium Trees |
Betula nigra | River birch, Red birch | Large Trees |
Bidens bipinnata | Spanish needles | Herbs |
Bidens cernua | Nodding beggar-ticks, Nodding bur-marigold | Herbs |
Bidens comosa | Three-lobe beggar-ticks | Herbs |
Bidens connata | Purple-stem beggar-ticks | Herbs |
Bidens discoidea | Small beggar-ticks | Herbs |
Bidens frondosa | Devil's beggar-ticks | Herbs |
Bidens laevis | Smooth bur-marigold, Showy bur-marigold | Herbs |
Bidens trichosperma | Tall swamp marigold, Crowned beggar-ticks | Herbs |
Bidens vulgata | Tall beggar-ticks, Big devil's beggar-ticks | Herbs |
Bignonia capreolata | Cross-vine | Vines |
Blephilia ciliata | Downy wood mint | Herbs |
Boechera canadensis | Sicklepod, Canada rock cress | Herbs |
Boechera laevigata | Smooth rock cress | Herbs |
Boehmeria cylindrica | False nettle | Herbs |
Bolboschoenus robustus | Saltmarsh bulrush | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Boltonia asteroides | Aster-like boltonia, Star boltonia, White doll's daisy | Herbs |
Boltonia caroliniana | Carolina doll's-daisy | Herbs |
Borrichia frutescens | Seaside oxeye, Sea oxeye | Herbs |
Botrychium matricariifolium | Daisyleaf grape fern, Daisyleaf moonwort | Fern & Fern Allies |
Botrypus virginianus | Rattlesnake fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
Boykinia aconitifolia | Brook saxifrage, Allegheny brookfoam, Eastern boykinia | Herbs |
Brachyelytrum aristosum | Northern shorthusk | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Brachyelytrum erectum | Bearded shorthusk, Common shorthusk | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Bromus latiglumis | Riverbank brome, Auricled brome, Hairy woodbrome | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Bromus nottowayanus | Nottoway valley brome grass, Satin brome | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Bromus pubescens | Common eastern brome grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Bryodesma rupestre | Rock spikemoss | Fern & Fern Allies |
Bulbostylis capillaris | Common hairsedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Cakile edentula | American sea rocket | Herbs |
Calamagrostis canadensis | Bluejoint reedgrass, Canada reedgrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Calamagrostis coarctata | Nuttall's reedgrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. porteri | Porter's reedgrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Callicarpa americana | American beauty-berry, French-mulberry | Shrubs & Small Trees |
Caltha palustris var. palustris | Marsh marigold, Cowslip | Herbs |
Calystegia sepium | Hedge bindweed | Herbs |
Campanula americana | Tall bellflower | Herbs |
Campanula divaricata | Southern harebell, Appalachian bellflower | Herbs |
Campsis radicans | Trumpet-creeper, Trumpet creeper, Trumpet vine, Hellvine, Cow-itch, Foxglove vine, Devil's shoestring | Vines |
Capnoides sempervirens | Pale corydalis, Pink corydalis, Rock harlequin | Herbs |
Cardamine angustata | Slender toothwort | Herbs |
Cardamine bulbosa | Spring cress, Bulbous bittercress | Herbs |
Cardamine concatenata | Cut-leaf toothwort | Herbs |
Cardamine diphylla | Crinkleroot, Two-leaf toothwort | Herbs |
Cardamine parviflora | Sand bittercress, Small-flowered bittercress | Herbs |
Cardamine pensylvanica | Pennsylvania bittercress | Herbs |
Cardamine rotundifolia | American bittercress, Mountain watercress | Herbs |
Carex abscondita | Thicket sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Carex aestivalis | Summer sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Carex aggregata | Glomerate sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Carex alata | Broad-winged sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Carex albicans var. albicans | White-tinged sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Carex albicans var. australis | Southern white-tinged sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Carex albolutescens | Greenish-white sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Carex albursina | White bear sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Carex amphibola | Eastern narrow-leaved sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Carex annectens | Yellow-fuited sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
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