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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crataegus viridis | Green hawthorn | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Crotalaria sagittalis | Rattlebox, Arrowhead rattlebox | Herbs |
| Cryptotaenia canadensis | Honewort | Herbs |
| Cunila origanoides | Common dittany, Wild oregano, Stonemint | Herbs |
| Cynanchum laeve | Honeyvine, Sandvine | Herbs |
| Danthonia spicata | Poverty oatgrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Decodon verticillatus | Swamp loosestrife, Bog loosestrife, Swamp candles | Herbs, Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Delphinium tricorne | Dwarf larkspur | Herbs |
| Dennstaedtia punctilobula | Hay-scented fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Desmodium canescens | Hoary tick-trefoil | Herbs |
| Desmodium ciliare | Hairy small-leaf tick-trefoil | Herbs |
| Desmodium glabellum | Dillenius' tick-trefoil | Herbs |
| Desmodium laevigatum | Smooth tick-trefoil | Herbs |
| Desmodium marilandicum | Smooth small-leaf tick-trefoil, Maryland tick-trefoil | Herbs |
| Desmodium paniculatum | Narrow-leaf tick trefoil, Panicled tick trefoil, Velcro vine | Herbs |
| Desmodium perplexum | Perplexing tick-trefoil | Herbs |
| Dicentra canadensis | Squirrel corn | Herbs |
| Dicentra cucullaria | Dutchman's breeches | Herbs |
| Dicentra eximia | Wild bleeding heart | Herbs |
| Dichanthelium acuminatum | Woolly panic grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Dichanthelium acuminatum | Slender-stemmed panic grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Dichanthelium acuminatum | Lindheimer's panic grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Dichanthelium clandestinum | Deer-tongue grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Dichanthelium dichotomum | Small-fruited panic grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Dichanthelium scoparium | Velvet panic grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Diervilla lonicera | Northern bush-honeysuckle | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Dioscorea villosa | Wild yam | Herbs |
| Diospyros virginiana | Common persimmon, American persimmon | Large Trees |
| Doellingeria infirma | Cornel-leaved aster | Herbs |
| Doellingeria umbellata | Flat-top white aster, Parasol whitetop, Flat-topped white aster, Parasol white-top, Tall white-aster | Herbs |
| Dryopteris carthusiana | Spinulose wood fern, Toothed wood fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Dryopteris celsa | Log fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Dryopteris cristata | Crested wood fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Dryopteris goldieana | Goldie's wood fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Dryopteris intermedia | Evergreen wood fern, Fancy fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Dryopteris marginalis | Evergreen wood fern, Fancy fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Eleocharis acicularis | Needle spikerush | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Eleocharis erythropoda | Bald spikerush | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Eleocharis obtusa | Blunt spikerush | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Elephantopus carolinianus | Carolina elephant's-foot | Herbs |
| Elephantopus nudatus | Smooth elephant's-foot | Herbs |
| Elephantopus tomentosus | Hairy elephant's-foot, Devil's grandmother | Herbs |
| Elymus glabriflorus | Southeastern wild rye | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Elymus hystrix | Bottlebrush grass, Bottle-brush grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Elymus macgregorii | Early wild rye, Macgregor's wild rye | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Elymus riparius | Riverbank wild rye | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Elymus villosus | Hairy wild rye, Downy wild rye | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Elymus virginicus | Virginia wild rye, Eastern wild rye, Eastern wild-rye, Terrell grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Endodeca serpentaria | Turpentine-root, Virginia snakeroot | Herbs |
| Epigaea repens | Trailing arbutus | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Epilobium coloratum | Purple-leaved willow-herb | Herbs |
| Eragrostis hirsuta | Big-top lovegrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple lovegrass, Tumblegrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Erianthus alopecuroides | Silver plumegrass, Woolly plumegrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Erianthus giganteus | Giant plumegrass, Sugar cane, Sugarcane | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Erigeron philadelphicus | Philadelphia fleabane | Herbs |
| Erythronium americanum | Yellow trout lily, Fawn lily | Herbs |
| Eubotrys racemosus | Fetterbush, Swamp dog-hobble | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Euonymus americanus | Strawberry-bush, American strawberry-bush, Heart's-a-bustin' | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Euonymus atropurpureus | Winged euonymus, Burning bush, Burning-bush | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Eupatorium altissimum | Tall thoroughwort | Herbs |
| Eupatorium godfreyanum | Godfrey's thoroughwort | Herbs |
| Eupatorium hyssopifolium | Hyssop-leaf thoroughwort, Hyssop-leaved boneset | Herbs |
| Eupatorium perfoliatum | Boneset, Common boneset | Herbs |
| Eupatorium pilosum | Vervain thoroughwort, Rough boneset | Herbs |
| Eupatorium pubescens | Hairy thoroughwort, Hairy boneset | Herbs |
| Eupatorium rotundifolium | Roundleaf thoroughwort, Roundleaf boneset | Herbs |
| Eupatorium serotinum | Late thoroughwort | Herbs |
| Eupatorium sessilifolium | Upland boneset | Herbs |
| Eupatorium torreyanum | Torrey's thoroughwort | Herbs |
| Euphorbia corollata | Flowering spurge | Herbs |
| Eurybia divaricata | White wood aster | Herbs |
| Eurybia macrophylla | Big-leaf aster, Large-leaved aster | Herbs |
| Euthamia caroliniana | Slender flat-top goldenrod, Slender fragrant goldenrod | Herbs |
| Euthamia graminifolia | Grass-leaved goldenrod, Lance-leaved goldenrod, Common flat-top goldenrod | Herbs |
| Eutrochium fistulosum | Three-nerved joe-pye-weed, Coastal plain joe pye weed , Coastal plain joe-pye weed , Coastal plain joepye weed , Joe pye thoroughwort | Herbs |
| Fagus grandifolia | American beech | Large Trees |
| Fragaria virginiana | Wild strawberry, Virginia strawberry | Herbs |
| Frangula caroliniana | Carolina buckthorn | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Fraxinus americana | White ash, American ash | Large Trees |
| Galium circaezans | Forest bedstraw | Herbs |
| Gaultheria procumbens | Wintergreen, Teaberry | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Gaylussacia baccata | Black huckleberry | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Gelsemium sempervirens | Yellow jessamine, Carolina jessamine | Vines |
| Gentiana clausa | Bottle gentian, Closed gentian | Herbs |
| Gentiana saponaria | Soapwort gentian | Herbs |
| Geranium carolinianum | Carolina geranium, Carolina cranesbill | Herbs |
| Geranium maculatum | Wild geranium | Herbs |
| Geum canadense | White avens | Herbs |
| Geum virginianum | Cream avens | Herbs |
| Gillenia trifoliata | Bowman's-root, Mountain indian-physic | Herbs |
| Glyceria striata | Fowl mannagrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Goodyera pubescens | Downy rattlesnake-plantain | Herbs |
| Hamamelis virginiana | Witch hazel, Witchhazel | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Helenium autumnale | Common sneezeweed, Autumnale sneezeweed | Herbs |
| Helenium flexuosum | Southern sneezeweed | Herbs |
| Helianthus angustifolius | Narrow-leaved sunflower | Herbs |
| Helianthus decapetalus | Thin-leaved sunflower | Herbs |
| Helianthus divaricatus | Woodland sunflower | Herbs |
| Helianthus giganteus | Tall sunflower, Giant sunflower | Herbs |
| Helianthus microcephalus | Small-headed sunflower | Herbs |
| Helianthus strumosus | Pale-leaved sunflower | Herbs |
| Heliopsis helianthoides | Oxeye sunflower, Oxeye | Herbs |
| Hepatica acutiloba | Sharp-lobed hepatica, Sharp-lobed liverleaf | Herbs |
| Hepatica americana | Round-lobed hepatica, Round-lobed liverleaf | Herbs |
| Heracleum maximum | Cow-parsnip, Common cow-parsnip | Herbs |
| Heuchera americana | American alumroot | Herbs |
| Heuchera villosa | Hairy alumroot | Herbs |
| Hexasepalum teres | Common buttonweed, Rough buttonweed | Herbs |
| Hibiscus laevis | Halberd-leaf rose-mallow, Smooth rose-mallow | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Hibiscus moscheutos | Swamp rose-mallow, Eastern rose-mallow, Crimson-eyed rose-mallow | Herbs |
| Hieracium gronovii | Hairy hawkweed | Herbs |
| Hieracium paniculatum | Panicled hawkweed, Alleghany hawkweed | Herbs |
| Hieracium scabrum | Rough hawkweed | Herbs |
| Hieracium venosum | Rattlesnake weed | Herbs |
| Homalosorus pycnocarpos | Glade fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Houstonia caerulea | Common bluets, Azur bluets, Quaker ladies | Herbs |
| Houstonia longifolia | Longleaf bluets | Herbs |
| Houstonia purpurea | Summer bluets | Herbs |
| Hydrangea arborescens | Wild hydrangea, Smooth hydrangea | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Hydrophyllum virginianum | Virginia waterleaf, Eastern waterleaf | Herbs |
| Hylodesmum nudiflorum | Naked-flowered tick-trefoil | Herbs |
| Hypericum hypericoides | St. andrew's cross | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Hypericum prolificum | Shrubby st. john's-wort | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Hypericum punctatum | Spotted st. john's-wort | Herbs |
| Hypoxis hirsuta | Eastern yellow stargrass | Herbs |
| Ilex opaca | American holly | Medium Trees |
| Ilex verticillata | Winterberry | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Impatiens capensis | Orange jewelweed, Spotted jewelweed, Touch-me-not | Herbs |
| Impatiens pallida | Yellow jewelweed, Pale jewelweed | Herbs |
| Ionactis linariifolia | Stiff-leaved aster | Herbs |
| Iris cristata | Dwarf crested iris | Herbs |
| Iris versicolor | Harlequin blueflag, Northern blue flag, Large blue iris | Herbs |
| Iris virginica | Virginia blue flag, Southern blue flag | Herbs |
| Isotrema macrophyllum | Pipevine, Dutchman's-pipe | Herbs |
| Itea virginica | Virginia-willow, Virginia sweetspire | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Jeffersonia diphylla | Twinleaf | Herbs |
| Juglans nigra | Black walnut | Large Trees |
| Juncus acuminatus | Sharp-fruited rush | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Juncus biflorus | Large grass-leaved rush | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Juncus canadensis | Canadian rush | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Juncus dudleyi | Dudley's rush | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Juncus effusus | Soft rush, Common rush | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Juncus tenuis | Path rush, Slender rush, Poverty rush | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern redcedar | Large Trees, Medium Trees |
| Justicia americana | Common water-willow, American water-willow | Herbs |
| Kalmia latifolia | Mountain laurel, Ivy | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Lactuca biennis | Tall blue lettuce | Herbs |
| Lactuca canadensis | Wild lettuce | Herbs |
| Leersia oryzoides | Rice cutgrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Leersia virginica | White grass, White cutgrass, Virginia cutgrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Lespedeza capitata | Round-headed lespedeza, Round-headed bush-clover | Herbs |
| Lespedeza frutescens | Violet lespedeza, Violet bush-clover | Herbs |
| Lespedeza procumbens | Trailing lespedeza, Trailing bush-clover | Herbs |
| Lespedeza repens | Creeping lespedeza, Creeping bush-clover | Herbs |
| Lespedeza virginica | Slender lespedeza, Slender bush-clover | Herbs |
| Liatris pilosa | Grass-leaf blazing star, Grass-leaf gayfeather | Herbs |
| Liatris spicata | Dense blazing star, Dense gayfeather, Dense liatris, Marsh blazing star, Marsh gayfeather, Marsh liatris | Herbs |
| Liatris squarrosa | Plains blazing star | Herbs |
| Lilium canadense | Canada lily | Herbs |
| Lilium superbum | Turk's-cap lily | Herbs |
| Lindera benzoin | Spicebush | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum | Large Trees |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip-tree, Tulip-poplar, Yellow poplar | Large Trees |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal flower | Herbs |
| Lobelia inflata | Indian tobacco | Herbs |
| Lobelia puberula | Downy lobelia | Herbs |
| Lobelia siphilitica | Great blue lobelia | Herbs |
| Lonicera dioica | Limber honeysuckle, Red honeysuckle | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Trumpet honeysuckle, Coral honeysuckle | Vines |
| Lorinseria areolata | Netted chain fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Ludwigia alternifolia | Seedbox, Alternate-leaved seedbox | Herbs |
| Ludwigia linearis | Narrow-leaved seedbox | Herbs |
| Lupinus perennis | Sundial lupine | Herbs |
| Luzula echinata | Spreading woodrush | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Luzula multiflora | Common woodrush | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Lycopus americanus | American bugleweed | Herbs |
| Lycopus uniflorus | Northern bugleweed | Herbs |
| Lycopus virginicus | Virginia bugleweed, Virginia water horehound | Herbs |
| Lysimachia quadrifolia | Whorled loosestrife | Herbs |
| Lysimachia terrestris | Swamp loosestrife, Bog loosestrife, Swamp candles | Herbs |
| Lythrum lineare | Narrow-leaf loosestrife, Wand loosestrife, Salt marsh loosestrife | Herbs |
| Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay magnolia | Medium Trees |
| Maianthemum canadense | Canada mayflower, False lily-of-the-valley | Herbs |
| Maianthemum racemosum | False solomon's seal, Eastern solomons-plume | Herbs |
| Maianthemum racemosum | False solomon's seal, Eastern solomons-plume | Herbs |
| Malus coronaria | Sweet crabapple | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Matelea carolinensis | Carolina milkvine | Herbs |
| Matelea obliqua | Climbing milkvine | Herbs |
| Medeola virginiana | Indian cucumber-root | Herbs |
| Melica mutica | Two-flower melic | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Melothria pendula | Melonette, Creeping cucumber, Guadeloupe cucumber | Herbs |
| Menispermum canadense | Canada moonseed, Common moonseed | Vines |
| Mentha canadensis | Canada mint, Wild mint | Herbs |
| Mertensia virginica | Virginia bluebell, Virginia cowslip | Herbs |
| Micranthes pensylvanica | Swamp saxifrage | Herbs |
| Micranthes virginiensis | Early saxifrage | Herbs |
| Mimulus alatus | Winged monkeyflower | Herbs |
| Mimulus ringens | Monkeyflower, Allegheny monkeyflower | Herbs |
| Mitchella repens | Partidge-berry | Herbs |