• Campers relaxing at their site

    Greenbelt

    Park Maryland

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  • Tick Alert

    Greenbelt Park has issued a tick alert warning. Ticks have been spotted on park staff and visitors. Please use precautions such as tick repellant while visiting the park. Click the following for more information on Ticks and tick prevention. More »

  • Greenbelt Ranger Station near the campground closed until June 1

    The Greenbelt Ranger Station near the campground is Closed until June 1 for repairs. The Greenbelt Park Headquarters will be open seven days a week from 8:00 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. Visitors to the campground can stop by the Park Headquarters for assistance.

Plants

Common Wildflowers at Greenbelt Park

Please remember to look and enjoy but leave for others to enjoy as well.

Take pictures but leave only footprints.

Acrum family

Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)

Barberry family

May-apple (Podophyllum peltatum)

Bean Family

Red Clover (trifolium pratense)

White Clover (Triffolium repens)

Common Vetch (Vicia angutifola)

Bluebell Family

Indian Tobacco (Lobelia inflata)

Buckwheat Family

Pennsylvania Smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum)

Lady's Thumb (Polygonum persicaria)

Arow leaved Tearthumb (Ploygonum sagittatum)

Knotweed (Ploygonum aviculare)

Cashew Family

Staghorn Sumac (Rhus trypina)

CatTail Family

Common Cattail (Typha latifolia)

Clubmoss Family

Groundpine (Lycopodium digitatum)

Composite Family

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

Common Chickory (Chichorum digitatum)

Tickseed Sunflower (Bidens polyplepis)

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)

Did You Know?

a picture of a tent in the Greenbelt Park campground

Greenbelt Park campground is the closest campground to the Nation's Capitol, only 13 miles from the White House.