Common name
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Scientific name
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Notes
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Herbaceous plants with upright growth
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Common threeseed mercury
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Acalypha rhomboidea
|
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Virginia threeseed mercury
|
Acalypha virginica
|
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Common yarrow
|
Achillea millefolium
|
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Black bugbane
|
Actaea racemosa
|
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Earleaf foxglove
|
Agalinis auriculata
|
Native, rare in Virginia
|
Facicled agalinis
|
Agalinis fasciculata
|
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Slenderleaf false foxglove
|
Agalinis tenuifolia
|
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Southern agrimony
|
Agrimonia parviflora
|
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Beaked agrimony
|
Agrimonia rostellata
|
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American water plantain
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Alisma subcordatum
|
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Garlic mustard
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Alliana petiolata
|
Non-native, moderately invasive
|
Wild garlic
|
Allium vineale
|
Non-native, moderately invasive
|
Annual ragweed
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Ambrosia artemisiifolia
|
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Great ragweed
|
Ambrosia trifida
|
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American hogpeanut
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Amphicarpaea bracteata
|
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Pimpernel
|
Anagallis arvensis
|
Non-native
|
Thimbleweed
|
Anemone virginiana
|
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Woman's tobacco
|
Antennaria plantaginifolia
|
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Adam and Eve
|
Aplectrum hyemale
|
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Indian hemp
|
Apocynum cannabinum
|
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Jack-in-the-pulpit
|
Arisaema triphyllum
|
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Virginia snakeroot
|
Aristolochia serpentaria
|
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Clasping milkweed
|
Asclepias amplexicaulis
|
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Common milkweed
|
Asclepias syriaca
|
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Butterfly milkweed
|
Asclepias tuberosa
|
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Green comet milkweed
|
Asclepias viridiflora
|
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Ebony spleenwort
|
Asplenium platyneuron
|
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Downy yellow false foxglove
|
Aureolaria virginica
|
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Horseflyweed
|
Baptisia tinctoria
|
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Garden yellowrocket
|
Barbarea vulgaris
|
Non-native
|
Spanish needles
|
Bidens bipinnata
|
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Devil's beggartick
|
Bidens frondosa
|
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Smallspike false nettle
|
Boehmeria cylindrica
|
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Field mustard
|
Brassica rapa
|
Non-native
|
False boneset
|
Brickellia eupatoroides
|
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Corn gromwell
|
Buglossoides arvensis
|
Non-native, moderately invasive
|
Lesser calamint
|
Calamintha nepeta
|
Non-native
|
Common buttonbush
|
Caphalanthus occidentalis
|
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Hairy bittercress
|
Cardamine hirsuta
|
Non-native
|
Pennsylvania bittercress
|
Cardamine pensylvanica
|
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Spotted knapweed
|
Centaurea stoebe
|
Non-native, highly invasive
|
Common mouse-ear chickweed
|
Cerastium fontanum
|
Non-native
|
Sticky chickweed
|
Cerastium glomeratum
|
Non-native
|
Partridge pea
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Chamaecrista nictitans
|
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Fairywand
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Chamaelirium luteum
|
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Spotted sandmat
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Chamaesyce maculata
|
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White turtlehead
|
Chelone glabra
|
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Maryland goldenaster
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Chrysopsis mariana
|
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Chicory
|
Cichorium intybus
|
Non-native
|
Striped prince's pine
|
Chimaphila maculata
|
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Pipsissewa
|
Chimaphila umbellata
|
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Broadleaf enchanter's nightshade
|
Circaea lutetiana
|
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Canada thistle
|
Cirsium arvense
|
Non-native, highly invasive
|
Field thistle
|
Cirsium discolor
|
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Bull thistle
|
Cirsium vulgare
|
Non-native, moderately invasive
|
Curlyheads
|
Clematic ochroleuca
|
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Wild basil
|
Clinopodium vulgare
|
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Richweed
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Collinsonia canadensis
|
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Common dayflower
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Commelina communis
|
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Blue mist flower
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Conoclinum coelestinum
|
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American squawroot
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Conopholis americana
|
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Canadian horseweed
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Conyza canadensis
|
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Whorled tickseed
|
Coreopsis verticillata
|
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Blue wax weed
|
Cuphea viscosissima
|
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Canadian honewort
|
Cryptotaenia canadensis
|
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Pink lady's slipper
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Cypripedium acaule
|
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Queen Anne's lace
|
Daucus carota
|
Non-native
|
Jimson weed
|
Datura stramonium
|
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Hoary tretickfoil
|
Desmodium canescens
|
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Pointedleaf ticktrefoil
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Desmodium glutinosum
|
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Smooth ticktrefoil
|
Desmodium laevigatum
|
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Smooth small-leaf tick trefoil
|
Desmodium marilandicum
|
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Nakedflower ticktrefoil
|
Desmodium nudiflorum
|
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Stiff ticktrefoil
|
Desmodium obtusum
|
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Panicledleaf ticktrefoil
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Desmodium paniculatum
|
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Prostrate ticktrefoil
|
Desmodium rotundifolium
|
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Velvetleaf ticktrefoil
|
Desmodium viridiflorum
|
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Deptford pink
|
Dianthus armeria
|
Non-native
|
Indian strawberry
|
Duchesnea indica
|
Non-native
|
False daisy
|
Eclipta alba
|
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Carolina elephantfoot
|
Elephantopus carolinianus
|
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Beechdrops
|
Epifagas virginiana
|
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Eastern daisy fleabane
|
Erigeron annuus
|
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Prairie fleabane
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Erigeron strigosus
|
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Philadelphia fleabane
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Erigeron philadelphicus
|
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Tall thoroughwort
|
Eupatorium altissimum
|
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Trumpetweed
|
Eupatorium fistulosum
|
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Godfrey's thoroughwort
|
Eupatorium godfreyanum
|
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Hyssopleaf thoroughwort
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Eupatorium hyssopifolium
|
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Common boneset
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Eupatorium perfoliatum
|
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Flowering spurge
|
Euphorbia corollata
|
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Cypress spurge
|
Euphorbia cyparissias
|
Non-native
|
White wood aster
|
Eurybia divaricata
|
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Virginia strawberry
|
Fragaria virginiana
|
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Stickywilly
|
Galium aparine
|
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Rough bedstraw
|
Galium asprellum
|
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Licorice bedstraw
|
Galium circaezans
|
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Wall bedstraw
|
Galium parisiense
|
Non-native, common on west coast of U.S.
|
Hairy bedstraw
|
Galium pilosum
|
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Southern three-lobed bedstraw
|
Galium tinctorium
|
Non-native
|
Fragrant bedstraw
|
Galium triflorum
|
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Spoonleaf purple everlasting
|
Gamochaeta purpurea
|
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Cutleaf geranium
|
Geranium dissectum
|
Non-native
|
Spotted geranium
|
Geranium maculatum
|
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White avens
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Geum canadense
|
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Cream avens
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Geum virginianum
|
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Downy rattlesnake plantain
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Goodyera pubescens
|
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American false pennroyal
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Hedeoma pulegioides
|
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Longbranch frostweed
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Helianthemum canadense
|
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Thinleaf sunflower
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Helianthus decapetalus
|
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Woodland sunflower
|
Helianthus divaricatus
|
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Paleleaf woodland sunflower
|
Helianthus strumosus
|
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Orange daylily
|
Hemerocallis fulva
|
Non-native
|
Roundlobe hepatica
|
Hepatica nobilis v obtusa
|
|
American alumroot
|
Heuchera americana
|
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Meadow hawkweed
|
Hieracium caespitosum
|
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Queendevil
|
Hieracium gronovii
|
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Alleghany hawkweed
|
Hieracium paniculatum
|
|
Mouseear hawkweed
|
Hieracium pilosella
|
Non-native
|
Rough hawkweed
|
Hieracium scabrum
|
|
Rattlesnakeweed
|
Hieracium venosum
|
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Jagged chickweed
|
Holosteum umbellatum
|
Non-native
|
Azure bluet
|
Houstonia caerulea
|
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Venus's pride
|
Houstonia purpurea
|
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Small bluet
|
Houstonia pusilla
|
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Shawnee salad
|
Hydrophyllum virginianum
|
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Nits-and-lice
|
Hypericum drummondii
|
Native, rare in Virginia
|
Orangegrass
|
Hypericum gentianoides
|
|
Claspingleaf St. Johnswort
|
Hypericum gymnanthum
|
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St. Andrews's cross
|
Hypericum hypercoides
|
|
Dwarf St. Johnswort
|
Hypericum mutilum
|
|
False spotted St. Johnswort
|
Hypericum pseudomaculatum
|
|
Spotted St. John's wort
|
Hypericum punctatum
|
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Common goldstar
|
Hypoxis hirsuta
|
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Jewelweed
|
Impatiens capensis
|
|
Potato dwarf dandelion
|
Krigia dandelion
|
|
Virginia dwarf dandelion
|
Krigia virginica
|
|
Korean clover
|
Kummerowia stipulacea
|
Non-native
|
Japanese clover
|
Kummerowia striata
|
Non-native
|
Canada lettuce
|
Lactuca canadensis
|
|
Woodland lettuce
|
Lactuca floridana
|
|
Willowleaf lettuce
|
Lactuca saligna
|
Non-native
|
Blue lettuce
|
Lactuca tartarica
|
|
Henbit deadnettle
|
Lamium amplexicaule
|
Non-native
|
Purple deadnettle
|
Lamium purpureum
|
Non-native
|
Illinois pinweed
|
Lechea racemulosa
|
|
Field pepperweed
|
Lepidium campestre
|
Non-native
|
Chinese lespedeza
|
Lespedeza cuneata
|
Non-native, highly invasive
|
Shrubby lespedeza
|
Lespedeza frutescens
|
|
Hairy lespedeza
|
Lespedeza hirta
|
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Trailing lespedeza
|
Lespedeza procumbens
|
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Creeping lespedeza
|
Lespedeza repens
|
|
Violet lespedeza
|
Lespedeza violacea
|
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Slender lespedeza
|
Lespedeza virginica
|
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Oxeye daisy
|
Leucanthemum vulgare
|
Non-native
|
Scaly blazing star
|
Liatris squarrosa
|
|
Ridged yellow flax
|
Linum striatum
|
|
Woodland flax
|
Linum virginianum
|
|
Brown widelip orchid
|
Liparis liliifolia
|
|
Indian tobacco
|
Lobelia inflata
|
|
Great blue lobelia
|
Lobelia siphilitica
|
|
Seedbox
|
Ludwigia alternifolia
|
|
Marsh seedbox
|
Ludwigia palustris
|
|
Fan clubmoss
|
Lycopodium digitatum
|
|
American water horehound
|
Lycopus americanus
|
|
Virginia water horehound
|
Lycopus virginicus
|
|
Fringed loosestrife
|
Lysimachia ciliata
|
|
Whorled yellow loosestrife
|
Lysimachia quadrifolia
|
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Feathery false lily of the valley
|
Maianthemum racemosum
|
|
Axilflower
|
Mecardonia acuminata
|
|
Black medick
|
Medicago lupulina
|
Non-native
|
White sweet clover
|
Melilotus officinalis
|
Non-native, occassionly invasive
|
Alleghany monkeyflower
|
Mimulus ringens
|
|
Indianpipe
|
Monotropa uniflora
|
|
Starch grape hyacinth
|
Muscari neglectum
|
|
Largeseed forget-me-not
|
Myosotis macrosperma
|
|
Narrowleaf evening primrose
|
Oenothera fruticosa
|
|
Slender yellow woodsorrel
|
Oxalis dillenii
|
|
Common yellow olaxis
|
Oxalis stricta
|
|
Violet wood sorrel
|
Oxalis violacea
|
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Wild quinine
|
Parthenium integrifolium
|
|
Eastern smooth beardtongue
|
Penstemon laevigatus
|
|
beefsteakplant
|
Perilla frutescens
|
Non-native, occassionly invasive
|
American lopseed
|
Phryma leptostachya
|
|
American pokeweed
|
Phytolacca americana
|
|
Canadian clearweed
|
Pilea pumila
|
|
Large bracted plantain
|
Plantago aristata
|
|
Narrowleaf plantain
|
Plantago lanceolata
|
Non-native
|
Common plantain
|
Plantago major
|
Non-native
|
Blackseed plantain
|
Plantago rugelii
|
|
Virginia plantain
|
Plantago virginica
|
|
Mayapple
|
Podophyllum peltatum
|
|
Purple milkwort
|
Polygala sanguinea
|
|
Whorled milkwort
|
Polygala verticillata
|
|
Smooth Solomon's seal
|
Polygonatum biflorum
|
|
Halberdleaf tearthumb
|
Polygonum arifolium
|
|
Oriental ladysthumb
|
Polygonum caespitosum
|
Invasive non-native
|
Longroot smartweed
|
Polygonum amphibium
|
|
Black bindweed
|
Polygonum convovulus
|
Non-native
|
Swamp smartweed
|
Polygonum hydropiperoides
|
|
Spotted ladysthumb
|
Polygonum persicaria
|
Non-native
|
Arrowleaf tearthumb
|
Polygonum sagittatum
|
|
Jumpseed
|
Polygonum virginianum
|
|
Dwarf cinquefoil
|
Potentilla canadensis
|
|
Sulphur cinquefoil
|
Potentilla recta
|
Non-native
|
Tall rattlesnakewort
|
Prenanthes altissima
|
|
Rabbit-tobacco
|
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
|
|
Heal all
|
Prunella vulgaris
|
|
Hoary mountainmint
|
Pycnanthemum incanum
|
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Clustered mountainmint
|
Pycnanthemum muticum
|
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Narrowleaf mountainmint
|
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
|
|
Whorled mountainmint
|
Pycnanthemum verticillatum
|
|
Carolina desert-chicory
|
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
|
|
Littleleaf buttercup
|
Ranunculus abortivus
|
|
St. Anthony's turnip
|
Ranunculus bulbosus
|
Non-native
|
Blisterwort
|
Ranunculus recurvatus
|
|
Orange coneflower
|
Rudbeckia fulgida
|
|
Blackeyed Susan
|
Rudbeckia hirta
|
|
Carolina wild petunia
|
Ruellia caroliniensis
|
|
Redsorrel
|
Rumex acetosella
|
Non-native, moderately invasive
|
Curly dock
|
Rumex crispus
|
Non-native, moderately invasive
|
Patience dock
|
Rumex patientia
|
Non-native
|
Rosepink
|
Sabatia angularis
|
|
Broadleaf arrowhead
|
Sagittaria latifolia
|
|
Lyreleaf sage
|
Salvia lyrata
|
|
Bloodroot
|
Sanguinaria canadensis
|
|
Canadian blacksnakeroot
|
Sanicula canadensis
|
|
Large fuit blacksnakeroot
|
Sanilcula trifoliata
|
Native, rare in Virginia
|
Hairy skullcap
|
Scutellaria elliptica
|
|
Helmet flower
|
Scutellaria integrifolia
|
|
Leonard's skullcap
|
Scutellaria parvula
|
|
Showy skullcap
|
Scutellaria serrata
|
|
Crown vetch
|
Securigera varia
|
Non-native
|
Small's ragwort
|
Senecio anonymus
|
|
Wooly ragwort
|
Senecio tomentosus
|
|
Toothed whitetop aster
|
Sericocarpus asteroides
|
|
Sleepy silene
|
Silene antirrhina
|
|
Whorled rosinweed
|
Silphium trifoliatum
|
|
Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass
|
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
|
|
Horse nettle
|
Solanum carolinense
|
|
Canada goldenrod
|
Solidago altissima
|
|
White goldenrod
|
Solidago bicolor
|
|
Wreath goldenrod
|
Solidago caesia
|
|
Early goldenrod
|
Solidago juncea
|
|
Gray goldenrod
|
Solidago nemoralis
|
|
Wrinkleleaf goldenrod
|
Solidago rugosa
|
|
Showy goldenrod
|
Solidago speciosa
|
|
Little lady's tresses
|
Spiranthes tuberosa
|
|
Northern slender lady's tresses
|
Spiranthes lacera
|
|
Common chickweed
|
Stelleria media
|
Non-native, moderately invasive
|
Star chickweed
|
Stelleria pubera
|
|
Sidebeak pencilflower
|
Stylosanthes biflora
|
|
Common blue wood aster
|
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
|
|
Rice button aster
|
Symphyotrichum dumosum
|
|
Calico aster
|
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
|
|
Hairy white oldfield aster
|
Symphyotrichum pilosum
|
|
Waxyleaf aster
|
Symphyotrichum undulatum
|
|
Skunk cabbage
|
Symplocarpus foetidus
|
|
Red-seeded dandelion
|
Taraxacum erthrospermum
|
|
Common dandelion
|
Taraxacum officinale
|
Non-native
|
Shepherd's cress
|
Teesdalia nudicaulis
|
Non-native
|
Virginia tephrosia
|
Tephrosia virginiana
|
|
Tall meadow rue
|
Thalictrum pubescens
|
|
Rue anemone
|
Thalictrum thalictroides
|
|
Hairyjoint meadowparsnip
|
Thaspium barbinode
|
|
Purple meadowparsnip
|
Thaspium trifoliatum
|
|
Heartleaf foamflower
|
Tiarella cordifolia
|
|
Forked bluecurls
|
Tricostema dichotomum
|
|
Rabbitsfoot clover
|
Trifolium arvense
|
Non-native
|
Field clover
|
Trifolium campestre
|
Non-native
|
Suckling clover
|
Trifolium dubium
|
Non-native
|
Red clover
|
Trifolium pratense
|
Non-native
|
White clover
|
Trifolium repens
|
Non-native
|
Clasping venus's looking glass
|
Triodanis perfoliata
|
|
Stinging nettle
|
Urtica dioica
|
|
Perfoliate bellwort
|
Uvularia perfoliata
|
|
Moth mullein
|
Verbascum blattaria
|
Non-native
|
Common mullein
|
Verbascum thapsus
|
Non-native
|
Narrowleaf vervain
|
Verbena simplex
|
|
White vervain
|
Verbena urticifolia
|
|
Wingstem
|
Verbesina alternifolia
|
|
Yellow crownbeard
|
Verbesina occidentalis
|
|
Broadleaf ironweed
|
Vernonia glauca
|
|
New York ironweed
|
Vernonia noveboracensis
|
|
Corn speedwell
|
Veronica arvensis
|
Non-native
|
Ivy-leaved speedwell
|
Veronica hederaefolia
|
Non-native, moderately invasive
|
Common speedwell
|
Veronica officinalis
|
Non-native
|
Carolina vetch
|
Vicia caroliniana
|
|
Garden vetch
|
Vicia sativa v nigra
|
Non-native
|
Winter vetch
|
Vicia villosa
|
Non-native
|
Early blue violet
|
Viola palmata
|
|
Common blue violet
|
Viola sororia
|
|
Common cocklebur
|
Xanthium strumarium
|
Non-native, moderately invasive
|
Herbaceous plants with trailing growth (Vines)
|
Amur peppervine/ porcelainberry
|
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
|
Non-native, highly invasive
|
Groundnut
|
Apios americana
|
|
Hedge false bindweed
|
Calystegia sepium
|
Non-native
|
Trumpet creeper
|
Campsis radicans
|
|
Asian bittersweet
|
Celastrus orbiculatus
|
Non-native, highly invasive
|
Devil's darning needles
|
Clematis virginiana
|
|
Field bindweed
|
Convulvulus arvensis
|
Non-native, moderately invasive
|
honeyvine
|
Cynanchum laeve
|
|
Chinese yam
|
Dioscorea oppositifolia
|
Non-native, highly invasive
|
Fourleaf yam
|
Dioscorea quaternata
|
|
Ivy leaf morning glory
|
Ipomoea hederacea
|
Non-native, moderately invasive
|
Man-of-the-earth
|
Ipomoea pandurata
|
|
Tall morning glory
|
Ipomoea purpurea
|
Non-native, moderately invasive
|
Japanese honeysuckle
|
Lonicera japonica
|
Non-native, highly invasive
|
Climbing hempvine
|
Mikania scandens
|
|
Virginia creeper
|
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
|
|
Kudzu
|
Pueraria montana
|
Non-native, highly invasive
|
Saw greenbier
|
Smilax bona-nox
|
|
Cat greenbrier
|
Smilax glauca
|
|
Smooth carrionflower
|
Smilax herbacea
|
|
Downy carrionflower
|
Smilax pulverulenta
|
|
Roundleaf greenbrier
|
Smilax rotundifolia
|
|
Pink fuzzybean
|
Strophostyles umbellata
|
|
Eastern poison ivy
|
Toxicodendron radicans
|
|
Bigleaf periwinkle
|
Vinca major
|
Non-native, occassionly invasive
|
Common periwinkle
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Vinca minor
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Non-native, occassionly invasive
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Summer grape
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Vitis aestivalis
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Fox grape
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Vitis labrusca
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Muscadine grape
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Vitis rotundifolia
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Frost grape
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Vitis vulpina
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Chinese wisteria
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Wisteria sinensis
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Non-native, highly invasive
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