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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cornus racemosa | Gray dogwood | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Corylus americana | American hazelnut, American filbert | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Corylus cornuta | Beaked hazelnut | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Crataegus phaenopyrum | Washington hawthorn | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Cunila origanoides | Common dittany, Wild oregano, Stonemint | Herbs |
| Cystopteris bulbifera | Bulblet fern, Bulblet bladder fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Dennstaedtia punctilobula | Hay-scented fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Desmodium paniculatum | Narrow-leaf tick trefoil, Panicled tick trefoil, Velcro vine | Herbs |
| Dicentra cucullaria | Dutchman's breeches | Herbs |
| Dicentra eximia | Wild bleeding heart | Herbs |
| Dichanthelium acuminatum var acuminatum | Woolly panic grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Dichanthelium acuminatum var acuminatum | Lindheimer's panic grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Dichanthelium acuminatum var fasciculatum | Slender-stemmed panic grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Dichanthelium dichotomum | Small-fruited panic grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Dioscorea villosa | Wild yam | Vines |
| Diospyros virginiana | Common persimmon, American persimmon | Large Trees |
| Doellingeria umbellata | Flat-top white aster, Parasol whitetop, Flat-topped white aster, Parasol white-top, Tall white-aster | Herbs |
| Dryopteris cristata | Crested wood fern, Crested fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Dryopteris goldieana | Goldie's wood fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Dryopteris intermedia | Evergreen wood fern, Evergreen wood-fern, Evergreen woodfern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Dryopteris marginalis | Marginal wood fern, Evergreen wood fern, Evergreen wood-fern, Evergreen woodfern, Leather wood fern, Marginal shield fern, Marginal shield-fern, Marginal woodfern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Elymus hystrix | Bottlebrush grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Elymus virginicus | Virginia wild rye, Eastern wild rye, Eastern wild-rye, Terrell grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Equisetum praealtum | Tall scouring rush | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple lovegrass, Tumblegrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus | Philadelphia fleabane | Herbs |
| Erigeron pulchellus | Robin's plantain | Herbs |
| Eryngium aquaticum | Rattlesnake-master, Marsh eryngo | Herbs |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Beargrass, Rattlesnake-master, Northern rattlesnake-master, Button eryngo | Herbs |
| Erythronium americanum | Yellow trout lily, American trout 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 |
| Eupatorium altissimum | Tall thoroughwort, Tall boneset | Herbs |
| Eupatorium capillifolium | Dog-fennel | Herbs |
| Eupatorium hyssopifolium | Hyssop-leaf thoroughwort | Herbs |
| Eupatorium perfoliatum | Boneset, Common boneset | Herbs |
| Eupatorium rotundifolium | Roundleaf boneset, Roundleaf 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 | Herbs |
| Eutrochium dubium | Three-nerved joe-pye-weed, Coastal plain joe pye weed, Coastal plain joe-pye weed , Coastal plain joepye weed | Herbs |
| Eutrochium fistulosum | Hollow joe-pye-weed, Joe pye thoroughwort, Joe-pye weed | Herbs |
| Eutrochium maculatum | Spotted joe-pye-weed | Herbs |
| Eutrochium purpureum | Sweet-scented joe-pye-weed, Purple joe-pye weed, Sweet joepyeweed, Gravel weed, Indian sage, Motherwort, Pride of the meadow, Marsh milkweed | Herbs |
| Fagus grandifolia | American beech | Large Trees |
| Fragaria virginiana | Wild strawberry, Virginia strawberry | Herbs |
| Fraxinus americana | American ash, White ash | Large Trees |
| Gaylussacia baccata | Black huckleberry | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Geranium maculatum | Wild geranium | Herbs |
| Geum canadense | White avens | Herbs |
| Gillenia trifoliata | Bowman's-root, Bowman’s root, Mountain indian-physic | Herbs |
| Glyceria striata | Fowl mannagrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Goodyera pubescens | Downy rattlesnake plantain, Downy rattlesnake-plantain | Herbs |
| Hamamelis virginiana | Witch hazel, Witchhazel | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Helenium autumnale | Common sneezeweed, Autumnale sneezeweed | Herbs |
| Helenium flexuosum | Southern sneezeweed, Purple-headed sneezeweed | Herbs |
| Helianthus angustifolius | Narrow-leaved sunflower | Herbs |
| Helianthus decapetalus | Thin-leaved sunflower, Ten-petaled sunflower, Thinleaf sunflower | Herbs |
| Helianthus divaricatus | Woodland sunflower | Herbs |
| Helianthus occidentalis | Western sunflower, Fewleaf sunflower, Naked-stem sunflower | Herbs |
| Heliopsis helianthoides | Oxeye, Smooth oxeye | Herbs |
| Heuchera americana | Alumroot, American alumroot, Coral bells, Rock geranium | Herbs |
| Hibiscus laevis | Halberd-leaf rose-mallow, Smooth rose-mallow, Halberdleaf hibiscus, Halberdleaf rosemallow, Scarlet rose mallow, Scarlet rosemallow | Herbs, Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Hibiscus moscheutos | Swamp rose mallow, Swamp rose-mallow, Crimson-eyed rose-mallow, Eastern rose-mallow | Herbs, Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Hydrangea arborescens | Wild hydrangea, Smooth hydrangea | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Hydrophyllum canadense | Canada waterleaf | Herbs |
| Hydrophyllum virginianum | Virginia waterleaf, Eastern waterleaf | Herbs |
| Hypericum prolificum | Common st. john's-wort, Shrubby st. john's wort | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Hypericum punctatum | Spotted st. john's-wort | Herbs |
| Ilex opaca | American holly | Large Trees, Medium Trees |
| Ilex verticillata | Winterberry | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Impatiens capensis | Spotted jewelweed, Orange jewelweed | Herbs |
| Iris cristata | Dwarf crested iris | Herbs |
| Iris versicolor | Northern blue flag, Larger blue flag | Herbs |
| Iris virginica | Virginia blue flag, Southern blue flag, Southern blue flag iris | Herbs |
| Itea virginica | Virginia sweetspire, Virginia-willow | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Juglans nigra | Black walnut | Large Trees |
| Juncus effusus | Soft rush, Common rush | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Juncus tenuis | Path rush, Slender rush, Poverty rush | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern redcedar | Medium Trees |
| Justicia americana | Common water-willow, American water-willow | Herbs |
| Kalmia latifolia | Mountain laurel, Mountain ivy, Calico bush, Ivy bush, Sheepkill | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Lespedeza capitata | Round-headed lespedeza, Round-headed bush-clover | Herbs |
| Lespedeza virginica | Slender lespedeza, Slender bush clover, Slender bush-clover | Herbs |
| Liatris pilosa | Grass-leaf blazing star, Grass-leaf gayfeather | Herbs |
| Liatris scariosa | Large blazing star, Eastern blazing star | Herbs |
| Liatris spicata | Dense blazing star, Dense gayfeather, Dense liatris, Marsh blazing star, Marsh gayfeather, Marsh liatris | Herbs |
| Liatris squarrosa | Scaly blazing star | Herbs |
| Lilium superbum | Turk's-cap lily | Herbs |
| Linaria canadensis | Blue toadflax, Canada toadflax | 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, Indian pink | Herbs |
| Lobelia puberula | Downy lobelia | Herbs |
| Lobelia siphilitica | Blue cardinal flower, Great blue lobelia | Herbs |
| Lobelia spicata | Pale-spike lobelia, Pale spiked lobelia | Herbs |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Trumpet honeysuckle, Coral honeysuckle | Vines |
| Ludwigia alternifolia | Seedbox, Alternate-leaved seedbox, Rattlebox | Herbs |