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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acer negundo var. negundo | Eastern boxelder | Medium Trees |
| Acer pensylvanicum | Striped maple, Goosefoot maple, Moosewood, Snakebark maple, Whistlewood | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Acer rubrum | Red maple | Large Trees |
| Acer saccharinum | Silver maple | Large Trees |
| Acer saccharum | Sugar maple | Large Trees |
| Achillea borealis | Common yarrow | Herbs |
| Actaea racemosa | Common black cohosh, Bugbane | Herbs |
| Adiantum pedatum | Northern maidenhair fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Ageratina altissima | White snakeroot | Herbs |
| Agrostis hyemalis | Winter bentgrass, Ticklegrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Alisma subcordatum | Southern water-plantain, American water plantain | Herbs |
| Allium canadense var. canadense | Wild onion, Meadow onion | Herbs |
| Allium cernuum | Nodding onion | Herbs |
| Allium tricoccum | Wild leek, Ramps, Rampscallions | Herbs |
| Alnus serrulata | Hazel alder, Smooth alder | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Amauropelta noveboracensis | New york fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Amelanchier arborea | Downy serviceberry, Shadbush | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Amelanchier canadensis | Canadian serviceberry | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Amelanchier laevis | Smooth serviceberry, Allegheny serviceberry | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Amorpha fruticosa | False indigo-bush, Tall indigo-bush | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata | Hog-peanut | Herbs, Vines |
| Anatherum glomeratum | Bushy bluestem, Bushy beardgrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Anatherum ternarium | Splitbeard bluestem, Silvery bluestem | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Anatherum virginicum var. virginicum | Broomsedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big bluestem, Big blue stem, Bluestem, Turkeyfoot | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Anemone virginiana var. virginiana | Tall anemone, Thimbleweed | Herbs |
| Antennaria neglecta | Field pussytoes | Herbs |
| Antennaria plantaginifolia | Ladies' tabacco, Plantain-leaved everlasting, Pussytoes, Plantain pussytoes, Everlasting, Mouse ear, Plantain-leaved pussytoes | Herbs |
| Apios americana | Groundnut, Common groundsel | Vines |
| Aplectrum hyemale | Puttyroot, Adam-and-eve | Herbs |
| Apocynum cannabinum | Indian hemp, Hemp dogbane | Herbs |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern red columbine, Wild columbine | Herbs |
| Arisaema dracontium | Green dragon | Herbs |
| Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum | Common jack-in-the-pulpit | Herbs |
| Arnoglossum atriplicifolium | Pale indian-plantain | Herbs |
| Aronia arbutifolia | Red chokeberry | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Aronia melanocarpa | Black chokeberry | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus | Goat's-beard, Goatsbeard | Herbs |
| Asarum canadense | Common wild ginger | Herbs |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp milkweed | Herbs |
| Asclepias syriaca | Common milkweed | Herbs |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly milkweed, Butterfly weed, Butterfly-weed, Common butterfly weed, Common butterfly-weed | Herbs |
| Asclepias variegata | White milkweed | Herbs |
| Asclepias verticillata | Whorled milkweed | Herbs |
| Asclepias viridiflora | Green milkweed | Herbs |
| Asimina triloba | Common pawpaw, Paw paw, Paw-paw, Pawpaw | Medium Trees, Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Asplenium platyneuron | Ebony spleenwort | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Athyrium asplenioides | Southern lady fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Baccharis halimifolia | Groundsel tree, High-tide bush, High tide bush | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Baptisia australis | Blue false indigo, Blue wild indigo, False blue indigo | Herbs |
| Baptisia tinctoria | Yellow wild indigo, Horsefly weed | Herbs |
| Betula lenta | Black birch, Sweet birch | Large Trees |
| Betula nigra | River birch, Red birch | Large Trees |
| Bignonia capreolata | Cross-vine, Crossvine | Vines |
| Boehmeria cylindrica | False nettle | Herbs |
| Caltha palustris var. palustris | Cowslip, Marsh marigold | Herbs |
| Campanulastrum americanum | Tall bellflower | Herbs |
| Campsis radicans | Trumpet-creeper, Trumpet creeper, Trumpet vine, Hellvine, Cow-itch, Foxglove vine, Devil's shoestring | Vines |
| Cardamine parviflora | Sand bittercress, Small-flowered bittercress | Herbs |
| Carex bromoides | Common brome sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Carex bromoides | Common brome sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Carex digitalis | Southern slender woodland sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Carex flaccosperma | Thin-fruited sedge, Meadow sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Carex grayi | Gray's sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Carex lupulina | Hop sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Carex lurida | Sallow sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Carex normalis | Greater straw sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Carex pensylvanica | Pennsylvania sedge, Oak sedge, Plantainleaf sedge, Seersucker sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Carex plantaginea | Plantain-leaved sedge, Plantainleaf sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Carex platyphylla | Broad-leaved sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Carex stipata | Large stalk-grain sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Carex stipata | Awl-fruit sedge, Stalk-grain sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Carpinus caroliniana | American hornbeam, Ironwood | Medium Trees, Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Carya cordiformis | Bitternut, Bitternut hickory, Red hickory | Large Trees |
| Carya glabra | Pignut, Pignut hickory, Sweet pignut hickory, Red hickory | Large Trees |
| Carya ovata | Shagbark hickory | Large Trees |
| Carya tomentosa | Mockernut hickory | Large Trees |
| Castanea pumila | Allegheny chinkapin, Allegheny chinquapin | Medium Trees, Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Caulophyllum thalictroides | Blue cohosh, Common blue cohosh | Herbs |
| Ceanothus americanus | New jersey tea, Mountain snowbell, Redroot | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Celtis laevigata | Southern hackberry, Sugarberry | Large Trees |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Buttonbush | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Cercis canadensis | Eastern redbud | Medium Trees |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge pea, Prairie senna, Common partridge-pea | Herbs |
| Chasmanthium latifolium | River oats, Indian wood oats, Inland sea oats, Wild oats, Wood-oat, Northern sea oats | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Chasmanthium laxum | Slender spikegrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Chelone glabra | White turtlehead | Herbs |
| Chionanthus virginicus | Fringetree, Old man's beard | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Chrysogonum virginianum | Green and gold | Herbs |
| Chrysopsis mariana | Maryland golden-aster, Maryland golden aster | Herbs |
| Cinna arundinacea | Common wood reedgrass, Sweet wood reed-grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Clematis ochroleuca | Curlyheads | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Clematis virginiana | Virgin's bower, Virgin's-bower | Vines |
| Clethra alnifolia | Sweet pepperbush, Coastal white-alder | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Clitoria mariana | Maryland butterfly pea | Herbs |
| Collinsonia canadensis | Canada horsebalm, Richweed | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Mistflower, Ageratum, Blue boneset, Blue mistflower, Wild ageratum | Herbs |
| Coreopsis tripteris | Tall coreopsis, Tall tickseed | Herbs |
| Coreopsis verticillata | Whorled coreopsis, Thread-leaf coreopsis | Herbs |
| Cornus amomum | Silky dogwood | Shrubs & Small Trees |