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Wildlife of Virginia Beach

The Virginia Beach is home to many non-aquatic, aquatic, and semi-aquatic species. Here is a guide to them all.

Red Tip Photinia 1
Photinia × fraseri
Border Forsythia 2
Forsythia × intermedia
purple passionflower 3
Passiflora incarnata
yellow passionflower 4
Passiflora lutea
American white waterlily 5
Nymphaea odorata
Weeping fig 6
Ficus benjamina
common pawpaw 7
Asimina triloba
common lantana 8
Lantana camara
Virginia creeper 9
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Spanish needles 10
Bidens bipinnata
oak mistletoe 11
Phoradendron leucarpum
American sycamore 12
Platanus occidentalis
American sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Ghost Pipes 13
Monotropa uniflora
mountain laurel 14
Kalmia latifolia
mayapple 15
Podophyllum peltatum
American beech 16
Fagus grandifolia
American beautyberry 17
Callicarpa americana
American chestnut 18
Castanea dentata
southern live oak 19
Quercus virginiana
Pinkladies 20
Oenothera speciosa
American pokeweed 21
Phytolacca americana
Scots broom 22
Cytisus scoparius
eastern redbud 23
Cercis canadensis
red maple 24
Acer rubrum
southern sugar maple 25
Acer floridanum
cardinal flower 26
Lobelia cardinalis
butterfly milkweed 27
Asclepias tuberosa
common milkweed 28
Asclepias syriaca
eastern prickly pear 29
Opuntia humifusa
common jewelweed 30
Impatiens capensis
Field madder 31
Sherardia arvensis
common dandelion 32
Taraxacum officinale
white poplar 33
Populus alba
oleander 34
Nerium oleander
Persian silk tree 35
Albizia julibrissin
bird's-foot trefoil 36
Lotus corniculatus

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