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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
Bearded iris 3
Iris × germanica
purple passionflower 4
Passiflora incarnata
yellow passionflower 5
Passiflora lutea
American white waterlily 6
Nymphaea odorata
Weeping fig 7
Ficus benjamina
common pawpaw 8
Asimina triloba
common lantana 9
Lantana camara
Jack-in-the-pulpit 10
Arisaema triphyllum
Virginia creeper 11
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Spanish needles 12
Bidens bipinnata
narrow-leaved blue-eyed grass 13
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
oak mistletoe 14
Phoradendron leucarpum
American sycamore 15
Platanus occidentalis
American sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Spanish moss 16
Tillandsia usneoides
Ghost Pipes 17
Monotropa uniflora
mountain laurel 18
Kalmia latifolia
mayapple 19
Podophyllum peltatum
American beech 20
Fagus grandifolia
American beautyberry 21
Callicarpa americana
American chestnut 22
Castanea dentata
southern live oak 23
Quercus virginiana
broadleaf cattail 24
Typha latifolia
Pinkladies 25
Oenothera speciosa
American pokeweed 26
Phytolacca americana
Scots broom 27
Cytisus scoparius
eastern redbud 28
Cercis canadensis
yellow trout lily 29
Erythronium americanum
red maple 30
Acer rubrum
southern sugar maple 31
Acer floridanum
broadleaf arrowhead 32
Sagittaria latifolia
cardinal flower 33
Lobelia cardinalis
butterfly milkweed 34
Asclepias tuberosa
common milkweed 35
Asclepias syriaca
eastern prickly pear 36
Opuntia humifusa
common jewelweed 37
Impatiens capensis
Yellow Iris 38
Iris pseudacorus
Field madder 39
Sherardia arvensis
common dandelion 40
Taraxacum officinale
pink lady's slipper 41
Cypripedium acaule
white poplar 42
Populus alba
oleander 43
Nerium oleander
Persian silk tree 44
Albizia julibrissin
bird's-foot trefoil 45
Lotus corniculatus

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