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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
baldcypress 15
Taxodium distichum
American sycamore 16
Platanus occidentalis
American sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Spanish moss 17
Tillandsia usneoides
Ghost Pipes 18
Monotropa uniflora
eastern redcedar 19
Juniperus virginiana
mountain laurel 20
Kalmia latifolia
shortleaf pine 21
Pinus echinata
mayapple 22
Podophyllum peltatum
American beech 23
Fagus grandifolia
American beautyberry 24
Callicarpa americana
American chestnut 25
Castanea dentata
southern live oak 26
Quercus virginiana
broadleaf cattail 27
Typha latifolia
Pinkladies 28
Oenothera speciosa
American pokeweed 29
Phytolacca americana
Scots broom 30
Cytisus scoparius
eastern redbud 31
Cercis canadensis
yellow trout lily 32
Erythronium americanum
red maple 33
Acer rubrum
southern sugar maple 34
Acer floridanum
broadleaf arrowhead 35
Sagittaria latifolia
cardinal flower 36
Lobelia cardinalis
butterfly milkweed 37
Asclepias tuberosa
common milkweed 38
Asclepias syriaca
eastern prickly pear 39
Opuntia humifusa
common jewelweed 40
Impatiens capensis
Yellow Iris 41
Iris pseudacorus
Field madder 42
Sherardia arvensis
common dandelion 43
Taraxacum officinale
pink lady's slipper 44
Cypripedium acaule
white poplar 45
Populus alba
oleander 46
Nerium oleander
Persian silk tree 47
Albizia julibrissin
bird's-foot trefoil 48
Lotus corniculatus

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