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A guide to the flora that grows all around Great Falls Park

A flower guide in case you ever visit Great Falls Park

Persian silk tree 1
Albizia julibrissin
common dandelion 2
Taraxacum officinale
wild geranium 3
Geranium maculatum
boxelder maple 4
Acer negundo
common jewelweed 5
Impatiens capensis
cardinal flower 6
Lobelia cardinalis
black maple 7
Acer nigrum
red maple 8
Acer rubrum
yellow trout lily 9
Erythronium americanum
eastern redbud 10
Cercis canadensis
American pokeweed 11
Phytolacca americana
broadleaf cattail 12
Typha latifolia
eastern skunk cabbage 13
Symplocarpus foetidus
northern red oak 14
Quercus rubra
American beech 15
Fagus grandifolia
common serviceberry 16
Amelanchier arborea
mayapple 17
Podophyllum peltatum
mountain laurel 18
Kalmia latifolia
Ghost Pipes 19
Monotropa uniflora
American sycamore 20
Platanus occidentalis
red columbine 21
Aquilegia canadensis
narrow-leaved blue-eyed grass 22
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Virginia creeper 23
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Jack-in-the-pulpit 24
Arisaema triphyllum
eastern leatherwood 25
Dirca palustris
common hoptree 26
Ptelea trifoliata
field chickweed 27
Cerastium arvense
common pawpaw 28
Asimina triloba
bloodroot 29
Sanguinaria canadensis
Dutchman's breeches 30
Dicentra cucullaria
false Solomon's seal 31
Maianthemum racemosum
American water-willow 32
Justicia americana
yellow passionflower 33
Passiflora lutea
creeping Jenny 12
Lysimachia nummularia
American witch-hazel 34
Hamamelis virginiana
orchard grass 35
Dactylis glomerata
buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Asiatic dayflower 36
Commelina communis
Sticky mouse-ear chickweed 37
Cerastium glomeratum
catchweed bedstraw 38
Galium aparine
fragrant bedstraw 39
Galium triflorum
Dove's-foot crane's-bill 40
Geranium molle
upright yellow woodsorrel 41
Oxalis stricta
curled dock 42
Rumex crispus
Common Vetch
Vicia sativa
American elm 43
Ulmus americana
tulip tree 44
Liriodendron tulipifera
eastern black walnut 45
Juglans nigra
white fringetree 46
Chionanthus virginicus
silver maple 47
Acer saccharinum
American hornbeam 48
Carpinus caroliniana
American hophornbeam 22
Ostrya virginiana
flowering dogwood 49
Cornus florida
white oak 50
Quercus alba
pignut hickory 51
Carya glabra
sassafras 25
Sassafras albidum
honey locust 52
Gleditsia triacanthos
Black Tupelo 42
Nyssa sylvatica
black cherry 53
Prunus serotina
basswood 48
Tilia americana
common hackberry 54
Celtis occidentalis
slippery elm 55
Ulmus rubra
bird's-eye speedwell 56
Veronica persica
thyme-leaved speedwell 57
Veronica serpyllifolia
ground-ivy 58
Glechoma hederacea
lesser periwinkle 59
Vinca minor
red deadnettle 60
Lamium purpureum
garlic mustard 61
Alliaria petiolata
black locust 26
Robinia pseudoacacia
Ivy-leaved Speedwell 62
Veronica hederifolia
Soft Rush 63
Juncus effusus
common soapwort 31
Saponaria officinalis
American field pansy 64
Viola bicolor
rough cocklebur 65
Xanthium strumarium
Japanese barberry 3
Berberis thunbergii
poison ivy 66
Toxicodendron radicans
spotted spurge 67
Euphorbia maculata
great mullein 63
Verbascum thapsus
lesser burdock 68
Arctium minus
Virginia bluebells 69
Mertensia virginica
American cancer-root 70
Conopholis americana
pinesap 71
Monotropa hypopitys
Purslane Speedwell 72
Veronica peregrina
cut-leaved toothwort 73
Cardamine concatenata
lizard's tail 31
Saururus cernuus
roundleaf greenbrier 74
Smilax rotundifolia
American holly 34
Ilex opaca
German knotgrass 75
Scleranthus annuus
mapleleaf viburnum 76
Viburnum acerifolium
broad-leaved dock 77
Rumex obtusifolius
lyreleaf sage 45
Salvia lyrata
Oriental bittersweet 78
Celastrus orbiculatus
deptford pink 79
Dianthus armeria
Philadelphia fleabane 80
Erigeron philadelphicus
moss phlox 81
Phlox subulata
azure bluet 82
Houstonia caerulea
laurel oak 83
Quercus laurifolia
greater burdock 84
Arctium lappa
false nettle 85
Boehmeria cylindrica
American trumpet vine 86
Campsis radicans

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