Lyon Park

Inspired by Virginia's natural diversity, a native plant garden surrounds the Lyon Park Community Center in Arlington, Virginia's community-owned Lyon Park. Help us observe and document the birds, bugs and other wildlife that come here in search of food and shelter!
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Spotted Orbweaver 1
Neoscona crucifera
Virginian Tiger Moth 2
Spilosoma virginica
Sachem 3
Atalopedes campestris
swamp milkweed 4
Asclepias incarnata
obedient plant 5
Physostegia virginiana
butterfly milkweed 5
Asclepias tuberosa
common milkweed 6
Asclepias syriaca
Green Dragon 7
Arisaema dracontium
Canadian wild ginger 8
Asarum canadense
lady fern 9
Athyrium filix-femina
blue wild indigo 10
Baptisia australis
white doll's-daisy 11
Boltonia asteroides
winecup mallow 12
Callirhoe involucrata
Campanula americana 13
Campanulastrum americanum
eastern woodland sedge 11
Carex blanda
Blue Sedge 14
Carex glaucodea
buttonbush 15
Cephalanthus occidentalis
inland sea oats 16
Chasmanthium latifolium
white turtlehead 17
Chelone glabra
red turtlehead 13
Chelone obliqua
Green-and-gold 18
Chrysogonum virginianum
Maryland golden-aster 19
Chrysopsis mariana
Vase-vine Leatherflower 20
Clematis viorna
Sweet Pepperbush 21
Clethra alnifolia
Wild Basil 22
Clinopodium vulgare
blue mistflower 23
Conoclinium coelestinum
Lance-leaved Coreopsis 24
Coreopsis lanceolata
gray dogwood 25
Cornus racemosa
showy tick-trefoil 26
Desmodium canadense
deertongue 21
Dichanthelium clandestinum
purple coneflower 27
Echinacea purpurea
bottlebrush grass 28
Elymus hystrix
Purple Lovegrass 14
Eragrostis spectabilis
Eriogonum allenii
White Wood Aster 29
Eurybia divaricata
Hollow Joe-Pye Weed 30
Eutrochium fistulosum
wild geranium 31
Geranium maculatum
white avens 25
Geum canadense
narrowleaf sunflower 32
Helianthus angustifolius
woodland sunflower 25
Helianthus divaricatus
false sunflower 33
Heliopsis helianthoides
Scarlet Rosemallow 34
Hibiscus coccineus
wild hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
shrubby St. John's-wort 35
Hypericum prolificum
gallberry 4
Ilex glabra
dwarf crested iris
Iris cristata
Virginia sweetspire 15
Itea virginica
Turk's-Cap lily 36
Lilium superbum
northern spicebush 37
Lindera benzoin
cardinal flower 38
Lobelia cardinalis
great blue lobelia 39
Lobelia siphilitica
fringed loosestrife 40
Lysimachia ciliata
narrow-leaved loosestrife 11
Lysimachia quadriflora
Virginia saxifrage 35
Micranthes virginiensis
Scarlet Beebalm 28
Monarda didyma
spotted horse mint 11
Monarda punctata
Narrow-leaved Sundrops 21
Oenothera fruticosa
Pinkladies 41
Oenothera speciosa
sensitive fern 42
Onoclea sensibilis
roundleaf ragwort 18
Packera obovata
golden ragwort 43
Packera aurea
switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Long-sepal Beardtongue 44
Penstemon calycosus
foxglove beardtongue 45
Penstemon digitalis
American jumpseed 46
Persicaria virginiana
fall phlox
Phlox paniculata
moss phlox 47
Phlox subulata
red chokeberry 48
Photinia pyrifolia
common ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Christmas fern 49
Polystichum acrostichoides
Clustered Mountainmint 50
Pycnanthemum muticum
swamp rose 32
Rosa palustris
Orange Coneflower 51
Rudbeckia fulgida
black-eyed Susan 52
Rudbeckia hirta
cutleaf coneflower 53
Rudbeckia laciniata
Brown-eyed Susan 54
Rudbeckia triloba
hairy petunia 55
Ruellia humilis
lyreleaf sage 56
Salvia lyrata
little bluestem 57
Schizachyrium scoparium
Downy Skullcap 58
Scutellaria incana
Heart-leaved Skullcap
Scutellaria ovata
Maryland senna 59
Senna marilandica
Starry rosinweed 58
Silphium asteriscus
field goldenrod 60
Solidago nemoralis
stiff-leaved goldenrod 61
Solidago rigida
Autumn Goldenrod
Solidago sphacelata
Steeplebush 62
Spiraea tomentosa
celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum
heartleaf foamflower 29
Tiarella cordifolia
Blue Curls 63
Trichostema dichotomum
clasping Venus's looking glass 64
Triodanis perfoliata
blue vervain 25
Verbena hastata
New York ironweed 29
Vernonia noveboracensis
Culver's root 65
Veronicastrum virginicum
common blue violet 33
Viola sororia
Confederate violet 66
Viola sororia priceana
cream violet 67
Viola striata
golden Alexander 39
Zizia aurea
heart-leaf golden Alexanders 25
Zizia aptera
Ailanthus Webworm Moth 68
Atteva aurea

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