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

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