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

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