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Biodiversity of Arlington, Virginia

A guide based on public input that seeks to catalog all of the biota observed in Arlington County, Virginia.

Virginia creeper 1
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
pignut hickory 2
Carya glabra
Virginia spring beauty 3
Claytonia virginica
Persian silk tree 4
Albizia julibrissin
common dandelion 5
Taraxacum officinale
wild geranium 6
Geranium maculatum
boxelder maple 7
Acer negundo
Yellow Iris 8
Iris pseudacorus
common jewelweed 9
Impatiens capensis
pale jewelweed 10
Impatiens pallida
eastern prickly pear 11
Opuntia humifusa
common milkweed 12
Asclepias syriaca
butterfly milkweed 13
Asclepias tuberosa
cardinal flower 14
Lobelia cardinalis
red maple 15
Acer rubrum
European lily of the valley 16
Convallaria majalis
yellow trout lily 17
Erythronium americanum
eastern redbud 18
Cercis canadensis
American pokeweed 19
Phytolacca americana
Pinkladies 20
Oenothera speciosa
purple coneflower 21
Echinacea purpurea
bulrush 22
Typha latifolia
cattail grass 23
Setaria pumila
eastern hemlock 24
Tsuga canadensis
squirrel corn 25
Dicentra canadensis
eastern skunk cabbage 26
Symplocarpus foetidus
northern red oak 27
Quercus rubra
black oak 28
Quercus velutina
American chestnut 29
Castanea dentata
American beech 30
Fagus grandifolia
mayapple 31
Podophyllum peltatum
Virginia pine 32
Pinus virginiana
mountain laurel 33
Kalmia latifolia
eastern redcedar 34
Juniperus virginiana
Indian pipe 35
Monotropa uniflora
American sweetgum 36
Liquidambar styraciflua
American sycamore 37
Platanus occidentalis
baldcypress 38
Taxodium distichum
pinkster flower 39
Rhododendron periclymenoides
red columbine 40
Aquilegia canadensis
Spanish needles 41
Bidens bipinnata
Wild strawberry 42
Fragaria vesca
Jack-in-the-pulpit 43
Arisaema triphyllum
Allegheny Spurge 44
Pachysandra procumbens
broad-leaved helleborine 45
Epipactis helleborine
common pawpaw 46
Asimina triloba
bloodroot 47
Sanguinaria canadensis
Dutchman's breeches 48
Dicentra cucullaria
false Solomon's-seal 49
Maianthemum racemosum
purple passionflower 50
Passiflora incarnata
common snowdrop 51
Galanthus nivalis
hairy crabweed
Fatoua villosa
devil's beggarticks 52
Bidens frondosa
Goutweed 53
Aegopodium podagraria
creeping Jenny 54
Lysimachia nummularia
red clover 55
Trifolium pratense
stinging nettle 56
Urtica dioica
witchhazel 57
Hamamelis virginiana
eastern cottonwood 58
Populus deltoides
eastern white pine 59
Pinus strobus
sugar maple 60
Acer saccharum
pickerelweed 61
Pontederia cordata
lady fern 62
Athyrium filix-femina
rough horsetail 63
Equisetum hyemale
European elder 64
Sambucus nigra
cock's-foot 65
Dactylis glomerata
Scarlet Beebalm 66
Monarda didyma
Northern highbush blueberry 67
Vaccinium corymbosum
buttonbush 68
Cephalanthus occidentalis
common selfheal 69
Prunella vulgaris
common yarrow 14
Achillea millefolium
scarlet pimpernel 70
Anagallis arvensis
common mugwort 71
Artemisia vulgaris
Carolina horse-nettle 44
Solanum carolinense
chicory 72
Cichorium intybus
Asiatic dayflower 73
Commelina communis
late boneset 74
Eupatorium serotinum
bull thistle 75
Cirsium vulgare
pineapple-weed 76
Matricaria discoidea
giant ragweed 44
Ambrosia trifida
catchweed bedstraw 19
Galium aparine
fragrant bedstraw 77
Galium triflorum
Dove's-foot crane's-bill 78
Geranium molle
prickly lettuce 12
Lactuca serriola
mountain sweet cicely 79
Osmorhiza berteroi
creeping woodsorrel 80
Oxalis corniculata
ribwort plantain 81
Plantago lanceolata
upright yellow woodsorrel 82
Oxalis stricta
curled dock
Rumex crispus
common groundsel 16
Senecio vulgaris
common chickweed 83
Stellaria media
Common Mouse-ear Chickweed 84
Cerastium fontanum
Common Vetch 85
Vicia sativa
greater periwinkle 86
Vinca major
American elm 87
Ulmus americana
tulip tree 88
Liriodendron tulipifera
common ragweed 89
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
heartleaf foamflower 90
Tiarella cordifolia
northern whitecedar 91
Thuja occidentalis
marginal wood fern 92
Dryopteris marginalis

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