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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
common jewelweed 8
Impatiens capensis
pale jewelweed 9
Impatiens pallida
eastern prickly pear 10
Opuntia humifusa
common milkweed 11
Asclepias syriaca
butterfly milkweed 12
Asclepias tuberosa
cardinal flower 13
Lobelia cardinalis
red maple 14
Acer rubrum
eastern redbud 15
Cercis canadensis
American pokeweed 16
Phytolacca americana
Pinkladies 17
Oenothera speciosa
purple coneflower 18
Echinacea purpurea
squirrel corn 19
Dicentra canadensis
northern red oak 20
Quercus rubra
black oak 21
Quercus velutina
American chestnut 22
Castanea dentata
American beech 23
Fagus grandifolia
mayapple 24
Podophyllum peltatum
mountain laurel 25
Kalmia latifolia
Indian pipe 26
Monotropa uniflora
American sweetgum 27
Liquidambar styraciflua
American sycamore 28
Platanus occidentalis
pinkster flower 29
Rhododendron periclymenoides
red columbine 30
Aquilegia canadensis
Spanish needles 31
Bidens bipinnata
Wild strawberry 32
Fragaria vesca
Allegheny Spurge 33
Pachysandra procumbens
common pawpaw 34
Asimina triloba
bloodroot 35
Sanguinaria canadensis
Dutchman's breeches 36
Dicentra cucullaria
purple passionflower 37
Passiflora incarnata
hairy crabweed
Fatoua villosa
devil's beggarticks 38
Bidens frondosa
Goutweed 39
Aegopodium podagraria
creeping Jenny 40
Lysimachia nummularia
red clover 41
Trifolium pratense
stinging nettle 42
Urtica dioica
witchhazel 43
Hamamelis virginiana
eastern cottonwood 44
Populus deltoides
sugar maple 45
Acer saccharum
European elder 46
Sambucus nigra
Scarlet Beebalm 47
Monarda didyma
Northern highbush blueberry 48
Vaccinium corymbosum
buttonbush 49
Cephalanthus occidentalis
common selfheal 50
Prunella vulgaris
common yarrow 13
Achillea millefolium
scarlet pimpernel 51
Anagallis arvensis
common mugwort 52
Artemisia vulgaris
Carolina horse-nettle 33
Solanum carolinense
chicory 53
Cichorium intybus
late boneset 54
Eupatorium serotinum
bull thistle 55
Cirsium vulgare
pineapple-weed 56
Matricaria discoidea
giant ragweed 33
Ambrosia trifida
catchweed bedstraw 16
Galium aparine
fragrant bedstraw 57
Galium triflorum
Dove's-foot crane's-bill 58
Geranium molle
prickly lettuce 11
Lactuca serriola
mountain sweet cicely 59
Osmorhiza berteroi
creeping woodsorrel 60
Oxalis corniculata
ribwort plantain 61
Plantago lanceolata
upright yellow woodsorrel 62
Oxalis stricta
curled dock
Rumex crispus
common groundsel 63
Senecio vulgaris
common chickweed 64
Stellaria media
Common Mouse-ear Chickweed 65
Cerastium fontanum
Common Vetch 66
Vicia sativa
greater periwinkle 67
Vinca major
American elm 68
Ulmus americana
tulip tree 69
Liriodendron tulipifera
common ragweed 70
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
heartleaf foamflower 71
Tiarella cordifolia
eastern black walnut 72
Juglans nigra
feverfew 73
Tanacetum parthenium
white fringetree 74
Chionanthus virginicus
silver maple 75
Acer saccharinum
Norway maple 76
Acer platanoides
American hornbeam 77
Carpinus caroliniana
flowering dogwood 78
Cornus florida
white oak 79
Quercus alba
scarlet oak 80
Quercus coccinea
pin oak 81
Quercus palustris
bitternut hickory 82
Carya cordiformis
shagbark hickory 83
Carya ovata
Butternut 84
Juglans cinerea
northern spicebush 85
Lindera benzoin
sassafras 86
Sassafras albidum
honey locust 87
Gleditsia triacanthos
Red Mulberry 88
Morus rubra
Black Tupelo 10
Nyssa sylvatica
green ash 89
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
black cherry 90
Prunus serotina
black willow 84
Salix nigra
basswood 91
Tilia americana

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