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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
squirrel corn 24
Dicentra canadensis
eastern skunk cabbage 25
Symplocarpus foetidus
northern red oak 26
Quercus rubra
black oak 27
Quercus velutina
American chestnut 28
Castanea dentata
American beech 29
Fagus grandifolia
mayapple 30
Podophyllum peltatum
mountain laurel 31
Kalmia latifolia
Indian pipe 32
Monotropa uniflora
American sweetgum 33
Liquidambar styraciflua
American sycamore 34
Platanus occidentalis
pinkster flower 35
Rhododendron periclymenoides
red columbine 36
Aquilegia canadensis
Spanish needles 37
Bidens bipinnata
Wild strawberry 38
Fragaria vesca
Jack-in-the-pulpit 39
Arisaema triphyllum
Allegheny Spurge 40
Pachysandra procumbens
broad-leaved helleborine 41
Epipactis helleborine
common pawpaw 42
Asimina triloba
bloodroot 43
Sanguinaria canadensis
Dutchman's breeches 44
Dicentra cucullaria
false Solomon's-seal 45
Maianthemum racemosum
purple passionflower 46
Passiflora incarnata
common snowdrop 47
Galanthus nivalis
hairy crabweed
Fatoua villosa
devil's beggarticks 48
Bidens frondosa
Goutweed 49
Aegopodium podagraria
creeping Jenny 50
Lysimachia nummularia
red clover 51
Trifolium pratense
stinging nettle 52
Urtica dioica
witchhazel 53
Hamamelis virginiana
eastern cottonwood 54
Populus deltoides
sugar maple 55
Acer saccharum
pickerelweed 56
Pontederia cordata
European elder 57
Sambucus nigra
cock's-foot 58
Dactylis glomerata
Scarlet Beebalm 59
Monarda didyma
Northern highbush blueberry 60
Vaccinium corymbosum
buttonbush 61
Cephalanthus occidentalis
common selfheal 62
Prunella vulgaris
common yarrow 14
Achillea millefolium
scarlet pimpernel 63
Anagallis arvensis
common mugwort 64
Artemisia vulgaris
Carolina horse-nettle 40
Solanum carolinense
chicory 65
Cichorium intybus
Asiatic dayflower 66
Commelina communis
late boneset 67
Eupatorium serotinum
bull thistle 68
Cirsium vulgare
pineapple-weed 69
Matricaria discoidea
giant ragweed 40
Ambrosia trifida
catchweed bedstraw 19
Galium aparine
fragrant bedstraw 70
Galium triflorum
Dove's-foot crane's-bill 71
Geranium molle
prickly lettuce 12
Lactuca serriola
mountain sweet cicely 72
Osmorhiza berteroi
creeping woodsorrel 73
Oxalis corniculata
ribwort plantain 74
Plantago lanceolata
upright yellow woodsorrel 75
Oxalis stricta
curled dock
Rumex crispus
common groundsel 16
Senecio vulgaris
common chickweed 76
Stellaria media
Common Mouse-ear Chickweed 77
Cerastium fontanum
Common Vetch 78
Vicia sativa
greater periwinkle 79
Vinca major
American elm 80
Ulmus americana
tulip tree 81
Liriodendron tulipifera
common ragweed 82
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
heartleaf foamflower 83
Tiarella cordifolia
eastern black walnut 84
Juglans nigra
feverfew 41
Tanacetum parthenium
white fringetree 85
Chionanthus virginicus
silver maple 86
Acer saccharinum
Norway maple 87
Acer platanoides
American hornbeam 88
Carpinus caroliniana
flowering dogwood 89
Cornus florida
white oak 90
Quercus alba
scarlet oak 91
Quercus coccinea

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