Beginning December, 2014, this will be my page for “Flora” from Pony Pasture in Richmond, VA. The left hand column has the “common name” and leads to a blog post I’ve done with a picture I took of that plant. The right hand column has the “scientific name” or “binomial name” or “Latin name” and has a link to an authoritative resource regarding that plant:
1. American sycamore Platanus occidentalis
3. White oak Quercus alba
5. Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia
6. Tulip poplar Liriodendron tulipfera
7. Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua
8. American holly Ilex opaca
9. Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
12. Bush honeysuckle Lonicera maakii or Lonicera morrowii
13. Wintercreeper Euonymus fortunei
14. Gill-over-the-ground Glechoma hederacea
15. Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica
17. Multiflora rose Rosa multiflora
19. Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana
20. Hornbeam or Ironwood Carpinus caroliniana
21. Sassafras Sassafras albidum
22. Virginia bluebell Mertensia virginica
24. Tickseed sunflower Bidens aristosa
25. Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis
26. Fig buttercup Ficaria verna
27. Common violet Viola soraria
28. Spring beauty Claytonia virginica
29. Bleeding heart Dicentra spectabilis
30. Virginia bluebells Mertensia virginiana
31. Eastern redbud Cercis canadensis
33. Flowering dogwood Cornus florida
34. Princess tree Paulownia tomentosa
35. Bur sedge Carex grayi
36. Japanese honeysuckle Lonicera japonica
37. Blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium
38. Wild pea Still figuring it out – lots of wild peas here in VA
40. Daylily Hemerocallis fulva
41. Carolina horsenettle Solanum carolinense
42. Southern magnolia Magnolia grandiflora
43. May apple Podophyllum peltatum
44. American beech Fagus grandifolia
45. Liriope Liriope muscari
46. Mahonia Mahonia aquifolium
47. Witch’s butter Tremella mesenterica
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