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Bayscapes - From the US Fish and Wildlife Service Chesapeake Bay Field Office. This 83 page guide contains color photos of over 400 plant species native to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, including all states with drainage to the the Bay: Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New York.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Sweetbay magnolia Swampbay Swamp magnolia Small magnolia | |
| Medeola virginiana | Indian cucumber Indian Cucumber-root | |
| Mertensia virginica | Virginia bluebells | |
| Mitella diphylla | Twoleaf miterwort Miterwort | |
| Mitchella repens | Partridgeberry Twinberry Running box | |
| Mimulus ringens | Allegheny monkeyflower Square-stemmed Monkeyflower | |
| Mikania scandens | Climbing hempvine Climbing hempweed | |
| Monarda bradburiana | Eastern beebalm Wild bergamot Horsemint | |
| Morella caroliniensis | Southern bayberry Swamp bayberry Swamp candleberry | |
| Morella cerifera | Wax myrtle Southern bayberry Candleberry | |
| Monarda didyma | Scarlet beebalm Oswego tea Red bergamot | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild bergamot Beebalm | |
| Morella pensylvanica | Northern bayberry Candleberry | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted beebalm Spotted horsemint Horsemint | |
| Morus rubra | Red mulberry Moral | |
| Nuttallanthus canadensis | Canada toadflax Blue Toadflax | |
| Nuphar lutea | Yellow pond-lily Cow lily Spatter dock Yellow cow lily | |
| Nymphaea odorata | American white waterlily American white water-lily Fragrant white water lily White water lily Fragrant water lily White water lily | |
| Nyssa sylvatica | Blackgum Black tupelo Sourgum Tupelo Pepperridge | |
| Oenothera biennis | Common evening-primrose King's cure-all | |
| Oenothera fruticosa | Narrowleaf evening-primrose Narrow-leaf evening-primrose Sundrops | |
| Oenothera perennis | Little evening-primrose Sundrops | |
| Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive fern Bead fern Sympathy fern | |
| Opuntia humifusa | Devil's-tongue Low prickly pear Smooth prickly pear Prickly pear | |
| Orontium aquaticum | Goldenclub | |
| Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon fern | |
| Osmunda claytoniana | Interrupted fern | |
| Osmorhiza longistylis | Longstyle sweetroot Aniseroot Sweet-cicely Wild licorice | |
| Osmunda regalis | Royal fern | |
| Ostrya virginiana | Eastern hop-hornbeam Hophornbeam Ironwood | |
| Oxalis violacea | Violet woodsorrel Violet wood-sorrel | |
| Panicum amarum | Bitter panicgrass Bitter or coastal panic grass Beachgrass | |
| Packera aurea | Golden ragwort Golden groundsel Butterweed | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Purple passionflower Purple passion vine Maypop Apricot vine | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand panic grass | |
| Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi penstemon Smooth white beardtongue Talus slope penstemon Foxglove beardtongue | |
| Penstemon laevigatus | Eastern smooth beardtongue Smooth beardtongue Eastern beardtongue Hairy beardtongue | |
| Peltandra virginica | Green arrow arum Tuckahoe Arrow arum Green arrow-arum | |
| Phlox carolina | Carolina phlox Summer phlox Thickleaf phlox | |
| Phlox divaricata | Wild blue phlox Louisiana phlox Blue woodland phlox Sweet william Wild sweet william | |
| Photinia floribunda | Purple chokeberry Red chokeberry | |
| Phlox maculata | Wild sweetwilliam Phlox Meadow phlox Wild sweet William | |
| Photinia melanocarpa | Black chokeberry | |
| Physocarpus opulifolius | Atlantic ninebark Common ninebark | |
| Phlox paniculata | Fall phlox Perennial phlox | |
| Photinia pyrifolia | Red chokeberry Red chokecherry | |
| Phlox stolonifera | Creeping phlox | |
| Phlox subulata | Creeping Phlox Moss phlox Moss pink Rock pink | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall obedient plant Obedient plant False dragonhead | |
| Pinus echinata | Shortleaf pine Yellow pine Spruce pine | |
| Pinus rigida | Pitch pine Torch pine | |
| Pinus serotina | Pond pine | |
| Pinus strobus | Eastern white pine Weymouth pine | |
| Pinus taeda | Loblolly pine Old field pine Bull pine Rosemary pine | |
| Pinus virginiana | Virginia pine Jersey pine Scrub pine | |
| Platanus occidentalis | American sycamore Buttonwood Plane-tree Sycamore | |
| Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas fern | |
| Polygonatum biflorum | Smooth Solomon's seal Great Solomon’s-seal Sealwort | |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed Pickerel Weed | |
| Populus deltoides | Eastern cottonwood Alamo Carolina poplar Necklace Poplar | |
| Populus heterophylla | Swamp cottonwood Swamp poplar Black cottonwood Downy poplar | |
| Podophyllum peltatum | Mayapple Indian apple Wild mandrake Pomme de mai Podophylle pelt | |
| Polygonatum pubescens | Hairy Solomon's seal | |
| Polemonium reptans | Greek valerian Greek-valerian Jacob's Ladder | |
| Prunus americana | American plum Wild plum | |
| Prunus maritima | Beach plum | |
| Prunus pensylvanica | Pin cherry Fire cherry Wild red cherry Bird cherry | |
| Prunus serotina | Black cherry Rum cherry | |
| Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry Common chokecherry Choke cherry | |
| Pteridium aquilinum | Western bracken fern Bracken fern Western bracken Bracken | |
| Pycnanthemum incanum | Hoary mountain mint Silverleaf mountain mint | |
| Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | Narrowleaf mountain mint Slender mountain mint Common horsemint | |
| Quercus alba | White oak Northern white oak Stave Oak Ridge White Oak Forked-leaf White Oak | |
| Quercus bicolor | Swamp white oak | |
| Quercus coccinea | Scarlet oak Red oak | |
| Quercus falcata | Southern red oak Spanish oak | |
| Quercus ilicifolia | Bear oak Scrub oak | |
| Quercus marilandica | Blackjack oak Barren oak Black oak Jack oak | |
| Quercus michauxii | Swamp chestnut oak Basket oak Cow oak | |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin oak Chinquapin oak Chestnut oak Yellow chestnut oak Yellow oak Rock chestnut oak Rock oak | |
| Quercus nigra | Water oak | |
| Quercus palustris | Pin oak Swamp Spanish oak | |
| Quercus phellos | Willow oak | |
| Quercus prinus | Chestnut oak Rock chestnut oak mountain chestnut oak rock oak tanbark oak | |
| Quercus rubra | Northern red oak | |
| Quercus stellata | Post oak | |
| Quercus velutina | Black oak | |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant sumac Aromatic sumac Lemon sumac Polecat bush | |
| Rhododendron atlanticum | Coastal azalea Dwarf azalea | |
| Rhododendron calendulaceum | Flame azalea | |
| Rhododendron canescens | Mountain azalea Wild azalea Honeysuckle azalea Piedmont azalea Sweet azalea Hoary azalea Southern pinxterflower | |
| Rhus copallinum | Winged sumac Shining sumac Flameleaf sumac Mountain sumac Dwarf sumac | |
| Rhus glabra | Smooth sumac | |
| Rhododendron maximum | Great laurel Wild rhododendron Rosebay rhododendron White laurel Rosebay | |
| Rhododendron periclymenoides | Pink azalea Pinxterbloom azalea Pinxterflower | |
| Rhododendron prinophyllum | Early azalea Roseshell azalea Woolly azalea | |
| Rhus typhina | Staghorn sumac Velvet sumac | |
| Rhexia virginica | Meadow beauty Handsome Harry | |
| Rhododendron viscosum | Swamp azalea Clammy azalea Cory azalea | |
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