Special Collections
Mt. Cuba Center
The Copeland family dedicated their Mt. Cuba estate to conserving the native plants that they cherished for future generations to enjoy in their natural setting. Today, the Center is passionately committed to preserving the rich flora of the Appalachian Piedmont Region through conservation, horticulture, and education & research.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Amelanchier sanguinea | Roundleaf Serviceberry Red-twig Serviceberry | |
| Amelanchier stolonifera | Running Serviceberry | |
| Amsonia tabernaemontana | Eastern Bluestar Blue Dogbane Willow Amsonia Woodland Bluestar | |
| Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia | Eastern Bluestar | |
| Anemone canadensis | Canadian Anemone Round-leaf Thimbleweed Canada Anemone Windflower Meadow Anemone | |
| Anemone caroliniana | Carolina Anemone Carolina Thimbleweed Southern Thimbleweed | |
| Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem Brushy Bluestem | |
| Andropogon gyrans | Elliott's Bluestem | |
| Anemone quinquefolia | Wood Anemone Nightcaps Windflower | |
| Andropogon ternarius | Splitbeard Bluestem Split Bluestem | |
| Angelica triquinata | Filmy Angelica | |
| Angelica venenosa | Hairy Angelica | |
| Andropogon virginicus | Broomsedge Broomsedge Bluestem Yellowsedge Bluestem Whiskey Grass Popotillo Pajon | |
| Anemone virginiana | Tall Thimbleweed Thimbleweed Tall Anemone | |
| Apios americana | Groundnut Wild Potato Indian Potato | |
| Aplectrum hyemale | Adam And Eve | |
| Apios priceana | Price's Groundnut Traveler's Delight | |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern Red Columbine Wild Red Columbine | |
| Aronia arbutifolia | Red Chokeberry Red Chokecherry | |
| Aruncus dioicus | Bride's Feathers Goat's Beard | |
| Arisaema dracontium | Green Dragon Dragonroot Greendragon | |
| Aristida lanosa | Woollysheath Threeawn Woolly Three-awn | |
| Aristolochia macrophylla | Pipevine Dutchman's Pipe | |
| Aronia melanocarpa | Black Chokeberry | |
| Aralia nudicaulis | Wild Sarsaparilla | |
| Aralia racemosa | American Spikenard | |
| Aristolochia serpentaria | Virginia Snakeroot Virginia Dutchmanspipe | |
| Aristolochia tomentosa | Woolly Dutchman's Pipe Common Dutchman's Pipe | |
| Arisaema triphyllum | Jack In The Pulpit Indian Jack In The Pulpit Jack-in-the-pulpit | |
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Kinnikinnick Red Bearberry Kinnikinnik | |
| Astilbe biternata | Appalachian False Goat's Beard False Goatsbeard | |
| Asplenium bradleyi | Bradley's Spleenwort | |
| Asarum canadense | Canadian Wild Ginger Wild Ginger | |
| Asplenium ×ebenoides | Scott's Spleenwort Dragontail Fern | |
| Asclepias exaltata | Poke Milkweed | |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
| Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra | Swamp Milkweed | |
| Asimina parviflora | Smallflower Pawpaw Small-flower Pawpaw Dwarf Pawpaw | |
| Asplenium pinnatifidum | Lobed Spleenwort | |
| Asplenium platyneuron | Ebony Spleenwort | |
| Asclepias purpurascens | Purple Milkweed | |
| Asimina triloba | Pawpaw Common Pawpaw Custard Apple Indian Banana Wild Banana | |
| Asplenium trichomanes | Maidenhair Spleenwort | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
| Asclepias variegata | Redring Milkweed White-flowered Milkweed | |
| Asclepias verticillata | Whorled Milkweed Eastern Whorled Milkweed | |
| Athyrium filix-femina | Common Lady Fern Subarctic Lady Fern Lady Fern Ladyfern | |
| Aureolaria flava var. flava | Smooth Yellow False Foxglove | |
| Baptisia alba | White Wild Indigo White Baptisia | |
| Baptisia albescens | Spiked Wild Indigo | |
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