Special Collections
Plants of Chesapeake Bay
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 |
Heuchera villosa | Hairy Alumroot | |
Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimson-eyed Rose-mallow Marshmallow Hibiscus | |
Houstonia caerulea | Azure Bluet Quaker Ladies Bluets | |
Hydrangea arborescens | Smooth Hydrangea Wild Hydrangea Sevenbark | |
Hypericum densiflorum | Bushy St. John's-wort | |
Hylotelephium telephioides | Allegheny Stonecrop | |
Hydrophyllum virginianum | Virginia Waterleaf Eastern Waterleaf Shawnee Salad | |
Ilex glabra | Inkberry Gallberry | |
Ilex laevigata | Smooth Winterberry | |
Ilex opaca | American Holly White Holly Prickly Holly Evergreen Holly Christmas Holly Yule Holly | |
Ilex verticillata | Common Winterberry Winterberry Michigan Holly Black Alder | |
Impatiens capensis | Jewelweed Orange Jewelweed Spotted Touch-me-not | |
Ionactis linariifolius | Flaxleaf Whitetop Aster Stiff Aster Flaxleaf Aster | |
Iris prismatica | Slender Blue Iris Slender Blue Flag Coastal Iris | |
Iris versicolor | Harlequin Blueflag Northern Blue Flag Large Blue Iris | |
Iris virginica | Virginia Iris Great Blue Flag Southern Blue Flag | |
Itea virginica | Virginia Sweetspire Tassel-white Virginia Willow | |
Iva frutescens | Jesuit's Bark High-tide Bush High-water Shrub Marsh Elder Bigleaf Marsh Elder | |
Jeffersonia diphylla | Twinleaf | |
Justicia americana | American Water-willow Water-willow | |
Juncus canadensis | Canadian Rush Canada Rush | |
Juncus effusus | Common Rush Soft Rush | |
Juglans nigra | Black Walnut Eastern Black Walnut American Black Walnut | |
Juncus roemerianus | Needlegrass Rush Black Needlerush | |
Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar Eastern Redcedar Virginia Juniper Red Juniper Pencil Cedar Carolina Cedar Red Savin | |
Kalmia angustifolia | Sheep Laurel Lambkill Kalmia Lambkill | |
Kalmia latifolia | Mountain Laurel Calico Bush Kalmia Mountain-laurel | |
Kosteletzkya virginica | Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow Virginia Fen-rose Saltmarsh Mallow Seashore Mallow | |
Lespedeza capitata | Roundhead Lespedeza Roundhead Bush-clover Round-headed Lespedeza Round-headed Bush-clover | |
Leersia oryzoides | Rice Cutgrass Rice Cut Grass | |
Lindera benzoin | Northern Spicebush Spicebush Wild Allspice | |
Limonium carolinianum | Carolina Sealavender Sea Lavender | |
Lilium canadense | Canada Lily Canadian Lily Wild Yellow Lily | |
Lilium philadelphicum | Wood Lily | |
Liatris scariosa | Devil's Bite Large Blazing Star Large Gayfeather Large Liatris Savanna Blazing Star Savanna Gayfeather Savanna Liatris | |
Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star Dense Gayfeather Dense Liatris Marsh Blazing Star Marsh Gayfeather Marsh Liatris | |
Liatris squarrosa | Scaly Blazing Star Scaly Gayfeather Scaly Liatris | |
Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum American Sweetgum Red Gum White Gum Star-leaved Gum Starleaf Gum Alligator Tree Satin Walnut Bilsted Liquidambar | |
Lilium superbum | Turk's-cap Lily | |
Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Tree Tulip Poplar Yellow Poplar | |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle Trumpet Honeysuckle Woodbine | |
Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | |
Lupinus perennis | Sundial Lupine Wild Lupine | |
Lyonia ligustrina | Maleberry He-huckleberry | |
Lyonia mariana | Piedmont Staggerbush Staggerbush | |
Magnolia acuminata | Cucumbertree Cucumber Tree Mountain Magnolia | |
Maianthemum canadense | Canada Mayflower False Lily-of-the-valley | |
Malus coronaria | Sweet Crabapple American Crab | |
Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum | Feathery False Lily Of The Valley False Spikenard False Solomon's Seal Solomon's Plume Smilacina | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |