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 |
Rubus allegheniensis | Allegheny Blackberry | |
Ruellia caroliniensis | Carolina Wild Petunia | |
Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange Coneflower Orange Rudbeckia Perennial Black-eyed Susan Goldstrum | |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
Rudbeckia laciniata | Green-headed Coneflower Greenhead Coneflower Cutleaf Coneflower Wild Goldenglow Sochan | |
Rubus odoratus | Purple-flowering Raspberry Thimbleberry | |
Rudbeckia triloba | Browneyed Susan Brown-eyed-susan Thin-leaved Coneflower Three-lobed Rudbeckia | |
Sassafras albidum | Sassafras White Sassafras Ague Tree Cinnamon Wood Mitten Tree Saloop Smelling Stick | |
Sabatia angularis | Rosepink Rose-pink | |
Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot | |
Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail Lizard Tail Breastweed Water Dragon | |
Saccharum giganteum | Sugarcane Plumegrass Giant Plumegrass | |
Salix humilis | Prairie Willow | |
Sagittaria latifolia | Broadleaf Arrowhead Arrowhead Duckroot Duck-potato Wapato | |
Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf Sage Cancer Weed | |
Salix nigra | Black Willow Gulf Black Willow Swamp Willow Sauz | |
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common Elderberry Black Elder Mexican Elderberry Common Elder Elderberry Tapiro Sauco | |
Saxifraga pensylvanica | Eastern Swamp Saxifrage | |
Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa | Red Elderberry Scarlet Elder Red-berried Elder | |
Salix sericea | Silky Willow | |
Saxifraga virginiensis | Early Saxifrage | |
Scirpus atrovirens | Green Bulrush Dark Green Bulrush | |
Scirpus cyperinus | Woolgrass Cottongrass Bulrush Marsh Bulrush Teddybear Paws | |
Scutellaria integrifolia | Helmet-flower Rough Skullcap Common Large Skullcap Tall Skullcap | |
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens | Common Threesquare Common Three-square | |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem Popotillo Azul | |
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | Softstem Bulrush Soft-stem Club-rush Great Bulrush | |
Senna marilandica | Maryland Senna Maryland Wild Senna Southern Wild Senna Wild Senna | |
Sedum ternatum | Woodland Stonecrop Wild Stonecrop | |
Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass Narrow-leaf Blue-eyed-grass Bermuda Blue-eyed Grass Blue-eyed Grass | |
Sisyrinchium atlanticum | Eastern Blue-eyed Grass | |
Silene caroliniana | Sticky Catchfly Wild Pink | |
Silphium perfoliatum | Cup Plant Indian Cup | |
Silene stellata | Widow's Frill Starry Campion | |
Silene virginica | Fire Pink Scarlet Catchfly | |
Smilax herbacea | Smooth Carrionflower Carrionflower | |
Solidago altissima | Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod Canada Goldenrod | |
Sorbus americana | American Mountain Ash American Mountain-ash | |
Solidago caesia | Wreath Goldenrod Blue-stemmed Goldenrod Bluestem Goldenrod | |
Solidago canadensis | Canada Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod Tall Goldenrod Giant Goldenrod | |
Solidago flexicaulis | Zigzag Goldenrod Broadleaf Goldenrod | |
Solidago juncea | Early Goldenrod Plume Goldenrod | |
Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod Prairie Goldenrod Oldfield Goldenrod Grayleaf Goldenrod Gray-leaved Goldenrod Dyersweed Goldenrod Dwarf Goldenrod Field Goldenrod | |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow Indiangrass Indian Grass | |
Solidago odora | Anisescented Goldenrod Anise-scented Goldenrod Sweet Goldenrod | |
Solidago rugosa | Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod Rough-leaved Goldenrod Roughleaf Goldenrod Rough-stemmed Goldenrod Roughstem Goldenrod | |
Solidago sempervirens | Seaside Goldenrod | |
Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod Noble Goldenrod | |
Spartina alterniflora | Saltmarsh Cordgrass Saltwater Cordgrass Salt Cordgrass Smooth Cordgrass | |
Spiraea alba | White Meadowsweet | |
Spiraea alba var. latifolia | White Meadowsweet Meadowsweet | |
Sparganium americanum | American Bur-reed | |
Spiranthes cernua | Nodding Ladies'-tresses Ladies'-tresses Nodding Lady's Tresses | |
Spartina cynosuroides | Big Cordgrass | |
Spartina patens | Saltmeadow Cordgrass Salt-meadow Cordgrass Marsh-hay Cordgrass | |
Spartina pectinata | Prairie Cordgrass Freshwater Cordgrass Sloughgrass | |
Spiraea tomentosa | Steeplebush | |
Stellaria pubera | Star Chickweed | |
Stachys tenuifolia | Smooth Hedgenettle Slender Betony | |
Staphylea trifolia | American Bladdernut | |
Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Broad-leaved Aster Common Blue Wood Aster Heartleaf Aster | |
Symphyotrichum ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster | |
Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster White Aster White Prairie Aster | |
Symplocarpus foetidus | Skunk Cabbage Skunk-cabbage | |
Symphyotrichum laeve | Smooth Blue Aster | |
Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve | Smooth Blue Aster Smooth Aster | |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster New England American-aster | |
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii | New York Aster | |
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. novi-belgii | New York Aster | |
Taxodium distichum | Bald Cypress Baldcypress Common Bald Cypress Southern Bald Cypress Deciduous Cypress Southern Cypress Swamp Cypress Red Cypress White Cypress Yellow Cypress Gulf Cypress Tidewater Red Cypress | |
Thalictrum dioicum | Early Meadow-rue | |
Thelypteris noveboracensis | New York Fern Tapering Fern | |
Thuja occidentalis | Arborvitae Eastern Arborvitae Northern White Cedar | |
Thelypteris palustris | Eastern Marsh Fern Marsh Fern | |
Thalictrum pubescens | King Of The Meadow King-of-the-meadow Tall Meadow Rue | |
Thalictrum thalictroides | Rue Anemone Rue-anemone | |
Tilia americana | American Basswood American Linden Lime Tree Bee Tree | |
Tiarella cordifolia | Heartleaf Foamflower Heart-leaf Foamflower | |
Tripsacum dactyloides | Eastern Gamagrass Fakahatchee Grass | |
Trillium erectum | Red Trillium Red Wakerobin Stinking Benjamin Wet Dog Trillium Wet Dog Wakerobin Purple Trillium Purple Wakerobin | |
Tridens flavus | Purpletop Tridens Redtop Tridens Tall Redtop Tridens Purpletop Redtop Tall Redtop | |
Trillium grandiflorum | White Wake-robin White Trillium Large-flower Wake-robin Large-flower Trillium Large-flowered Wake-robin Large-flowered Trillium | |
Trillium sessile | Toadshade Red Trillium Red Wake-robin Sessile Trillium Sessile Wake-robin Yellow Trillium Yellow Wake-robin | |
Trillium undulatum | Painted Trillium Painted Wakerobin | |
Tradescantia virginiana | Virginia Spiderwort Spider Lily | |
Tsuga canadensis | Eastern Hemlock | |
Ulmus americana | American Elm White Elm Soft Elm Water Elm Common Elm | |
Ulmus rubra | Slippery Elm Red Elm Gray Elm Soft Elm | |
Uvularia grandiflora | Largeflower Bellwort Large-flower Bellwort Merrybells | |
Uvularia perfoliata | Perfoliate Bellwort Mealy Bellwort Merrybells | |
Uvularia sessilifolia | Spreading Bellwort Straw Lily Wild Oats Merrybells Sessile-leaf Bellwort Sessile Bellwort | |
Vaccinium angustifolium | Lowbush Blueberry Late Lowbush Blueberry | |
Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush Blueberry | |
Vaccinium macrocarpon | Cranberry Large Cranberry | |
Vaccinium pallidum | Blue Ridge Blueberry Early Lowbush Blueberry | |
Vaccinium stamineum | Deerberry | |
Verbesina alternifolia | Wingstem Yellow Ironweed | |
Verbena hastata | Swamp Verbena Blue Verbena Blue Vervain Simpler's Joy | |
Vernonia noveboracensis | New York Ironweed | |
Veratrum viride | Green False Hellebore Green Corn Lily | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |