Special Collections
West Virginia Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in West Virginia. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum American Sweetgum Red Gum White Gum Star-leaved Gum Starleaf Gum Alligator Tree Satin Walnut Bilsted Liquidambar | |
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 | |
Magnolia acuminata | Cucumbertree Cucumber Tree Mountain Magnolia | |
Magnolia tripetala | Umbrella Tree Umbrella Magnolia | |
Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Sweetbay Magnolia Southern Sweetbay Swampbay Swamp Magnolia Sweet Magnolia Small Magnolia Laurel Magnolia White Bay White Laurel Swamp Laurel Beaver Tree | |
Mertensia virginica | Virginia Bluebells | |
Morella cerifera | Wax Myrtle Southern Wax Myrtle Southern Bayberry Eastern Bayberry Bayberry Candleberry Tallow Shrub | |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
Monarda didyma | Scarlet Beebalm Oswego Tea Red Bergamot | |
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | |
Nyssa sylvatica | Tupelo Blackgum Black Tupelo Sourgum Pepperidge Tupelo Gum Beetlebung | |
Oenothera fruticosa | Narrowleaf Evening-primrose Narrow-leaf Evening-primrose Sundrops Narrowleaf Evening Primrose | |
Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Sorrel Tree | |
Passiflora incarnata | Maypop Purple Passionflower Purple Passion Vine Apricot Vine | |
Penstemon canescens | Eastern Gray Penstemon Eastern Gray Beardtongue | |
Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi Penstemon Mississippi Beardtongue Smooth White Penstemon Smooth White Beardtongue Talus Slope Penstemon Talus Slope Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue | |
Penstemon laevigatus | Eastern Smooth Penstemon Eastern Smooth Beardtongue Smooth Penstemon Smooth Beardtongue Eastern Penstemon Eastern Beardtongue Hairy Penstemon Hairy Beardtongue | |
Phlox divaricata | Wild Blue Phlox Louisiana Phlox Blue Woodland Phlox Sweet William Wild Sweet William | |
Physocarpus opulifolius | Common Ninebark Atlantic Ninebark | |
Pinus echinata | Shortleaf Pine Shortleaf Yellow Pine Southern Yellow Pine Yellow Pine Shortstraw Pine Arkansas Pine Longtag Pine Spruce Pine Oldfield Pine Arkansas Soft Pine | |
Pinus pungens | Table Mountain Pine Hickory Pine Prickly Pine | |
Pinus rigida | Pitch Pine Torch Pine | |
Picea rubens | Red Spruce Yellow Spruce West Virginia Spruce Eastern Spruce He-balsam | |
Pinus strobus | Eastern White Pine Weymouth Pine | |
Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine Oldfield Pine Bull Pine Rosemary Pine | |
Pinus virginiana | Virginia Pine Jersey Pine Scrub Pine | |
Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore Eastern Sycamore American Plane Tree Plane Tree Buttonwood Buttonball Tree | |
Polemonium reptans | Greek Valerian Jacob's Ladder | |
Prunus americana | American Plum Wild Plum | |
Prunus serotina | Black Cherry Wild Black Cherry Rum Cherry | |
Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry Common Chokecherry Choke Cherry | |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree | |
Quercus alba | White Oak Northern White Oak Eastern White Oak Stave Oak Ridge White Oak Forked-leaf White Oak | |
Quercus coccinea | Scarlet Oak Red Oak | |
Quercus imbricaria | Shingle Oak Laurel Oak | |
Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin Oak Chinquapin Oak Chestnut Oak Yellow Chestnut Oak Rock Chestnut Oak Yellow Oak Rock Oak | |
Quercus palustris | Pin Oak Swamp Spanish Oak | |
Quercus phellos | Willow Oak Swamp Willow Oak Pin Oak Peach Oak | |
Quercus stellata | Post Oak Iron Oak Cross Oak | |
Quercus virginiana | Coastal Live Oak Southern Live Oak Virginia Live Oak Live Oak Encino | |
Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Lemon Sumac Polecat Bush | |
Rhododendron calendulaceum | Flame Azalea | |
Rhododendron catawbiense | Catawba Rosebay Purple Rhododendron Red Laurel Catawba Rhododendron Mountain Rosebay | |
Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | |
Rhododendron maximum | Great Laurel Wild Rhododendron Rosebay Rhododendron White Laurel Rosebay | |
Rhododendron prinophyllum | Early Azalea Roseshell Azalea Woolly Azalea | |
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