- Alphabetical listing by common name
By Dr. Michael H. Mitchell
The Dismal Swamp may have as many as 400 - 500 different
plant species. It is a fantastic ecological wonder...beautiful...
serene...a great place to be in nature. Names change from time to
time and my books are a few years old.
Common Name - Genus species - Family
[Asiatic Dayflower] - Commelina communis - Commelinaceae
Bald Cypress - Taxodium distichum - Taxodiaceae
Beech - Fagus grandifolia - Fagaceae
Black Berry - Rubus spp - Rosaceae
Black Cohosh, Bugbane - Cimicifuga racemosa - Ranunculaceae
Black Oak - Quercus velutina - Fagaceae
[Blue-Eyed Grass] - Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Bouncing Bet Soapwort - Saponaria officinalis - Caryophyllaceae
Bracken Fern - Pteridium aquilinum - Pteridaceae
Button Bush - Cephalanthus occidentalis - Rubiaceae
Buttonweed - Diodia virginiana - Rubiaceae
[Cinnamon Fern] - Osmunda cinnamomea
[Columbine] - Aquilegia canadensis
[Common Chickweed] - Stellaria media
Common Cottonwood - Populus deltoides - Salicaceae
[Common Milkweed] - Asclepias syriaca
[Common Violet] - Viola cucullata
Cornflower, Bachelor's Button - Centaurea cyanus - Asteraceae
Crown Vetch - Coronilla varia - Fabaceae
Deptford Pink - Dianthus deltoides - Caryophyllaceae
Dodder, Love Vine - Cuscuta spp - Convolvulaceae
Dog-Fennel - Eupatorium capillifolium - Asteraceae
Dogwood - Cornus florida - Cornaceae
Elderberry - Sambucus canadensis - Caprifoloiaceae
False Cane, Cane - Arundinaria gigantea - Poaceae
False Nettle, Bog Hemp - Boehmeria cylindrica - Urticaceae
Fireweed - Epilobium - ciliatum - Onagraceae
French Mulberry - Callicarpa americana - Verbenaceae
[Fungi - Death Cap Family] - Amanita spp
[Fungi] - Pluteus spp
[Fungi] - Scleroderma spp
Goldenrod - Solidago spp - Asteraceae
Goutweed, Bishopweed - Aegopodium podograria - Apiaceae
[Grass of Parnassus] - Parnassia asarifolia
Greenbrier - Smilax laurifolia - Liliaceae
Greenbrier - Smilax rotundifolia - Liliaceae
Ground Cherry - Physalis angulata - Solanaceae
[Ground Ivy or Gill Over Ground] - Glechoma hederacea
Hay-Scented Fern - Dennstaedtia punctilobula - Pteridaceae
Healall - Prunella vulgaris - Lamiaceae
[Hercules Club] - Aralia spinosa - Araliaceae
Highbush Blueberry - Vaccinium corymbosum - Ericaceae
Holly - Ilex opaca - Aquifoliaceae
[Horse Nettle] - Solanum carolinense
Huckleberry - Gaylussacia spp - Ericaceae
[Indian Strawberry] - Duchesnea indica
Ironwood - Carpinus caroliniana - Betulaceae
Japanese Honeysuckle - Lonicera japonica - Caprifoliaceae
Jimsonweed - Datura stamonium - Solanaceae
Laurel Oak - Quercus laurifolia - Fagaceae
Lizard's Tail - Saururus cernuus - Saururaceae
Loblolly Pine - Pinus taeda - Pinaceae
Magnolia Tree, Bull Bay - Magnolia grandiflora - Magnoliaceae
[Male Berry, Male Bluebery] - Lyonia ligustrina - Ericaceae
[Marsh blue Violet] - Viola cucullata
Milkweed, Common - Asclepias syriaca - Asclepiadaceae
Mimosa - Albizia julibrissen - Fabaceae
Mistletow - Phoradendron serotinium - Loranthaceae
[Morning Glory] - Ipomoea sagittat
Muscadine Grape - Vitis rotundifolia - Vitaceae
[Narrow-Leaf Plantain] - Plantego lanceolata
Netted Chain Fern - Woodwardia areolata - Blechnaceae
New York Ironweed - Vernonia noveboracensis - Asteraceae
Nightshade - Solanum carolinense - Solanaceae
[Partridge Pea] - Cassia fasciculata - Fabaceae
[Passion Flower] - Passiflora incarnata - Passifloraceae
Pawpaw - Asimina triloba - Annonaceae
Plantain - Plantago spp - Plantaginaceae
Poison Ivy - Rhus radicans - Anacardiaceae
Poke Weed - Phytolacca americana - Phytolaccaceae
[Purple Flowering Raspberry] - rubus odoratus
[Purple Vetch] - Vicia americana
Queen Anne's Lace, Wild Carrot - Daucus carota - Apiaceae
Ragweed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia - Asteraceae
Red Bay - Persea borbonia - Lauraceae
Red Cedar - Juniperus virginiana - Cupressaceae
[Red Chockeberry] - Sorbus arbutifolia
Red Clover - Trifolium pratense - Fabaceae
Red Maple - Acer rubrum - Aceraceae
River Birch - Betula nigra - Betulaceae
Royal Fern - Osmunda regalis - Osmundaceae
Rush - Juncus effusus - Juncaceae
Sassafras - Sassafras albidum - Lauraceae
[Slender Marsh Pink] - Sabatia campanulata
[Small White Morning Glory] - Impomoea lacuna
Sneezeweed - Helenium autumnale - Asteraceae
Spanish Moss - Tillandsia usneoides - Bromeliaceae
Spanish Oak (var pagodafolia) - Quercus falcata - Fagaceae
Spotted Knapweed - Centaurea maculosa - Asteraceae
Spotted Touch-Me-Not - Impatiens capensis - Balsaminaeae
[Swamp Azalia] - Rhododendron Viscosum - Ericaceae
Swamp Chestnut Oak - Quercus michauxii - Fagaceae
Sweet Bay - Magnolia virginica - Magnoliaceae
Sweet Gum, Gum Ball - Liquidambar styraciflua - Hamamelidaceae
Sweet Pepper - Clethra alnifolia - Clethraceae
Sycamore - Platanus occidentalis - Platanaceae
Tree of Heaven - Ailanthus altissima - Simaroubaceae
Trumpet Creeper, Cowitch Vine - Campsis radicans - Bignoniaceae
Tulip Tree - Liriodendron tulipifera - Magnoliaceae
Virginia Chain Fern - Woodwardia virginica - Blechnaceae
Virginia Creeper - Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Vitaceae
Virginia Meadow Beauty - Rhexia virginica - Melastomataceae
[Cinnamon Fern] - Osmunda cinnamomea
[Virginia Meadow Beauty] - Rhexia virginica
[Virginia Thistle] - Cirsiium virginianum
Virginia Willow - Itea virginica - Saxifragaceae
Water Oak - Quercus nigra - Fagaceae
Water Willow - Salix nigra - Salicaceae
[Water Willow/Water Loosestrife] - Decodon verticillatus
Wax Myrtle - Myrica cerifera - Myricaceae
Wild Strawberry - Fragaria virginiana - Rosaceae
Winged Sumac - Rhus copallinum - Anacardiaceae
Wood Sorrel, Lady's Sorrel - Oxalis dellenii - Oxalidaceae
Yarrow, Milfoil - Achillea millefolium - Asteraceae
