VONTAY SAVANNA 2020 PLANT LIST (nomenclature follows Flora of Virginia, 2012, (non-na ve species indicated with *)
FEBRUARY-APRIL BLOOMING: 44 TAXA - 29 na ve/15 non-na ve
GRAMINOIDS: Anthoxanthum odoratum* Sweet Vernal Grass Carex annectens Yellow-fruited Sedge Carex blanda Eastern Woodland Sedge Carex digitalis var. macropoda Long-spiked Slender Woodland Sedge Carex emmosii Emmon’s Sedge Carex laxiflora Broad Loose-flowered Sedge Carex mesochorea Midland Sedge Carex nigromarginata Black-edged Sedge Carex radiata Eastern Star Sedge Carex swanii Swan’s Sedge Carex umbellata Parasol Sedge Carex willdenowii Willdenow’s Sedge Poa autumnalis Autumn Bluegrass Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis* Kentucky Bluegrass Sphenopholis ni da Shiny Wedgegrass
WILDFLOWERS: Antennaria parlinii ssp. parlinii Parlin’s Pussytoes Arabidopsis thaliana* Mouse-ear Cress Barbarea verna* Early Winter Cress Barbarea vulgaris* Winter Cress Cardamine hirsuta* Hairy Bi ercress Ceras um glomeratum* S cky Mouse-ear Chickweed Erigeron philadelphicus Philadelphia Fleabane Fragaria virginiana Wild Strawberry Houstonia caerulea Common Bluets Houstonia purpurea Summer Bluets Lamium amplexicaule* Henbit Lamium purpureum* Purple Dead-ne le Myosoton aqua cum * Giant Chickweed Oxalis dillenii Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel Poten lla canadensis var. candensis Dwarf Cinquefoil Salvia lyrata Lyre-leaved Sage Sisyrinchium angus folium Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed-grass Stellaria media* Common Chickweed Taraxacum officinale* Common Dandelion Triosteum angus folium Lesser Horse Gen an Uvularia perfoliata Perfoliate Bellwort Veronica arvensis* Corn Speedwell Vicia sa va ssp. nigra* Narrow-leaf Vetch Viola sororia Common Blue Violet Youngia japonica* Oriental False Hawksbeard
WOODY PLANTS: Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood Rubus occidentalis Black Raspberry Rubus pensylvanicus Pennsylvania Blackberry Vaccinium stamineum Deerberry
MAY BLOOMING: 55 TAXA – 46 na ve/9 non-na ve
GRAMINOIDS: Carex cephalophora Oval-leaved Sedge Carex digitalis var. digitalis Slender Woodland Sedge Carex glaucodea Blue Sedge Carex hirsutella Fuzzy Sedge Carex muhlenbergii Muhlenberg’s Sedge Dactylis glomerata* Orchard Grass Danthonia spicata Poverty Oatgrass Dichanthelium acuminaturm var. fasciculatum Slender-stemmed Panic Grass Dichanthelium boscii Bosc’s Panic Grass Dichanthelium commutatum var. ashei Ashe’s Panic Grass Dichanthelium commutatum var. commutatum Variable Panic Grass Dichanthelium depauperatum Starved Panic Grass Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum Small-fruited Panic Grass Dichanthelium laxiflorum Open-flower Panic Grass Dichanthelium meridionale Ma ed Panic Grass Dichanthelium polyanthes Round-seed Panic Grass Elymus hystrix var. piedmontanus Piedmont Bo lebrush Grass Festuca subver cillata Nodding Fescue Juncus dichotomus Forked Rush Poa annua* Annual Bluegrass Poa compressa* Flat-stemmed Bluegrass Schedonorus arundinaceus* Tall Fescue Scleria oligantha Li le-headed Nutrush Sphenopholis obtusata Prairie Wedgegrass WILDFLOWERS: Asclepias variegata White Milkweed Endodeca serpentaria Turpen ne-root Erigeron anuus Annual Fleabane Erigeron s gosus var. strigosus Daisy Fleabane Euphorbia puben ssima False Flowering Spurge Galium aparine Cleavers Galium circaezans Forest Bedstraw Gamochaeta purpurea Purple Cudweed Geranium carolinianum Carolina Geranium Geranium dissectum* Cut-leaf Geranium Lepidium virginicum Virginia Peppergrass Leucanthemum vulgare* Oxeye Daisy Liparis liliifolia Large Twayblade Lysimarchia quadrifolia Whorled Loosestrife Mitchella repens Partridge-berry Myo s macrosperma Large-seed Forget-me-not Packera anonyma Small’s Ragwort Persicaria longiseta Long-bristled Smartweed Physalis virginiana var. virginiana Virginia Ground-cherry Plantago virginica Virginia Plaintain Polygala polygama Racemed Milkwort Sanicula smallii Small’s Snakeroot Sisyrinchium mucronatum Needle- p Blue-eyed-grass Trifolium campestre* Low Hop Clover Trifolium dubium* Lesser Hop Clover Trifolium repens* White Clover Triodanis perfoliata Small Venus’ Looking-glass
WOODY PLANTS: Ceanothus americanus New Jersey Tea Rosa caroliniana ssp. caroliniana Carolina Rose Rubus flagellaris Common Dewberry Viburnum acerifolium Maple-leaved Viburnum
JUNE BLOOMING: 46 TAXA – 38 na ve/8 non-na ve
GRAMINOIDS: Cyperus echinatus Globe Flatsedge Cyperus hystricinus Bristly Flatsedge Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri Lindhimer’s Panic Grass Dichanthelium dichotomum var. ramulosum Branched Panic Grass Dichanthelium scoparium Velvet Panic Grass Elymus virginicus Virginia Wild Rye Juncus secundus Secund Rush
WILDFLOWERS: Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Allium vineale* Field Garlic Anemone virginiana var. virginiana Tall Anemone Angelica venenosa Hairy Angelica Apocynum cannabinum Indian Hemp Chimaphila maculata Spo ed Wintergreen Circaea canadensis ssp. canadensis Enchanter’s Nightshade Commelina communis* Asia c Dayflower Daucus carota* Queen-Anne’s Lace Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum Narrow-leaf Tick-trefoil Dianthus armeria ssp. armeria* Dep ord Pink Galium pilosum Hairy Bedstraw Galium triflorum Sweet-scented Bedstraw Geum canadense White Avens Geum virginianum Cream Avens Hylodesmum nudiflorum Naked-flowered Tick-trefoil Hypericum perforatum Common St. John’s-wort Hypericum punctatum* Spo ed St.John’s-wort Ipomea pandurata Wild Potato-vine Lactuca canadensis Wild Le uce Lactuca hirsuta Hairy Le uce Linum usita ssimum* Common Flax Lysimachia ciliata Fringed Loosestrife Lysimachia lanceolata Lanceleaf Loosestrife Monotropa uniflora Indian Pipe Oxalis corniculata* Creeping Wood-sorrel Oxalis stricta Common Yellow Wood-sorrel Phryma leptostachya var. leptostachya Lopseed Physalis heterophylla Clammy Ground-cherry Phytolacca americana var. americana Common Pokeweed Plantago rugelii American Plantain Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Narrow-leaf Mountain-mint Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan Sanicula canadensis Black Snakeroot Sericocarpus asteroides Toothed White-top Aster Silphium asteriscus Rosin Weed Solanum carolliniense var. caroliniense Horse-Ne le Trifolium arvense* Rabbit-foot Clover Verbena ur cifolia White Vervain JULY BLOOMING: 25 TAXA – 24 na ve/1 non-na ve
GRAMINOIDS: Chasmanthium laxum Slender Spikegrass Coleataenia anceps ssp. anceps Beaked Panic Grass Setaria parviflora Knotroot Bristlegrass Tridens flavus Purpletop
WILDFLOWERS: Acalypha gracilens Slender Three-seeded Mercury Agimonia pubescens Downy Agrimony Agrimonia rostellata Woodland Agrimony Desmodium canescens Hoary Tick-trefoil Eupatorium godfreyanum Godfrey’s Thoroughwort Eupatorium pubescens Hairy Thoroughwort Galac a volubilis var. volubilis Downy Milkpea Hypericum stragulum Low St. Andrew’s Cross Liatris squarosa var. squarrosa Scaley Blazing Star Lobelia inflata Indian Tobacco Lycopus virginicus Virginia Bugleweed Persicaria extremiorientalis* East Asian Smartweed Prunella vulgaris Self-heal Pycnanthemum p. var. pycnanthemoides Southern Mountain-mint Ruellia caroliniensis Carolina Wild-petunia Saba a angularis Rose-pink Solidago juncea Early Goldenrod Solidago giganteq Late Goldenrod Solidago pinetorum Small’s Goldenrod Vernonia glauca Upland Ironweed
WOODY PLANTS: Rhus copallinum var. la folia Winged Sumac
AUGUST BLOOMING: 44 TAXA – 41 na ve/3 non-na ve
GRAMINOIDS: Agros s perennans Autumn Bentgrass Andropogon virginicus Broomsedge Digitaria sanguinalis* Northern Crabgrass Eragros s spectabilis Purple Lovegrass Muhlenbergia schreberi Nimblewill Paspalum pubiflorum Hairy-seed Paspalum Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium Li le Bluestem Setaria faberi* Nodding Bristlegrass Sorghastrum nutans Indian Grass
WILDFLOWERS: Ambrosia artemesiifolia Common Ragweed Bidens bipinnata Spanish Needles Amphicarpaea bracteata Hog-peanut Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata Common Partridge-pea Chamaecrista nictatans var. nictatans Wild Sensi ve Plant Chenopodium album Lamb’s-quarters Cirsium discolor Field Thistle Conoclinium coeles num Mis lower Conyza canadensis var. canadensis Horseweed Desmodium ciliare Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoil Desmodium glabellum Dillenius’ Tick-trefoil Desmodium laevigatum Smooth Tick-trefoil Desmodium nu allii Nu all’s Tick-trefoil Desmodium rotundifolium Round-leaf Tick-trefoil Desmodium viridifolium Velvet-leaf Tick-trefoil Elephantopus carolinianus Carolina Elephant’s-foot Elephantopus tomentosus Hairy Elephant’s-foot Erech tes hieracifolia Pilewort Euphorbia maculata Spo ed Spurge Euthamia graminifolia Grass-leaved Goldenrod Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum Sweet-scented Joe-pye-weed Hieracium gronovii Hairy Hawkweed Hieracium scabrum Rough Hawkweed Kummerowia striata* Japanese-clover Lactuca floridana Florida Blue Le uce Leersia virginica White Grass Lespedeza procumbens Trailing Lespedeza Lespedeza virginica Slender Lespedeza Oenothera biennis Common Evening-primrose Persicaria virginiana Virginia Knotweed Phyllanthus caroliniensis ssp. caroliniensis Carolina Leaf-flower Psueodognaphalium obtusifolium Sweet Everlas ng Solidago nemoralis var. nemoralis Gray Goldenrod Stylosanthes biflora Pencilflower Tipularia discolor Cranefly Orchid SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER BLOOMING: 20 TAXA – 17 na ve /3 not
Arthraxon hispidus var. hispidus* Joint-head Grass Microstegium vimineum* Japanese S ltgrass
WILDFLOWERS: Acalypha rhomboidea Common Three-seeded Mercury Chrysopsis mariana Maryland Golden-aster Desmodium marilandicum Smooth Small-leaf Tick-trefoil Desmodium obtusum S ff Tick-trefoil Epifagus virginiana Beechdrops Eupatorium hyssopifolium Hyssop-leaf Thoroughwort Eupatorium torreyanum Torrey’s Thoroughwort Gen ana villosa Striped Gen an Lespedeza violacea Wand Lespedeza Nabalus trifoliolatus Gall-of-the-earth Solidago al ssima ssp. al ssima Tall Goldenrod Solidago caesia Blue-stemmed Goldenrod Solidago erecta Erect Goldenrod Solidago rugosa Rough-stemmed Goldenrod Symphyotrichum pilosum var. undetermined Frost Aster Verbesina alternifolia Wingstem Verbesina occidentalis Yellow Crownbeard
WOODY PLANTS: Lespedeza bicolor* Shrub Lespedeza
NO BLOOMING DATE RECORDED: 67 TAXA – 61 na ve/6 non-na ve FERNS: Asplenium platyneuron Ebony Spleenwort Athyrium asplenioides Southern Lady Fern Botrypus virginianus Ra lesnake Fern Polys chum acros choides Christmas Fern
WILDFLOWERS: Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum Common Jack-in-the-pulpit Asclepias amplexicaulis Clasping Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa var. tuberosa B u e r fl y - w e e d Bidens aristosa* Tickseed Sunflower Calystegia spithamea var. spithamea Low Bindweed Clema s ochroleuca Curlyheads Eupatorium capillifolium Dog-fennel Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum Solomon’s-seal Lespedeza cuneata* Sericea Lespedeza Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum Eastern Solomon’s-plume Matelea species undetermined A Spinypod Passiflora lutea Yellow Passionflower Smilax pulverulenta Hairy Carrion-flower Viola sagi ata var. sagi ata Arrow-leaved Violet
WOODY PLANTS: Acer rubrum Red Maple Arailia spinosa Devil’s Walking-s ck Campsis radicans Trumpet-creeper Carpinus caroliniana American Hornbeam Carya glabra Pignut Hickory Carya ovalis Red Hickory Carya tomentosa Mockernut Hickory Cel s occidentalis Common Hackberry Cercis canadensis var. canadensis Eastern Redbud Crataegus uniflora var. uniflora One-flowered Hawthorn Elaeagnus angus folia* Russian Olive Euonymus americanus Strawberry-bush Fagus grandifolia American Beech Fraxinus americana White Ash Gaylussacia baccata Black Huckleberry Gleditsia triacanthos* Honey Locust Hypericum hypericoides St. Andrew’s Cross Ilex decidua var. decidua Deciduous Holly Ilex opaca var. opaca American Holly Juglans nigra Black Walnut Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana Eastern Redcedar Lindera benzoin Spicebush Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip-tree Lonicera japonica* Japanese Honeysuckle Morus rubra Red Mulberry Nyssa sylva ca Black Gum Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia-creeper Pinus virginiana Virginia Pine Pinus taeda Loblolly PIne Prunus sero na var. sero na Black Cherry Quercus alba White Oak Quercus falcata Southern Red Oak Quercus phellos Willow Oak Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak Quercus stellata Post Oak Robinia pseudoacacia Black Locust Rosa mul flora* Mul flora Rose Sassafras albidum Sassafras Smilax bona-nox Catbrier Smilax glauca White-leaf Greenbrier Smilax rotundifolia Common Greenbrier Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Coralberry Toxicodendron radicans var. radicans Poison Ivy Ulmus alata Winged Elm Viburnum prunifolium Black Haw Vi s cinerea var. baileyana Possum Grape Vi s rotundifolia var. rotundifolia Muscadine Grape Vi s vulpina Frost Grape