False Indigo in full bloom — the striking blue-violet flower spikes emerge in May–June. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Baptisia australis, commonly known as
White Ash compound foliage, New York. The large, pinnate leaves are among the most distinctive of any eastern forest tree. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY
Boltonia in full bloom — masses of small white to pale pink aster-like flowers late in the season. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Boltonia
Summersweet in full bloom, showing its iconic fragrant white flower spikes. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Clethra alnifolia, commonly called Summersweet, Sweet Pepperbush, or
Alleghany Serviceberry in full spring bloom, with characteristic bronze-tinged emerging leaves. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Amelanchier laevis, commonly called Alleghany Serviceberry or Smooth
Silver Maple at a Grimes Farm showing its broad, arching canopy — one of the largest native maples. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Acer
Pin Oak in its characteristic form with drooping lower branches, spring foliage emerging. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Quercus palustris, the Pin Oak, is
Heart-leaved Aster in full autumn bloom in a woodland edge habitat. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Symphyotrichum cordifolium (formerly Aster cordifolius), commonly called Heart-leaved
Dwarf-winged Sumac (Winged Sumac) in brilliant autumn foliage, Fairfax County, Virginia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Rhus copalina (also spelled Rhus copallinum), commonly called
Black Willow along a stream corridor in Virginia — its natural habitat. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Salix nigra, the Black Willow, is the
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