Welcome to the New and Improved Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora
Although the site may look much the same, we have worked with RYP Marketing, Inc. to implement a number of changes and new features that will provide users with greater functionality and more complete...
View ArticleTragia betonicifolia
Tragia betonicifolia - An odd Tragia was found in Albemarle County by Tom Dierauff and sent to VPI for identification. The specimen turned out to be Tragia betonicifolia, a species of the c. and sc. US...
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Study of Virginia Paper Birch underway
The appropriate level at which to treat members of the North American Paper Birch complex (Betula papyrifera sensu lato) continues to be a difficult and controversial question. In recent years, the...
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Revisiting Virginia’s Violets
We are very fortunate to have Dr. Harvey Ballard of Ohio University beginning a multi-year study of the violets of our region. Dr. Ballard is a veteran violet expert, having studied these enigmatic...
View ArticleThree new, potentially invasive exotics established in Virginia
Well-established populations of three new, introduced plants have been documented in Virginia during the 2013 field season. Aldrovanda vesiculosa L. (waterwheel plant), a carnivorous aquatic in the...
View ArticleHoustonia montana (Roan Mountain Bluets) added to Virginia Flora
On September 6, 2013, during a routine re-visit to a vegetation plot sampled many years ago, Virginia Natural Heritage Program ecologists Karen Patterson and Gary Fleming discovered a population of...
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Bryophytes (under development)
The latest development on the Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora website is the addition of Virginia’s mosses and liverworts. Initial data comes from two papers by David Breil published in Banisteria...
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Bryophytes (an update)
We’ve come a long way since March 2014! Through collaboration with the Consortium of North American Bryophyte Herbaria, VBA was able to download all Virginia records on their bryophyte portal at that...
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