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I’m glad you’re interested in the Flora of Virginia Project. Welcome to our website!

Are you a botanist? An educator? A naturalist? A student? A natural resources professional? A citizen who’s interested in plants of the commonwealth? A consultant? Chances are, the Flora of Virginia is being created with you in mind.

We are publishing for Virginia the first flora since Flora Virginica, published in the mid-1700s. Expected in 2012, ours will be a 1,400-page, state-of-the-art manual describing and aiding in the identification of 3,500 taxa of plants native to Virginia or naturalized here.

At our website you’ll:

Learn more about the work we’re doing to produce the Flora;

Meet the authors, illustrators, staff, and board;

Find model pages depicting how the Flora is going to look and work;

Encounter links and resources from us to you, to further your understanding of the natural world; and

See selected images and illustrations, and eventually find a list of taxa included in the Flora, and a link to our blog.

The Flora Project’s success depends on many people and groups, and you’ll meet our supporters here. Key among them are our partner organizations, the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, which provides personnel and logistic support through its Division of Natural Heritage, and Virginia Botanical Associates, which provides maps and data for our use and with which we're illustrating its Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora with photographs by Natural Heritage botanists and Flora Project volunteers.

The cost of producing the Flora is large. Private donations make our work possible, and we’re not done yet. You'll learn how you can donate to the project as well. And of course, we hope you will.

Thank you, and please contact us if you have questions.

J. Christopher Ludwig
Executive Director and Co-Author