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. Especially vital are our partners: the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, which provides essential personnel and logistic support through its Division of Natural Heritage; Virginia Botanical Associates, which provides maps and data for our use and whose Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora we're illustrating with photographs by Natural Heritage botanists and Flora Project volunteers; Richmond's Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, which generously makes available its Herbarium Virginicum (operated jointly with Virginia Commonwealth University) for study of specimens used in verifying plant measurements for the Flora and provides rooms for our board meetings; the Virginia Academy of Science, which had sustained a dream of a modern Virginia flora virtually since its founding in 1923 and whose ongoing support, especially of illustrations, is invaluable; and the Virginia Native Plant Society,
which not only represents a key audience of the Flora of Virginia but also has lent expertise and unflaggingly given financial support, at state, chapter, and individual levels.
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
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