Florals and Foliage Gallery

From traditional fresh-cut floral bouquets to dried flower arrangements, from manicured garden specimens to wildflowers in their native habitat, this gallery has it! This collection studies all aspects of plants, including leaf forms and gnarled roots. Extending beyond the Plant Kingdom, pictures of mushrooms (Fungi Kingdom) are found here, too. Many of the images convey the subject’s innate, majestic beauty while maintaining truthful details. Learn more about native plants’ importance to ecosystems, ways wildlife benefit from native flora, problems with non-native invasive species, and habitat restoration efforts by clicking on the IMA page.

Please also check the Seascapes Gallery for images of seaweed and macroalgae (technically not plants as they lack a vascular system). The Panoramas Gallery has additional botanical photographs in file sizes conducive to extra-large prints.

Catalog Number: 780-0777
Mertensia virginica (Virginia bluebells) NATIVE, blooming, Fairfax, VA.
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Catalog Number: 780-0921
Claytonia virginica (spring beauties) NATIVE–Close-up, Bluebell Trail, Bull Run Regional Park, VA.
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Catalog Number: 780-4872
Mertensia virginica (Virginia bluebells) and Podophyllum peltatum (mayapples) both are NATIVE at Bull Run Regional Park, VA.
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Catalog Number: 790-1578
Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) NATIVE-in bloom – back-lit leaf, Fairfax, VA.
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Catalog Number: 790-1929
Cypripedium calceolus (yellow lady’s slipper orchid) NATIVE-in bloom, Virginia.
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Catalog Number: 498-09
Non-native spring flowers.
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Catalog Number: 780-5209
Matteuccia pennsylvanica (ostrich fern), species is NATIVE to Virginia but may express invasive characteristics, photographed at ground level looking up, Fairfax, FA.
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Catalog Number: 380-05
Magnolia virginiana (sweetbay magnolia) NATIVE in bloom, Green Spring Gardens, VA.
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Catalog Number: 780-9022
Tipularia discolor (crane fly orchid) NATIVE–in bloom close-up, Royal Lake Park, Fairfax, VA.
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Catalog Number: 790-2085
Pisum sativum (English peas in a pod).
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Catalog Number: 780-9332
Collinsonia canadensis (richweed or Canada horse balm) in bloom, from Royal Lake Park, Fairfax, VA.
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Catalog Number: 790-7319
Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed) in various blossom stages–NATIVE. Photographed in a rain garden, Fairfax, VA.
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Catalog Number: 790-0177
Ilex verticillata (winterberry) in fruit, sparkling close-up, Huntley Meadows, VA. This deciduous holly is available in several different cultivars. This photograph is of a wild type specimen. The berries make excellent food for birds, especially migratory flocks, during winter months.
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Catalog Number: 312-23
Frost on browned, lakeside leaves, Royal Lake Park, Fairfax, VA.
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Catalog Number: 780-7173
Mushroom Medley-looking down (labeled).
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