Jun 6, 2026
Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic Districti
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Flowers Guide
Flowers Guide for West Virginia
Mountains, forests, rivers, and rugged landscapes
Flower highlights, bloom-focused sightings, and the best places to look for flowers in West Virginia. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
180
Species
119
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Flowers across West Virginia
This guide focuses on flowers within West Virginia's wider region guide, with bloom-rich sightings and the places where wildflowers help define the landscape through the seasons.
Latest Sightings
Recent flower sightings in West Virginia
A recent look at flower sightings across West Virginia.
May 30, 2026
Harpers Ferry Historic Districti
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May 28, 2026
Harpers Ferry Historic Districti
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May 8, 2026
Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic Districti
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Mar 14, 2026
Hedgesville Historic Districti
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Mar 14, 2026
Hedgesville Historic Districti
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Sightings Map
See where flower sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where flower sightings cluster across West Virginia.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 flowers to look for in West Virginia
These flowers are snapped the most across this region.
Ghost Pipe
7 snaps
dame's rocket
7 snaps
Trumpet Vine
5 snaps
Virginia bluebells
5 snaps
purple crownvetch
4 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for flowers in West Virginia
These place guides connect well with the flowers covered in this region.
Park36 sightings50 species
West Virginia, US
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
You might spot Great Rhododendron and Mountain Laurel.
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Park42 sightings50 species
West Virginia, US
Shepherdstown Historic District
You might spot Virginia Bluebells, Bloodroot, and Maidenhair Spleenwort.
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Park30 sightings12 species
West Virginia, US
Battle of Camp Allegheny
You might spot Eastern Red-Backed Salamander and Wehrle's Salamander.
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Park30 sightings12 species
West Virginia, US
Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District
You might spot Great Rhododendron, Mountain Laurel, and Ghost Pipe.
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Park30 sightings12 species
West Virginia, US
Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District
You might spot White-Tailed Deer, Dame's Rocket, and Jimsonweed.
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Park30 sightings12 species
West Virginia, US
Hinton Historic District
You might spot Common Merganser, Great Blue Heron, and Canada Goose.
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Full Guide
Full West Virginia flowers list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Ghost Pipe
dame's rocket
Trumpet Vine
Virginia bluebells
purple crownvetch
sassafras
Ivy-leaved toadflax
Japanese honeysuckle
Redbud Tree
box elder
common milkweed
ground-ivy
mayapple
red deadnettle
American pokeweed
Annual Honesty
Black Tupelo
Christmas fern
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Mountain Laurel
Virginia Springbeauty
Virginia waterleaf
bird's-eye speedwell
bloodroot
colt's-foot
dwarf crested iris
eastern hemlock
fragrant sumac
great rhododendron
henbit deadnettle
intermediate wood fern
large white trillium
mock strawberry
pink lady's slipper
purple-flowered raspberry
sensitive fern
wide leek
American black elderberry
Amur honeysuckle
Bee Balm
Black Locust
Callery pear
Canada mayflower
Carolina Springbeauty
Castor Bean
Chinese bushclover
Climbing Rose
Clover
Common Duckweed
Cut-Leaved Crane'S-Bill
Deptford pink
Dutchman's breeches
Eastern Cottonwood
Eastern Teaberry
European dewberry
Foxglove Beardtongue
Goatsbeard
Greater celandine
Japanese Painted Fern
Japanese barberry
Japanese knotweed
Moonseed
Mountain Spleenwort
New York fern
Orchard Grass
Osage-orange
Purple-Stem Cliffbrake
Queen Anne's Lace
Redstem Stork's-bill
Rose of Sharon
Small-Flowered Buttercup
Smooth Yellow Violet
Solomon's plume
Stringy Stonecrop
Two-leaved Toothwort
Virginia Heartleaf
Watershield
Wingstem
azure bluet
blue cohosh
broadleaf arrowhead
butterfly milkweed
cinnamon fern
common cowparsnip
common morning-glory
common pawpaw
downy rattlesnake plantain
dwarf mallow
eastern leatherwood
eastern poison ivy
ebony spleenwort
false indigo bush
fan clubmoss
field horsetail
fire pink
golden ragwort
hemp dogbane
honey-vine climbing milkweed
interrupted fern
lyreleaf sage
moth mullein
mountain woodsorrel
multiflora rose
northern catalpa
painted trillium
red-berried elder
ribwort plantain
scarlet pimpernel
shepherd's-purse
stag's-horn clubmoss
staghorn sumac
striped maple
sulphur cinquefoil
white clover
whitemouth dayflower
wineberry
winged euonymus
wood anemone
yellow birch
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