Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Plant discovery and documentation in Virginia : a historical perspective / Nancy Ross Hugo and Donna M.E. Ware -- The nature of the Virginia flora / Gary P. Fleming -- Learning the Virginia flora : 50 sites for productive field botany / Gary P. Fleming -- Key to the families -- Taxonomic treatments -- Lycophytes -- Pteridophytes -- Gymnosperms -- Dicots -- Monocots -- Taxa not treated in this manual -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- References -- Illustration credits -- Index of plant names.