Wellfleet oysters, crassostrea virginica, are substantial, briny but not overwhelmingly so, and do not shoot geysers of blood when you bite into them. ❋ Stefan Beck (2010)
Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) are budded up and ready to burst, and the celandine poppies (Stylophorum diphyllum) are showing. ❋ Unknown (2009)
A few that come to mind — Mertensia virginica Virginia bluebells, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Perennial plumbago, and this little [...] ❋ Unknown (2009)
In the U.S., the most widely grown oyster is the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica), which is farmed down the East Coast and Chesapeake Bay. ❋ Will Lyons (2010)
A few that come to mind — Mertensia virginica Virginia bluebells, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Perennial plumbago, and this little beauty. ❋ Unknown (2009)
For instance, the large leaves of Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) completely disappear with no cleanup required. ❋ Unknown (2010)
George Yatskievych of the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis says spring beauty, Claytonia virginica, is his favorite. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Shown above are Virginia bluebells, Mertensia virginica overlaying Japanese maple ‘Peaches And Cream’, Acer palmatum ‘Peaches And Cream’The years trolled by, and each summer became drier until the last two years our area has been proclaimed to be in extreme drought, the worst level. ❋ Unknown (2009)
'Henry's Garnet' Sweetspire Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet' seems to get stuck as an afterthought during Spring landscape designing, so The Green Man mentions it now. ❋ Pooky (2009)
The fringe of salt marshes that remains commonly has salt grass (Distichlis spicata), salt bush (Atriplex patula), pickleweed (Salicornia virginica) and seaside arrowgrass (Triglochin maritimum), among others. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Some species, like the eastern Xylocopa virginica, occasionally take up residence in fence posts or structural timbers, especially redwood, and become a minor nuisance. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The sensitive jointvetch (Aeschenomene virginica), a candidate for federal listing as an endangered species, is found in Sweet Hall Marsh. ❋ Unknown (2007)
European flat oysters (Ostrea edulis) are relatively mild with a metallic taste; Asian cupped oysters (Crassostrea gigas) have melon and cucumber aromas; and Virginia cupped oysters (Crassostrea virginica) smell like green leaves. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)
Nutritional analysis of seashore mallow seed, Kosteletzkva virginica. ❋ Unknown (1990)
Seashore mallow (Kosteletzkya virginica) is a perennial surviving about five years in cultivation. ❋ Unknown (1990)
For the oyster Crassostrea virginica, bacterial by-products have been demonstrated to induce metamorphosis. ❋ Unknown (1987)
In _Tradescantia virginica_ I have met with opposite connate leaves; the altered position, however, being due to the union of two stems. ❋ Maxwell T. Masters (N/A)
_Ostrya virginica_, Willd (ironwood, or American hornbeam). ❋ Various (N/A)
