Essential Plant Nutrients: their presence in North Carolina soils and role in plant nutrition M. Ray Tucker, AgronomistOctober 1999 Table 1.
Virginia State Flower. American Dogwood (Cornus florida or Benthamidia florida) was adopted as the state flower of Virginia in 1918. Dogwoods are commonly seen in northern temperate regions of the U.S. The American Dogwood flowers are small and consists of four showy petal-like bracts, usually snow white or pink.
The American persimmon, âDiospyros virginiana,â was found growing in Virginia by the early American Captain John Smith in 1609, who described the tree and the persimmon fruit in great detail and as tasting like an apricot.