Spent the better part of a day walking the Forest Park trails in Springfield, Massachusetts. Curious about the name given to the Virginia Creeper (shown below), I looked it up. Wikipedia says, "The name Virginia creeper, referring to both the plant's 'virgin' epithet and to part of its native range in the U.S. state of Virginia, is also used for the whole genus Parthenocissus, as well as for other species within the genus."
Considering that Virginia was once a much larger state in colonial times, it’s no wonder that so many eastern plants are named for it. Sometimes it’s mistaken for poison ivy, but it’s benign.
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