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Top plant species that observers are recording.
Image credit:
Ellen G. Denny
All Time Top Plant Species Observed
| Rank | Species | Number of Observations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | red maple (Acer rubrum) | 67864 |
| 2 | common lilac (Syringa vulgaris) | 29455 |
| 3 | coyotebrush (Baccharis pilularis) | 28263 |
| 4 | sugar maple (Acer saccharum) | 25762 |
| 5 | Eastern Mojave buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) | 25044 |
| 6 | California live oak (Quercus agrifolia) | 20994 |
| 7 | American beech (Fagus grandifolia) | 19870 |
| 8 | valley oak (Quercus lobata) | 19661 |
| 9 | Red Rothomagensis lilac (Syringa chinensis) | 17489 |
| 10 | northern red oak (Quercus rubra) | 17394 |
| 11 | eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) | 17235 |
| 12 | tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) | 16458 |
| 13 | black cherry (Prunus serotina) | 16402 |
| 14 | flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) | 16042 |
| 15 | ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) | 14439 |
| 16 | black elderberry (Sambucus nigra) | 14240 |
| 17 | quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) | 13696 |
| 18 | white oak (Quercus alba) | 12699 |
| 19 | chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum) | 11491 |
| 20 | sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) | 10915 |
| 21 | creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) | 10562 |
| 22 | eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) | 9839 |
| 23 | pignut hickory (Carya glabra) | 9751 |
| 24 | California buckeye (Aesculus californica) | 9563 |
| 25 | common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) | 9139 |