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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) | 146025 |
| 2 | sugar maple (Acer saccharum) | 60569 |
| 3 | tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) | 58851 |
| 4 | American beech (Fagus grandifolia) | 43698 |
| 5 | northern red oak (Quercus rubra) | 43198 |
| 6 | common lilac (Syringa vulgaris) | 39615 |
| 7 | sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) | 37915 |
| 8 | coyotebrush (Baccharis pilularis) | 33963 |
| 9 | Eastern Mojave buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) | 30875 |
| 10 | California live oak (Quercus agrifolia) | 29005 |
| 11 | longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) | 28949 |
| 12 | quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) | 28585 |
| 13 | eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) | 27992 |
| 14 | flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) | 27745 |
| 15 | pineland threeawn (Aristida stricta) | 25248 |
| 16 | black cherry (Prunus serotina) | 25223 |
| 17 | white oak (Quercus alba) | 24599 |
| 18 | valley oak (Quercus lobata) | 24352 |
| 19 | creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) | 23810 |
| 20 | Red Rothomagensis lilac (Syringa chinensis) | 23261 |
| 21 | blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) | 23202 |
| 22 | striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) | 20038 |
| 23 | northern spicebush (Lindera benzoin) | 18423 |
| 24 | black elderberry (Sambucus nigra) | 18318 |
| 25 | saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) | 18053 |