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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) | 141767 |
| 2 | tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) | 57359 |
| 3 | sugar maple (Acer saccharum) | 57333 |
| 4 | American beech (Fagus grandifolia) | 42551 |
| 5 | northern red oak (Quercus rubra) | 41182 |
| 6 | common lilac (Syringa vulgaris) | 38240 |
| 7 | sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) | 37407 |
| 8 | coyotebrush (Baccharis pilularis) | 33610 |
| 9 | Eastern Mojave buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) | 30539 |
| 10 | longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) | 28889 |
| 11 | California live oak (Quercus agrifolia) | 28605 |
| 12 | quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) | 28322 |
| 13 | eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) | 27295 |
| 14 | flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) | 26641 |
| 15 | pineland threeawn (Aristida stricta) | 25235 |
| 16 | black cherry (Prunus serotina) | 24198 |
| 17 | valley oak (Quercus lobata) | 24068 |
| 18 | white oak (Quercus alba) | 23570 |
| 19 | creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) | 23445 |
| 20 | blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) | 23151 |
| 21 | Red Rothomagensis lilac (Syringa chinensis) | 22295 |
| 22 | striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) | 19831 |
| 23 | black elderberry (Sambucus nigra) | 17942 |
| 24 | northern spicebush (Lindera benzoin) | 17896 |
| 25 | ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) | 17860 |