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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) | 148285 |
| 2 | sugar maple (Acer saccharum) | 61103 |
| 3 | tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) | 60040 |
| 4 | American beech (Fagus grandifolia) | 44497 |
| 5 | northern red oak (Quercus rubra) | 44425 |
| 6 | common lilac (Syringa vulgaris) | 39940 |
| 7 | sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) | 38450 |
| 8 | coyotebrush (Baccharis pilularis) | 34302 |
| 9 | Eastern Mojave buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) | 31131 |
| 10 | California live oak (Quercus agrifolia) | 29329 |
| 11 | longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) | 29016 |
| 12 | quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) | 28773 |
| 13 | flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) | 28712 |
| 14 | eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) | 28710 |
| 15 | black cherry (Prunus serotina) | 25875 |
| 16 | white oak (Quercus alba) | 25729 |
| 17 | pineland threeawn (Aristida stricta) | 25248 |
| 18 | valley oak (Quercus lobata) | 24627 |
| 19 | creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) | 24129 |
| 20 | Red Rothomagensis lilac (Syringa chinensis) | 23338 |
| 21 | blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) | 23236 |
| 22 | striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) | 19976 |
| 23 | saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) | 18781 |
| 24 | northern spicebush (Lindera benzoin) | 18716 |
| 25 | black elderberry (Sambucus nigra) | 18589 |