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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) | 163757 |
| 2 | sugar maple (Acer saccharum) | 70581 |
| 3 | tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) | 65814 |
| 4 | northern red oak (Quercus rubra) | 50495 |
| 5 | American beech (Fagus grandifolia) | 48381 |
| 6 | common lilac (Syringa vulgaris) | 42515 |
| 7 | sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) | 41991 |
| 8 | coyotebrush (Baccharis pilularis) | 35614 |
| 9 | flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) | 33374 |
| 10 | Eastern Mojave buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) | 32015 |
| 11 | quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) | 31822 |
| 12 | white oak (Quercus alba) | 30983 |
| 13 | California live oak (Quercus agrifolia) | 30764 |
| 14 | eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) | 30577 |
| 15 | longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) | 30310 |
| 16 | black cherry (Prunus serotina) | 28613 |
| 17 | pineland threeawn (Aristida stricta) | 26306 |
| 18 | blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) | 26182 |
| 19 | creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) | 25508 |
| 20 | valley oak (Quercus lobata) | 25500 |
| 21 | Red Rothomagensis lilac (Syringa chinensis) | 24598 |
| 22 | striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) | 22454 |
| 23 | northern spicebush (Lindera benzoin) | 20748 |
| 24 | saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) | 20446 |
| 25 | eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) | 19774 |