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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) | 136703 |
| 2 | tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) | 55342 |
| 3 | sugar maple (Acer saccharum) | 54089 |
| 4 | American beech (Fagus grandifolia) | 41227 |
| 5 | northern red oak (Quercus rubra) | 39241 |
| 6 | common lilac (Syringa vulgaris) | 37276 |
| 7 | sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) | 36647 |
| 8 | coyotebrush (Baccharis pilularis) | 33047 |
| 9 | Eastern Mojave buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) | 30215 |
| 10 | California live oak (Quercus agrifolia) | 28077 |
| 11 | quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) | 27536 |
| 12 | eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) | 26820 |
| 13 | longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) | 26104 |
| 14 | flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) | 25408 |
| 15 | valley oak (Quercus lobata) | 23633 |
| 16 | black cherry (Prunus serotina) | 23386 |
| 17 | white oak (Quercus alba) | 22680 |
| 18 | creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) | 22549 |
| 19 | blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) | 22305 |
| 20 | Red Rothomagensis lilac (Syringa chinensis) | 21705 |
| 21 | pineland threeawn (Aristida stricta) | 21524 |
| 22 | striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) | 19152 |
| 23 | ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) | 17754 |
| 24 | black elderberry (Sambucus nigra) | 17633 |
| 25 | northern spicebush (Lindera benzoin) | 17351 |