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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) | 171408 |
| 2 | sugar maple (Acer saccharum) | 77055 |
| 3 | tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) | 68887 |
| 4 | northern red oak (Quercus rubra) | 54813 |
| 5 | American beech (Fagus grandifolia) | 50660 |
| 6 | sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) | 43784 |
| 7 | common lilac (Syringa vulgaris) | 43445 |
| 8 | flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) | 36817 |
| 9 | coyotebrush (Baccharis pilularis) | 36772 |
| 10 | white oak (Quercus alba) | 34504 |
| 11 | Eastern Mojave buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) | 32734 |
| 12 | quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) | 32535 |
| 13 | California live oak (Quercus agrifolia) | 32075 |
| 14 | eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) | 31725 |
| 15 | black cherry (Prunus serotina) | 30644 |
| 16 | longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) | 30447 |
| 17 | creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) | 26586 |
| 18 | blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) | 26311 |
| 19 | pineland threeawn (Aristida stricta) | 26306 |
| 20 | valley oak (Quercus lobata) | 26245 |
| 21 | Red Rothomagensis lilac (Syringa chinensis) | 25114 |
| 22 | eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) | 23334 |
| 23 | striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) | 22735 |
| 24 | saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) | 22410 |
| 25 | northern spicebush (Lindera benzoin) | 21838 |