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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) | 171618 |
| 2 | sugar maple (Acer saccharum) | 77170 |
| 3 | tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) | 68974 |
| 4 | northern red oak (Quercus rubra) | 54889 |
| 5 | American beech (Fagus grandifolia) | 50696 |
| 6 | sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) | 43824 |
| 7 | common lilac (Syringa vulgaris) | 43469 |
| 8 | flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) | 36930 |
| 9 | coyotebrush (Baccharis pilularis) | 36787 |
| 10 | white oak (Quercus alba) | 34601 |
| 11 | Eastern Mojave buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) | 32743 |
| 12 | quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) | 32543 |
| 13 | California live oak (Quercus agrifolia) | 32083 |
| 14 | eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) | 31734 |
| 15 | black cherry (Prunus serotina) | 30679 |
| 16 | longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) | 30450 |
| 17 | creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) | 26603 |
| 18 | blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) | 26311 |
| 19 | pineland threeawn (Aristida stricta) | 26306 |
| 20 | valley oak (Quercus lobata) | 26255 |
| 21 | Red Rothomagensis lilac (Syringa chinensis) | 25120 |
| 22 | eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) | 23411 |
| 23 | striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) | 22752 |
| 24 | saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) | 22450 |
| 25 | northern spicebush (Lindera benzoin) | 21864 |