Plants of Connecticut

The plants most often spotted in Connecticut, ranked by recent research-grade observations.

122,069

recent observations

50

species listed

50

plants

Naturalists have logged 122,069 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species in Connecticut. The most frequently seen is the striped wintergreen, with 5,946 recorded sightings.

Rarer finds confirmed in Connecticut include Spotted Wintergreen - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.

Spotted Wintergreen

Most-observed plants in Connecticut

striped wintergreen

Chimaphila maculata

5,946 observations

Eastern Skunk Cabbage

Symplocarpus foetidus

4,135 observations

Alliaria petiolata

4,123 observations

Artemisia vulgaris

4,083 observations · iNaturalist

American wintergreen

Pyrola americana

3,685 observations · iNaturalist

Monotropa uniflora

3,320 observations

multiflora rose

Rosa multiflora

3,279 observations

mountain laurel

Kalmia latifolia

3,145 observations

Polystichum acrostichoides

3,145 observations

eastern white pine

2,951 observations

Canada mayflower

Maianthemum canadense

2,931 observations

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

2,887 observations

Onoclea sensibilis

2,882 observations

Asian bittersweet

Celastrus orbiculatus

2,857 observations

Japanese barberry

Berberis thunbergii

2,729 observations · iNaturalist

winged euonymus

Euonymus alatus

2,723 observations · iNaturalist

eastern poison ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

2,692 observations

mapleleaf viburnum

Viburnum acerifolium

2,651 observations

common milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

2,598 observations

Elaeagnus umbellata

2,516 observations

common jewelweed

Impatiens capensis

2,388 observations

Sassafras albidum

2,371 observations

Mitchella repens

2,364 observations

Rubus phoenicolasius

2,297 observations

yellow trout lily

Erythronium americanum

2,291 observations

Geranium maculatum

2,236 observations

Sweet Pepperbush

Clethra alnifolia

2,117 observations

Fagus grandifolia

2,065 observations

Verbascum thapsus

2,060 observations

Trifolium pratense

2,000 observations

Anemonoides quinquefolia

1,952 observations · iNaturalist

eastern redcedar

Juniperus virginiana

1,947 observations

Prunus serotina

1,932 observations

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

1,887 observations

1,874 observations

American tuliptree

Liriodendron tulipifera

1,844 observations

Houstonia caerulea

1,813 observations · iNaturalist

Trillium erectum

1,793 observations

Glechoma hederacea

1,777 observations · iNaturalist

pink lady's slipper

Cypripedium acaule

1,765 observations

Sanguinaria canadensis

1,741 observations

american witch-hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

1,740 observations

Greater celandine

Chelidonium majus

1,717 observations · iNaturalist

eastern hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

1,659 observations

common selfheal

Prunella vulgaris

1,601 observations · iNaturalist

American burnweed

Erechtites hieraciifolius

1,593 observations · iNaturalist

Achillea millefolium

1,586 observations

Trifolium repens

1,498 observations

1,458 observations

northern spicebush

Lindera benzoin

1,425 observations

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