Plants of Memphis, TN
The plants most often spotted near Memphis, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
10,048
recent observations
50
species listed
50
plants
Naturalists have logged 10,048 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species near Memphis. The most frequently seen is the mayapple, with 436 recorded sightings.
Most-observed plants near Memphis
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
436 observations
Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia
412 observations
prairie trillium
Trillium recurvatum
377 observations
Chinese privet
Ligustrum sinense
335 observations · iNaturalist
Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
327 observations
common pawpaw
Asimina triloba
322 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
319 observations
Butterweed
Packera glabella
300 observations · iNaturalist
Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
283 observations
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
277 observations
blue phlox
Phlox divaricata
270 observations
American sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
259 observations
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
258 observations
common jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
254 observations
American trumpet vine
Campsis radicans
238 observations
Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
228 observations
American tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
214 observations
white clover
Trifolium repens
199 observations
red deadnettle
Lamium purpureum
185 observations · iNaturalist
lyreleaf sage
Salvia lyrata
184 observations
American sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
182 observations
purple passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
181 observations
box elder
Acer negundo
173 observations
Celandine Poppy
Chelidonium diphyllum
173 observations · iNaturalist
eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
169 observations
baldcypress
Taxodium distichum
162 observations
mock strawberry
Potentilla indica
162 observations · iNaturalist
northern spicebush
Lindera benzoin
161 observations
American jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
159 observations · iNaturalist
cross vine
Bignonia capreolata
157 observations · iNaturalist
tall bellflower
Campanulastrum americanum
154 observations · iNaturalist
strawberry bush
Euonymus americanus
153 observations · iNaturalist
Jacob's ladder
Polemonium reptans
149 observations · iNaturalist
American persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
149 observations
peppervine
Nekemias arborea
142 observations · iNaturalist
cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
140 observations
wild comfrey
Andersonglossum virginianum
139 observations · iNaturalist
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
136 observations
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
136 observations
common star-of-Bethlehem
Ornithogalum umbellatum
136 observations · iNaturalist
late boneset
Eupatorium serotinum
129 observations · iNaturalist
plains coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
129 observations
blue mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
129 observations
Carolina horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
128 observations
eastern redcedar
Juniperus virginiana
127 observations
American beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
125 observations
largeflower bellwort
Uvularia grandiflora
125 observations
giant ragweed
Ambrosia trifida
122 observations
greater periwinkle
Vinca major
122 observations · iNaturalist
leatherleaf mahonia
Berberis bealei
122 observations · iNaturalist
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