Plants of Minute Man National Historical Park
The plants most often spotted in Minute Man, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
10,565
recent observations
50
species listed
50
plants
Naturalists have logged 10,565 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species in Minute Man. The most frequently seen is the striped wintergreen, with 463 recorded sightings.
Rarer finds confirmed in Minute Man include Spotted Wintergreen and American Chestnut - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.
Most-observed plants in Minute Man
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
463 observations
eastern white pine
Pinus strobus
444 observations
Eastern Skunk Cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
401 observations
alder buckthorn
Frangula alnus
382 observations · iNaturalist
sensitive fern
Onoclea sensibilis
346 observations
Sweet Pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia
324 observations
pitch pine
Pinus rigida
315 observations
purple loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
300 observations
Canada mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
287 observations
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
286 observations
Ghost Pipe
Monotropa uniflora
281 observations
multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
264 observations
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
244 observations
Asian bittersweet
Celastrus orbiculatus
241 observations
black cherry
Prunus serotina
230 observations
common jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
229 observations
pink lady's slipper
Cypripedium acaule
228 observations
northern starflower
Lysimachia borealis
226 observations · iNaturalist
American beech
Fagus grandifolia
221 observations
buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
217 observations
American lotus
Nelumbo lutea
209 observations
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
198 observations
American chestnut
Castanea dentata
197 observations
winged euonymus
Euonymus alatus
193 observations · iNaturalist
common mugwort
Artemisia vulgaris
192 observations · iNaturalist
wild sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
190 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
188 observations
cinnamon fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
178 observations
white oak
Quercus alba
174 observations
eastern hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
166 observations
ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
158 observations · iNaturalist
white meadowsweet
Spiraea alba
157 observations
red maple
Acer rubrum
153 observations
common bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
153 observations
partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
151 observations
azure bluet
Houstonia caerulea
142 observations · iNaturalist
mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
141 observations
wild carrot
Daucus carota
139 observations
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
136 observations
eastern redcedar
Juniperus virginiana
135 observations
winterberry holly
Ilex verticillata
135 observations
great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
132 observations
Greater celandine
Chelidonium majus
131 observations · iNaturalist
blue vervain
Verbena hastata
131 observations
European lily of the valley
Convallaria majalis
130 observations
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
129 observations
Japanese knotweed
Reynoutria japonica
129 observations
lesser celandine
Ficaria verna
126 observations · iNaturalist
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
122 observations
prickly cucumber
Echinocystis lobata
121 observations · iNaturalist
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