Plants of Richmond, VA
The plants most often spotted near Richmond, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
33,290
recent observations
50
species listed
50
plants
Naturalists have logged 33,290 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species near Richmond. The most frequently seen is the American sweetgum, with 1,769 recorded sightings.
Rarer finds confirmed near Richmond include Spotted Wintergreen - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.
Most-observed plants near Richmond
American sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
1,769 observations
American holly
Ilex opaca
1,462 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
1,267 observations
crane-fly orchid
Tipularia discolor
1,122 observations · iNaturalist
Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
1,055 observations
American trumpet vine
Campsis radicans
1,051 observations
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
1,004 observations
red deadnettle
Lamium purpureum
971 observations · iNaturalist
white clover
Trifolium repens
947 observations
American tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
924 observations
Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
913 observations
common pawpaw
Asimina triloba
845 observations
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
827 observations
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
820 observations
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
744 observations
American beech
Fagus grandifolia
690 observations
willow oak
Quercus phellos
658 observations
American sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
608 observations
Carolina horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
604 observations
Persian silk tree
Albizia julibrissin
602 observations · iNaturalist
mock strawberry
Potentilla indica
601 observations · iNaturalist
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
600 observations
strawberry bush
Euonymus americanus
589 observations · iNaturalist
red maple
Acer rubrum
569 observations
partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
548 observations
lyreleaf sage
Salvia lyrata
540 observations
American burnweed
Erechtites hieraciifolius
532 observations · iNaturalist
white oak
Quercus alba
520 observations
shining sumac
Rhus copallinum
517 observations
pink lady's slipper
Cypripedium acaule
510 observations
eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
505 observations
bird's-eye speedwell
Veronica persica
504 observations · iNaturalist
Chinese privet
Ligustrum sinense
482 observations · iNaturalist
ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
473 observations · iNaturalist
ebony spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron
473 observations
purple passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
462 observations
henbit deadnettle
Lamium amplexicaule
454 observations · iNaturalist
Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
453 observations
tree-of-heaven
Ailanthus altissima
438 observations · iNaturalist
Field madder
Sherardia arvensis
434 observations · iNaturalist
Spotted spurge
Euphorbia maculata
434 observations · iNaturalist
Asiatic dayflower
Commelina communis
432 observations · iNaturalist
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
431 observations
blue mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
430 observations
roundleaf greenbrier
Smilax rotundifolia
426 observations
flowering dogwood
Cornus florida
422 observations
cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis
412 observations
eastern redcedar
Juniperus virginiana
408 observations
common star-of-Bethlehem
Ornithogalum umbellatum
406 observations · iNaturalist
sensitive fern
Onoclea sensibilis
402 observations
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