Plants of Shenandoah National Park
The plants most often spotted in Shenandoah, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
38,716
recent observations
50
species listed
50
plants
Naturalists have logged 38,716 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species in Shenandoah. The most frequently seen is the mountain laurel, with 1,715 recorded sightings.
Rarer finds confirmed in Shenandoah include Spotted Wintergreen and American Chestnut - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.
Most-observed plants in Shenandoah
mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia
1,715 observations
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
1,290 observations
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
1,170 observations
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
1,162 observations
bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
1,134 observations
wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
1,086 observations
red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
1,016 observations
wineberry
Rubus phoenicolasius
971 observations
star chickweed
Stellaria pubera
962 observations · iNaturalist
downy rattlesnake plantain
Goodyera pubescens
938 observations
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
936 observations
American cancer-root
Conopholis americana
930 observations
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
908 observations
Canadian lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
877 observations
Ghost Pipe
Monotropa uniflora
873 observations
common selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
861 observations · iNaturalist
fly poison
Amianthium muscitoxicum
809 observations · iNaturalist
large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
784 observations
Allegheny stonecrop
Hylotelephium telephioides
776 observations · iNaturalist
American tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
764 observations
hay-scented fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
743 observations
azure bluet
Houstonia caerulea
740 observations · iNaturalist
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
727 observations
purple-flowered raspberry
Rubus odoratus
715 observations
round-lobed hepatica
Hepatica americana
705 observations · iNaturalist
great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
692 observations
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
688 observations
common jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
678 observations
American chestnut
Castanea dentata
677 observations
black cohosh
Actaea racemosa
675 observations
Solomon's plume
Maianthemum racemosum
667 observations
rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
665 observations
wild yam
Dioscorea villosa
665 observations
american witch-hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
664 observations
cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
650 observations
northern spicebush
Lindera benzoin
619 observations
common pawpaw
Asimina triloba
612 observations
ebony spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron
608 observations
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
601 observations
striped maple
Acer pensylvanicum
599 observations
common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
581 observations
ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
560 observations · iNaturalist
eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
542 observations
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
538 observations
rattlesnakeweed
Hieracium venosum
538 observations
chicory
Cichorium intybus
537 observations
multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
534 observations
Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
512 observations
Carolina horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
511 observations
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
511 observations
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