Plants of Shenandoah National Park
The plants most often spotted in Shenandoah, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
Most-observed plants in Shenandoah
mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia
1,641 observations
bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
1,125 observations
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
1,116 observations
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
1,110 observations
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
1,086 observations
wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
1,064 observations
star chickweed
Stellaria pubera
955 observations · iNaturalist
red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
945 observations
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
915 observations
American cancer-root
Conopholis americana
910 observations
downy rattlesnake plantain
Goodyera pubescens
872 observations
wineberry
Rubus phoenicolasius
866 observations
Canadian lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
849 observations
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
822 observations
Ghost Pipe
Monotropa uniflora
791 observations
large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
782 observations
fly poison
Amianthium muscitoxicum
773 observations · iNaturalist
common selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
765 observations · iNaturalist
azure bluet
Houstonia caerulea
731 observations · iNaturalist
Allegheny stonecrop
Hylotelephium telephioides
723 observations · iNaturalist
American tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
709 observations
round-lobed hepatica
Hepatica americana
683 observations · iNaturalist
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
681 observations
rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
664 observations
hay-scented fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
663 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
651 observations
wild yam
Dioscorea villosa
651 observations
great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
647 observations
cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
647 observations
purple-flowered raspberry
Rubus odoratus
643 observations
Solomon's plume
Maianthemum racemosum
642 observations
american witch-hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
639 observations
American chestnut
Castanea dentata
631 observations
black cohosh
Actaea racemosa
620 observations
common jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
598 observations
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
590 observations
ebony spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron
576 observations
northern spicebush
Lindera benzoin
569 observations
common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
561 observations
common pawpaw
Asimina triloba
559 observations
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
540 observations
ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
535 observations · iNaturalist
rattlesnakeweed
Hieracium venosum
530 observations
striped maple
Acer pensylvanicum
521 observations
multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
512 observations
white snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
503 observations
eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
498 observations
Virginia saxifrage
Micranthes virginiensis
497 observations · iNaturalist
mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
493 observations
crane-fly orchid
Tipularia discolor
489 observations · iNaturalist