Plants of Connecticut

The plants most often spotted in Connecticut, ranked by recent research-grade observations.

Most-observed plants in Connecticut

striped wintergreen

Chimaphila maculata

5,735 observations

Alliaria petiolata

4,083 observations

Eastern Skunk Cabbage

Symplocarpus foetidus

4,049 observations

Artemisia vulgaris

3,931 observations · iNaturalist

American wintergreen

Pyrola americana

3,515 observations · iNaturalist

multiflora rose

Rosa multiflora

3,221 observations

mountain laurel

Kalmia latifolia

3,079 observations

Polystichum acrostichoides

3,045 observations

Monotropa uniflora

2,949 observations

eastern white pine

2,857 observations

Canada mayflower

Maianthemum canadense

2,826 observations

Asian bittersweet

Celastrus orbiculatus

2,740 observations

Onoclea sensibilis

2,719 observations

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

2,664 observations

winged euonymus

Euonymus alatus

2,609 observations · iNaturalist

eastern poison ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

2,584 observations

Japanese barberry

Berberis thunbergii

2,576 observations · iNaturalist

mapleleaf viburnum

Viburnum acerifolium

2,469 observations

Elaeagnus umbellata

2,432 observations

common milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

2,371 observations

yellow trout lily

Erythronium americanum

2,282 observations

Mitchella repens

2,268 observations

Sassafras albidum

2,217 observations

Geranium maculatum

2,209 observations

common jewelweed

Impatiens capensis

2,181 observations

Rubus phoenicolasius

2,091 observations

Fagus grandifolia

2,044 observations

Verbascum thapsus

1,981 observations

Anemonoides quinquefolia

1,948 observations · iNaturalist

eastern redcedar

Juniperus virginiana

1,902 observations

Trifolium pratense

1,878 observations

Prunus serotina

1,875 observations

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

1,852 observations

Sweet Pepperbush

Clethra alnifolia

1,827 observations

Houstonia caerulea

1,804 observations · iNaturalist

Trillium erectum

1,784 observations

American tuliptree

Liriodendron tulipifera

1,757 observations

Glechoma hederacea

1,721 observations · iNaturalist

Sanguinaria canadensis

1,716 observations

pink lady's slipper

Cypripedium acaule

1,715 observations

american witch-hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

1,695 observations

1,675 observations

Greater celandine

Chelidonium majus

1,641 observations · iNaturalist

eastern hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

1,639 observations

Achillea millefolium

1,522 observations

Trifolium repens

1,428 observations

American burnweed

Erechtites hieraciifolius

1,395 observations · iNaturalist

common selfheal

Prunella vulgaris

1,370 observations · iNaturalist

northern spicebush

Lindera benzoin

1,355 observations

Japanese knotweed

Reynoutria japonica

1,353 observations