Plants of Connecticut

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

120,869

recent observations

50

species listed

50

plants

Naturalists have logged 120,869 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species in Connecticut. The most frequently seen is the striped wintergreen, with 5,909 recorded sightings.

Rarer finds confirmed in Connecticut include Spotted Wintergreen - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.

Spotted Wintergreen

Most-observed plants in Connecticut

striped wintergreen

Chimaphila maculata

5,909 observations

Alliaria petiolata

4,119 observations

Eastern Skunk Cabbage

Symplocarpus foetidus

4,114 observations

Artemisia vulgaris

4,055 observations · iNaturalist

American wintergreen

Pyrola americana

3,645 observations · iNaturalist

Monotropa uniflora

3,271 observations

multiflora rose

Rosa multiflora

3,265 observations

mountain laurel

Kalmia latifolia

3,133 observations

Polystichum acrostichoides

3,122 observations

eastern white pine

2,936 observations

Canada mayflower

Maianthemum canadense

2,913 observations

Onoclea sensibilis

2,849 observations

Asian bittersweet

Celastrus orbiculatus

2,842 observations

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

2,820 observations

Japanese barberry

Berberis thunbergii

2,722 observations · iNaturalist

winged euonymus

Euonymus alatus

2,705 observations · iNaturalist

eastern poison ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

2,669 observations

mapleleaf viburnum

Viburnum acerifolium

2,600 observations

common milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

2,552 observations

Elaeagnus umbellata

2,487 observations

Sassafras albidum

2,336 observations

Mitchella repens

2,328 observations

common jewelweed

Impatiens capensis

2,301 observations

yellow trout lily

Erythronium americanum

2,290 observations

Rubus phoenicolasius

2,273 observations

Geranium maculatum

2,234 observations

Sweet Pepperbush

Clethra alnifolia

2,074 observations

Fagus grandifolia

2,057 observations

Verbascum thapsus

2,047 observations

Trifolium pratense

1,977 observations

Anemonoides quinquefolia

1,952 observations · iNaturalist

eastern redcedar

Juniperus virginiana

1,929 observations

Prunus serotina

1,929 observations

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

1,882 observations

1,836 observations

American tuliptree

Liriodendron tulipifera

1,819 observations

Houstonia caerulea

1,809 observations · iNaturalist

Trillium erectum

1,791 observations

Glechoma hederacea

1,773 observations · iNaturalist

pink lady's slipper

Cypripedium acaule

1,754 observations

Sanguinaria canadensis

1,734 observations

american witch-hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

1,725 observations

Greater celandine

Chelidonium majus

1,661 observations · iNaturalist

eastern hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

1,653 observations

Achillea millefolium

1,584 observations

common selfheal

Prunella vulgaris

1,568 observations · iNaturalist

American burnweed

Erechtites hieraciifolius

1,528 observations · iNaturalist

Trifolium repens

1,469 observations

1,429 observations

northern spicebush

Lindera benzoin

1,399 observations

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