Plants of Connecticut

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

124,243

recent observations

50

species listed

50

plants

Naturalists have logged 124,243 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species in Connecticut. The most frequently seen is the striped wintergreen, with 6,008 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

6,008 observations

Artemisia vulgaris

4,181 observations · iNaturalist

Eastern Skunk Cabbage

Symplocarpus foetidus

4,160 observations

Alliaria petiolata

4,141 observations

American wintergreen

Pyrola americana

3,728 observations · iNaturalist

Monotropa uniflora

3,424 observations

multiflora rose

Rosa multiflora

3,296 observations

Polystichum acrostichoides

3,196 observations

mountain laurel

Kalmia latifolia

3,172 observations

eastern white pine

3,020 observations

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

2,992 observations

Canada mayflower

Maianthemum canadense

2,954 observations

Onoclea sensibilis

2,933 observations

Asian bittersweet

Celastrus orbiculatus

2,879 observations

winged euonymus

Euonymus alatus

2,776 observations · iNaturalist

Japanese barberry

Berberis thunbergii

2,759 observations · iNaturalist

eastern poison ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

2,724 observations

mapleleaf viburnum

Viburnum acerifolium

2,722 observations

Elaeagnus umbellata

2,721 observations

common milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

2,707 observations

common jewelweed

Impatiens capensis

2,510 observations

Sassafras albidum

2,454 observations

Mitchella repens

2,416 observations

Rubus phoenicolasius

2,330 observations

yellow trout lily

Erythronium americanum

2,290 observations

Geranium maculatum

2,246 observations

Sweet Pepperbush

Clethra alnifolia

2,174 observations

Fagus grandifolia

2,082 observations

Verbascum thapsus

2,081 observations

Trifolium pratense

2,033 observations

eastern redcedar

Juniperus virginiana

1,977 observations

Anemonoides quinquefolia

1,956 observations · iNaturalist

Prunus serotina

1,941 observations

1,932 observations

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

1,916 observations

American tuliptree

Liriodendron tulipifera

1,886 observations

Houstonia caerulea

1,828 observations · iNaturalist

Trillium erectum

1,797 observations

Glechoma hederacea

1,792 observations · iNaturalist

pink lady's slipper

Cypripedium acaule

1,784 observations

Sanguinaria canadensis

1,750 observations

american witch-hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

1,748 observations

Greater celandine

Chelidonium majus

1,719 observations · iNaturalist

American burnweed

Erechtites hieraciifolius

1,697 observations · iNaturalist

eastern hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

1,672 observations

common selfheal

Prunella vulgaris

1,624 observations · iNaturalist

Achillea millefolium

1,592 observations

1,521 observations

Trifolium repens

1,518 observations

northern spicebush

Lindera benzoin

1,484 observations

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