Plants of Fall Creek Falls State Park
The plants most often spotted in Fall Creek Falls, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
Most-observed plants in Fall Creek Falls
mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia
96 observations
bigleaf magnolia
Magnolia macrophylla
54 observations
eastern hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
40 observations
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
40 observations
partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
34 observations
crane-fly orchid
Tipularia discolor
33 observations · iNaturalist
Snakewort
Conocephalum salebrosum
32 observations · iNaturalist
downy rattlesnake plantain
Goodyera pubescens
30 observations
American holly
Ilex opaca
29 observations
striped maple
Acer pensylvanicum
28 observations
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
28 observations
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
27 observations
flowering dogwood
Cornus florida
26 observations
trailing arbutus
Epigaea repens
25 observations
pink lady's slipper
Cypripedium acaule
22 observations
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
22 observations
american witch-hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
21 observations
sourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum
21 observations
cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis
17 observations
common selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
17 observations · iNaturalist
Eastern Teaberry
Gaultheria procumbens
17 observations
white fringeless orchid
Platanthera integrilabia
17 observations · iNaturalist
azure bluet
Houstonia caerulea
16 observations · iNaturalist
bird's foot violet
Viola pedata
16 observations
New York fern
Amauropelta noveboracensis
15 observations · iNaturalist
American beech
Fagus grandifolia
14 observations
Virginia pine
Pinus virginiana
14 observations
American tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
14 observations
pinesap
Monotropa hypopitys
14 observations · iNaturalist
mountain camellia
Stewartia ovata
14 observations · iNaturalist
lyreleaf sage
Salvia lyrata
13 observations
orange-fringed orchid
Platanthera ciliaris
13 observations
Shrub Yellowroot
Xanthorhiza simplicissima
13 observations
buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
12 observations
Southern Sneezeweed
Helenium flexuosum
12 observations
red maple
Acer rubrum
11 observations
mountain spleenwort
Asplenium montanum
11 observations · iNaturalist
Dwarf Iris
Iris verna
11 observations · iNaturalist
Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
10 observations
goat's rue
Tephrosia virginiana
10 observations
southern red trillium
Trillium sulcatum
10 observations · iNaturalist
American Royal Fern
Osmunda spectabilis
10 observations · iNaturalist
mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
9 observations
common reed
Phragmites australis
9 observations
violet woodsorrel
Oxalis violacea
9 observations
great rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
9 observations
strawberry bush
Euonymus americanus
9 observations · iNaturalist
orange crested orchid
Platanthera cristata
9 observations · iNaturalist
cinnamon fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
9 observations
common jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
8 observations
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