Plants of Mass Audubon Habitat Education Center
The plants most often spotted in Habitat, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
5,608
recent observations
50
species listed
50
plants
Naturalists have logged 5,608 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species in Habitat. The most frequently seen is the garlic mustard, with 323 recorded sightings.
Rarer finds confirmed in Habitat include Spotted Wintergreen - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.
Most-observed plants in Habitat
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
323 observations
Asian bittersweet
Celastrus orbiculatus
250 observations
black swallow-wort
Vincetoxicum nigrum
193 observations · iNaturalist
Japanese knotweed
Reynoutria japonica
192 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
189 observations
black cherry
Prunus serotina
177 observations
eastern white pine
Pinus strobus
170 observations
Norway maple
Acer platanoides
161 observations · iNaturalist
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
152 observations
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
147 observations
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
138 observations
staghorn sumac
Rhus typhina
136 observations
Greater celandine
Chelidonium majus
131 observations · iNaturalist
tree-of-heaven
Ailanthus altissima
128 observations
alder buckthorn
Frangula alnus
125 observations · iNaturalist
multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
124 observations
Solomon's plume
Maianthemum racemosum
123 observations
winged euonymus
Euonymus alatus
115 observations · iNaturalist
common jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
112 observations
bittersweet nightshade
Solanum dulcamara
107 observations
Eastern Skunk Cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
106 observations
eastern redcedar
Juniperus virginiana
105 observations
tansy
Tanacetum vulgare
105 observations
common mugwort
Artemisia vulgaris
101 observations · iNaturalist
ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
98 observations · iNaturalist
European lily of the valley
Convallaria majalis
97 observations
lesser periwinkle
Vinca minor
96 observations · iNaturalist
wild carrot
Daucus carota
93 observations
Ghost Pipe
Monotropa uniflora
91 observations
box elder
Acer negundo
88 observations
Porcelain Berry
Ampelopsis glandulosa
87 observations · iNaturalist
Canada mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
85 observations
purple loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
84 observations
sensitive fern
Onoclea sensibilis
84 observations
white snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
83 observations
common motherwort
Leonurus cardiaca
82 observations · iNaturalist
white campion
Silene latifolia
78 observations · iNaturalist
lesser celandine
Ficaria verna
73 observations · iNaturalist
Asiatic dayflower
Commelina communis
71 observations · iNaturalist
American burnweed
Erechtites hieraciifolius
69 observations · iNaturalist
chicory
Cichorium intybus
67 observations
common buckthorn
Rhamnus cathartica
66 observations
white clover
Trifolium repens
66 observations
black locust
Robinia pseudoacacia
66 observations
buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
65 observations
dame's rocket
Hesperis matronalis
63 observations · iNaturalist
Bull Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
62 observations
smooth sumac
Rhus glabra
62 observations
red maple
Acer rubrum
61 observations
great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
61 observations
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