Plants of Indiana Dunes National Park
The plants most often spotted in Indiana Dunes, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
Most-observed plants in Indiana Dunes
Eastern Skunk Cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
475 observations
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
421 observations
prairie trillium
Trillium recurvatum
329 observations
red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
313 observations
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
285 observations
hairy puccoon
Lithospermum caroliniense
269 observations · iNaturalist
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
267 observations
Sundial Lupine
Lupinus perennis
266 observations
cinnamon fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
247 observations
large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
244 observations
wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
241 observations
buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
240 observations
flowering spurge
Euphorbia corollata
224 observations
Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
221 observations
common soapwort
Saponaria officinalis
217 observations · iNaturalist
Ohio spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
215 observations
spotted horsemint
Monarda punctata
211 observations
Canadian lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
208 observations
Eastern Pricklypear
Opuntia cespitosa
198 observations · iNaturalist
butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
197 observations
Canada mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
197 observations
Solomon's plume
Maianthemum racemosum
194 observations
star-flowered lily-of-the-valley
Maianthemum stellatum
194 observations
cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis
188 observations
common hoptree
Ptelea trifoliata
185 observations
common bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
173 observations
marsh marigold
Caltha palustris
172 observations
sensitive fern
Onoclea sensibilis
169 observations
common jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
165 observations
bird's foot violet
Viola pedata
162 observations
Beach Wormwood
Artemisia caudata
158 observations · iNaturalist
Asian bittersweet
Celastrus orbiculatus
155 observations
American Royal Fern
Osmunda spectabilis
154 observations · iNaturalist
american witch-hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
138 observations
winterberry holly
Ilex verticillata
137 observations
blue phlox
Phlox divaricata
135 observations
mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
134 observations
cleft phlox
Phlox bifida
133 observations · iNaturalist
wild sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
132 observations
American tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
130 observations
purple pitcher plant
Sarracenia purpurea
124 observations
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
122 observations
northern spicebush
Lindera benzoin
121 observations
swamp rose
Rosa palustris
119 observations
Jack pine
Pinus banksiana
115 observations
great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
115 observations
white rattlesnake root
Nabalus albus
113 observations · iNaturalist
bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
109 observations
Michigan lily
Lilium michiganense
109 observations
common cowparsnip
Heracleum maximum
107 observations
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