Plants of Mammoth Cave National Park
The plants most often spotted in Mammoth Cave, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
5,000
recent observations
50
species listed
50
plants
Naturalists have logged 5,000 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species in Mammoth Cave. The most frequently seen is the woodland stonecrop, with 228 recorded sightings.
Rarer finds confirmed in Mammoth Cave include Walking Fern and Spotted Wintergreen - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.
Most-observed plants in Mammoth Cave
woodland stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
228 observations
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
213 observations
Virginia saxifrage
Micranthes virginiensis
187 observations · iNaturalist
northern maidenhair fern
Adiantum pedatum
176 observations
fire pink
Silene virginica
161 observations
Celandine Poppy
Chelidonium diphyllum
155 observations · iNaturalist
blue phlox
Phlox divaricata
153 observations
toadshade
Trillium sessile
147 observations
dwarf larkspur
Delphinium tricorne
144 observations · iNaturalist
cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
143 observations
Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
129 observations
American tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
123 observations
crane-fly orchid
Tipularia discolor
123 observations · iNaturalist
common pawpaw
Asimina triloba
115 observations
wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
113 observations
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
112 observations
cross vine
Bignonia capreolata
109 observations · iNaturalist
rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
107 observations
American beech
Fagus grandifolia
106 observations
dwarf crested iris
Iris cristata
102 observations
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
98 observations
drooping trillium
Trillium flexipes
96 observations
lyreleaf sage
Salvia lyrata
92 observations
wild comfrey
Andersonglossum virginianum
90 observations · iNaturalist
walking fern
Asplenium rhizophyllum
89 observations
star chickweed
Stellaria pubera
88 observations · iNaturalist
sharp-lobed hepatica
Hepatica acutiloba
88 observations · iNaturalist
Jacob's ladder
Polemonium reptans
87 observations · iNaturalist
azure bluet
Houstonia caerulea
85 observations · iNaturalist
eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
79 observations
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
76 observations
yellow trout lily
Erythronium americanum
72 observations
northern spicebush
Lindera benzoin
70 observations
Yellow Corydalis
Corydalis flavula
70 observations · iNaturalist
Guyandotte beauty
Synandra hispidula
69 observations · iNaturalist
partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
67 observations
Snakewort
Conocephalum salebrosum
65 observations · iNaturalist
ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
64 observations · iNaturalist
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
64 observations
river cane
Arundinaria gigantea
63 observations · iNaturalist
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
62 observations
strawberry bush
Euonymus americanus
61 observations · iNaturalist
American holly
Ilex opaca
59 observations
downy pagoda plant
Blephilia ciliata
59 observations
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
58 observations
ebony spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron
58 observations
American sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
57 observations
violet woodsorrel
Oxalis violacea
57 observations
coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
56 observations · iNaturalist
honey locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
55 observations
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