Plants of Minute Man National Historical Park
The plants most often spotted in Minute Man, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
Most-observed plants in Minute Man
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
454 observations
eastern white pine
Pinus strobus
438 observations
Eastern Skunk Cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
397 observations
alder buckthorn
Frangula alnus
368 observations · iNaturalist
sensitive fern
Onoclea sensibilis
331 observations
pitch pine
Pinus rigida
314 observations
Sweet Pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia
295 observations
Canada mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
285 observations
purple loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
276 observations
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
266 observations
Ghost Pipe
Monotropa uniflora
261 observations
multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
260 observations
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
244 observations
Asian bittersweet
Celastrus orbiculatus
234 observations
black cherry
Prunus serotina
227 observations
pink lady's slipper
Cypripedium acaule
226 observations
northern starflower
Lysimachia borealis
225 observations · iNaturalist
American beech
Fagus grandifolia
219 observations
common jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
215 observations
buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
198 observations
American chestnut
Castanea dentata
195 observations
winged euonymus
Euonymus alatus
186 observations · iNaturalist
common mugwort
Artemisia vulgaris
185 observations · iNaturalist
wild sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
185 observations
American lotus
Nelumbo lutea
183 observations
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
181 observations
cinnamon fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
176 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
173 observations
white oak
Quercus alba
171 observations
eastern hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
164 observations
ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
154 observations · iNaturalist
red maple
Acer rubrum
151 observations
partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
150 observations
common bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
146 observations
white meadowsweet
Spiraea alba
142 observations
azure bluet
Houstonia caerulea
141 observations · iNaturalist
mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
136 observations
eastern redcedar
Juniperus virginiana
133 observations
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
133 observations
great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
130 observations
winterberry holly
Ilex verticillata
130 observations
Japanese knotweed
Reynoutria japonica
129 observations
European lily of the valley
Convallaria majalis
126 observations
Greater celandine
Chelidonium majus
126 observations · iNaturalist
lesser celandine
Ficaria verna
126 observations · iNaturalist
wild carrot
Daucus carota
125 observations
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
124 observations
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
120 observations
Solomon's plume
Maianthemum racemosum
119 observations
wood anemone
Anemonoides quinquefolia
119 observations · iNaturalist
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