Plants of Nashville, Tennessee
The plants most often spotted near Nashville, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
25,965
recent observations
50
species listed
50
plants
Naturalists have logged 25,965 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species near Nashville. The most frequently seen is the Amur honeysuckle, with 1,169 recorded sightings.
Most-observed plants near Nashville
Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii
1,169 observations
eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
855 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
770 observations
Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
737 observations
purple passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
712 observations
eastern redcedar
Juniperus virginiana
663 observations
Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
660 observations
white clover
Trifolium repens
643 observations
red deadnettle
Lamium purpureum
627 observations · iNaturalist
Widow's-cross
Sedum pulchellum
626 observations
mock strawberry
Potentilla indica
611 observations · iNaturalist
cross vine
Bignonia capreolata
604 observations · iNaturalist
lyreleaf sage
Salvia lyrata
600 observations
frostweed
Verbesina virginica
583 observations
ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
579 observations · iNaturalist
fortune's spindle
Euonymus fortunei
565 observations · iNaturalist
Tennessee purple coneflower
Echinacea tennesseensis
544 observations · iNaturalist
Field madder
Sherardia arvensis
534 observations · iNaturalist
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
521 observations
blue mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
519 observations
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
504 observations
American sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
503 observations
bird's-eye speedwell
Veronica persica
503 observations · iNaturalist
American tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
501 observations
Osage-orange
Maclura pomifera
499 observations
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
496 observations
dwarf larkspur
Delphinium tricorne
494 observations · iNaturalist
common pawpaw
Asimina triloba
485 observations
cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
482 observations
Chinese privet
Ligustrum sinense
468 observations · iNaturalist
Cedar Gladecress
Leavenworthia stylosa
454 observations · iNaturalist
American trumpet vine
Campsis radicans
448 observations
rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
443 observations
Miami Mist
Phacelia purshii
439 observations · iNaturalist
box elder
Acer negundo
424 observations
henbit deadnettle
Lamium amplexicaule
424 observations · iNaturalist
Nashville breadroot
Pediomelum subacaule
420 observations · iNaturalist
Butterweed
Packera glabella
418 observations · iNaturalist
Purple Phacelia
Phacelia bipinnatifida
417 observations · iNaturalist
rose vervain
Glandularia canadensis
395 observations
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
387 observations
common star-of-Bethlehem
Ornithogalum umbellatum
385 observations · iNaturalist
fire pink
Silene virginica
379 observations
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
369 observations
Virginia saxifrage
Micranthes virginiensis
358 observations · iNaturalist
brown-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
356 observations · iNaturalist
blue phlox
Phlox divaricata
355 observations
tall bellflower
Campanulastrum americanum
352 observations · iNaturalist
Little Sweet Betsy
Trillium cuneatum
346 observations · iNaturalist
eastern shooting star
Primula meadia
339 observations
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