Plants of Sawnee Mountain Preserve Visitor Center
The plants most often spotted in Sawnee Mountain Preserve, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
611
recent observations
50
species listed
50
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Naturalists have logged 611 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species in Sawnee Mountain Preserve. The most frequently seen is the fire pink, with 32 recorded sightings.
Rarer finds confirmed in Sawnee Mountain Preserve include Spotted Wintergreen, American Chestnut and Southern Bellflower - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.
Most-observed plants in Sawnee Mountain Preserve
fire pink
Silene virginica
32 observations
Little Brown Jugs
Asarum arifolium
31 observations · iNaturalist
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
27 observations
common yucca
Yucca filamentosa
26 observations
whorled horse-balm
Collinsonia verticillata
26 observations · iNaturalist
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
22 observations
yellow star grass
Hypoxis hirsuta
20 observations · iNaturalist
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
19 observations
Carolina sweetshrub
Calycanthus floridus
18 observations · iNaturalist
long-leaved bluets
Houstonia longifolia
15 observations · iNaturalist
rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
15 observations
chestnut oak
Quercus montana
15 observations · iNaturalist
sourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum
15 observations
bird's foot violet
Viola pedata
14 observations
Purple Beautyberry
Callicarpa dichotoma
14 observations · iNaturalist
blackjack oak
Quercus marilandica
13 observations
Small-Flower Pawpaw
Asimina parviflora
13 observations
Solomon's plume
Maianthemum racemosum
12 observations
galax
Galax urceolata
12 observations · iNaturalist
Small's ragwort
Packera anonyma
12 observations · iNaturalist
rattlesnakeweed
Hieracium venosum
12 observations
crane-fly orchid
Tipularia discolor
12 observations · iNaturalist
Virginia pine
Pinus virginiana
11 observations
mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia
11 observations
Atlantic poison oak
Toxicodendron pubescens
10 observations · iNaturalist
trailing arbutus
Epigaea repens
10 observations
American beech
Fagus grandifolia
9 observations
American sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
9 observations
muscadine
Vitis rotundifolia
9 observations · iNaturalist
Greater Tickseed
Coreopsis major
9 observations · iNaturalist
naked-flowered tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum nudiflorum
9 observations · iNaturalist
butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
8 observations
star chickweed
Stellaria pubera
8 observations · iNaturalist
citronella horse balm
Collinsonia canadensis
8 observations
gorge rhododendron
Rhododendron minus
8 observations
American chestnut
Castanea dentata
7 observations
Canadian lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
7 observations
Carolina horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
7 observations
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
7 observations
strawberry bush
Euonymus americanus
7 observations · iNaturalist
dogfennel
Eupatorium capillifolium
7 observations · iNaturalist
southern lady fern
Athyrium asplenioides
7 observations · iNaturalist
northern red oak
Quercus rubra
6 observations
Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
6 observations
common bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
6 observations
deerberry
Vaccinium stamineum
6 observations · iNaturalist
sawbrier
Smilax glauca
6 observations · iNaturalist
Southern Harebell
Campanula divaricata
6 observations
ebony spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron
6 observations
redring milkweed
Asclepias variegata
6 observations · iNaturalist
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