Plants of Shenandoah National Park
The plants most often spotted in Shenandoah, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
38,206
recent observations
50
species listed
50
plants
Naturalists have logged 38,206 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species in Shenandoah. The most frequently seen is the mountain laurel, with 1,695 recorded sightings.
Rarer finds confirmed in Shenandoah include Spotted Wintergreen and American Chestnut - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.
Most-observed plants in Shenandoah
mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia
1,695 observations
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
1,273 observations
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
1,147 observations
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
1,147 observations
bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
1,131 observations
wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
1,070 observations
red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
1,010 observations
star chickweed
Stellaria pubera
960 observations · iNaturalist
wineberry
Rubus phoenicolasius
955 observations
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
932 observations
American cancer-root
Conopholis americana
926 observations
downy rattlesnake plantain
Goodyera pubescens
907 observations
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
878 observations
Canadian lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
874 observations
Ghost Pipe
Monotropa uniflora
865 observations
common selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
832 observations · iNaturalist
fly poison
Amianthium muscitoxicum
801 observations · iNaturalist
large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
783 observations
American tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
749 observations
Allegheny stonecrop
Hylotelephium telephioides
747 observations · iNaturalist
azure bluet
Houstonia caerulea
738 observations · iNaturalist
hay-scented fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
722 observations
purple-flowered raspberry
Rubus odoratus
711 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
704 observations
round-lobed hepatica
Hepatica americana
699 observations · iNaturalist
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
688 observations
great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
686 observations
American chestnut
Castanea dentata
669 observations
black cohosh
Actaea racemosa
669 observations
rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
664 observations
wild yam
Dioscorea villosa
662 observations
american witch-hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
658 observations
common jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
653 observations
Solomon's plume
Maianthemum racemosum
653 observations
cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
648 observations
common pawpaw
Asimina triloba
608 observations
ebony spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron
604 observations
northern spicebush
Lindera benzoin
601 observations
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
597 observations
common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
579 observations
striped maple
Acer pensylvanicum
576 observations
ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
558 observations · iNaturalist
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
542 observations
rattlesnakeweed
Hieracium venosum
537 observations
eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
534 observations
multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
526 observations
chicory
Cichorium intybus
523 observations
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
506 observations
white snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
506 observations
Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
503 observations
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