Plants of Shenandoah National Park
The plants most often spotted in Shenandoah, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
39,237
recent observations
50
species listed
50
plants
Naturalists have logged 39,237 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species in Shenandoah. The most frequently seen is the mountain laurel, with 1,722 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
1,722 observations
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
1,373 observations
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
1,187 observations
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
1,171 observations
bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
1,137 observations
wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
1,086 observations
red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
1,024 observations
wineberry
Rubus phoenicolasius
982 observations
star chickweed
Stellaria pubera
962 observations · iNaturalist
downy rattlesnake plantain
Goodyera pubescens
946 observations
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
942 observations
American cancer-root
Conopholis americana
932 observations
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
921 observations
Ghost Pipe
Monotropa uniflora
886 observations
Canadian lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
886 observations
common selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
876 observations · iNaturalist
fly poison
Amianthium muscitoxicum
814 observations · iNaturalist
large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
784 observations
Allegheny stonecrop
Hylotelephium telephioides
781 observations · iNaturalist
American tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
772 observations
hay-scented fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
753 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
750 observations
azure bluet
Houstonia caerulea
747 observations · iNaturalist
purple-flowered raspberry
Rubus odoratus
724 observations
common jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
710 observations
round-lobed hepatica
Hepatica americana
710 observations · iNaturalist
American chestnut
Castanea dentata
703 observations
black cohosh
Actaea racemosa
699 observations
great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
694 observations
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
688 observations
Solomon's plume
Maianthemum racemosum
680 observations
american witch-hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
670 observations
wild yam
Dioscorea villosa
667 observations
rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
665 observations
cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
655 observations
northern spicebush
Lindera benzoin
630 observations
common pawpaw
Asimina triloba
624 observations
striped maple
Acer pensylvanicum
613 observations
ebony spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron
612 observations
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
606 observations
common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
582 observations
ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
565 observations · iNaturalist
chicory
Cichorium intybus
549 observations
eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
547 observations
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
540 observations
multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
540 observations
rattlesnakeweed
Hieracium venosum
538 observations
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
536 observations
common soapwort
Saponaria officinalis
529 observations · iNaturalist
white snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
527 observations
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