Plants of West Virginia
The plants most often spotted in West Virginia, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
286,622
recent observations
50
species listed
50
plants
Naturalists have logged 286,622 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species in West Virginia. The most frequently seen is the Christmas fern, with 9,980 recorded sightings.
Rarer finds confirmed in West Virginia include Spotted Wintergreen - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.
Most-observed plants in West Virginia
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
9,980 observations
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
8,517 observations
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
8,339 observations
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
7,711 observations
multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
7,456 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
7,388 observations
mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia
7,234 observations
ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
7,097 observations · iNaturalist
American tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
6,946 observations
Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
6,652 observations
large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
6,610 observations
bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
6,486 observations
American cancer-root
Conopholis americana
6,432 observations
common pawpaw
Asimina triloba
6,304 observations
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
6,299 observations
wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
6,201 observations
common jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
6,061 observations
Ghost Pipe
Monotropa uniflora
6,013 observations
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
5,936 observations
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
5,871 observations
American sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
5,788 observations
cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
5,716 observations
downy rattlesnake plantain
Goodyera pubescens
5,695 observations
chicory
Cichorium intybus
5,640 observations
red deadnettle
Lamium purpureum
5,610 observations · iNaturalist
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
5,476 observations
dame's rocket
Hesperis matronalis
5,363 observations · iNaturalist
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
5,293 observations
autumn olive
Elaeagnus umbellata
5,138 observations
common selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
5,116 observations · iNaturalist
American beech
Fagus grandifolia
5,065 observations
box elder
Acer negundo
5,063 observations
great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
4,840 observations
rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
4,795 observations
eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
4,764 observations
white snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
4,752 observations
eastern hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
4,746 observations
wineberry
Rubus phoenicolasius
4,719 observations
northern spicebush
Lindera benzoin
4,688 observations
Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
4,632 observations
Carolina horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
4,573 observations
colt's-foot
Tussilago farfara
4,570 observations · iNaturalist
azure bluet
Houstonia caerulea
4,545 observations · iNaturalist
sensitive fern
Onoclea sensibilis
4,535 observations
Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
4,409 observations
flowering dogwood
Cornus florida
4,352 observations
purple crownvetch
Securigera varia
4,326 observations · iNaturalist
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii
4,299 observations · iNaturalist
wild carrot
Daucus carota
4,296 observations
woodland stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
4,285 observations
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