Plants of West Virginia
The plants most often spotted in West Virginia, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
279,414
recent observations
50
species listed
50
plants
Naturalists have logged 279,414 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species in West Virginia. The most frequently seen is the Christmas fern, with 9,733 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
9,733 observations
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
8,498 observations
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
8,312 observations
multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
7,386 observations
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
7,210 observations
mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia
7,128 observations
ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
7,012 observations · iNaturalist
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
6,915 observations
American tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
6,763 observations
Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
6,649 observations
large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
6,604 observations
bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
6,463 observations
American cancer-root
Conopholis americana
6,402 observations
common pawpaw
Asimina triloba
6,109 observations
wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
6,105 observations
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
5,950 observations
Ghost Pipe
Monotropa uniflora
5,877 observations
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
5,827 observations
cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
5,703 observations
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
5,666 observations
red deadnettle
Lamium purpureum
5,603 observations · iNaturalist
American sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
5,579 observations
common jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
5,512 observations
downy rattlesnake plantain
Goodyera pubescens
5,509 observations
chicory
Cichorium intybus
5,374 observations
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
5,374 observations
dame's rocket
Hesperis matronalis
5,330 observations · iNaturalist
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
5,286 observations
box elder
Acer negundo
4,987 observations
common selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
4,961 observations · iNaturalist
American beech
Fagus grandifolia
4,922 observations
autumn olive
Elaeagnus umbellata
4,900 observations
rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
4,789 observations
great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
4,774 observations
eastern hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
4,685 observations
eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
4,664 observations
wineberry
Rubus phoenicolasius
4,590 observations
Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
4,516 observations
colt's-foot
Tussilago farfara
4,498 observations · iNaturalist
azure bluet
Houstonia caerulea
4,439 observations · iNaturalist
Carolina horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
4,437 observations
northern spicebush
Lindera benzoin
4,437 observations
sensitive fern
Onoclea sensibilis
4,428 observations
Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
4,297 observations
flowering dogwood
Cornus florida
4,283 observations
purple crownvetch
Securigera varia
4,256 observations · iNaturalist
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii
4,239 observations · iNaturalist
Eastern Skunk Cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
4,156 observations
wild carrot
Daucus carota
4,142 observations
Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii
4,135 observations
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