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Top plant species that observers are recording.
Image credit:
Ellen G. Denny
All Time Top Plant Species Observed
| Rank | Species | Number of Observations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | red maple (Acer rubrum) | 34506 |
| 2 | common lilac (Syringa vulgaris) | 22328 |
| 3 | coyotebrush (Baccharis pilularis) | 22210 |
| 4 | Eastern Mojave buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) | 18578 |
| 5 | valley oak (Quercus lobata) | 14526 |
| 6 | California live oak (Quercus agrifolia) | 14042 |
| 7 | sugar maple (Acer saccharum) | 12829 |
| 8 | Red Rothomagensis lilac (Syringa chinensis) | 12476 |
| 9 | American beech (Fagus grandifolia) | 10682 |
| 10 | black elderberry (Sambucus nigra) | 10663 |
| 11 | quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) | 10094 |
| 12 | chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum) | 9703 |
| 13 | northern red oak (Quercus rubra) | 8833 |
| 14 | black cherry (Prunus serotina) | 8782 |
| 15 | flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) | 8271 |
| 16 | tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) | 7666 |
| 17 | forsythia (Forsythia spp.) | 7105 |
| 18 | California buckeye (Aesculus californica) | 6968 |
| 19 | white oak (Quercus alba) | 6443 |
| 20 | creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) | 6312 |
| 21 | sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) | 6129 |
| 22 | eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) | 6107 |
| 23 | blue oak (Quercus douglasii) | 5984 |
| 24 | Gambel oak (Quercus gambelii) | 5498 |
| 25 | Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) | 5433 |