Tall goldenrod sightings stay high as fall bloom winds down
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If you've noticed tall yellow flower spikes lighting up roadsides and field edges this month, you're seeing the same late-season bloom thousands of other observers are logging right now.
Tall goldenrod is a tall, yellow-flowered wildflower common across the US, and right now it's one of the most-spotted plants on the citizen-science app iNaturalist. Nearly 600 people logged sightings of it this past week, just slightly fewer than the week before, which tracks with its typical late summer to fall bloom window starting to taper off.
Key Findings
580 observations of tall goldenrod were logged in the US over the past 7 days
That's a decrease of 28 observations from the prior week's total of 608
The species ranks among the most frequently observed plants on iNaturalist in the US this week
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Tall goldenrod is one of the most-recorded wild plants in the US this week on iNaturalist, with 580 sightings logged, a slight dip from 608 the week before. It's a sign of the plant's late-season bloom peak and widespread presence.
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Trending: tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima) — 580 observations this week
Tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima) is a species in the family Asteraceae. iNaturalist users recorded 580 observations of it in the United States in the 7 days before today, among the most for any ...
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