Native range
Native plants of Louisiana
55 wild species and 18 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Louisiana, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 108 garden forms of them are listed apart below, each naming its wild parent.
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How this list is made
Derived from each plant's native-range record, checked against Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS with every decision on a ledger; Louisiana is read off the record's own range, and the order is how many of the state's counties record each plant, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 73 plants, 54 have been checked against outside sources (5 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.
Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.
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Recorded across Louisiana
How many of the state's 64 counties record each wild species growing wild, from USDA PLANTS: a plant recorded in many counties is widespread in Louisiana; one recorded in few may be local, or simply under-recorded. A county's absence is not evidence a plant is absent. 54 of the wild species carry a county record here.
- American Elderberry
- Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
- Red Maple
- Trumpet Vine
- Buttonbush
- Bald Cypress
- Hardy Hibiscus
- American Beautyberry
- Cardinal Flower
- Honeylocust
- Southern Magnolia
- Cherokee Sedge
- Virginia Sweetspire
- Royal Fern
- Eastern Redbud
- Flowering Dogwood
- Christmas Fern
- Little Bluestem
- Carolina Jessamine
- Northern Sea Oats
- Arrowwood
- Switchgrass
- Lady Fern
- Butterfly Weed
- Sweetbay Magnolia
- River Birch
- Tulip Tree
- Cinnamon Fern
- Carolina Rose
- Sugar Maple
- Fragrant Sumac
- Gaura
- Annual Phlox
- Lavender Annual Phlox
- Peach Annual Phlox
- Purple Annual Phlox
- Red Annual Phlox
- White Annual Phlox
- Blackhaw
- False Sunflower
- Shrubby St. John's Wort
- Winterberry
- Oakleaf Hydrangea
- Purple Coneflower
- Creeping Phlox
- Garden Phlox
- Maidenhair Fern
- Smooth Hydrangea
- Summersweet
- Coast Leucothoe
- Boston Fern
- Mountain Laurel
- Allegheny Spurge
- Wild Ginger
Garden forms of Louisiana natives
108 garden forms, each a named selection of a species that grows wild in Louisiana and each naming its wild parent. A garden form is not the wild plant, so it is listed here and never counted above.
- Adams Elderberry
- Alba Gayfeather
- Alice Oakleaf Hydrangea
- Amazing Grace
- Amethyst Falls Wisteria
- Annabelle
- Appalachian Red
- Aquavita Juniper
- Athena Gold False Sunflower
- Autumn Colors
- Baby Joe Dwarf Joe Pye Weed
- Barbara Ann Climbing Hydrangea
- Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle
- Belleza Dark Pink Gaura
- Berry Heavy
- Berry Poppins
- Berry Scape Aronia
- Blackhawks Big Bluestem
- Blackjack Gold Black-Eyed Susan
- Blaze
- Blue Blaze Viburnum
- Blue Moon Wisteria
- Blue Moon Woodland Phlox
- Blue Muffin Viburnum
- Blue Paradise
- Bordeaux Dwarf Yaupon Holly
- Brandywine Viburnum
- Bridesmaid Mountain Laurel
- Bright Eyes
- Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox
- Candy Stripe
- Carol Mountain Laurel
- Carousel Mountain Laurel
- Cherokee Brave
- Cherokee Chief
- Cherokee Princess
- Cherry Brandy
- Claire Grace
- Cloud Nine
- Coconut Lime
- Color Guard Yucca
- Coral Flame
- Crimson Trumpet
- David
- Denver Daisy
- Drummond's Pink
- Early Sunrise
- Elf Mountain Laurel
- Emerald Blue
- Emerald Pink
- Falling Waters
- Flame Thrower
- Forest Pansy
- Goldilocks
- Green Jewel
- Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac
- Hearts of Gold
- Heavy Metal
- Henry's Garnet Sweetspire
- Hummingbird
- Incrediball Hydrangea
- Indian Summer
- Invincibelle Spirit II Hydrangea
- Jeana
- Laura
- Lavender Twist
- Little Gem Magnolia
- Little Henry Sweetspire
- Luminary Ultraviolet
- Luna Pink Swirl
- Luna White
- Magnus
- Major Wheeler
- Nicky
- Northwind
- Orange Perfection
- Peve Minaret
- Pink Double Delight
- Pink Spire
- PowWow Wild Berry
- Prairie Sun
- Purple Beauty
- Purple Phlox
- Red Sprite
- Red Wings
- River Mist
- Robert Poore
- Royal White Redbud
- Ruby Falls
- Ruby Spice
- Sarah Mountain Laurel
- Scarlet Flame
- Screaming Yellow
- Shawnee Brave
- Shenandoah
- Sixteen Candles
- Snowcicle Hydrangea
- Starfire
- Sugar Shack Buttonbush
- The Rising Sun
- Toto Gold
- Twilight Zone
- Vanilla Spice
- White Delight
- White Flame
- White Swan
- Winter Gold
- Winter Red
Plant groups native to Louisiana
18 plant groups sold under one name whose wild species grow in Louisiana; the count beside each is how many of its wild species the record finds in the state.
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