Native Louisiana Plants at Vista Farm
Genus | Species | Common Name | BloomTime |
Acmella | repens | Opposite-leaf Spotflower | Summer |
Agalinis | purpurea | Purple False Foxglove | Summer |
Allium | tuberosum | Garlic Chives | Spring |
Andropogon | glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem | Fall |
Andropogon | virginicus | Broomsedge Bluestem | Fall |
Asclepias | viridis | Green Antelopehorns | Spring |
Asclepias | longifolia | Longleaf Milkweed | Summer |
Asclepias | lanceolata | Fewflower Milkweed | Summer |
Baccharis | halimifolia | Groundsel Tree | Fall |
Baptisia | bracteata | Longbract Wild Indigo | Spring |
Bidens | mitis | Smallfruit Beggarticks | Fall |
Boehmeria | cylindrica | False Nettle | Summer |
Boltonia | asteroides | White Doll’s Daisy | Spring |
Boltonia | diffusa | Smallhead Doll’s Daisy | Summer |
Buchnera | americana | American Bluehearts | Summer |
Campsis | radicans | American Trumpet Vine | Spring-Summer |
Cardamine | occulta | Nursery Bittercress | Winter |
Carphephorus | pseudoliatris | Bristleleaf Chaffhead | Fall |
Carex | glaucescens | Southern Waxy Sedge | Fall |
Chamaecrista | fasciculata | Partridge Pea | Spring-Fall |
Chaptalia | tomentosa | Pineland Daisy | Winter |
Cirsium | horridulum | Bristle Thistle | Spring |
Clematis | terniflora | Autumn Clematis | Summer/Fall |
Conoclinium | coelestrinum | Blue Mistflower | Fall |
Coreopsis | basalis | Swamp Milkwort | Spring |
Coreopsis | linifolia | Texas Tickseed | Summer |
Cuphea | carthagenensis | Columbian Waxweed | Summer |
Cyperus | virens | Green Flatsedge | Spring |
Desmodium | tenuifolium | Slimleaf Ticktrefoil | Summer |
Drosera | brevifolia | Dwarf Sundew | Spring |
Drosera | capillaris | Pink Sundew | Spring |
Eleocharis | tuberculosa | Cone Spikerush | Summer |
Elephantopus | carolinianus | Leafy Elephant’s Foot | Summer |
Erianthus | giganteus | Sugarcane Plumegrass | Fall |
Erigeron | strigosus | Daisy Fleabane | Spring |
Eriocaulon | decangulare | Ten-angled Pipewort | Spring/Sum |
Eryngium | integrifolium | Blueflower Eryngo | Summer |
Eupatorium | capillifolium | Dogfennel | Fall |
Eupatorium | serotium | Late Bonset | Summer |
Euthamia | caroliniana | Slender Goldentop | Summer/Fall |
Gaillardia | pulchella | Indian Blanket | Spring/Summer |
Gelsemium | sempervirens | Yellow Jessamine | Winter |
Helenium | flexuosum | Southern Sneezeweed | Spring |
Helenium | vernale | Savanna Sneezeweed | Spring |
Helianthus | angustifolius | Narrowleaf Sunflower | Fall |
Hypericum | crux-andreae | St. Peter’s wort | Summer |
Hypericum | fasciculatum | Peelbark St. Johnswort | Spring |
Hypericum | hypericoides | St. Andrew’s Cross | Spr-Sum |
Hydrolea | ovata | Blue Waterleaf | Summer |
Hyptis | alata | Musky Mint | Summer |
Ilex | cassine | Dahoon Holly | Spring |
Ilex | glabra | Inkberry/Gallberry | Winter |
Ilex | vomitoria | Yaupon Holly | Spring |
Ipomoea | cordatotriloba | Morning Glory | Summer |
Ipomoea | lacunosa | White Morning Glory | Summer |
Ipomoea | triloba | Littlebell | Fall |
Iris | virginica | Southern Blue Flag | Spring |
Iris | pseudacorus | Yellow Iris | Spring |
Jacquemontia | tamnifolia | Hairy Cluster Vine | Summer |
Juncus | effusus | Soft Rush | Spring |
Juncus | elliotti | Elliott’s Rush | Spring |
Juncus | trigonocarpus | Redpod Rush | Spring |
Juncus | validus | Roundhead Rush | Fall |
Krigia | dandelion | Potato Dandelion | Spring |
Lobelia | brevifolia | Shortleaf Lobelia | Summer |
Lobelia | spicata | Pale-spiked Lobelia | Summer |
Ludwigia | hirtella | Spindleroot | Spring |
Ludwigia | octovalvis | Mexican Primrose | Summer |
Ludwigia | pilosa | Hairy Primrose-Willow | Summer |
Lythrum | alatum | Winged Loosestrife | Summer |
Mecardonia | acuminata | Common Axilflower | Summer |
Mikania | scandens | Climbing Hempvine | Summer |
Nothoscordum | bivalve | Crowpoison | Spring |
Nuphar | advena | Spatterdock | Spring-Fall |
Oenothera | gaura | Beeblossom | September |
Oxypolis | filiformis | Water Cowbane | Summer |
Oxalis | dillenii | Slender Yellow Woodsorrel | Spring |
Panicum | virgatum | Switchgrass | |
Paspalum | urvillei | Vasey Grass | Spring |
Parthenocissus | quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | Spring |
Persicaria | hydropiperoides | Swamp Smartweed | Summer |
Persicaria | punctata | Dotted Knotweed | Summer |
Phyla | nodiflora | Turkey Tangle Frogfruit | Spring |
Physalis | angulata | Cutleaf Groundcherry | Summer |
Pityopsis | graminifolia | Narrowleaf Silkgrass | Summer |
Plantago | major | Greater Plantain | Summer |
Plectocephalus | americana | American Basketflower | Spring/Summer |
Pleopeltis | michauxiana | Resurrection Fern | |
Pluchea | baccharis | Rosy Camphorweed | Summer |
Polygala | appendiculata | Swamp Milkwort | Spring |
Polygala | cruciata | Cross-leaved Milkwort | Summer |
Polygala | mariana | Maryland Milkwort | Spring |
Polygala | ramosa | Low Pine Barren Milkwort | Summer |
Potentilla | indica | Mock Strawberry | Winter |
Ptilimnium | capillaceum | Herbwilliam | Spring |
Ranunculus | sardous | Hairy Buttercup | Spring |
Rhexia | alaifanus | Savannah MeadowBeauty | Spring |
Rhexia | cubensis | West Indian Meadowbeauty | Summer |
Rhexia | lutea | Yellow MeadowBeauty | Spring |
Rhexia | mariana | Maryland MeadowBeauty | Spring |
Rhynchospora | latifolia | Sandswamp Whitetop Sedge | Spring |
Rosa | laevigata | Cherokee Rose | Spring |
Rubus | pensilvanicus | Pennsylvania Blackberry | Spring |
Ruellia | caroliniensis | Carolina Ruellia | Spring |
Ruellia | pinetorum | Wild Petunia | Summer |
Sabatia | angularis | Rosepink | Summer |
Saccharum | giganteum | Sugarcane Plumegrass | Fall |
Sagittaria | lancifolia | Lanceleaf Arrowhead | Summer |
Sambucus | nigra | American Black Elderberry | Spring |
Sarracenia | alata | Pale Pitcher Plant | Spring |
Sarracenia | rubra | Sweet Pitcher Plant | Spring-Fall |
Sesbania | herbacea | Bigpod Sesbania | Summer |
Setaria | parviflora | Knotroot Bristlegrass | Summer |
Scutellaria | integrifolia | Helmet Skullcap | Spring |
Sida | rhombifolia | Cuban Jute | Summer |
Sisyrinchium | angustifolium | Blue-eyed Grass | Spring |
Smilax | bona-nox | Saw Greenbrier | |
Smilax | laurifolia | Laurel Leaf Greenbrier | Summer |
Smilax | rotundifolia | Roundleaf Greenbrier | |
Smilax | smallii | Lanceleaf Greenbrier | |
Solanum | carolinense | Carolina Horsenettle | Spring |
Spiranthes | praecox | Ladies’ Tresses | Spring |
Symphyotrichum | lateriflorum | Calico Aster | Fall |
Symphyotrichum | praealtum | Willowleaf Aster | Fall |
Taraxacum | officinale | Common Dandelion | |
Tephrosia | Hoarypeas | Spring-Fall | |
Toxicodendron | radicans | Poison Ivy | |
Trifolium | repens | White Clover | Spring |
Typha | Cattail | Summer | |
Verbena | brasilliansis | Brazilian Vervain | Summer |
Verbena | rigida | Slender Vervain | Spring |
Veronica | arvensis | Corn Speedwell | Spring-Fall |
Viola | primulifolia | Primrose-leaved Violet | Spring |
Vitis | aestivalis | Summer Grape | |
Xyris | laxifolia | Laxleaf Yelloweyed Grass | Summer |
In 2005 we began keeping a list of native Louisiana plant species identified in the meadows and wetland at Vista Farm. Small wildlife like rabbits, squirrels, and birds depend on a steady supply of native seeds, berries, and grasses as well as other wildlife, and organic matter. Just as important, birds depend on various kinds of insects that in turn depend on both living and decaying organic matter. If you want birds, you need insect pollinators–the more the better in a balanced habitat. Here’s the list with the Genus, Species, Common Name and Bloom Time. We also submit our observations to iNaturalist.org.
This list is updated quite frequently. Please check back often.
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