| Friends of the Louisiana State Arboretum

Featured Species: Throughout the trail system of the arboretum, you will find dozens of interpretive signs providing detailed information for featured species of special importance or interest. That information is gathered here for easy reference. Featured species are listed by common names, with shortcut navigation by alphabet letter. You may also use the search blank to search by either common name or scientific name.

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Parsley Hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii)

Shrub to small tree with irregular, open crown; alternate, deciduous lacy leaves; greenish-tan, exfoliating bark and twigs with sharp spines.

Pawpaw (Asimina triloba )

Short, single or multi-trunked tree with large alternate, deciduous leaves and gray, smooth, “wart-like” bark.

Pignut Hickory (Carya glabra)

Tall tree with irregular crown, alternate, deciduous leaves with 5 to 7 leaflets and smooth gray bark on young trees turning to scaly ridges as the tree ages.

Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)

Poison Ivy has a three-part, alternate, compound, deciduous leaf that may turn brilliant red in fall; vine has dark gray bark covered with “hairy” roots.

Post Oak (Quercus stellata)

Medium-sized tree with dense, rounded crown; alternate, shiny, dark green, leathery, very large, deciduous leaves; and brownish-gray, plate-like, scaly bark.