| 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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Tree Huckleberry (Vaccinium arboreum)

Small tree or large shrub with flaking grayish-brown to reddish bark and crooked trunk with twisted contorted branches. Leaves arranged alternately along stem, tardily deciduous to evergreen, turning a pink to deep maroon during winter months. Winter Huckleberry, Farkleberry and Sparkleberry are other common names.

Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)

A large tree with a long, straight trunk and grayish-brown, deeply furrowed bark. Leaves are deciduous, alternate, tulip-shaped and bright yellow in the fall. Also known as Tuliptree or Yellow Poplar.

Two-Wing Silverbell (Halesia diptera)

Delicate small tree or large shrub with branches growing from the base forming a multi-trunk with brown to reddish-brown bark. Light green, alternate deciduous leaves almost as wide as they are long, that are colorful in the fall.