| 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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Deciduous Holly (Ilex decidua)

A small tree or large bushy shrub with light gray bark and glossy, green, deciduous leaves arranged alternately along the stems. Also known as Possumhaw.

Devil’s Walkingstick (Aralia spinosa)

Large, upright, suckering, deciduous shrub 10-15’ tall, or a small, flat topped tree up to 35’ tall, with stout, sharp spines found on its leaf stalks, stems and branches. Typically naked at the bottom, but crowned at the top by umbrella-like canopies of huge compound leaves.

Dwarf Palmetto (Sabal minor)

Common, fan-shaped palm, a small shrub, with star shaped, simple, evergreen leaves arranged alternately on long, thornless leaf stalks with the leaves arising from an underground stem. Trunk usually present only when grown in standing water.