| 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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Live Oak (Quercus virginiana )

Large, long-lived tree with glossy alternate leaves, dark-brown furrowed bark, large sweeping canopies.
It is tardily deciduous- it replaces its leaves every year but its branches are never completely bare.

Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)

Loblolly pine is a tall tree with alternate, evergreen needles in bundles of three; deep-furrowed, rectangular bark; long yellow flowers and medium sized cones.

Louisiana Iris (Iris spp.)

Wetland plant with bright green linear leaves forming a fan from base, an underground stem (rhizome). Large, colorful flowers bloom along stalk formed at growth tip of rhizome.