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Native plants of Louisiana

1,420 species are recorded as native to Louisiana in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 520 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 64 of the state’s 64 counties; the typical county has 587.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Louisiana at a glance

Native species statewide
1,420 Of 2,360 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Louisiana (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
520 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
587 Median native species per county; 271 garden-ready
Share by type (all 1,420 native species)
Percent of the 1,420 native species in each growth type
Tree 11% (151)
Shrub 4% (54)
Wildflower (forb) 54% (761)
Grass or grass-like 24% (342)
Vine 5% (74)
Fern 3% (38)

Wildflowers: 761 · grasses and grass-like: 342 · trees: 151 · shrubs: 54 · vines: 74 · ferns: 38.

Recorded native ranges can include long-established populations that spread from gardens; check your state’s native plant society list for local guidance. How native status is decided.

Native plants by county

64 Louisiana counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Acadia Parish 479 201 9a
Allen Parish 703 278 9a
Ascension Parish 293 142 9a
Assumption Parish 206 112 9a–9b
Avoyelles Parish 458 228 9a
Beauregard Parish 512 208 9a
Bienville Parish 742 312 8b
Bossier Parish 734 320 8b
Caddo Parish 881 355 8b
Calcasieu Parish 754 326 9a–9b
Caldwell Parish 753 329 8b
Cameron Parish 571 251 9b
Catahoula Parish 615 273 8b–9a
Claiborne Parish 716 314 8b
Concordia Parish 314 160 9a
De Soto Parish 745 315 8b
East Baton Rouge Parish 617 291 9a
East Carroll Parish 367 189 8b
East Feliciana Parish 631 280 9a
Evangeline Parish 661 287 9a
Franklin Parish 582 269 8b
Grant Parish 721 307 9a
Iberia Parish 403 189 9a–9b
Iberville Parish 284 143 9a
Jackson Parish 691 297 8b
Jefferson Davis Parish 455 182 9a–9b
Jefferson Parish 419 188 9b–10a
Lafayette Parish 464 212 9a
Lafourche Parish 315 156 9b–10a
LaSalle Parish 690 301 8b
Lincoln Parish 743 304 8b
Livingston Parish 515 245 9a
Madison Parish 470 227 8b
Morehouse Parish 813 348 8b
Natchitoches Parish 946 382 8b–9a
Orleans Parish 487 223 9b
Ouachita Parish 926 384 8b
Plaquemines Parish 262 131 9b–10a
Pointe Coupee Parish 280 133 9a
Rapides Parish 884 356 9a
Red River Parish 705 306 8b
Richland Parish 591 279 8b
Sabine Parish 761 311 8b–9a
St. Bernard Parish 267 139 9b
St. Charles Parish 439 221 9b
St. Helena Parish 685 287 9a
St. James Parish 195 100 9a–9b
St. John the Baptist Parish 278 136 9a–9b
St. Landry Parish 431 211 9a
St. Martin Parish 323 160 9a
St. Mary Parish 470 226 9b
St. Tammany Parish 857 367 9a
Tangipahoa Parish 676 300 8b–9a
Tensas Parish 448 210 8b
Terrebonne Parish 388 182 9b
Union Parish 789 333 8b
Vermilion Parish 479 221 9a–9b
Vernon Parish 779 310 9a
Washington Parish 735 313 8b–9a
Webster Parish 639 287 8b
West Baton Rouge Parish 191 83 9a
West Carroll Parish 509 255 8b
West Feliciana Parish 636 280 9a
Winn Parish 882 351 8b–9a

Garden-ready natives of Louisiana

Statewide list. A species native somewhere in Louisiana may not be native in your county: use the county lists above to narrow it.

Tree 133

Shrub 38

Wildflower (forb) 167

Grass or grass-like 149

Vine 28

Fern 5

Also listed as native and introduced here 7

PLANTS labels these species both native and introduced in this state: some forms are native and others were brought in from elsewhere. Most gardeners should choose plants from the main list.

  • cayenne pepperCapsicum annuum
  • common reedPhragmites australis
  • floating primrose-willowLudwigia peploides
  • hedge false bindweedCalystegia sepium
  • Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensis
  • Mexican teaDysphania ambrosioides
  • switchcaneArundinaria tecta

Look up a Louisiana ZIP

Matches your ZIP to the county it mostly lies in, then lists the plants recorded as native to your state (Kew’s World Checklist and USDA PLANTS) and recorded in that county by USDA PLANTS.

Territories: Puerto Rico · U.S. Virgin Islands

Source & data date

Source
USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
Citation
USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
Data date
Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
Zones
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2023) ZIP table: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed November 3, 2026. Plant zones on this site are our estimate, not the official map.
Scope
Louisiana: 1,420 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 64 counties.
Method
A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources

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