This is a list of U.S. state and territory plants and botanical gardens — plants and botanical gardens which have been designated as an official symbol(s) by a state or territory's legislature. 5 U.S. states and 1 U.S. territory have an official state/territory plant. 7 U.S. states have an official state botanical garden or arboretum. This list excludes state flowers, state trees, and state grasses.
State and territory plants
State or territory Name Image American Samoa ʻAva / Kava(Piper methysticum)http://www.asbar.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=120&Itemid=172 American Samoa Bar Association. Chapter 03 - Official Symbols. Retrieved November 27 2018. Georgia Franklinia(Franklinia alatamaha)Franklinia Hawaiʻi Kalo / Taro(Colocasia esculenta) Louisiana Creole tomato(state vegetable plant)"RS 49:170.11". Revised Statutes. Louisiana State Legislature. Retrieved 2020-07-22. North Carolina Venus flytrap(Dionaea muscipula) (state carnivorous plant) Pennsylvania Penngift crownvetch(Securigera varia) (state beautification and conservation plant) Texas Prickly pear cactus(Opuntia)
State botanical gardens and arboretums State Botanical garden or aboretum Image Georgia State Botanical Garden of Georgiahttp://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20081127013413/http://www.sos.ga.gov/archives/state_symbols/state_symbols.html Webarchive.loc.gov. Library of Congress Web Archives Collection. Georgia State Symbols. Archived November 27, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2018. Kentucky Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest(state arboretum) University of Kentucky Arboretum(state botanical garden) Montana University of Montana at Missoula Campus (state arboretum) North Carolina North Carolina Arboretum <is Pennsylvania Morris arboretum and gardens South Carolina South Carolina Botanical Gardenhttp://www.ereferencedesk.com/resources/state-symbols/south-carolina/botanical-garden.html Ereferencedesk.com. South Carolina State Botanical Garden - Botanical Garden of Clemson University. Retrieved November 28, 2018. Tennessee University of Tennessee Botanical Gardens Washington Washington Park Arboretum
Other state plant designations
State Herb, shrub, or lichen ImageCalifornia Lace lichen(Ramalina menziesii)(state lichen)ColoradoClaret cup cactus(Echinocereus triglochidiatus)(state cactus)Colorado House Bill 14-1024Delaware Sweet goldenrod(Solidago odora)(state herb)MaineWintergreen(state herb)New York Lilac(Syringa vulgaris) (state bush) Texas Crape myrtle(Lagerstroemia indica)(state shrub) Purple sage(Leucophyllum frutescens) (state native shrub)Wyoming Wyoming big sagebrush(Artemisia tridentata wyomingensi) (state shrub)
State lei-making material In addition to Hawaii's state plant, Hawaii has official state flowers and lei-making material for the individual islands of Hawaii:https://statesymbolsusa.org/states/united-states/hawaii Statesymbolsusa.org. Hawaii symbols. Retrieved November 27, 2018. Island Flower or lei-making material ImageHawaiʻi island ʻŌhiʻa lehua / Pua lehua(Metrosideros polymorpha) MauiLokelani / Damask rose(Rosa × damascena) Oʻahu Pua ʻilima(Sida fallax) Kauaʻi Mokihana berry(Melicope anisata) Molokaʻi Pua kukui(Aleurites moluccanus) Lānaʻi Kaunaʻoa(Cuscuta sandwichiana) Niʻihau Shells (not a plant) Kahoʻolawe Hinahina(Heliotropium anomalum var. argenteum)
See also List of U.S. state and territory flowers List of U.S. state and territory trees List of U.S. state grasses Lists of U.S. state insignia Lists of U.S. state symbols Arbor Day Foundation
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