List of U.S. state and territory plants and botanical gardens

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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[edit]

State
or territory		 Name Image
American Samoa ʻAva / Kava
(Piper methysticum)[1]
Georgia Franklinia
(Franklinia alatamaha)[2][circular reference]
Hawaiʻi Kalo / Taro
(Colocasia esculenta)[3]
Louisiana Creole tomato
(state vegetable plant)[4]
North Carolina Venus flytrap
(Dionaea muscipula)
(state carnivorous plant)[5]
Pennsylvania Penngift crownvetch
(Securigera varia)
(state beautification
and conservation plant)[6]
Texas Prickly pear cactus
(Opuntia)[7]

State botanical gardens and arboretums[edit]

State Botanical garden
or aboretum		 Image
Georgia State Botanical Garden of Georgia[8]
Kentucky Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest
(state arboretum)[9]
University of Kentucky Arboretum
(state botanical garden)[9]
Montana University of Montana at Missoula Campus
(state arboretum)[10]
North Carolina North Carolina Arboretum[11]
Pennsylvania Morris arboretum and gardens[12]
South Carolina South Carolina Botanical Garden[13]
Tennessee University of Tennessee Botanical Gardens[14]
Washington Washington Park Arboretum[15]

Other state plant designations[edit]

State Herb, shrub,
or lichen		 Image
California Lace lichen
(Ramalina menziesii)
(state lichen)[16]
Colorado Claret cup cactus
(Echinocereus triglochidiatus)
(state cactus)[17] 		Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Delaware Sweet goldenrod
(Solidago odora)
(state herb)[18]
Maine Wintergreen
(state herb)[19]
New York Lilac
(Syringa vulgaris)
(state bush)[20]
Texas Crape myrtle
(Lagerstroemia indica)
(state shrub)[7]
Purple sage
(Leucophyllum frutescens)
(state native shrub)[7]
Wyoming Wyoming big sagebrush
(Artemisia tridentata wyomingensi)
(state shrub)[21]

State lei-making material[edit]

In addition to Hawaii's state plant, Hawaii has official state flowers and lei-making material for the individual islands of Hawaii:[22][23]

Island Flower or
lei-making material		 Image
Hawaiʻi island ʻŌhiʻa lehua / Pua lehua
(Metrosideros polymorpha)
Maui Lokelani / 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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Franklinia
  3. ^ "House Bill". Hawaii State Legislature. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  4. ^ "RS 49:170.11". Revised Statutes. Louisiana State Legislature. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  5. ^ "North Carolina General Statutes §145-22 (2019) - State carnivorous plant". Justia Law. Justia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Bill Information - Senate Bill 1042; Regular Session 1981–1982". PA General Assembly. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "Texas State Symbols". TSLAC. Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  8. ^ http://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.
  9. ^ a b "State Symbols". Archived from the original on 2018-12-31. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  10. ^ "1-1-513. State arboretum, MCA". Montana State Legislature. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Establishment of arboretum in Western North Carolina" (PDF). <is
  12. ^ "Bill Information - House Bill 1071; Regular Session 1987–1988". PA General Assembly. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  13. ^ http://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.
  14. ^ "Tennessee General Assembly Legislation". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  15. ^ "RCW 1.20.120: State arboretum". Legislature. Washington State Legislature. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Bill Text - AB1528 Public resources". California Legislative Information. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  17. ^ Colorado House Bill 14-1024
  18. ^ "Chapter 386". Delaware Code Online. State of Delaware. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  19. ^ "State Herb - Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)". Maine.gov. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  20. ^ "NYS Kids Room - State Symbols". New York State Department of State. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  21. ^ "Section 8-3-124 - State shrub". Justia Law. Justia. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  22. ^ https://statesymbolsusa.org/states/united-states/hawaii Statesymbolsusa.org. Hawaii symbols. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  23. ^ "HRS0005-0016". Hawaii State Legislature. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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