Plants of New Orleans, Louisiana
The plants most often spotted near New Orleans, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
Most-observed plants near New Orleans
White beggarticks
Bidens alba
1,075 observations · iNaturalist
Spanish moss
Tillandsia usneoides
1,005 observations
baldcypress
Taxodium distichum
794 observations
resurrection fern
Pleopeltis michauxiana
750 observations · iNaturalist
white clover
Trifolium repens
699 observations
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
672 observations
southern live oak
Quercus virginiana
578 observations
straggler daisy
Calyptocarpus vialis
567 observations · iNaturalist
Chinese Tallow
Triadica sebifera
565 observations · iNaturalist
common water hyacinth
Pontederia crassipes
491 observations · iNaturalist
Dwarf Palmetto
Sabal minor
488 observations
Pinkladies
Oenothera speciosa
469 observations
Butterweed
Packera glabella
368 observations · iNaturalist
pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata
359 observations
American trumpet vine
Campsis radicans
353 observations
bristle thistle
Cirsium horridulum
318 observations · iNaturalist
Ladder brake
Pteris vittata
313 observations · iNaturalist
Largeflower pink-sorrel
Oxalis debilis
304 observations · iNaturalist
Oriental false hawksbeard
Youngia japonica
297 observations · iNaturalist
peppervine
Nekemias arborea
297 observations · iNaturalist
giant ragweed
Ambrosia trifida
294 observations
buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
290 observations
Santa Maria feverfew
Parthenium hysterophorus
284 observations · iNaturalist
red maple
Acer rubrum
279 observations
Bushkiller
Causonis japonica
274 observations · iNaturalist
Indian shot
Canna indica
259 observations · iNaturalist
Artillery Plant
Pilea microphylla
244 observations · iNaturalist
lizard's tail
Saururus cernuus
238 observations
groundsel tree
Baccharis halimifolia
232 observations
water oak
Quercus nigra
215 observations
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
215 observations
southern dewberry
Rubus trivialis
212 observations
lanceleaf arrowhead
Sagittaria lancifolia
201 observations · iNaturalist
American beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
197 observations
American sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
195 observations
Saltmarsh mallow
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos
194 observations
Japanese climbing fern
Lygodium japonicum
194 observations · iNaturalist
frostweed
Verbesina virginica
188 observations
Carolina crane's-bill
Geranium carolinianum
187 observations
American black nightshade
Solanum americanum
187 observations · iNaturalist
Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
186 observations
Taro
Colocasia esculenta
179 observations · iNaturalist
American sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
172 observations
black willow
Salix nigra
169 observations
lyreleaf sage
Salvia lyrata
166 observations
wax myrtle
Morella cerifera
166 observations
henbit deadnettle
Lamium amplexicaule
162 observations · iNaturalist
sugar hackberry
Celtis laevigata
155 observations
box elder
Acer negundo
154 observations
bird's-eye speedwell
Veronica persica
153 observations · iNaturalist