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The brown pelican is the state bird of Louisiana. This list of birds of Louisiana includes species credibly documented in the U.S. state of Louisiana, as accepted by the Louisiana Bird Records Committee (LBRC) of the Louisiana Ornithological Society. [1] Of the 486 species on the list as of January 2024, 153 are classed as accidental and four ...
Iris giganticaerulea is the most recognizable Louisiana iris species. This Gulf Coast species is an extremely large blue native plant, found commonly in the City of New Orleans. [10] In the state of Louisiana, the iris grows natively in freshwater marshes, swamps, and woody wetlands.
Louisiana's largest forest, the Kisatchie National Forest in the forested hills of Central Louisiana, has 155 species of breeding birds, 48 mammal species, 56 reptile species and 30 amphibian species. It is some 600,000 acres (240,000 hectares) in area, more than half of which is vital flatwoods vegetation, which supports many rare plant and ...
Louisiana: Magnolia (state flower) Magnolia: 1900 [26] Louisiana iris (state wildflower) Iris giganticaerulea: 1990 [27] Maine: White pine cone and tassel: Pinus strobus: 1895 [28] Maryland: Black-eyed susan: Rudbeckia hirta: 1918 [29] Massachusetts: Mayflower: Epigaea repens: 1918 [30] Michigan: Apple blossom (state flower) Malus: 1897 [31 ...
Iris giganticaerulea, the giant blue iris, is a species of iris, in the subgenus Limniris, in the series Hexagonae.It is a rhizomatous perennial, from northern America.It has long bright green leaves, very tall stems and one or two musky fragrant flowers in a range of blue shades (pale, bright, dark, lavender and violet) or rarely white.
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The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven states, followed by the western meadowlark as the state bird of six states. The District of Columbia designated a district bird in 1938. [ 4 ] Of the five inhabited territories of the United States , American Samoa and Puerto Rico are the only ones without territorial birds.
"Louisiana My Home Sweet Home" LL 155.1, 1952 Tartan: Louisiana Tartan: LL 170.6, 2001 Tree: Bald cypress [1] (Taxodium distichum) LL 160, 1963 Vegetable: Sweet potato (Pomona Batista) LL 170.11, 2003 Vegetable plant: Creole tomato: LL 170.11, 2003 Wildflower: Louisiana iris (Iris giganticaerulea) LL 154.1, 1990