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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

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

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

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

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

References

  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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