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

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

State botanical gardens and arboretums
StateBotanical garden
or aboretum		Image
GeorgiaThe State Botanical Garden of Georgia[7]
KentuckyBernheim Arboretum and Research Forest
(state arboretum)[8]
University of Kentucky Arboretum
(state botanical garden)[8]
MontanaUniversity of Montana at Missoula Campus
(state arboretum)[9]
PennsylvaniaMorris arboretum and gardens[10]
South CarolinaSouth Carolina Botanical Garden[11]
TennesseeUniversity of Tennessee Botanical Gardens[12]
WashingtonWashington Park Arboretum[13]

Other state plant designations
StateHerb, shrub,
or lichen		Image
CaliforniaLace lichen
(Ramalina menziesii)
(state lichen)[14]
Colorado Claret cup cactus
(Echinocereus triglochidiatus)
(state cactus)[15]
DelawareSweet goldenrod
(Solidago odora)
(state herb)[16]
MaineWintergreen
(state herb)[17]
New YorkLilac
(Syringa vulgaris)
(state bush)[18]
TexasCrape myrtle
(Lagerstroemia indica)
(state shrub)[6]
Purple sage
(Leucophyllum frutescens)
(state native shrub)[6]
WyomingWyoming big sagebrush
(Artemisia tridentata wyomingensi)
(state shrub)[19]

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:[20][21]

IslandFlower or
lei-making material		Image
Hawaiʻi islandʻŌhiʻa lehua / Pua lehua
(Metrosideros polymorpha)
MauiLokelani / Damask rose
(Rosa × damascena)
OʻahuPua ʻilima
(Sida fallax)
KauaʻiMokihana berry
(Melicope anisata)
MolokaʻiPua kukui
(Aleurites moluccanus)
LānaʻiKaunaʻoa
(Cuscuta sandwichiana)
NiʻihauShells (not a plant)
KahoʻolaweHinahina
(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. "House Bill". Hawaii State Legislature. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. "RS 49:170.11". Revised Statutes. Louisiana State Legislature. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  4. "North Carolina General Statutes §145-22 (2019) - State carnivorous plant". Justia Law. Justia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  5. "Bill Information - Senate Bill 1042; Regular Session 1981–1982". PA General Assembly. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  6. "Texas State Symbols". TSLAC. Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  7. 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.
  8. "State Symbols". Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  9. "1-1-513. State arboretum, MCA". Montana State Legislature. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  10. "Bill Information - House Bill 1071; Regular Session 1987–1988". PA General Assembly. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  11. 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.
  12. "Tennessee General Assembly Legislation". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  13. "RCW 1.20.120: State arboretum". Legislature. Washington State Legislature. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  14. "Bill Text - AB1528 Public resources". California Legislative Information. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  15. Colorado House Bill 14-1024
  16. "Chapter 386". Delaware Code Online. State of Delaware. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  17. "State Herb - Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)". Maine.gov. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  18. "NYS Kids Room - State Symbols". New York State Department of State. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  19. "Section 8-3-124 - State shrub". Justia Law. Justia. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  20. https://statesymbolsusa.org/states/united-states/hawaii Statesymbolsusa.org. Hawaii symbols. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  21. "HRS0005-0016". Hawaii State Legislature. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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