Barataria Preserve Highlights
pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata, commonly known as Pickerelweed, is a species of tristylous aquatic plants.
Iris giganticaerulea
Iris giganticaerulea (Giant Blue Iris or Giant Blue Flag) is a species of iris native to Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi in the United States.
Cutleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera laciniata is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name cutleaf evening primrose. It is native to the eastern United States but it can be found in many other places as an introduced species and sometimes a noxious weed. It is reported from Hawaii, Australia, Britain, France, Korea, Japan, and other areas. This is an ...more ↓
Cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower) is a species of Lobelia native to the Americas, from southeastern Canada south through the eastern and southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America to northern Colombia.
Common Water Hyacinth
Eichhornia crassipes, commonly known as Common Water Hyacinth, is an invasive species of plant which is native to the Amazon basin. This plant is also used like a medicinal plant.
chinese tallowtree
Sapium sebifera, formerly referred to as Triadica sebiferum, is commonly known as the Chinese tallow tree, Florida aspen, Chicken Tree, and Gray Popcorn Tree. Introduced to the United States by Benjamin Franklin, the tree is native to eastern Asia, and is most commonly associated with eastern China, Taiwan, and Japan. In these regions, ...more ↓
Azolla caroliniana
Azolla caroliniana (Carolina Azolla, Carolina Mosquito Fern, Water velvet) is a species of Azolla native to the Americas, in eastern North America from southern Ontario southward, and from the east coast west to Wisconsin and Texas, and in the Caribbean, and in Central and South America from southeastern Mexico (Chiapas) south to northern Argentina ...more ↓
