Sankofa Wetland Park & Nature Trail

Located at 6401 Florida Ave. in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Sankofa Wetland Park & Nature Trail is a restored wetland, offering habitat to a variety of native flora and fauna. In addition, the park serves as a green infrastructure storm water mitigation project, currently storing ...more ↓

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Water Tupelo ¹
Nyssa aquatica

Red Mulberry ²
Morus rubra

Southern Magnolia ³
Magnolia grandiflora

Broadleaf Arrowhead ⁴
Sagittaria latifolia

Groundsel Tree ⁵
Baccharis halimifolia

Lizard's Tail ⁶
Saururus cernuus

Pickerelweed ⁷
Pontederia cordata

Northern Seaside Goldenrod ⁸
Solidago sempervirens

Sugar Hackberry ⁹
Celtis laevigata

Bald Cypress ¹⁰
Taxodium distichum

Sweetbay Magnolia ¹¹
Magnolia virginiana

Water Hickory ¹²
Carya aquatica

Live Oak ¹³
Virentes

Black Willow ¹⁴
Salix nigra

Canna Lilies ¹⁵
Cannaceae

Swamp titi ¹⁶
Cyrilla racemiflora

Yaupon Holly ¹⁷
Ilex vomitoria

Little Bluestem Grass ¹⁸
Schizachyrium scoparium

Switchgrass ¹⁹
Panicum virgatum

Catalpa Tree ²⁰
Catalpa bignonioides

Lance-leaved Coreopsis ²¹
Coreopsis lanceolata

Hollow Joe-Pye Weed ²²
Eutrochium fistulosum

Rayless Sunflower ²³
Helianthus radula

Swamp Rose Mallow ²⁴
Hibiscus moscheutos

Frostweed ²⁵
Verbesina virginica

Gulf Coast Pennstemon ²⁶
Penstemon Brazos

Beauty Berry ²⁷
Callicarpa americana

Swamp Red Maple ²⁸
Acer rubrum drummondii

Green Ash ²⁹
Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Swamp Palmetto ³⁰
Sabal minor

coneflowers and black-eyed Susans ³¹
Rudbeckia

Buttonbush ³²
Cephalanthus occidentalis

Indiangrass ³³
Sorghastrum nutans

Coastal Plain Blazingstar ³⁴
Liatris spicata resinosa

plains coreopsis ³⁵
Coreopsis tinctoria

Indian blanket ³⁶
Gaillardia pulchella

Missouri Ironweed ³⁷
Vernonia missurica

Scarlet Rosemallow ³⁸
Hibiscus coccineus

lyreleaf sage ³⁹
Salvia lyrata

possumhaw ⁴⁰
Ilex decidua

southern live oak ⁴¹
Quercus virginiana

Christmas fern ⁴²
Polystichum acrostichoides

Cinnamon Fern ⁴³
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Hay-Scented Fern ⁴⁴
Dennstaedtia punctilobula

lemon beebalm ⁴⁵
Monarda citriodora

Cedar Vine ⁴⁶
Diphasiastrum digitatum

Persimmon Tree ⁴⁷
Diospyros kaki

Dwarf Palmetto ³⁰
Sabal minor

autumn fern ⁴⁸
Dryopteris erythrosora

southern shield fern ⁴⁹
Dryopteris ludoviciana

Gamagrass ⁵⁰
Tripsacum dactyloides

sow thistles ⁵¹
Sonchus

common water hyacinth ⁵²
Pontederia crassipes

Lantana ⁵³

Pinkladies ⁵⁴
Oenothera speciosa

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Sankofa Wetland Park & Nature Trail

Water Tupelo 1 Nyssa aquatica

Red Mulberry 2 Morus rubra

Southern Magnolia 3 Magnolia grandiflora

Broadleaf Arrowhead 4 Sagittaria latifolia

Groundsel Tree 5 Baccharis halimifolia

Lizard's Tail 6 Saururus cernuus

Pickerelweed 7 Pontederia cordata

Northern Seaside Goldenrod 8 Solidago sempervirens

Sugar Hackberry 9 Celtis laevigata

Bald Cypress 10 Taxodium distichum

Sweetbay Magnolia 11 Magnolia virginiana

Water Hickory 12 Carya aquatica

Live Oak 13 Virentes

Black Willow 14 Salix nigra

Canna Lilies 15 Cannaceae

Swamp titi 16 Cyrilla racemiflora

Yaupon Holly 17 Ilex vomitoria

Little Bluestem Grass 18 Schizachyrium scoparium

Switchgrass 19 Panicum virgatum

Catalpa Tree 20 Catalpa bignonioides

Lance-leaved Coreopsis 21 Coreopsis lanceolata

Hollow Joe-Pye Weed 22 Eutrochium fistulosum

Rayless Sunflower 23 Helianthus radula

Swamp Rose Mallow 24 Hibiscus moscheutos

Frostweed 25 Verbesina virginica

Gulf Coast Pennstemon 26 Penstemon Brazos

Beauty Berry 27 Callicarpa americana

Swamp Red Maple 28 Acer rubrum drummondii

Green Ash 29 Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Swamp Palmetto 30 Sabal minor

coneflowers and black-eyed Susans 31 Rudbeckia

Buttonbush 32 Cephalanthus occidentalis

Indiangrass 33 Sorghastrum nutans

Coastal Plain Blazingstar 34 Liatris spicata resinosa

plains coreopsis 35 Coreopsis tinctoria

Indian blanket 36 Gaillardia pulchella

Missouri Ironweed 37 Vernonia missurica

Scarlet Rosemallow 38 Hibiscus coccineus

lyreleaf sage 39 Salvia lyrata

possumhaw 40 Ilex decidua

southern live oak 41 Quercus virginiana

Christmas fern 42 Polystichum acrostichoides

Cinnamon Fern 43 Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Hay-Scented Fern 44 Dennstaedtia punctilobula

lemon beebalm 45 Monarda citriodora

Cedar Vine 46 Diphasiastrum digitatum

Persimmon Tree 47 Diospyros kaki

Dwarf Palmetto 30 Sabal minor

autumn fern 48 Dryopteris erythrosora

southern shield fern 49 Dryopteris ludoviciana

Gamagrass 50 Tripsacum dactyloides

sow thistles 51 Sonchus

common water hyacinth 52 Pontederia crassipes

Lantana 53

Pinkladies 54 Oenothera speciosa