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

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]
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
	State Botanical Garden of Georgia^[8]
	Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest (state arboretum)^[9]
	University of Kentucky Arboretum (state botanical garden)
	University of Montana at Missoula Campus (state arboretum)^[10]
	North Carolina Arboretum^[11]
	Morris arboretum and gardens^[12]
	South Carolina Botanical Garden^[13]
	University of Tennessee Botanical Gardens^[14]
	Washington Park Arboretum^[15]

Other state plant designations

State	Herb, shrub, or lichen	Image
	Lace lichen (Ramalina menziesii) (state lichen)^[16]
Colorado	Claret cup cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) (state cactus)^[17]
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)
	Purple sage (Leucophyllum frutescens) (state native shrub)
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)
	Pua ʻilima (Sida fallax)
Kauaʻi	Mokihana berry (Melicope anisata)
	Pua kukui (Aleurites moluccanus)
Lānaʻi	Kaunaʻoa (Cuscuta sandwichiana)
	Shells (not a plant)
	Hinahina (Heliotropium anomalum var. argenteum)

See also

• List of U.S. state and territory flowers
• List of U.S. state and territory trees
• List of U.S. state grasses
• Lists of U.S. state insignia
• Lists of U.S. state symbols
• Arbor Day Foundation

Notes and 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. Web site: House Bill . Hawaii State Legislature . 21 July 2020.
4. https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=181346 "RS 49:170.11"
5. Web site: North Carolina General Statutes §145-22 (2019) - State carnivorous plant . Justia Law . Justia . 21 July 2020.
6. Web site: Bill Information - Senate Bill 1042; Regular Session 1981–1982 . PA General Assembly . 21 July 2020.
7. Web site: Texas State Symbols . TSLAC . Texas State Library and Archives Commission . 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. Web site: State Symbols . https://web.archive.org/web/20181231191740/http://lrc.ky.gov/kidspages/symbols.htm . 21 July 2020. 2018-12-31 .
10. Web site: 1-1-513. State arboretum, MCA . Montana State Legislature . 21 July 2020.
11. Web site: Establishment of arboretum in Western North Carolina .
12. Web site: Bill Information - House Bill 1071; Regular Session 1987–1988 . PA General Assembly . 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. Web site: Tennessee General Assembly Legislation . Tennessee General Assembly . 22 July 2020.
15. Web site: RCW 1.20.120: State arboretum . Legislature . Washington State Legislature . 22 July 2020.
16. Web site: Bill Text - AB1528 Public resources . California Legislative Information . 21 July 2020.
17. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9647291D28977F0887257C300005DAF6?open&file=1024_enr.pdf Colorado House Bill 14-1024
18. Web site: Chapter 386 . Delaware Code Online . State of Delaware . 21 July 2020.
19. Web site: State Herb - Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) . Maine.gov . 21 July 2020.
20. Web site: NYS Kids Room - State Symbols . New York State Department of State . 21 July 2020.
21. Web site: Section 8-3-124 - State shrub . Justia Law . Justia . 22 July 2020.
22. https://statesymbolsusa.org/states/united-states/hawaii Statesymbolsusa.org. Hawaii symbols. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
23. Web site: HRS0005-0016 . Hawaii State Legislature . 22 July 2020.