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	Name	Image
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

State	Botanical garden or aboretum	Image
Georgia	The State Botanical Garden of Georgia[7]
Kentucky	Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest (state arboretum)[8]
	University of Kentucky Arboretum (state botanical garden)[8]
Montana	University of Montana at Missoula Campus (state arboretum)[9]
Pennsylvania	Morris arboretum and gardens[10]
South Carolina	South Carolina Botanical Garden[11]
Tennessee	University of Tennessee Botanical Gardens[12]
Washington	Washington Park Arboretum[13]

Other state plant designations

State	Herb, shrub, or lichen	Image
California	Lace lichen (Ramalina menziesii) (state lichen)[14]
Colorado	Claret cup cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) (state cactus)[15]
Delaware	Sweet goldenrod Solidago odora) (state herb)[16]
Maine	Wintergreen (state herb)[17]
New York	Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) (state bush)[18]
Texas	Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) (state shrub)[6]
	Purple sage (Leucophyllum frutescens) (state native shrub)[6]
Wyoming	Wyoming 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]

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

• 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

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.