Through the Seasons with St. Tammany's Natives

Spring          Summer          Fall          Winter

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Spring

American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) Flower, Green Fruit *
Arrowhead (Sagittaria) *
Azalea, Honeysuckle Azalea Flower (Rhododendron canescens), Image 2, Image 3, Image 4, Image 5 - HB*
Azalea, Flame (Rhododendron austrinum), Image 2, Image 3 - HB*
Baptisia
   White False Indigo (Baptisia alba formerly B. leucantha) *
Blue-Eye Grass
   Blue-eye Grass (Sisyrinchium capillare) *
Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata) - HB*
Bluets (Houstonia caerulea) *
Buttercup, Early (Ranunculus fascicularis)*
Candy Root
   Pink Candyroot, Drumheads (Polygala cruciata) *
   Candy Root (Polygala nana)*
Carolina Allspice (Calycanthus floridus)*
Carolina Yellow Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) - HB*
Chickasaw Plum (Prunus angustifolia)
Coral Bean, Mamou (Erythrina herbacea) - HB*
Crossvine (Bignonia capreolata), Image 2 - HB*
Daisy Fleabane (Eigeron phitadelphicus)*
Day-flower
   Climbing Day-flower (Commelina diffusa)*
   Day-flower (Commelina erecta)*
Eastern Redbud (Cercis Canadensis) - HB*
False Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia pubentissima)*
Florida Anise, Star-anise (Illicium floridanum)*
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)*
Fringe Tree, Grancy-graybeard (Chionathus virginica)*
Huckleberry / Wild Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) *
   Vaccinium elliottii - Pink Flowers, White Flowers - HB*
Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica), Image 2, Image 3, Image 4 - HB*
Iris, Southern Blue Flag (Iris virginica), Image 2, Image 3*
Iris, Red (Iris fulva) - HB*
Iris, Zig-zag-stemmed (Iris brevicaulis) *
Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Flower, Fruit*
Krigia
    Potato Dwarf Dandelion (Krigia dandelion)*
    Virginia Dwarf Dandelion (Krigia virginica)*
Leather-flower, Clematis (Clematis crispa), Seed Pod*
Lyre-leaved Sage (Salvia lyrata), Image 2 - HB *
Mayhaw (Crataegus opaca)*
Oak-leaved Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia), Fall Image *
Orchid
   Rose Pogonia Orchid, Snakemouth Orchid (Pogonia ophioglossoides)*
Oxalis, Common Yellow (oxalis stricta)*
Parsley Hawthorne (Crataegus marshallii), Fall Foliage: Image 1, Image 2 *
Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia), Image 2, Image 3, Image 4, Image 5, Image 6 - HB*
Red Trillium, Mississippi Wake-robin (Trillium foetidissimum), Image 2 *
Rose
   Cherokee Rose (Rosa laevigata) Introduced *
Ruellia
   Wild Petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis)*
   Violet Wild Petunia (Ruellia nudiflora)*
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
Self-heal, Prunella (Prunella vulgaris), Image 2 *
Service Berry (Amelanchier arborea)*
Silver Bell (Halesia diptera) - HB*
Snowbell, Big Leaf (Styrax Americana)*
Skullcap (Scuttelaria spp.)*
Skullcap, Rough (Scutellaria integrifolia)*
Smilax
   Sarsaparilla Vine (Smilax pumila) Dwarf Green Briar*
Southern Crabapple (Pyrus angustifolia)*
Spider-lily (Hymenocallis occidentalis)*
Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginia)
Spring Helenium (Helenium vernale)*
Stokes' Aster (Stokesia laevis)
Sunbonnet (Chaptalia tomentosa)*
Yellow Pitcher-plant (Sarracenia alata), Image 2 *
Yellow Star-grass (Hypoxis hirsuta)*
Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica)*
Violets (Viola)
   Early Blue Violet (Viola palmata), Image 2, Image 3 *
   Langlois Violet (Viola langloisii) *
   Birds-foot Violet (Viola pedata)*
   Primrose-leaved violet (viola primulifolia), Image 2*
Water Lily, white (Nymphaea odorata)*
Yellow Top (Senecio glabellus)*
Yellow Hawkweed (Hieracium pratense) Introduced *

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Summer

Arrowleaf Viburnum, Arrow-wood (Viburnum dentatum) flowers*
Ashei Arrow-wood (Viburnum ashei) *
Bergamont, Beebalm (Monarda fistulosa) – HB*
Bitterweed (Helenium amarum)*
Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)*
Butterfly Pea (Centrosema virginianum) *
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), Image 2 *
Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens), Image 2 – HB*
Coreopsis
   Mouse-eared Coreopsis (Coreopsis auriculata)*
   Lance-leaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)*
   Golden Tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria)*
Cypress Vine (Ipomoea quamoclit), Image 2 – HB*
Devil’s-walking-stick (Aralia spinosa)*
Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) fruit*
Hypericum
   St. Andrew's Cross (Hypericum hypericoides)*
   Roundseed St. John's Wort (Hypericum sphaerocarpum)*
Lanceleaf Fogfruit (Phyla lanceolata)*
Mallow
   Salt Marsh Mallow (Kosteletzkya virginica), Image 2*
Meadow Beauty
   Meadow Beauty (Rhexia alifanus), Image 2 *
   Pale Meadow Beauty (Rhexia mariana)*
   Handsome Harry (Rhexia virginica) *
Monkeyflower (Mimulus alatus)*
Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum)*
Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana) - HB*
Orchid
   Spreading Pogonia Orchid (Cleistes divaricata)*
   Water Spider Orchid (Orchid Habenaria repens), Image 2*
Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens), Flower, Fruit*
Passion Vine, Maypop (Passiflora incarnata) – B*
Passion Vine with 5-lobed leaf (Passiflora caerulea) - B*
Passion Vine, Yellow (Passiflora lutea), Image 2, Image 3 - B*
Pickerel-weed (Pontederia cordata) – HB*
Pineland Hibiscus (Hibiscus aculeatus)*
Portulaca, Native Mossrose (Portulaca pilosa)*
Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe papaver)*
Sneezeweed (Helenium flexuosum)*
Texas Star Hibiscus (Hibiscus coccineus)*
Trumpet-creeper (Campsis radicans), Image 2 – HB*
Yellow-eyed Grass (Xyris iridifolia)*

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Fall

Aster
   Aster, Fall (Aster ericoides)*
   Aster, Chainleaf (Aster adnatus)*
   Aster, White (Aster lateriflorus)*
   Aster, blue (Aster praealtus), Image 2*
American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) fruit*
Arrowleaf Viburnum, Arrow-wood (Viburnum dentatum) fruit*
Bottle Gentian, Soapwort Gentian (Gentiana saponaria)*
Blazing Star, Prairie (Liatris pycnostachya)*
Blazing Star, Scaley (Liatris squarrosa)*
Blueflower Eryngo (Eryngium integrifolium)*
Climbing Hempvine (Mikania scandens)*
Common Beggartick (Bidens alba)
Crabapple (Craetageus malus) fruit
Elephant’s Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus)*
Eupatorium
   Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)*
   Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium fistulosum)*
   Mist-flower (Eupatorium coelestinum)*, Image 2
Goldenrod
   Common Goldenrod (Solidago altissima)*
   Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa)*
Indian Woodoats (Chasmanthium latifolium), Image 2*
Ironweed (Vernonia missurica)*
Helianthus
   Swamp Sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius)*
   Rough Sunflower (Helianthus hirsutus)*
   Hairy Sunflower (Helianthus tomentosa)*
Holly Family
   Dahoon Holly (Ilex cassine) fruit
   Deciduous Holly (Ilex longipes) fruit*
   Gallberry, Large (Ilex coriacea) Flower *
   Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria) fruit*
Lobelia
   Big Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) HB*
   Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Image 2, – HB*
   Downy Lobelia (Lobelia puberula) HB*
   Palespike Lobelia (Lobelia spicata) *
Persimmon Fruit (Diospyros virginiana)*
Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum)*
Rattlesnake Fern (Botrychium virginianum)*
Seedbox, Water Primrose (Ludwigia alternifolia), Image 2 *
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) – HB*
Star Grass (Dichromena colorata)*
Strawberry Bush (Euonymus americanus) fruit*
Vanilla Plant (Trilisa odoratissima) *
Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana)* Photo of introduced Japanese Virgin's Bower (Clematis dioscoreifolia)
Winged Sumac (Rhus copallium)*

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Winter

Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana – Hamamelidaceae), Image 2, Image 3 – HB*
Huckleberry / Wild Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) – HB*
Red / Swamp Maple (Acer rubrum), Image 2, Image 3, Image 4, Image 5 – HB*
Carolina Yellow Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) – HB*

Legend
HB - hummingbird nectar Plant
B - Butterfly larval plant
* - Photograph in the Native Plant Gallery