Louisiana Natural Areas

Beautiful Places for Botanizing

Below are places to enjoy and learn about Louisiana's flora.  Note that you need permissions, and possibly a permit, to collect on public and private lands.  The herbarium will not accept any plants and fungi without the proper permitting documentation (see Depositing Specimens).

East Baton Rouge Parish's 107+ parks and facilities to explore nature

A nature's landmark in southern Louisiana

A place to conserve the longleaf pine savanna in Louisiana

Not only for hunting, this is a beautiful place to hike around a less-flat terrain.

A diverse spot near the Lake Pontchartrain with different types of vegetation

Biodiversity near the sea shore

A vast cross section of Louisiana's forests, broken into several districts, and dominated by a longleaf pines

Louisiana's perilled wetlands, including swamp and marsh

A breathtaking and charismatic swamp

The largest river swamp in the United States