UNO has recently completed the terms of a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant which enabled the purchase and planting of certain areas of campus that are now part of their Urban Bird Trail. NPI helped coordinate, plan and implement the plantings along with volunteers from Upward Bound Youth Group, Orleans Audubon, Master Naturalists, UNO […]
UNO Campus is a Hot Spot for Birds and Native Plants! Read More »
Certify your property as a Louisiana Certified Habitat! Every property, from the smallest city garden to rural acreage, is eligible to apply. The Louisiana Native Plant Society invites Louisiana residents, businesses, schools, and public institutions to certify their outdoor spaces as certified habitats through the Louisiana Certified Habitat Program (LCH). We know that native
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Last Saturday morning in November, we spent a few hours removing invasive tree saplings from the UNO Woodlot. This is the kick-off of a multi-phase project on UNO’s campus to enhance bird and wildlife habitat by planting native shrubs and trees to further develop a urban birding trail on campus where over 130 species of
UNO Urban Birding Trail gets started with Kick-Off Event…more to come! Read More »
The day before Halloween, NPI President, Tammany Baumgarten, and Board Director Cheryl Geiger made the trek to St. Tammany Parish to attend a guided walk in the Abita Creek Flatwoods Preserve hosted by the Land Trust for Louisiana. Biologists, Nelwyn McInnis and Latimore Smith guided about 20 participants on a boardwalk stroll through a wet
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Earlier this month, NPI took a road trip to Arnaudville for Acadiana Native Plant Project’s (ANPP) Yard-to-Habitat workshop. ANPP’s website states that the workshop is “designed to help homeowners and landscapers transform property, from small yards in town to big pastures in the country, to native habitat for pollinators, birds and other wildlife and improve
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Click on this list of Top Native Plants including trees, shrubs, forbs, and graminoids that are beneficial to Louisiana wildlife. Use these plants in your garden and attract more birds, butterflies, and other animals. Have fun!
Top Native Plants for Wildlife in LA Read More »
Native plants are an important food source to local and migratory birds species. Birds feed on berries, seed heads, nectar, and insects using the plant as a host. Read more HERE and learn what plants to use to feed the birds in your garden!
The Euonymus americana locally know as “Strawberry bush”, “Burning Bush”, “Hearts-a-Busting” is in full display right now. In late summer/early fall the red fruits burst open to reveal bright orange berries. The pictures below are from a NPI member’s garden in New Orleans. It is an adaptable landscape shrub or small tree tolerating different sun
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Once again, a summer hurricane has displayed the inherent and wonderful qualities of native plants in the landscape. The live oaks swayed in the 150 mph winds and, if they’ve been maintained properly, few branches broke. In my back yard, the swamp maple, blooming and upright cardinal flower, cherry tree, flowering clematis crispa, often visited
Living with Hurricanes and Native Plants by VP Nell Howard Read More »
