The Dirt

Thanks for Greauxing Native, Melanie!

ANPP congratulates Rachel Courville for her silver-certified habitat in Lafayette.

By Dan Weintritt and friends

We recently received this letter of thanks from state botanist Brian Sean Early.

Plant id!

Thank you for everything, Randy!

Cherokee Sedge, Carex cherokeensis, is an evergreen native perennial plant that grows to about 2 ft. tall.

Peggy is especially proud of the prairie they added to one of the pimple mounds.

A majestic live oak is a centerpiece of the yard.

Mavis's mamou must be the most beautiful we've seen so far this year.

This address is the 361st certification, 5 years after the first! That's a lot of habitats, Louisiana!

Thank you for greauxing native!

Thank you for Greauxing native!

Thank you for greauxing native!

Randy Moshier and Becki Fruge

Bronze Louisiana Certified Habitat

By Dan Weintritt and friends

Carolina Thistle, Cirsium carolinianum

As a Louisiana native, Louise Prejean's maternal grandmother had a camp on Lake Dauterive in the Atchafalaya Basin which lead to her love of native plants.

By Dan Weintritt and friends