Salathe is part of the Louisiana Iris Conservation ... The small swamp seems to be a perfect home for the rare flower. “It’s native in a piece of swamp that’s probably about four miles ...

(WAFB) - When Kelby Ouchley walks through his wooded yard in northeastern Louisiana, he sees a lot more than trees and wild flowers ... near the Bayou D’Arbonne swamp. “This is a seed pod ...

Louisiana Nursery stocks Louisiana native varieties, specifically the Swamp Milkweed. This fragrant vine produces clusters of small, tubular flowers that are popular with hummingbirds and butterflies.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Anyone who has driven along I-10 between Lafayette and Baton Rouge has journeyed over Henderson Lake, soaking in a classic view of towering cypress trees in a Louisiana swamp.

Louisiana Swamp Base, a national conservation and high adventure recreation program created by the Boy Scouts of America’s Evangeline Area Council in 2010, aims to immerse thousands in the ...

But over the past century, the swamp has been slowly dying. New trees are few and far between, and the ones there are struggling to stay alive. If the trend continues, Louisiana could lose one of ...

Discover how The Atchafalaya Basin protects Louisiana's coast from hurricanes. In the Atchafalaya Basin—the largest river swamp in the U.S.—ancient cypress trees act as natural barriers ...

ABBEVILLE, La. (WVUE) - The red iris, one of Louisiana’s rarest native flowers, blooms each April in a swamp near the town of Abbeville—its only known natural habitat in the world. Unlike the ...