Amsonia ludoviciana
Amsonia ludoviciana
Native to Louisiana. How scores work Is it native here?
Profile 35%
- Soil moisture
- Somewhat dry to moist
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 13 Louisiana parishes.
Also found with this plant
Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food. 124 animals.
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensis
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Ross's GooseChen rossii
Widespread birds also seen here (34)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Canada Goose
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Eastern Kingbird
- European Starling
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Tree Swallow
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
Who uses this plant?
1CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including LA
Genus host records with ranges including LA · Amsonia
- Hemaris diffinisSnowberry Clearwing
9BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Amsonia
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claimNo records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- APOCYNACEAE
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Louisiana rank | S3 |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| LA status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- NatureServe Explorer
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025)
- Louisiana occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications