The South is being hailed as a rising cultural epicenter for great crafts, music, and food; and we’ve also got some great native plants, y’all. In this presentation, Jared shares his memorable excursions looking for natives in situ, some of his favorite southern plants that you can add to your garden, and his efforts to propagate regional flora at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX.

1. FLORA WITH A SOUTHERN FLAIR
Jared Barnes, PhD
Stephen F Austin State University

5. What is a native plant?

6. Stokesia laevis ‘Peachie’s Pick’

7. bonap.com

10. What is a native plant?
And, why should you care?

16. Mt Cuba Trial, 2017–2019

17. mtcubacenter.org
Phlox paniculata ‘Jeana’

18. HERBACEOUS

19. Claytonia virginica

21. Lupinus subcarnosus

22. Phlox ‘Minnie Pearl’

24. Antennaria parlinni

26. Baptisia australis var. minor

31. Baptisia alba

34. BONAP

35. Miller et al.
The Soil Fertility and Drainage Indexes

40. Penstemon tenuis

41. Penstemon digitalis

43. Penstemon
murrayanus

46. Carex cherokeensis

48. Oenothera (Gaura)
lindheimeri ‘Sparkle White’

49. Echinacea tennesseensis

50. Ech ten

52. Echinacea pallida

54. Echinacea sanguinea

56. ]
Spigelia marilandica

58. Asclepias viridis

59. Asclepias tuberosa

64. Frontiers in
Ecology and
Evolution|
Con
fi
guration and
Location of Small
Urban Gardens
Affect
Colonization by
Monarch
Butter
fl
ies

65. Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

69. Competitor
Ruderal
Stress
Tolerator

70. Michalet, R.
and B. Touzard.
2010. Biotic
interactions,
biodiversity, and
community
productivity

71. Phytolacca americana
‘Sunny Side Up’

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76. RED
.

78. RED

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83. Gaillardia aestivalis var. winkleri
‘Lemon Drop’

85. Gaillardia aestivalis var. winkleri
‘Grape Sensation’

86. Euphorbia corollata

87. Liatris aspera

91. Liatris pycnostachya

93. Eragrostis spectabilis

95. Eryngium yuccifolium

98. Rudbeckia maxima

105. Hyptis alata

107. Sarracenia alata

110. Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

112. Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
'Raydon's Favorite'

114. WOODIES

115. Bignonia capreolata
'Tangerine Beauty'

117. Halesia diptera var. magni
fl
ora

120. Catalpa bignonioides ‘Aurea’

124. Itea virginica
‘Henry's
Garnet’

125. Magnolia
macrophylla
var. ashei

126. mattie

132. …”systematic planting trials have shown that roots
are not that good at growing round corners.”

137. Taxodium ascendens

142. Hydrangea
quercifolia
Snow
fl
ake™

145. Vaccinium ‘Gulf Coast’

146. Ilex decidua
‘Finch’s Golden’

147. TEACHING NATIVES

148. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY

149. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY

161. NATIVES WITH A SOUTHERN FLAIR
Jared Barnes, PhD
Stephen F Austin State University
meristemhorticulture.com
jared@meristemhorticulture.com