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Interactive USDA Gardening and Plant Hardiness Zone Map for Louisiana

Based on the 1990 USDA Hardiness Zone Map, this interactive version covers the state of Louisiana which ranges from USDA Zone 8a to USDA Zone 9a.

USDA Zone 8a

10°F to 15°F

USDA Zone 8b

15°F to 20°F

USDA Zone 9a

20°F to 25°F

What are Hardiness Zones, Gardening Zones, Growing Zones and Plant Zones?

Hardiness Zones, Gardening Zones, Growing Zones and Plant Zones refer to defined geographic regions that can support specific plants, flowers and trees. The zones define a minimum range of temperatures that a plant or tree can survive safely in that zone. The most commonly used Hardiness Zones were defined by the USDA. The USDA provides a hard copy map that displays these zone throughout the US. The last update to this map covers minimum temperatures from 1961 to 1990. An updated map is currently in production, but has not been released yet. Plant Maps provides the only interactive version of the USDA hardiness zone map available on the internet.

Zone Maps for Adjacent States

Arkansas Zone Map
Mississippi Zone Map
Texas Zone Map

Zoom to Major Cities in Louisiana

Zoom to Alexandria USDA Zone 8bAlexandria - USDA Zone 8b
Zoom to Baton Rouge USDA Zone 8bBaton Rouge - USDA Zone 8b
Zoom to Lafayette USDA Zone 9aLafayette - USDA Zone 9a
Zoom to Lake Charles USDA Zone 9aLake Charles - USDA Zone 9a
Zoom to Metairie USDA Zone 8bMetairie - USDA Zone 8b
Zoom to Monroe USDA Zone 8aMonroe - USDA Zone 8a
Zoom to New Orleans USDA Zone 8bNew Orleans - USDA Zone 8b
Zoom to Shreveport USDA Zone 8aShreveport - USDA Zone 8a

Other Interactive Gardening Maps and Data for Louisiana

Interactive Louisiana Drought Monitor Map
Louisiana First Frost Date Map
Louisiana Last Frost Date Map
Interactive Map of Louisiana Drought Conditions
Interactive Map of Louisiana Heat Zones
Interactive Map of Louisiana Ecoregions
Interactive Maps of Native Louisiana Trees and Plants
Interactive Louisiana Plantmaps Hardiness Zone Map

Interactive Maps of Louisiana Native Plants Distribution Areas

Acer negundo - boxelder Map
Acer rubrum - red maple Map
Aesculus pavia - red buckeye Map
Amelanchier arborea - downy serviceberry Map
Aralia spinosa - devils walkingstick Map
Asimina triloba - pawpaw Map
Avicennia germinans - black mangrove Map
Baccharis halimifolia - eastern baccharis Map
Bumelia lanuginosa - gum bumelia Map
Bumelia lycioides - buckthorn bumelia Map
Carpinus caroliniana - American hornbeam Map
Carya aquatica - water hickory Map
Carya cordiformis - bitternut hickory Map
Carya glabra - pignut hickory Map
Carya illinoensis - pecan Map
Carya texana - black hickory Map
Carya tomentosa - mockernut hickory Map
Castanea pumila - Allegheny chinkapin Map
Celtis laevigata - sugarberry Map
Cephalanthus occidentalis - common buttonbush Map
Cercis canadensis - eastern redbud Map
Cornus drummondii - roughleaf dogwood Map
Cornus florida - flowering dogwood Map
Cornus stricta - stiffcornel dogwood Map
Cyrilla racemiflora - swamp cyrilla Map
Diospyros virginiana - common persimmon Map
Erythrina herbacea - eastern coralbean Map
Fagus grandifolia - American beech Map
Forestiera acuminata - swamp privet Map
Fraxinus americana - white ash Map
Fraxinus pennsylvanica - green ash Map
Fraxinus profunda - pumpkin ash Map
Gleditsia aquatica - waterlocust Map
Gleditsia triacanthos - honeylocust Map
Halesia diptera - two wing silverbell Map
Ilex cassine - dahoon Map
Ilex decidua - possumhaw Map
Ilex opaca - American holly Map
Ilex vomitoria - yaupon Map
Juniperus silicicola - southern redcedar Map
Liquidambar styraciflua - sweetgum Map
Magnolia grandiflora - southern magnolia Map
Magnolia virginiana - sweetbay Map
Morus rubra - red mulberry Map
Myrica cerifera - southern bayberry Map
Nyssa aquatica - water tupelo Map
Nyssa sylvatica - black tupelo Map
Persea borbonia - redbay Map
Pinus echinata - shortleaf pine Map
Pinus palustris - longleaf pine Map
Pinus taeda - loblolly pine Map
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