Abbeville Red Iris Alliance

A new nonprofit organization has been formed with an ambitious goal: to help ensure that one of Louisiana's rarest native plants, the Abbeville Red iris, survives for generations to come.

Madisonville, LA August 29, 2026 The following is a reproduction of Facebook post that the Louisiana Iris Conservation Initiative (LICI) published today, announcing that its Facebook page has been renamed the Abbeville Red Iris Alliance (ARIA) as part of LICI’s transition to “an organization wholly focused on the conservation and restoration of the red Iris nelsonii, known as the Abbeville Red iris.” (The original post on Facebook can be found here: ) "Well, it was just a qu

Abbeville, La July 25, 2026 The Abbeville Red Louisiana iris restoration project took a HUGE step forward during the month of July! Thanks to the dedication of three determined volunteers, a total of 152 Abbeville Red iris seed pods were collected from irises growing in the Palmetto Island State Park Boardwalk Swamp and on two privately owned tracts within the Abbeville Swamp. The seed pods were estimated to contain nearly 6,800 seeds—an estimate that proved remarkably accur