5 Plants That Attract Snakes to Your Louisiana Home

Lafayette, La (KMDL) - Although snakes are natural predators that can be quite helpful in keeping the rodent population down around your home, most of us would still like to keep a silent partnership with them.

Things are heating up in Louisiana, and snakes are on the move looking for shade and food.

You might not know it, but there are some plants you may have at your house that could actually be attracting snakes to your property.

Let's take a look at "5 Plants That Attract Snakes to Your Louisiana Home".

Plants That Attract Snakes To Your Home

If you're looking to do what you can to keep snakes away from you house, the obvious things to do are to keep the grass cut, and make sure to keep things clean and tidy around your home and property.

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There are also a few plants you might want to get rid of around your home that could be signaling snakes to come hang out.

From yahoo.com -

"Sometimes, snakes come into our homes and residential areas in search of food or water and can be observed in cold places like rivers, ponds, or wells in summer. The scent of some plants' flowers attracts snakes."

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If you're really looking to do everything you can to keep snakes away from your property, you might want to check around and get rid of some of these plants yahoo.com says could be flashing a welcome sign.

Plants That Attract Snakes

1. Banana Plants

You'll see banana plants in yards all over Louisiana. Banana plants are nice and soft and provide a great place for snakes to hide and wait for frogs and rats.

2. Cedar Trees

Cedar trees are gorgeous and emit an incredible scent that we love.

Well, snakes love the smell of cedar tree as well.

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Cedar trees also provide a nice, safe, shady place that snakes like to hangout in and wait for their next meal.

3. Clover

From yahoo.com -

"Its flowers are highly attractive to bees and butterflies, which in turn attract frogs and rats to the plant! The plant attracts snakes because it provides food and has dense foliage suitable for snakes to hide in."

4. Jasmine

Another plant we like to smell, and another plant that snakes enjoy the scent of as well.

Planting jasmine is supposed to bring wealth and prosperity, but it can also bring snakes.

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5. Oak Trees

From Yahoo.com -

"Oak fibers are dense, providing habitat and food sources for wildlife and attracting insects and birds. This attracts snakes to hunt for food, and its rough and thick peduncle also makes it easier for snakes to graze, making it one of the snake's favorite tree."

You can read about more plants that attract snakes to your home at yahoo.com.