Jersey-Friendly Plant Database

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Search for Plants

Search for a specific plant or use the search filters below to identify plants. The list of plants will change as you make selections. As you select more filters your list will narrow. View the tutorial video if you are unsure how to search.

Find a Specific Plant

To search for a specific plant, enter common name or scientific name below.

Select a Region

New Jersey is divided into four main physiographic regions based on differences in relief, landforms, and geology – Ridge and Valley, Highlands, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain. The boundary between each region is determined by a major change in topography and geology. For more information see New Jersey’s physiographic regions

Select one of these options if you live in one of these ecoregions. Leave unchecked if you are not sure.

Select yes if you wish to narrow your list to New Jersey native plants only. Learn more.

Select based on whether you have a problem with deer in your yard. Learn more.

Select if you would like plants that attract birds or pollinators like bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects. Link for more info.

Make selection based the amount of sunlight or shade in the area you'd like to plant. Learn more.

If you know your soil type, make the appropriate selection. Learn more about soil types.

If you know your soil pH, make a selection. If you are uncertain, consider getting a soil test.

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Select based on whether your soil is wet most of the time, periodically wet or moist (medium-drained), or dry most of the time (well-drained). Learn more.

Make selections based on whether your planting areas are dry most of the time (including extended periods during which there is little or no rain) or if your planting areas have access to irrigation. Learn more.

If your property is in a coastal area and subject to salt spray or salt water (or if you’re planting along roadways frequently exposed to winter de-icing products), consider plants with high to medium salt tolerance. Learn more.

Plants

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Vernonia noveboracensis

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New York Ironweed

New York Ironweed features purple flowers, which bloom on tall stalks, August-September. The flower nectar offers food to bees and butterflies, and...

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Verbena hastata

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Swamp Verbena, Blue Vervain

Swamp Verbena features purplish-blue flowers, which bloom on tall spikes, a few at a time from bottom to top, June-September. The flowers are a...

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Vaccinium macrocarpon

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Cranberry

Cranberry is a low-growing, woody vine with small, white-pink flowers, which bloom in abundance, May-July. The flower nectar offers a valuable food...

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Vaccinium corymbosum

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Highbush Blueberry

Highbush Blueberry is a flowering deciduous shrub with edible fruit. It features white to pinkish-white flowers, which bloom in May, offering a...

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Vaccinium angustifolium

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Lowbush Blueberry

Lowbush Blueberry is a flowering deciduous shrub with edible fruit. It features small, white, bell-shaped flowers with pink/reddish edges, which...

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Tsuga canadensis

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Eastern Hemlock

Eastern Hemlock is a needled evergreen tree. It tolerates heavy shade, but is intolerant of heat, humidity, and drought. It is susceptible to...

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Tripsacum dactyloides

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Eastern Gamagrass, Gamma Grass, Fakahatchee Grass

Eastern Gamagrass is a warm-season bunchgrass, which displays purple female flowers and orange male flowers on the same plant (monoecious),...

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Tilia tomentosa

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Silver Linden

Silver Linden is a medium-large, deciduous tree featuring fragrant, pale yellow flowers, which bloom June-July. The nectar is highly valued by...

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Tilia cordata

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Littleleaf Linden

Littleleaf Linden is a deciduous tree with yellow flowers blooming in June. Its nectar is an attractive food source to native bees and butterflies....

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Tilia americana

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American Basswood, American Linden

American Basswood, or American Linden, is a large tree with fragrant, yellow flowers blooming in June. The nectar attracts butterflies, native bees,...