Native range

Native plants of New Jersey

169 wild species and 17 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in New Jersey, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 160 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 61 to 120 of 186 plants

How this list is made

Derived from each plant's native-range record, checked against Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS with every decision on a ledger; New Jersey is read off the record's own range, and the order is how many of the state's counties record each plant, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 186 plants, 173 have been checked against outside sources (2 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.

Foliage
Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum
Full shadeZones 3–81.5 ftHigh
Foliage
River Birch
Betula nigra
Full sunZones 4–949 ftHigh
Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
Full sunZones 3–912 ftModerate
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Full sunZones 4–95 ftLow
White Oak
Quercus alba
Full sunZones 3–965 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
American Holly
Ilex opaca
Full sunZones 5–935 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
American Linden
Tilia americana
Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate
Blackhaw
Viburnum prunifolium
Full sunZones 3–913 ftModerate
Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago caesia
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Common Pussy Willow
Salix discolor
Full sunZones 2–716 ftModerate
Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
Full sunZones 4–96 ftModerate
New York Aster
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
New York Ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
Purple Lovegrass
Eragrostis spectabilis
Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftLow
Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Full sunZones 1–645 ftModerate
Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum
Full sunZones 4–85.5 ftModerate
Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
Full sunZones 4–820 ftLow
Sweet Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum
Full sunZones 4–96 ftModerate
Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
Part sunZones 5–1030 ftHigh
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Full sunZones 5–969 ftModerate
American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
Part shadeZones 4–92 ftModerate
American Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens
Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Black Cohosh
Actaea racemosa
Part shadeZones 3–85 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Full sunZones 3–84 ftHigh
Foliage
Eastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
Part shadeZones 3–749 ftModerate
Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
Campsis radicans f. flava
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate
Foliage
Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate
Possumhaw Viburnum
Viburnum nudum
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Full sunZones 4–855 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Trumpet Vine
Campsis radicans
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate
White Wood Aster
Eurybia divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
Full sunZones 4–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Wild Bee Balm
Monarda fistulosa
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Foliage
Wild Ginger
Asarum
Full shadeZones 4–86 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate
Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
False Sunflower
Heliopsis
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Allegheny Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
Part shadeZones 4–825 ftModerate
American Hophornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
Part shadeZones 3–932 ftModerate
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Full sunZones 2–625 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Full sunZones 3–939 ftModerate
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
Part shadeZones 5–93 ftModerate
Dense Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Hollow Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Full sunZones 4–86 ftModerate
Inkberry Holly
Ilex glabra
Full sunZones 4–97 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate
Foliage
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Nannyberry Viburnum
Viburnum lentago
Full sunZones 3–716 ftModerate
Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
Part shadeZones 3–73 ftModerate
Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Full sunZones 3–74.5 ftModerate
Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis
Part sunZones 4–923 ftModerate

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