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 121 to 180 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.

Pink Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow
Rosebay Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
Part shadeZones 3–711 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Virginia Sweetspire
Itea virginica
Part sunZones 5–94.5 ftModerate
Brown-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Full sunZones 3–78 inModerate
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Part shadeZones 3–74 ftHigh
Red Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Southern Wax Myrtle
Myrica cerifera
Full sunZones 7–1117 ftModerate
Swamp Sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius
Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
Willow Oak
Quercus phellos
Full sunZones 5–957 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Woodland Phlox
Phlox divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
Part shadeZones 5–102 ftModerate
Brome-Like Sedge
Carex bromoides
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera
Part shadeZones 2–732 ftModerate
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
White-Tinged Sedge
Carex albicans
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Creeping Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium reptans
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
White Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
Full sunZones 3–917 ftModerate
Bunchberry
Cornus canadensis
Part shadeZones 2–68 inModerate
Common Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
Full sunZones 5–817 ftModerate
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow
Perennial Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
American Cranberrybush Viburnum
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
Full sunZones 2–710 ftModerate
Potentilla
Potentilla fruticosa
Full sunZones 2–73 ftLow
Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Foliage
Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis
Full sunZones 3–820 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Cucumbertree Magnolia
Magnolia acuminata
Full sunZones 4–865 ftModerate
Long-Beaked Sedge
Carex sprengelii
Part shadeZones 3–72.5 ftModerate
Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Smooth Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
Appalachian Sedge
Carex appalachica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate
Chinkapin Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
Full sunZones 5–750 ftModerate
Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Full sunZones 4–812 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Mexican Hat
Ratibida columnifera
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
Seersucker Sedge
Carex plantaginea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow
Blue Indigo
Baptisia australis
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Pink Dogwood
Cornus florida var. rubra
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Splitbeard Bluestem
Anatherum ternarium
Full sunZones 6–103 ftLow
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Perennial Sunflower
Helianthus
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Serviceberry
Amelanchier
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Bee Balm
Monarda
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Blazing Star
Liatris
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Coreopsis
Coreopsis
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium
Full sunZones 4–96 ftHigh
Penstemon
Penstemon
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow
Trillium
Trillium
Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate

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