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Native plants of New Jersey

1,683 species are recorded as native to New Jersey in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 585 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 21 of the state’s 21 counties; the typical county has 935.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

New Jersey at a glance

Native species statewide
1,683 Of 2,022 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to New Jersey (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
585 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
935 Median native species per county; 367 garden-ready
Share by type (all 1,683 native species)
Percent of the 1,683 native species in each growth type
Tree 9% (152)
Shrub 6% (105)
Wildflower (forb) 51% (863)
Grass or grass-like 25% (426)
Vine 3% (53)
Fern 5% (84)

Wildflowers: 863 · grasses and grass-like: 426 · trees: 152 · shrubs: 105 · vines: 53 · ferns: 84.

Recorded native ranges can include long-established populations that spread from gardens; check your state’s native plant society list for local guidance. How native status is decided.

Native plants by county

21 New Jersey counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Atlantic County 708 265 7a–8a
Bergen County 1,075 435 7a–7b
Burlington County 968 367 7a–7b
Camden County 954 352 7a–7b
Cape May County 935 358 7a–8a
Cumberland County 609 228 7a–7b
Essex County 707 297 7a–7b
Gloucester County 847 314 7a–8a
Hudson County 721 321 7b
Hunterdon County 1,058 426 6b–7a
Mercer County 966 396 7a–7b
Middlesex County 969 393 7a–7b
Monmouth County 1,040 407 7a–7b
Morris County 1,034 422 6b–7a
Ocean County 891 351 7a–7b
Passaic County 906 388 6b–7b
Salem County 665 264 7b
Somerset County 844 367 6b–7a
Sussex County 1,170 457 6b
Union County 689 304 7a–7b
Warren County 1,077 424 6b–7a

Garden-ready natives of New Jersey

Statewide list. A species native somewhere in New Jersey may not be native in your county: use the county lists above to narrow it.

Tree 127

Shrub 66

Wildflower (forb) 192

Grass or grass-like 174

Vine 16

Fern 10

Also listed as native and introduced here 11

PLANTS labels these species both native and introduced in this state: some forms are native and others were brought in from elsewhere. Most gardeners should choose plants from the main list.

  • annual ragweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
  • climbing false buckwheatPolygonum scandens
  • common pepperweedLepidium densiflorum
  • common reedPhragmites australis
  • floating primrose-willowLudwigia peploides
  • hedge false bindweedCalystegia sepium
  • Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensis
  • Robert geraniumGeranium robertianum
  • switchcaneArundinaria tecta
  • white sagebrushArtemisia ludoviciana
  • wood bluegrassPoa nemoralis

Look up a New Jersey ZIP

Matches your ZIP to the county it mostly lies in, then lists the plants recorded as native to your state (Kew’s World Checklist and USDA PLANTS) and recorded in that county by USDA PLANTS.

Territories: Puerto Rico · U.S. Virgin Islands

Source & data date

Source
USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
Citation
USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
Data date
Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
Zones
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2023) ZIP table: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed November 3, 2026. Plant zones on this site are our estimate, not the official map.
Scope
New Jersey: 1,683 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 21 counties.
Method
A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources

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