PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Alfalfa(lucern)
Medicago sativa
USDA 3-11fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch
AU & NZ plant finder
Filtered by Australian climate zones.
98 plant profiles, narrowed to the scale AU & NZ growers actually use — not a generic zone map relabelled.
Australian climate zones
Showing 48 of 98 plants
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Aloe Vera(kanwar gandal)
Aloe vera
USDA 9-12medicinal
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Armenian Cucumber(tar kakri)
Cucumis melo var. flexuosus
USDA 10-11food
PIONEER · SHRUB
Athel Tamarisk(frash)
Tamarix aphylla
USDA 8-11windbreak · fuel · timber
PIONEER · SHRUB
Autumn olive
Elaeagnus umbellata
USDA 4-9food · nitrogen fixing · windbreak · mulch
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Balloon Vine(kanphuti)
Cardiospermum halicacabum
USDA 9-11medicinal
PIONEER · GRASS
Barley(jau)
Hordeum vulgare
USDA 8-10food · fodder
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Bathua(bathua)
Chenopodium album
USDA 3-10food · fodder
PIONEER · GRASS
Bermuda Grass (Bahama Grass)(khabbal / dhub)
Cynodon dactylon
USDA 7-11fodder · mulch · medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Berseem Clover(berseem)
Trifolium alexandrinum
USDA 8-11fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Black Cumin(kalonji)
Nigella sativa
USDA 2-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Black Mustard(raee)
Brassica nigra
USDA 5-10food · medicinal
PIONEER · TREE
Black alder
Alnus glutinosa
USDA 3-7timber · fuel · nitrogen fixing · windbreak · mulch
PIONEER · TREE
Black locust
Robinia pseudoacacia
USDA 4-8timber · fuel · nitrogen fixing · windbreak · mulch
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Bottle Gourd(lauki)
Lagenaria siceraria
USDA 9-12food
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Broad Bean(baqla)
Vicia faba
USDA 6-10food · nitrogen fixing · fodder
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Buckwheat(kuttu)
Fagopyrum esculentum
USDA 7-10food · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Calendula(zergul)
Calendula officinalis
USDA 9-11medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Canola(sarson canola)
Brassica napus
USDA 7-10food · fodder
PIONEER · SHRUB
Caper Bush(kabar)
Capparis spinosa
USDA 8-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · SHRUB
Castor(arand)
Ricinus communis
USDA 9-11medicinal · mulch
PIONEER · TREE
Casuarina she-oak
Casuarina equisetifolia
USDA 9-11windbreak · timber · fuel · nitrogen fixing · mulch
PIONEER · GRASS
Cattail(pater)
Typha latifolia
USDA 3-11food · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Chaulai(chaulai)
Amaranthus tricolor
USDA 10-11food
PIONEER · SHRUB
Chaya tree spinach
Cnidoscolus aconitifolius
USDA 9-11food · fodder · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Chickpea(chana)
Cicer arietinum
USDA 9-11food · nitrogen fixing · fodder
PIONEER · GRASS
Chinese Water Chestnut(singara chini)
Eleocharis dulcis
USDA 9-11food
PIONEER · GRASS
Cogon Grass(dab)
Imperata cylindrica
USDA 5-11mulch · fodder
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Common Bean(frans bean)
Phaseolus vulgaris
USDA 10-11food · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Common Vetch(kasni)
Vicia sativa
USDA 5-9fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Coriander(dhania)
Coriandrum sativum
USDA 9-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Cowpea(lobia)
Vigna unguiculata
USDA 9-12food · fodder · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Cucumber(kheera)
Cucumis sativus
USDA 10-11food
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Cumin(zeera)
Cuminum cyminum
USDA 10-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Dandelion(hand)
Taraxacum officinale
USDA 3-9food · medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Dill(sowa)
Anethum graveolens
USDA 2-11food · medicinal
PIONEER · TREE
Empress tree
Paulownia tomentosa
USDA 5-9timber · mulch · fuel · windbreak
PIONEER · TREE
Euphrates Poplar(bahan)
Populus euphratica
USDA 5-9timber · fuel · windbreak
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Fenugreek(methi)
Trigonella foenum-graecum
USDA 6-10food · medicinal · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · GRASS
Foxtail Millet(kakum)
Setaria italica
USDA 10-12food · fodder
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Garden Pea(matar)
Pisum sativum
USDA 2-11food · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · SHRUB
Goji berry
Lycium barbarum
USDA 5-9food · medicinal · windbreak
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Golden Himalayan Raspberry(aakhe)
Rubus ellipticus
USDA 8-10food · medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Gotu Kola(brahmi booti)
Centella asiatica
USDA 9-12medicinal · food
PIONEER · TREE
Grey Mangrove(timar)
Avicennia marina
USDA 10-12fodder · fuel · windbreak
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Groundnut(moongphali)
Arachis hypogaea
USDA 9-11food · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Hairy Vetch(hairy vetch)
Vicia villosa
USDA 4-9fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch
PIONEER · SHRUB
Hopbush(sanatha)
Dodonaea viscosa
USDA 9-11fuel · windbreak · mulch