PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Comfrey
Symphytum officinale
USDA 3-9mulch · medicinal
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192 plant profiles with USDA hardiness coverage (zones 3–11), plus Pakistan's five climate zones. Filter by your zone and syntropic role to see what thrives where you grow.
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PIONEER · CLIMBER
Common Vetch(kasni)
Vicia sativa
USDA 5-9fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Creeping phlox
Phlox subulata
USDA 3-9mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Creeping thyme
Thymus serpyllum
USDA 4-9food · medicinal · mulch
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Damask Rose(gulab)
Rosa damascena
USDA 4-9food · medicinal
SECONDARY · TREE
Damson
Prunus domestica subsp. insititia
USDA 5-9food · windbreak
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Dandelion(hand)
Taraxacum officinale
USDA 3-9food · medicinal
CLIMAX · TREE
Deodar Cedar(deodar)
Cedrus deodara
USDA 7-9timber · windbreak · fuel
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Edible Canna(achira)
Canna edulis
USDA 7-11food
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Egyptian walking onion
Allium × proliferum
USDA 3-9food · 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
SECONDARY · TREE
European Hackberry(batkar)
Celtis australis
USDA 6-9fodder · fuel · food
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Fennel(saunf)
Foeniculum vulgare
USDA 5-10food · medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Fenugreek(methi)
Trigonella foenum-graecum
USDA 6-10food · medicinal · nitrogen fixing
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Fiddleheads
Matteuccia struthiopteris
USDA 2-7food
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Field Bindweed (Hiran Khuri)(lehli / hiran-khuri)
Convolvulus arvensis
USDA 4-10fodder · medicinal · mulch
SECONDARY · TREE
Fig — Brown Turkey(anjeer (انجیر))
Ficus carica cv. Brown Turkey
USDA 7-11food
PIONEER · SHRUB
Five-leaved chaste tree
Vitex negundo
USDA 6-11medicinal · mulch
PIONEER · SHRUB
Fourwing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
USDA 4-9fodder · windbreak · mulch
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Garden Pea(matar)
Pisum sativum
USDA 7-10food · nitrogen fixing
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Garden Sage(salvia)
Salvia officinalis
USDA 5-9food · medicinal
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Garlic(lehsan)
Allium sativum
USDA 4-9food · medicinal
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Garlic Chives(gandhana)
Allium tuberosum
USDA 4-9food · medicinal
PIONEER · SHRUB
Goji berry
Lycium barbarum
USDA 5-9food · medicinal · windbreak
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Gooseberry
Ribes uva-crispa
USDA 3-8food · windbreak
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Graham’s Milk-Vetch (Himalayan Spiny Astragalus)(پہاڑی گون / اشتر خار)
Astragalus grahamianus
USDA 6-9nitrogen fixing · fodder
SECONDARY · CLIMBER
Grape(angoor)
Vitis vinifera
USDA 6-10food
CLIMAX · TREE
Green Oak (Moru Oak)(moru)
Quercus dilatata
USDA 7-9timber · fuel · fodder
SECONDARY · TREE
Greengage
Prunus domestica subsp. italica
USDA 5-9food
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Hairy Vetch(hairy vetch)
Vicia villosa
USDA 4-9fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch
SECONDARY · CLIMBER
Hardy kiwi
Actinidia arguta
USDA 4-8food · windbreak
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Haskap berry
Lonicera caerulea
USDA 2-7food
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Hazelnut tree
Corylus avellana
USDA 4-8food · fodder · fuel · timber · windbreak · mulch
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Himalayan Barberry(sumbal)
Berberis lycium
USDA 6-9medicinal · food
CLIMAX · SHRUB
Himalayan Box(shamshad)
Buxus wallichiana
USDA 7-10timber · medicinal
CLIMAX · CLIMBER
Himalayan Clematis
Clematis montana
USDA 6-9medicinal
SECONDARY · CLIMBER
Himalayan Clematis (Snow Creeper)(garni-bel)
Clematis buchananiana
USDA 6-9medicinal · mulch
CLIMAX · TREE
Himalayan Elm(kain / manu)
Ulmus wallichiana
USDA 5-9fodder · timber · fuel
PIONEER · SHRUB
Himalayan Indigo(kainthi)
Indigofera heterantha
USDA 6-9nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch
SECONDARY · SHRUB
Himalayan Musk Rose(kujai / chal)
Rosa brunonii
USDA 6-9food · medicinal · fuel
PIONEER · SHRUB
Himalayan Pea Shrub
Caragana brevispina
USDA 5-8nitrogen fixing · fodder · windbreak
SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER
Himalayan Thyme(tumuro)
Thymus linearis
USDA 5-9medicinal · food
CLIMAX · SHRUB
Himalayan Viburnum(guch)
Viburnum grandiflorum
USDA 6-8medicinal · fuel
CLIMAX · TREE
Himalayan Yew(thuner)
Taxus wallichiana
USDA 7-9medicinal · timber
PIONEER · TREE
Honey locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
USDA 3-9food · fodder · fuel · timber · windbreak
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Ice plant
Delosperma cooperi
USDA 5-10mulch
CLIMAX · SHRUB
Indian Barberry (Kashmir Barberry)(sumbal / kashmal)
Berberis aristata
USDA 5-9medicinal · food · fuel