PIONEER · TREE
Afghan Ash(shum)
Fraxinus xanthoxyloides
USDA 6-9fodder · fuel · timber
Plants
What grows where, and why.
40 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 · GROUNDCOVER
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
USDA 3-9mulch · medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Black Medick(maina)
Medicago lupulina
USDA 3-9nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch
PIONEER · GRASS
Blue Panic Grass(gharam / ghirib)
Panicum antidotale
USDA 9-12fodder · mulch · windbreak
PIONEER · GRASS
Buffalo grass
Bouteloua dactyloides
USDA 3-9fodder · mulch
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Butterfly Pea(aprajita)
Clitoria ternatea
USDA 10-12medicinal · fodder · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · SHRUB
Camel Thorn(jawasa / unt katara)
Alhagi maurorum
USDA 6-11fodder · nitrogen fixing · medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Comfrey
Symphytum officinale
USDA 3-9mulch · medicinal
PIONEER · TREE
Corky Coral Tree(gul nashtar)
Erythrina suberosa
USDA 9-11fodder · nitrogen fixing · medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Creeping phlox
Phlox subulata
USDA 3-9mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Creeping thyme
Thymus serpyllum
USDA 4-9food · medicinal · mulch
PIONEER · TREE
Faidherbia apple-ring acacia
Faidherbia albida
USDA 9-11fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch · fuel · windbreak
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Field Bindweed (Hiran Khuri)(lehli / hiran-khuri)
Convolvulus arvensis
USDA 4-10fodder · medicinal · mulch
PIONEER · SHRUB
Five-leaved chaste tree
Vitex negundo
USDA 6-11medicinal · mulch
PIONEER · SHRUB
Flemingia support shrub
Flemingia macrophylla
USDA 9-12mulch · nitrogen fixing · windbreak · fuel
PIONEER · SHRUB
Fourwing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
USDA 4-9fodder · windbreak · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Graham’s Milk-Vetch (Himalayan Spiny Astragalus)(پہاڑی گون / اشتر خار)
Astragalus grahamianus
USDA 6-9nitrogen fixing · fodder
PIONEER · SHRUB
Himalayan Indigo(kainthi)
Indigofera heterantha
USDA 6-9nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch
PIONEER · SHRUB
Himalayan Pea Shrub
Caragana brevispina
USDA 5-8nitrogen fixing · fodder · windbreak
PIONEER · TREE
Honey locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
USDA 3-9food · fodder · fuel · timber · windbreak
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Hyacinth Bean(sem)
Lablab purpureus
USDA 10-11food · fodder · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Ice plant
Delosperma cooperi
USDA 5-10mulch
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Indian Kudzu(sural)
Pueraria tuberosa
USDA 8-11medicinal · fodder · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · GRASS
Jwarancusa Lemongrass(khavi)
Cymbopogon jwarancusa
USDA 9-11medicinal · mulch
PIONEER · TREE
Leucaena
Leucaena leucocephala
USDA 9-11fodder · nitrogen fixing · fuel · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Licorice(mulethi)
Glycyrrhiza glabra
USDA 6-10medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Money plant(money plant)
Epipremnum aureum
USDA 10-12medicinal
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Perennial pinto peanut
Arachis pintoi
USDA 8-11fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch
PIONEER · TREE
Quickstick(gliricidia)
Gliricidia sepium
USDA 10-12fodder · nitrogen fixing · fuel · mulch
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Red Clover(shaftal)
Trifolium pratense
USDA 3-9nitrogen fixing · fodder
PIONEER · CLIMBER
Rosary Pea(ratti)
Abrus precatorius
USDA 10-12medicinal · nitrogen fixing
PIONEER · TREE
Russian Olive(ghwaraskey)
Elaeagnus angustifolia
USDA 2-7nitrogen fixing · food · windbreak
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Shrubby Pencil Flower (Wild Stylo)
Stylosanthes fruticosa
USDA 9-11nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch
PIONEER · SHRUB
Shrubby Sea-Blite(lani / kharo lana)
Suaeda fruticosa
USDA 6-10fodder · food · fuel
PIONEER · TREE
Siris(siris)
Albizia lebbeck
USDA 9-11fodder · timber · nitrogen fixing · windbreak
PIONEER · SHRUB
Soft Sophora(kandiari)
Sophora mollis
USDA 7-9nitrogen fixing · fuel
PIONEER · SHRUB
Stocks’ Saltwort (Lana)(lana)
Haloxylon stocksii
USDA 9-11fodder · fuel · windbreak
PIONEER · SHRUB
Wild Indigo (Oblong-Leaf Indigo)(jhil / kathi)
Indigofera oblongifolia
USDA 10-11nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch
PIONEER · SHRUB
Willow-Leaved Sea Buckthorn(drali / chuk)
Hippophae salicifolia
USDA 6-8food · nitrogen fixing · fuel
PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER
Yellow rattle
Rhinanthus minor
USDA 3-8mulch