US plant finder

Filtered by USDA hardiness zones.

480 plant profiles, narrowed to the scale US growers actually use — not a generic zone map relabelled.

Showing 48 of 480 plants

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Black Mustard(raee)

Brassica nigra

USDA 5-10

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Black Pepper(kali mirch)

Piper nigrum

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal

PIONEER · TREE

Black alder

Alnus glutinosa

USDA 3-7

timber · fuel · nitrogen fixing · windbreak · mulch

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Black chokeberry

Aronia melanocarpa

USDA 3-8

food · medicinal · windbreak · mulch

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Black currant

Ribes nigrum

USDA 3-7

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Black elderberry

Sambucus nigra

USDA 4-8

food · medicinal · windbreak · mulch

PIONEER · TREE

Black locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

USDA 4-8

timber · fuel · nitrogen fixing · windbreak · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Blond Psyllium(isabgol)

Plantago ovata

USDA 9-11

medicinal · food

PIONEER · GRASS

Blue Panic Grass(gharam / ghirib)

Panicum antidotale

USDA 9-12

fodder · mulch · windbreak

CLIMAX · TREE

Blue Pine(biar)

Pinus wallichiana

USDA 5-9

timber · fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Bottle Gourd(lauki)

Lagenaria siceraria

USDA 9-12

food

CLIMAX · TREE

Breadfruit tree

Artocarpus altilis

USDA 11-12

food · timber · fodder · mulch

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Brinjal(baingan)

Solanum melongena

USDA 10-11

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Broad Bean(baqla)

Vicia faba

USDA 6-10

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

Broom Creeper (Ink Berry Vine) (Cocculus hirsutus)

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Broom Creeper (Ink Berry Vine)(parwati / jal-jamni)

Cocculus hirsutus

USDA 9-11

medicinal · food · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Buckwheat(kuttu)

Fagopyrum esculentum

USDA 7-10

food · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Buffalo grass

Bouteloua dactyloides

USDA 3-9

fodder · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Buffel Grass(dhaman)

Cenchrus ciliaris

USDA 9-12

fodder · mulch

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Butterfly Pea(aprajita)

Clitoria ternatea

USDA 10-12

medicinal · fodder · nitrogen fixing

Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Cabbage(band gobhi)

Brassica oleracea var. capitata

USDA 7-11

food

SECONDARY · TREE

Cacao tree

Theobroma cacao

USDA 11-12

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Calendula(zergul)

Calendula officinalis

USDA 9-11

medicinal

PIONEER · SHRUB

Calliandra fodder shrub

Calliandra calothyrsus

USDA 9-12

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch · fuel

PIONEER · SHRUB

Camel Thorn(jawasa / unt katara)

Alhagi maurorum

USDA 6-11

fodder · nitrogen fixing · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Canola(sarson canola)

Brassica napus

USDA 7-10

food · fodder

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Cape gooseberry

Physalis peruviana

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · SHRUB

Caper Bush(kabar)

Capparis spinosa

USDA 8-11

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Caraway(siah zeera)

Carum carvi

USDA 4-8

food · medicinal

CLIMAX · TREE

Carob

Ceratonia siliqua

USDA 9-11

food · fodder · fuel · timber · windbreak

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Carrot(gajar)

Daucus carota

USDA 3-11

food

SECONDARY · TREE

Cashew tree(kaju)

Anacardium occidentale

USDA 10-11

food · fuel · timber · windbreak

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Cassava(kasava)

Manihot esculenta

USDA 10-12

food

PIONEER · SHRUB

Castor(arand)

Ricinus communis

USDA 9-11

medicinal · mulch

PIONEER · TREE

Casuarina she-oak

Casuarina equisetifolia

USDA 9-11

windbreak · timber · fuel · nitrogen fixing · mulch

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Catmint(billi booti)

Nepeta cataria

USDA 3-9

medicinal

PIONEER · GRASS

Cattail(pater)

Typha latifolia

USDA 3-11

food · mulch

Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Cauliflower(phool gobhi)

Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

USDA 7-11

food

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Centro(centro)

Centrosema pubescens

USDA 10-12

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Chaste tree vitex

Vitex agnus-castus

USDA 6-9

medicinal · windbreak

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Chaulai(chaulai)

Amaranthus tricolor

USDA 10-11

food

PIONEER · SHRUB

Chaya tree spinach

Cnidoscolus aconitifolius

USDA 9-11

food · fodder · mulch

SECONDARY · TREE

Cherimoya

Annona cherimola

USDA 9-11

food

Cherry — sour (Morello) (Prunus cerasus cv. Morello)

SECONDARY · TREE

Cherry — sour (Morello)(aalu balu khattay (آلو بالو کھٹے))

Prunus cerasus cv. Morello

USDA 4-8

food · medicinal

Cherry — sweet (mountain) (Prunus avium)

CLIMAX · TREE

Cherry — sweet (mountain)(cherry / aalu balu (آلو بالو))

Prunus avium

USDA 5-8

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Chickpea(chana)

Cicer arietinum

USDA 9-11

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

CLIMAX · TREE

Chilgoza pine(chilgoza (چلغوزہ))

Pinus gerardiana

USDA 7-10

food · timber

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Chili Pepper(mirch)

Capsicum annuum

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · TREE

Chinaberry(bakain)

Melia azedarach

USDA 7-11

timber · medicinal · windbreak

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