US plant finder

Filtered by USDA hardiness zones.

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

Showing 48 of 165 plants

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Cucumber(kheera)

Cucumis sativus

USDA 10-11

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Cumin(zeera)

Cuminum cyminum

USDA 10-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Dandelion(hand)

Taraxacum officinale

USDA 3-9

food · medicinal

Desert Bunch Grass (Du’a Grass) (Panicum turgidum)

PIONEER · GRASS

Desert Bunch Grass (Du’a Grass)(murat / gharam)

Panicum turgidum

USDA 9-11

fodder · windbreak · food

PIONEER · SHRUB

Desert Cotton(bui)

Aerva javanica

USDA 9-11

fodder · medicinal · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Dill(sowa)

Anethum graveolens

USDA 2-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · TREE

Empress tree

Paulownia tomentosa

USDA 5-9

timber · mulch · fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · TREE

Euphrates Poplar(bahan)

Populus euphratica

USDA 5-9

timber · fuel · windbreak

Feather Speargrass (Bushman Grass) (Stipagrostis plumosa)

PIONEER · GRASS

Feather Speargrass (Bushman Grass)(lamb / pilchi-ghas)

Stipagrostis plumosa

USDA 8-11

fodder · windbreak · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Fenugreek(methi)

Trigonella foenum-graecum

USDA 6-10

food · medicinal · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · GRASS

Finger Millet(mandua)

Eleusine coracana

USDA 9-12

food · fodder

PIONEER · GRASS

Foxtail Millet(kakum)

Setaria italica

USDA 10-12

food · fodder

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Garden Pea(matar)

Pisum sativum

USDA 2-11

food · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · SHRUB

Goji berry

Lycium barbarum

USDA 5-9

food · medicinal · windbreak

Golden Himalayan Raspberry (Rubus ellipticus)

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Golden Himalayan Raspberry(aakhe)

Rubus ellipticus

USDA 8-10

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Gotu Kola(brahmi booti)

Centella asiatica

USDA 9-12

medicinal · food

PIONEER · TREE

Grey Mangrove(timar)

Avicennia marina

USDA 10-12

fodder · fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Groundnut(moongphali)

Arachis hypogaea

USDA 9-11

food · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · TREE

Gum Arabic Tree(khor)

Acacia senegal

USDA 10-12

nitrogen fixing · fodder · fuel

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Hairy Vetch(hairy vetch)

Vicia villosa

USDA 4-9

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Halfa Grass(dabh)

Desmostachya bipinnata

USDA 8-11

fodder · mulch · medicinal

PIONEER · SHRUB

Harmal Shrub(vanher)

Rhazya stricta

USDA 9-11

medicinal · windbreak

PIONEER · SHRUB

Hopbush(sanatha)

Dodonaea viscosa

USDA 9-11

fuel · windbreak · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Indian Sweet Clover(senji)

Melilotus indicus

USDA 5-9

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · TREE

Indus Tamarisk(lai)

Tamarix dioica

USDA 8-11

fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · TREE

Inga ice-cream bean

Inga edulis

USDA 9-12

food · nitrogen fixing · mulch · fuel

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Ivy Gourd(kanduri)

Coccinia grandis

USDA 9-12

food · medicinal

PIONEER · TREE

Jaal(pilu)

Salvadora oleoides

USDA 9-11

food · fodder · medicinal

Jacquemont’s Acacia (Bhuri Babool) (Acacia jacquemontii)

PIONEER · SHRUB

Jacquemont’s Acacia (Bhuri Babool)(bhuri / khor)

Acacia jacquemontii

USDA 9-11

fuel · nitrogen fixing · fodder

PIONEER · TREE

Khejri

Prosopis cineraria

USDA 9-11

fodder · fuel · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · SHRUB

Khip(khip)

Leptadenia pyrotechnica

USDA 9-11

fodder · fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · TREE

Kikar

Acacia nilotica

USDA 9-12

fuel · timber · fodder · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · TREE

Konkan Moringa(jangli sohanjna)

Moringa concanensis

USDA 10-11

food · fodder · medicinal

PIONEER · SHRUB

Lantana(panch phuli)

Lantana camara

USDA 9-11

medicinal · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Lemongrass(khawi)

Cymbopogon citratus

USDA 10-11

food · medicinal · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Lentil(masoor)

Lens culinaris

USDA 5-10

food · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Lettuce(salaad patta)

Lactuca sativa

USDA 4-9

food

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Lima Bean(sem)

Phaseolus lunatus

USDA 9-12

food · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Linseed(alsi)

Linum usitatissimum

USDA 5-11

food · medicinal · timber

PIONEER · GRASS

Maize(makai)

Zea mays

USDA 10-11

food · fodder

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Malabar Spinach(poi saag)

Basella alba

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal

Mangrove Grass (Sea Billy-Goat Grass) (Aeluropus lagopoides)

PIONEER · GRASS

Mangrove Grass (Sea Billy-Goat Grass)(lumb / khar)

Aeluropus lagopoides

USDA 9-11

fodder · mulch · windbreak

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Marigold(genda)

Tagetes erecta

USDA 10-11

medicinal

PIONEER · TREE

Mimosa silk tree(gul-e-abresham)

Albizia julibrissin

USDA 6-9

timber · fuel · medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · SHRUB

Moringa

Moringa oleifera

USDA 9-12

food · fodder · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Moth Bean(mut)

Vigna aconitifolia

USDA 9-11

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Mung Bean(moong)

Vigna radiata

USDA 10-12

food · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Munj Sweetcane(munj)

Saccharum bengalense

USDA 8-11

mulch · fodder

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