US plant finder

Filtered by USDA hardiness zones.

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

Showing 48 of 125 plants

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Gotu Kola(brahmi booti)

Centella asiatica

USDA 9-12

medicinal · food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Groundnut(moongphali)

Arachis hypogaea

USDA 9-11

food · nitrogen fixing

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 · SHRUB

Lantana(panch phuli)

Lantana camara

USDA 9-11

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

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 · 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 · GRASS

Munj Sweetcane(munj)

Saccharum bengalense

USDA 8-11

mulch · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Mustard Greens(sarson saag)

Brassica juncea

USDA 6-11

food

PIONEER · GRASS

Napier Grass(napier ghaas)

Cenchrus purpureus

USDA 9-11

fodder · mulch · windbreak

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Niger(ramtil)

Guizotia abyssinica

USDA 3-11

food

PIONEER · GRASS

Oats(jai)

Avena sativa

USDA 3-9

food · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Parsley(aazmoda)

Petroselinum crispum

USDA 5-9

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

USDA 7-10

mulch · fodder

PIONEER · SHRUB

Phog(phog)

Calligonum polygonoides

USDA 9-11

fodder · fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · TREE

Phulai(phulai)

Acacia modesta

USDA 9-11

fuel · timber · fodder · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · SHRUB

Pigeon pea

Cajanus cajan

USDA 9-12

food · fodder · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · SHRUB

Pioneer Caralluma(pamanki)

Caralluma edulis

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica)

PIONEER · SHRUB

Prickly pear cactus(nagphani)

Opuntia ficus-indica

USDA 8-11

food · fodder · fuel · windbreak

Prophet’s Cucumber (Globe Cucumber) (Cucumis prophetarum)

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Prophet’s Cucumber (Globe Cucumber)(kachri-jangli)

Cucumis prophetarum

USDA 9-11

medicinal · food

PIONEER · GRASS

Proso Millet(cheena)

Panicum miliaceum

USDA 4-9

food · fodder

Puncture Vine (Caltrop) (Tribulus terrestris)

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Puncture Vine (Caltrop)(bhakra / gokhru)

Tribulus terrestris

USDA 9-11

medicinal · fodder · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Purslane(kulfa)

Portulaca oleracea

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Radish(mooli)

Raphanus sativus

USDA 2-11

food

PIONEER · GRASS

Rice(dhan)

Oryza sativa

USDA 9-11

food · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Rocket(tara mira)

Eruca sativa

USDA 3-10

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Safflower(kusum)

Carthamus tinctorius

USDA 4-11

food · medicinal

Sand Dropseed (Feather Dropseed) (Sporobolus ioclados)

PIONEER · GRASS

Sand Dropseed (Feather Dropseed)(khabbal-ghas)

Sporobolus ioclados

USDA 9-11

fodder · mulch · windbreak

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Sarsaparilla Greenbrier(ushba)

Smilax aspera

USDA 8-11

medicinal · food

PIONEER · SHRUB

Sesbania

Sesbania bispinosa

USDA 9-11

nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch

Sewan Grass (Desert Grass) (Lasiurus scindicus)

PIONEER · GRASS

Sewan Grass (Desert Grass)(gorkha / sewan)

Lasiurus scindicus

USDA 9-11

fodder · windbreak · mulch

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