US plant finder

Filtered by USDA hardiness zones.

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

Showing 48 of 308 plants

SECONDARY · TREE

Red Mangrove(kamo / timar)

Rhizophora mucronata

USDA 11-12

fuel · fodder · timber

PIONEER · GRASS

Rice(dhan)

Oryza sativa

USDA 9-11

food · fodder

Ringed Dichanthium (Dichanthium annulatum)

SECONDARY · GRASS

Ringed Dichanthium(palwan)

Dichanthium annulatum

USDA 8-11

fodder · mulch

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Rosary Pea(ratti)

Abrus precatorius

USDA 10-12

medicinal · nitrogen fixing

SECONDARY · TREE

Sacred Fig(pipal)

Ficus religiosa

USDA 10-12

windbreak · fodder · medicinal

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

CLIMAX · TREE

Sapota (chiku)(chiku (چیکو))

Manilkara zapota

USDA 10-12

food · timber

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Sarsaparilla Greenbrier(ushba)

Smilax aspera

USDA 8-11

medicinal · food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Sesame(til)

Sesamum indicum

USDA 10-11

food · medicinal

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

SECONDARY · TREE

Shisham

Dalbergia sissoo

USDA 9-12

timber · fodder · nitrogen fixing

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Shoe Flower(gurhal)

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

USDA 9-12

medicinal · mulch

Showy Crotalaria (Crotalaria spectabilis)

PIONEER · SHRUB

Showy Crotalaria(jhumka)

Crotalaria spectabilis

USDA 9-11

nitrogen fixing · mulch · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Shrubby Pencil Flower (Wild Stylo)

Stylosanthes fruticosa

USDA 9-11

nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Siratro(siratro)

Macroptilium atropurpureum

USDA 8-12

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · TREE

Siris(siris)

Albizia lebbeck

USDA 9-11

fodder · timber · nitrogen fixing · windbreak

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Snake Gourd(chichinda)

Trichosanthes cucumerina

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GRASS

Sorghum(jowar)

Sorghum bicolor

USDA 10-12

food · fodder · mulch

SECONDARY · TREE

Soursop graviola

Annona muricata

USDA 10-12

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Soybean(soya bean)

Glycine max

USDA 10-11

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

PIONEER · GRASS

Spear Grass(sariala)

Heteropogon contortus

USDA 8-12

fodder · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Spearmint(podina)

Mentha spicata

USDA 5-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Spinach(palak)

Spinacia oleracea

USDA 2-11

food

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Sponge Gourd(tori)

Luffa aegyptiaca

USDA 10-12

food

Spreading Hogweed (Punarnava) (Boerhavia diffusa)

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Spreading Hogweed (Punarnava)(itsit / punarnava)

Boerhavia diffusa

USDA 9-11

medicinal · food · mulch

Star fruit carambola (Averrhoa carambola)

SECONDARY · TREE

Star fruit carambola(kamrakh (کمرکھ))

Averrhoa carambola

USDA 10-12

food · windbreak

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Stevia(meethi tulsi)

Stevia rebaudiana

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

Stocks’ Saltwort (Lana) (Haloxylon stocksii)

PIONEER · SHRUB

Stocks’ Saltwort (Lana)(lana)

Haloxylon stocksii

USDA 9-11

fodder · fuel · windbreak

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Strawberry guava

Psidium cattleyanum

USDA 9-11

food · fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Sunflower(suraj mukhi)

Helianthus annuus

USDA 10-11

food · fodder

PIONEER · SHRUB

Sunn hemp

Crotalaria juncea

USDA 10-12

nitrogen fixing · mulch

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Sweet Basil(niazbo)

Ocimum basilicum

USDA 10-11

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · TREE

Sweet Indrajao(indarjau)

Wrightia tinctoria

USDA 10-11

medicinal · timber

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Sweet Potato(shakarqandi)

Ipomoea batatas

USDA 9-11

food · fodder · mulch

Sweet lime — seedless (Citrus limettioides cv. seedless)

SECONDARY · TREE

Sweet lime — seedless(meeṭha nimbu (میٹھا نمبو))

Citrus limettioides cv. seedless

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · SHRUB

Tagasaste tree lucerne

Chamaecytisus proliferus

USDA 8-11

fodder · nitrogen fixing · fuel · mulch · windbreak

PIONEER · GRASS

Tall Reed(nar)

Phragmites karka

USDA 7-11

mulch · fodder

CLIMAX · TREE

Tamarind(imli (املی))

Tamarindus indica

USDA 10-11

food · medicinal · timber

PIONEER · SHRUB

Tanner’s Cassia(tarwar)

Senna auriculata

USDA 9-11

medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Taro(arvi)

Colocasia esculenta

USDA 8-12

food

PIONEER · SHRUB

Tithonia Mexican sunflower

Tithonia diversifolia

USDA 9-11

mulch · medicinal · fodder

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Tomato(tamatar)

Solanum lycopersicum

USDA 10-11

food

Toothbrush Tree (Mustard Tree) (Salvadora persica)

SECONDARY · TREE

Toothbrush Tree (Mustard Tree)(jaal / pilu)

Salvadora persica

USDA 9-12

food · medicinal · windbreak

Trefoil Rattlepod (Crotalaria medicaginea)

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Trefoil Rattlepod(jhunjhunia)

Crotalaria medicaginea

USDA 9-11

nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch

PIONEER · SHRUB

True Indigo(neel)

Indigofera tinctoria

USDA 10-12

nitrogen fixing · medicinal · mulch

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Turmeric(haldi)

Curcuma longa

USDA 8-11

food · medicinal

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