US plant finder

Filtered by USDA hardiness zones.

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

Showing 48 of 340 plants

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

Stranglewort (Soldier Vine) (Cynanchum acutum)

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Stranglewort (Soldier Vine)(khip-bel)

Cynanchum acutum

USDA 7-10

medicinal · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Strawberry(strawberry)

Fragaria × ananassa

USDA 3-10

food

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

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Toria(toria)

Brassica campestris

USDA 6-10

food · fodder

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

Vegetable Hummingbird (Sesbania grandiflora)

PIONEER · TREE

Vegetable Hummingbird(agasti)

Sesbania grandiflora

USDA 10-12

food · fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Velvet Bean(kewanch)

Mucuna pruriens

USDA 10-12

food · nitrogen fixing · medicinal · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Vetiver(khus)

Chrysopogon zizanioides

USDA 8-11

mulch · medicinal · windbreak

PIONEER · SHRUB

Virgin’s Mantle(dhamasa)

Fagonia cretica

USDA 8-11

medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Warrigal greens

Tetragonia tetragonioides

USDA 8-11

food · mulch

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Water Chestnut(singhara)

Trapa natans

USDA 6-11

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Water Hyssop(brahmi)

Bacopa monnieri

USDA 8-11

medicinal

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Water Spinach(kalmi saag)

Ipomoea aquatica

USDA 9-11

food · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Watercress(jal kumbhi)

Nasturtium officinale

USDA 6-11

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

Watermelon(tarbooz)

Citrullus lanatus

USDA 10-11

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

White Lupin(turmus)

Lupinus albus

USDA 7-10

food · fodder · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · SHRUB

White Tephrosia(safed sarphonk)

Tephrosia candida

USDA 9-11

nitrogen fixing · mulch · fodder

White-Bark Acacia (Vachellia leucophloea)

PIONEER · TREE

White-Bark Acacia(safed kikar)

Vachellia leucophloea

USDA 10-11

fodder · fuel · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · SHRUB

Wild Indigo(sarphonka)

Tephrosia purpurea

USDA 9-11

nitrogen fixing · medicinal · mulch

Wild Indigo (Oblong-Leaf Indigo) (Indigofera oblongifolia)

PIONEER · SHRUB

Wild Indigo (Oblong-Leaf Indigo)(jhil / kathi)

Indigofera oblongifolia

USDA 10-11

nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch

PIONEER · SHRUB

Wild Jujube(jhar beri)

Ziziphus nummularia

USDA 8-11

food · fodder · fuel · windbreak

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Wild Karonda(garna)

Carissa spinarum

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal · windbreak

SECONDARY · TREE

Wild Olive(kahu)

Olea ferruginea

USDA 8-11

food · fuel · fodder

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