US plant finder

Filtered by USDA hardiness zones.

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

Showing 48 of 333 plants

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Afghan Ash(shum)

Fraxinus xanthoxyloides

USDA 6-9

fodder · fuel · timber

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Ajuga

Ajuga reptans

USDA 3-9

mulch · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Ajwain(ajwain)

Trachyspermum ammi

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Alfalfa(lucern)

Medicago sativa

USDA 3-11

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

Almond (Pakistani local) (Prunus dulcis)

CLIMAX · TREE

Almond (Pakistani local)(badaam (بادام))

Prunus dulcis

USDA 7-9

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Aloe Vera(kanwar gandal)

Aloe vera

USDA 9-12

medicinal

SECONDARY · CLIMBER

American groundnut

Apios americana

USDA 3-9

food · nitrogen fixing

CLIMAX · TREE

American persimmon

Diospyros virginiana

USDA 4-9

food · timber · fuel · windbreak

SECONDARY · GRASS

Anatherum Grass(ghorka)

Themeda anathera

USDA 7-9

fodder · mulch

PIONEER · SHRUB

Apple of Sodom(aak)

Calotropis procera

USDA 9-11

medicinal · mulch

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Arabian Jasmine(motia)

Jasminum sambac

USDA 9-11

medicinal

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Arrowroot(arrowroot)

Maranta arundinacea

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Ashwagandha(asgand)

Withania somnifera

USDA 9-12

medicinal

SECONDARY · TREE

Assyrian Plum(lasura)

Cordia myxa

USDA 9-11

food · fodder · medicinal

PIONEER · SHRUB

Athel Tamarisk(frash)

Tamarix aphylla

USDA 8-11

windbreak · fuel · timber

PIONEER · SHRUB

Autumn olive

Elaeagnus umbellata

USDA 4-9

food · nitrogen fixing · windbreak · mulch

CLIMAX · TREE

Avocado(magarmachh nashpati (مگرمچھ ناشپاتی))

Persea americana

USDA 9-11

food · timber · mulch

SECONDARY · TREE

Bael(bel)

Aegle marmelos

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum)

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Balloon Vine(kanphuti)

Cardiospermum halicacabum

USDA 9-11

medicinal

Banana — Cavendish (Musa acuminata cv. Cavendish (AAA group))

PIONEER · TREE

Banana — Cavendish(kela (کیلا))

Musa acuminata cv. Cavendish (AAA group)

USDA 9-11

food

PIONEER · GRASS

Barley(jau)

Hordeum vulgare

USDA 8-10

food · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Bathua(bathua)

Chenopodium album

USDA 3-10

food · fodder

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Beetroot(chukandar)

Beta vulgaris

USDA 5-10

food

PIONEER · TREE

Ber

Ziziphus mauritiana

USDA 9-11

food · fodder · fuel

Ber — Umran (Indian jujube) (Ziziphus mauritiana cv. Umran)

SECONDARY · TREE

Ber — Umran (Indian jujube)(ber — Umran (بیر امران))

Ziziphus mauritiana cv. Umran

USDA 9-11

food

Bermuda Grass (Bahama Grass) (Cynodon dactylon)

PIONEER · GRASS

Bermuda Grass (Bahama Grass)(khabbal / dhub)

Cynodon dactylon

USDA 7-11

fodder · mulch · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Berseem Clover(berseem)

Trifolium alexandrinum

USDA 8-11

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

Bitter orange (Khatta) (Citrus aurantium)

SECONDARY · TREE

Bitter orange (Khatta)(khatta / narangi (کھٹا))

Citrus aurantium

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

SECONDARY · SHRUB

Black Cardamom(badi elaichi)

Amomum subulatum

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Black Cumin(kalonji)

Nigella sativa

USDA 2-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Black Medick(maina)

Medicago lupulina

USDA 3-9

nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Black Mustard(raee)

Brassica nigra

USDA 5-10

food · medicinal

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

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

Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)

SECONDARY · GROUNDCOVER

Cabbage(band gobhi)

Brassica oleracea var. capitata

USDA 7-11

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

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