-Trees - Overstory

-Trees - Understory

-Shrubs

See also
Ridge and Valley

Highlands

Piedmont

Outer Coastal Plain

PROJECTS
Mount Holly
Vincentown
Pohatcong
Hackettstown

RESOURCES
Restoring Riparian
  Forest Buffers
Step by Step
  Restoration
Native Plants
Riparian Buffer Links

Native Trees and Shrubs for Riparian Forest Buffers
New Jersey, Inner Coastal Plain

Color indicates species is more commonly available.

Trees - Overstory
River birch - Betula nigra
Bitternut hickory - Carya cordiformis
Pignut hickory - Carya glabra
Mockernut hickory - Carya tomentosa
Atlantic white cedar - Chamaecyparis thyoides
American beech - Fagus grandifolia
White ash - Fraxinus americana
Green ash - Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Tuliptree - Liriodendron tulipifera
Sourwood - Oxydendrum arboreum
White pine - Pinus strobus
Virginia pine - Pinus virginiana
Sycamore - Platanus occidentalis
Swamp white oak - Quercus bicolor
Scarlet oak - Quercus coccinea
Southern red oak - Quercus falcata
Pin oak - Quercus palustris
Willow oak - Quercus phellos
Red oak - Quercus rubra
Black oak - Quercus velutina
Black willow - Salix nigra


Trees - Understory
Smooth alder - Alnus serrulata
Downy juneberry - Amelanchier arborea
Shadbush - Amelanchier canadensis
Smooth juneberry - Amelanchier laevis
Pawpaw - Asimina triloba
Gray birch - Betula populifolia
Ironwood - Carpinus caroliniana
Redbud - Cercis canadensis
Fringetree - Chionanthus virginicus
Alternate-leaf dogwood - Cornus alternifolia
Flowering dogwood - Cornus florida
Persimmon - Diospyros virginiana
American holly - Ilex opaca
Red cedar - Juniperus virginiana
Sweetbay magnolia - Magnolia virginiana
Black gum - Nyssa sylvatica
Hoptree - Ptelea trifoliata
Aromatic sumac - Rhus aromatica
Winged sumac - Rhus coppalina
Possumhaw - Viburnum nudum
Blackhaw - Viburnum prunifolium

Shrubs
Indigo bush - Amphora fruticosa
Red chokeberry - Aronia arbutifolia
Black chokeberry - Aronia melanocarpa
Purple chokeberry - Aronia prunifolia
New Jersey tea - Ceanothus americanus
Buttonbush - Cephalanthus occidentalis
Virgin's bower - Clematis virginiana
Sweet pepperbush - Clethra alnifolia
Silky dogwood - Cornus amomum
Gray dogwood - Cornus racemosa
Fetterbush - Eubotrys racemosa
Winterberry - Ilex verticillata
Virginia sweetspire - Itea virginica
Spicebush - Lindera benzoin
Maleberry - Lyonia ligustrina
Northern bayberry - Myrica pennsylvanica
Common ninebark - Physocarpus opulifolius
Pinxterbloom azalea - Rhododendron periclymenoides
Swamp azalea - Rhododendron viscosum
Swamp rose - Rosa palustris
Elderberry - Sambucus canadensis
Meadowsweet - Spirea latifolia
Steeplebush - Spirea tomentosa
American bladdernut - Staphylea trifolia
Highbush blueberry - Vaccinium corymbosum
Arrowwood - Viburnum dentatum