-Trees - Overstory

-Trees - Understory

-Shrubs

See also
Ridge and Valley

Highlands

Piedmont

Inner 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, Outer Coastal Plain

Color indicates species is more commonly available.

Trees - Overstory
Red maple - Acer rubrum
River birch - Betula nigra
Pignut hickory - Carya glabra
Mockernut hickory - Carya tomentosa
Hackberry - Celtis occidentalis
Atlantic white cedar - Chamaecyparis thyoides
White ash - Fraxinus americana
Shortleaf pine - Pinus echinata
Pitch pine - Pinus rigida
Pond pine - Pinus serotina
Loblolly pine - Pinus taeda
Virginia pine - Pinus virginiana
White oak - Quercus alba
Scarlet oak - Quercus coccinea
Southern red oak - Quercus falcata
Pin oak - Quercus palustris
Willow oak - Quercus phellos
Chestnut oak - Quercus prinus
Red oak - Quercus rubra
Post oak - Quercus stellata
Black oak - Quercus velutina


Trees - Understory
Pawpaw - Asimina triloba
Gray birch - Betula populifolia
Fringetree - Chionanthus virginicus
Persimmon - Diospyros virginiana
American holly - Ilex opaca
Red cedar - Juniperus virginiana
Sweetbay magnolia - Magnolia virginiana
Black gum - Nyssa sylvatica
Beach plum - Prunus maritima
Possumhaw - Viburnum nudum
Blackhaw - Viburnum prunifolium

Shrubs
Bearberry - Arctostayphylos uva-ursi
Red chokeberry - Aronia arbutifolia
Black chokeberry - Aronia melanocarpa
Groundsel bush - Baccharis halimifolia
Buttonbush - Cephalanthus occidentalis
Sweet pepperbush - Clethra alnifolia
Sweet fern - Comptonia peregrina
Broom crowberry - Corema conradii
Fetterbush - Eubotrys racemosa
Dangleberry - Gaylussacia frondosa
Inkberry - Ilex glabra
Smooth winterberry - Ilex laevigata
Winterberry - Ilex verticillata
Virginia sweetspire - Itea virginica
Marsh elder - Iva frutescens
Sheep laurel - Kalmia angustifolia
Mountain laurel - Kalmia latifolia
Maleberry - Lyonia ligustrina
Staggerbush - Lyonia mariana
Wax myrtle - Myrica cerifera
Northern bayberry - Myrica pennsylvanica
Bear oak - Quercus ilicifolia
Blackjack oak - Quercus marilandica
Swamp azalea - Rhododendron viscosum
Lowbush blueberry - Vaccinium angustifolium
Highbush blueberry - Vaccinium corymbosum
Cranberry - Vaccinium macrocarpum