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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
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