Native Trees and Shrubs for Riparian Forest Buffers
New Jersey, Piedmont

Color indicates species is more commonly available.

Trees - Overstory
Sweet or Black birch - Betula lenta
River birch - Betula nigra
Bitternut hickory - Carya cordiformis
Pignut hickory - Carya glabra
Mockernut hickory - Carya tomentosa
Hackberry - Celtis occidentalis
American beech - Fagus grandifolia
White ash - Fraxinus americana
Green ash - Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Tuliptree - Liriodendron tulipifera
Pitch pine - Pinus rigida
White pine - Pinus strobus
Sycamore - Platanus occidentalis
Swamp white oak - Quercus bicolor
Scarlet oak - Quercus coccinea
Pin oak - Quercus palustris
Chestnut oak - Quercus prinus
Red oak - Quercus rubra
Black oak - Quercus velutina
Black willow - Salix nigra
Eastern hemlock - Tsuga canadensis
Slippery elm - Ulmus rubra


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

Shrubs
Red chokeberry - Aronia arbutifolia
Black chokeberry - Aronia melanocarpa
Purple chokeberry - Aronia prunifolia
Buttonbush - Cephalanthus occidentalis
Virgin's Bower - Clematis virginiana
Sweet pepperbush - Clethra alnifolia
Silky dogwood - Cornus amomum
Gray dogwood - Cornus racemosa
Winterberry - Ilex verticillata
Mountain laurel - Kalmia latifolia
Spicebush - Lindera benzoin
Maleberry - Lyonia ligustrina
Northern bayberry - Myrica pennsylvanica
Common ninebark - Physocarpus opulifolius
Swamp azalea - Rhododendron viscosum
Swamp rose - Rosa palustris
Elderberry - Sambucus canadensis
Meadowsweet - Spirea latifolia
Steeplebush - Spirea tomentosa
American bladdernut - Staphylea trifolia
Witherod - Viburnum cassenoides
Highbush blueberry - Vaccinium corymbosum
Arrowwood - Viburnum dentatum