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