New Jersey Native Plant Profiles & Photos
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Text by Millie Ling with photos by Hubert & Millie Ling These pages are in the process of evolving from just a photo collection showing the beauty of our native plants to a source of information on identification, botanical features, and cultivation to enhance our appreciation of how our plants are "fearfully and wonderfully made".
NEW: Plants by List
- List by common name: Click Here
- List by scientific name: Click Here
Plants by Flowering Season
All plants are native to New Jersey unless stated otherwise. Choose a blooming season below and not only experience the beauty of our native plants but also learn about them and how they have developed unique solutions for survival. Click on the image or the link below.
Non Flowering Plants
A new collection of plant profiles and photos is being started to include ferns and conifers.
Native Hot Spots - USA
Want to see native plants in the wild in profusion? Take a vacation to the Great Smokys, or Isle Royale National Park located in Lake Superior. Click on the icons/links below.
Some references used on the photo pages
Standard references:
New Britton & Brown Illustrated Flora of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada
Henry A. Gleason
The New York Botanical Garden, 1963
There is a newer version now.
Manual of Vascular Plants
Gleason & Cronquist
Gray's Manual of Botany
M. L. Fernald
American Book Company, 1950
Field Guides:
A Field Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North-central North America
Roger Tory Peterson and Margaret McKenny
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide
Lawrence Newcomb
Little, Brown and Company, 1977