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Native plants in Brooklyn
802 plants are genuinely native to this area — not merely able to survive here. They are grouped below by what they do in a garden, from canopy trees down to groundcovers.
Best represented here: perennials (418), grasses (158), shrubs (131) · 561 of them need no watering beyond Brooklyn’s own rainfall
Showing 289 plants · 513 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees69
Canopy and structureShrubs66
Backbone plantingGrasses36
Movement and texturePerennials123
Seasonal colourVines5
Verticals and screensFerns20
Shade and dampSucculents1
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