New York
Native plants in Queens
773 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 (401), grasses (153), shrubs (127) · 459 of them need no watering beyond Queens’s own rainfall
Showing 276 plants · 497 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees66
Canopy and structureShrubs65
Backbone plantingGrasses35
Movement and texturePerennials116
Seasonal colourVines5
Verticals and screensFerns18
Shade and dampSucculents1
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