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USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Indicator Plant Examples
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Botanical
(and Common) Names
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Zone
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Abetiophyllum distichum
(white forsythia)
Acer platanoides (Norway
maple)
Aesculus x camea (red
horsechestnut)
Araucaria araucana (monkey
puzzle)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
(bearberry)
Aristolochia durior
(Dutchman's pipe)
Aucuba japonica (Japanese
aucuba) |
5b
4
4
7b
2b
4b
7b |
Bauhinia
variegata (purple orchid tree)
Berberis
danvinii (Darwin barberry)
Betula
pendula (European white birch)
Bouvardia
'Coral' (Coral bouvardia)
Butia
capitata (Pindo palm) |
9b
8
3
9
8b |
Camellia reticulate (reticulate camellia)
Camellia sasanqua (sasanqua camellia)
Carya illinoinensis 'Major' (pecan)
Carya illinoinensis 'Major' (pecan)
Casuarina equisetifolia (Australian pine)
Ceanothus impressus (Santa Barbara ceanothus)
Cedrus deodara (deodar cedar)
Cercis chinensis (Chinese redbud)
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson cypress)
Chamaecyparis pisifera (Sawara cypress)
Cinnamomum camphora (camphor tree)
Cistus laurifolius (laurel rockrose)
Cistus x purpureus (purple rockrose)
Comus alba (Tatarian dogwood)
Comus kousa (Japanese dogwood)
Cunninghamia lanceolata (cunninghamia)
Cytisus x praecox (Warminster broom) |
9
7b
5 (grows)
6 (fruits)
9b
8
7b
6b
6b
5
9
7
8
3
5b
7
6 |
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Botanical
(and Common) Names
|
Zone
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Elaeagnus
multiflora (cherry elaeagnus)
Elaeagnus
pungens (thorny elaeagnus)
Eriobotrya
japonica (loquat)
Euonymus
alatus (winged euonymus)
Euphorbia
pulcherrima (poinsettia) |
5
7
8
3b
10 |
Fatshedera
lizei (botanical-wonder)
Forsythia
ovata (early forsythia)
Forsythia
suspensa (weeping forsythia)
Fremontodendron
mexicanum (flannel bush) |
8
4b
5b
9 |
| Ginkgo
biloba (ginkgo, maidenhair-tree) |
5 |
Hibiscus
rosa-sinensis (Chinese hibiscus)
Hibiscus
syriacus (shrub althea)
Hypericum
'Hidcote' (Hidcote St. Johnswort) |
9b
5b
6 |
Iberis
sempervirens (evergreen candytuft)
Ilex
crenata 'Convexa' (convexleaf Japanese holly) |
5
6b |
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Botanical
(and Common) Names
|
Zone
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Jacaranda
acutifolia (green ebony)
Juglans
regia (English or Persian walnut)
Juniperus
horizontalis (creeping juniper) |
10
6b
3 |
| Koelreuteria
paniculata (golden rain-tree) |
6 |
Laburnum
x watereri (Waterer laburnum)
Lagerstroemia
indica (crapemyrtle) |
5b
7 |
Mahonia
aquitolium (Oregon hollygrape)
Malus
x amoldiana (Arnold crabapple)
Melia
azedarach (chinaberry)
Metasequoia
glyptostroboides (dawn redwood)
Myrtus
communes (true myrtle) |
5b
4
7b
5b
8b |
Nandina
domestics (heavenly bamboo)
Nerium
oleander (oleander) |
7
8b |
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Botanical
(and Common) Names
|
Zone
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Olea
europaea (common olive)
Osmanthus
heterophyflus (holly osmanthus) |
8b
7 |
Picea
abies (Norway spruce)
Pieris
japonica (Japanese andromeda)
Pinus
mugo var. mughus (Mugo pine)
Pinus
radiata (Monterey pine)
Pinus
strobus (eastern white pine)
Prunus
yedoensis (Yoshino cherry) |
3
6
3
7b
3b
6 |
Rhaphiolepis
indica 'Rosea' (Indian hawthorn)
Rhododendron
'America' (hybrid rhododendron)
Rhododendron
'Loderi King George' (hybrid)
Rhododendron
mollis hybrids (mollis azalea)
Rhododendron
prinophyllum (roseum) (roseshell azalea)
Rhododendron
'Purple Splendor' (hybrid rhododendron)
Rhododendron
southern Indian hybrids (Indian azalea)
Rosa
rugosa (rugosa rose) |
8
5
8
5
4
7
8b
3 |
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Botanical
(and Common) Names
|
Zone
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Schinus
terebinthifolius (Brazilian pepper-tree)
Sequoia
sempervirens (redwood)
Sequoiadendron
giganteum (giant sequoia)
Stewartia
pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia)
Syringa
vulgaris (common lilac) |
5
7
8
3b
10 |
| Ulmus
americana (American elm) |
2 |
| Vibumum
burkwoodii (Burkwood viburnum) |
5b |
| Zelkova
serrata (Japanese zelkova) |
5b |
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Go to the USDA Hardiness Zone Map
USDA
Miscellaneous Publication No. 1475. Issued January 1990
Authored
by Henry M. Cathey while Director, U.S. National Arboretum
Edited,
formatted and prepared for the US National Arboretum web site by Ramon
Jordan, March 1998
U.S.
National Arboretum, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, DC 20002.
Updated and edited,
by Yankee Gardener, February 2001
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