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Latin NameCommon NameHabitHeightHardinessGrowthSoilShadeMoistureEdibleMedicinalOther
Carya aquaticaWater HickoryTree20.0 5-9 SLMHNM102
Jasminum grandiflorumJasminClimber2.5 10-12 SLMHSNM334
Jasminum humileYellow JasmineShrub3.0 7-10  LMHSNDM112
Jasminum nudiflorumWinter-Flowering Jasmin, Winter jasmineShrub3.6 6-11 MLMHFSNM013
Jasminum odoratissimum Shrub0.0 8-11  LMHSNM102
Jasminum officinaleJessamine, Poet's jasmineClimber10.0 6-9 FLMHSNM222
Jasminum sambacJasmine TeaShrub3.0 9-12 MLMSNM333
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados NutTree6.0 9-12 FLMHND234
Jeffersonia diphyllaTwinleaf, Rheumatism RootPerennial0.2 5-8 SLMFSM02 
Jeffersonia dubiaTwinleafPerennial0.3 4-8 SLMFSM020
Jovibarba soboliferaHen And Chickens HouseleekPerennial0.1 4-8  LNDM20 
Jubaea chilensisChilean Wine Palm, Chile cocopalmTree12.0 7-10 SLMHNM302
Juglans ailanthifoliaJapanese WalnutTree20.0 4-8  LMHNM315
Juglans ailanthifolia cordiformisHeartseed WalnutTree20.0 4-8 MLMHNM414
Juglans californicaCalifornia Walnut, Southern California walnutTree6.0 7-10 MLMHNM212
Juglans cathayensisChinese WalnutTree20.0 4-8  LMHNM301
Juglans cinereaButternut - White Walnut, ButternutTree25.0 3-7 MLMHNM333
Juglans hindsiiHind's Black Walnut, Northern California walnut, Paradox hybrid walnutTree15.0 8-9 MLMHNM303
Juglans intermediaHind's Black Walnut, Northern California walnut, Paradox hybrid walnuHTree30.0 4-8  LMHNM301
Juglans majorArizona WalnutTree15.0 8-11 FLMHNM202
Juglans mandschuricaManchurian WalnutTree20.0 4-8  LMHNM314
Juglans microcarpaTexas Walnut, Little walnut, Stewart's little walnutTree10.0 5-9  LMHNM203
Juglans neotropicaAndean WalnutTree25.0 10-12 SLMHNM324
Juglans nigraBlack WalnutTree30.0 4-9 FLMHNM334
Juglans olanchanaOlancho walnut, Central American walnutTree45.0 10-12 MLMHSNMWe203
Juglans regiaWalnut, English walnut, Persian Walnut,Tree20.0 7-9 MLMHNM434
Juglans regia fallaxWalnutTree30.0 4-8  LMHNM301
Juglans regia kamaoniaWalnutTree30.0 4-8  LMHNM333
Juglans sinensis Tree20.0 -  LMHNM311
Juglans x bisbyiBuartnutTree20.0 4-8  LMHNM302
Juncus acutusSharp Rush, Spiny rush, Leopold's rushPerennial1.5 0-0  LMHSNMWeWa001
Juncus balticusBaltic RushPerennial1.0 3-7 FMHSNMWeWa101
Juncus conglomeratusCommon rushPerennial1.5 0-0  MHSNMWeWa002
Juncus dudleyiDudley's RushPerennial0.2 -  MHSNMWe002
Juncus effususSoft Rush, Common rush, Lamp rush, Pacific rushPerennial1.5 4-8  LMHSNMWeWa122
Juncus inflexusHard Rush, European meadow rushPerennial0.0 4-8  MHSNMWeWa002
Juncus procerus Perennial0.0 -  MHSNMWeWa002
Juncus tenuisPoverty RushPerennial0.3 0-0  MHSNMWe011
Juniperus asheiAshe Juniper, Mountain CedarTree6.0 7-9 SLMHNDM102
Juniperus californicaCalifornian Juniper, ChuperosaTree12.0 8-10 SLMHNDM212
Juniperus chinensisChinese Juniper, Sargent juniperTree15.0 4-10 SLMHNDM023
Juniperus communisJuniper, Common juniperShrub9.0 4-10 SLMHSNDM334
Juniperus communis nanaJuniperShrub0.5 4-10 SLMHSNDM334
Juniperus confertaShore JuniperShrub0.2 6-10 SLMHSNDM203
Juniperus deppeanaAlligator JuniperTree18.0 7-9 SLMHNDM302
Juniperus drupaceaSyrian JuniperTree15.0 6-9 MLMHNDM30 
Juniperus excelsaGrecian JuniperTree20.0 5-9  LMHNDM213
Juniperus horizontalisCreeping Juniper, Horizontal JuniperShrub1.0 4-9 MLMHNDM213
Juniperus monospermaOne-Seed JuniperTree18.0 4-8 MLMHNDM323
Juniperus occidentalisWestern JuniperTree18.0 4-8 SLMHNDM323
Juniperus osteospermaDesert Juniper, Utah juniperTree12.0 4-8 SLMHNDM223
Juniperus oxycedrusPrickly Juniper, Cade juniperTree15.0 8-10 MLMHNDM012
Juniperus recurvaHimalayan JuniperTree12.0 6-9 SLMHNM111
Juniperus rigidaTemple Juniper, Needle JuniperTree8.0 6-7 SLMHNDM213
Juniperus sabinaSavine, Tam JuniperShrub4.0 4-7 SLMHNDM024
Juniperus scopulorumRocky Mountain Juniper, Weeping Rocky Mountian Juniper, Colorado Red CedarTree10.0 3-7 SLMHNDM324
Juniperus silicicolaSouthern Redcedar, Juniper, Southern Red CedarTree20.0 7-10 SLMHNDM223
Juniperus squamataFlaky JuniperShrub4.0 4-7 SLMHNDM013
Juniperus tetragona Tree0.0 7-10  LMHNDM202
Juniperus virginianaPencil Cedar, Eastern redcedar, Southern redcedar, Silver Cedar, Burk Eastern Red Cedar, Silver EastTree20.0 3-9 SLMHNDM224
Jurinea dolomiaea Perennial0.5 5-9  LMHSNM011
Jussieva repens Perennial0.0 -  LMHSNWe01 
Justicia gendarussa Shrub1.0 -  LMHSNM021
Justicia procumbens Annual0.3 -  LMHSNM22 
Manihot caerulescensManicobaShrub3.5 10-12 MLMNDM003
Manihot esculentaCassava, Tapioca Plant, YucaShrub3.0 9-12 MLMHFSNDM522
Oenocarpus batauaPataua Palm. BatauaTree20.0 10-12 FMHNMWe323
Saraca asocaAsoka Tree. Sorrow-less TreeTree9.0 10-12 MLMHSNM033
Tectona grandisTeakTree30.0 10-12 FLMHNM225

Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water. Rating: 1 = Minor 5 = Great.

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