The Pine Barrens spans USDA hardiness zones 7a-7b — room for a real mix of vegetables, fruit, and perennials matched to the local frost calendar.
New Jersey's acidic, sandy Pinelands — nutrient-poor soils that nonetheless yield blueberries and cranberries at a commercial scale. A short list that earns its place here — tomato, blueberry, peach, and sweet corn — with any one site's soil, sun, and drainage making the final cut.
The Pine Barrens spans New Jersey.
Your yard isn't the whole Pine Barrens.
The Pine Barrens spans USDA zones 7a-7b, but your parcel sits in exactly one — and slope, tree cover, and low spots nudge it further. Enter your address and we'll score 1,112 plants against your land's actual soil, sun, and frost.
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Quick Facts
USDA Zones
7a-7b
States
1
Counties
5
Defined by
Counties
Hardiness Zone Range
What Grows in the Pine Barrens
Plants matched to the Pine Barrens's USDA zones 7a-7b — each links to its full growing profile.
Native Plants Suited to the Pine Barrens
US-native plants (USDA PLANTS, Lower 48) whose hardiness range overlaps the Pine Barrens’s USDA zones 7a-7b. Zone overlap is a starting filter, not a range map — for plants documented native to your county, your state’s Cooperative Extension or a native-plant society is the authority.
Safe to Grow Here?
What the federal record shows across the Pine Barrens — and how to grow with it.
A growing region spans many local records, and contamination is a per-place fact — not a regional verdict. Nationwide we track 1.8M documented sites across 9 federal source types; open the map outlined to the Pine Barrens to see exactly what's on record where you grow.
Sources: EPA, USGS — 1.8M documented sites tracked nationwide across 9 federal source types.
Your Specific Parcel Matters
the Pine Barrens Average
- ●USDA Zones 7a-7b
- ●Generic soil type for the area
- ●State-average frost dates
YOUR Parcel
- ✓Your exact hardiness zone
- ✓Your SSURGO soil type & pH
- ✓Your sun exposure, cast in 3D
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Read your parcel in the Pine Barrens
Pull a site-specific report for your exact address in the Pine Barrens — soil, sun, drainage, frost risk, contamination, and scored plant recommendations.
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Key Growing Facts for the Pine Barrens
- USDA Hardiness Zones: 7a-7b (USDA PHZM 2023, aggregated across the region)
- States: New Jersey
- Counties covered: 5
- Region boundary: a cluster of neighboring counties
Zone data: USDA ARS Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023. Region boundary: curated county clusters and EPA Level III ecoregions. County boundaries: US Census TIGER/Line 2025.
Frequently Asked Questions
What hardiness zone is the Pine Barrens?
The Pine Barrens spans USDA hardiness zones 7a-7b, aggregated from the USDA Agricultural Research Service Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 across the region's counties. Zones reflect average annual extreme minimum temperatures from 1991–2020 data.
What grows well in the Pine Barrens?
The Pine Barrens's conditions suit plants such as Tomato, Blueberry, Peach, Sweet Corn, Cranberry. For site-specific recommendations scored against your parcel's soil, drainage, and sun data, run the Growable Ground report for your address.
Which states does the Pine Barrens cover?
The Pine Barrens spans New Jersey. Each state's full growing guide is linked below.