In the midst of its roaring commercial-grade industries and large universe are crusade to preserve New Jersey ’s aboriginal plants . Bordered by Pennsylvania to the west , New York to the due north , Delaware to the Confederacy and the Atlantic Ocean to the eastern United States , the east coast state of New Jersey has vary climates and an abundance of aboriginal plant specie . New Jersey ’s resident physician , commercial landscapers , parks and nature preserves are encourage to imbed native species to protect the integrity of and revitalize the state ’s innate environment .

Violet: The State Flower

Violet ( Viola sororia ) grow as an annual and a perennial native florescence herb in New Jersey and the easterly half of North America , let in Saskatchewan in Canada . A extremity of Violaceae home , it actively grows in leap , reach less than a half a metrical foot in height , and it blooms with purple flower in mid - spring to early summertime . Violet is wraith - kind and requires moist land . Violet was officially announce the state efflorescence of New Jersey in 1971 , and it is also known as unwashed bluish violet , door - yard violet and haired wood violet .

Northern Red Oak

Declared the prescribed body politic tree diagram of New Jersey in 1950 and aboriginal to New Jersey and most of the eastern and central regions of North America , the northern crimson oak ( Quercus rubra L. or Quercus borealis maxima ) is a repeated tree of the Fagaceae or beech family . It develop in moist soil and tolerates some ghost in its early stages – being under the spook of taller trees – but postulate full sun at mature height . This Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree mature to a tower 98 groundwork and produce burgundy flowers in the spring and " saucer - to - cupful " acorn in belated summertime through mid - fall . Its pale fleeceable leaves turn thick red ink during the fall time of year .

Nakedflower Ticktrefoil

A recurrent herb aboriginal to New Jersey and the eastern half of the United States , nakedflower ticktrefoil ( Desmodium nudiflorum ) is a phallus of the Fabaceae family that produce just over 3 feet grandiloquent and produces pinkish or majestic flowers from mid- to late summer . Nakedflower ticktrefoil is a subtlety - sleep together aboriginal plant that spring up in rich , moist grime , usually in wooded areas . It is also love as bare - stemmed check mark - trefoil .

Littleleaf Buttercup

A biennial and repeated member of the Ranunculaceae family , littleleaf buttercup or small - blossom goldcup ( Ranunculus abortivus L. ) is a native plant of New Jersey and most of North America . It ’s a low - growing flowering plant that grows under 3 feet in pinnacle . Littleleaf buttercup actively grows in the fountain and summertime , and its icteric flowers bloom from mid - leaping to other summer . It grows in moist land and is subtlety resistant .

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