What is the plant and animal life in New Jersey?

1. What plants and animals live in New Jersey?
2. How many plant species are in New Jersey?
3. What grasses are native to NJ?
4. What habitat is New Jersey?
5. What vegetables can I grow in NJ?
6. What vegetables are native to New Jersey?
7. What animals are illegal in New Jersey?
8. Are monkeys illegal in NJ?
9. Are Snakes legal in NJ?

What plants and animals live in New Jersey?

New Jersey is the home of a great variety of wildlife — raccoons, opossums, squirrels, woodchuck, deer, beaver, fox, coyote, hawks, owls, and songbirds can be seen throughout our state. These animals live in the forests, along waterways, in parks, and in our backyards.

How many plant species are in New Jersey?

New Jersey is a biologically diverse state with an extremely rich native flora of more than 2,100 plant species of flowers, trees, shrubs and grasses.

What grasses are native to NJ?

The native grasses include "warm season" grasses such as switchgrass, indiangrass, little bluestem, big bluestem, broomsedge and deertounge. These grasses, as the name indicates, grow mostly during the warm summer months of June, July and August.

What habitat is New Jersey?

Diverse coastal habitats—beaches, dunes, and tidal marshes—lace the state's coastal plain bordering the New Jersey Pine Barrens, which is home to dozens of globally rare species of plants and animals and one of the few places on the planet to see expanses of dwarf pitch pine.

What vegetables can I grow in NJ?

The vegetables best suited to a survival garden are beans, beets, carrots, peas, radishes, lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard, onions, cucumbers, summer squash, zucchini, leeks, turnips, cabbage, broccoli, peppers, cauliflower, tomatoes, and potatoes.

What vegetables are native to New Jersey?

In all 16 vegetables account for nearly all of the state's production: asparagus, cabbage, collards, cucumbers, eggplant, escarole and endive, kale, herbs, all lettuce, bell peppers, parsley, pumpkins, snap beans, spinach, summer squash, winter squash, sweet corn, and tomatoes.

What animals are illegal in New Jersey?

1, 2018, a new law made it illegal to own large cats, apes, or non-native bears. Wolves, coyotes, peccaries (certain species related to pigs), bison, mountain goats, mountain sheep, bears, turkeys, and furbearers are also banned.

Are monkeys illegal in NJ?

Borngraeber pointed out that it's illegal to own a monkey in New Jersey. "They are considered potentially dangerous animals, per state law," she said. "However, they are allowed to be kept as pets in other states." ... The moral of this story is: pet monkeys are illegal, no matter how tame… don't bring them to New Jersey."

Are Snakes legal in NJ?

Each year many non-venomous snakes are misidentified as venomous snakes and are killed needless- ly, but all snakes in New Jersey are protected under the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Conservation Act (N.J.S.A. 23:2A-1-13), which makes it illegal for anyone to kill, collect, or harass our native snake species.