No New Jersey statute or Atlantic County ordinance restricts native or drought-tolerant planting. Residents may replace lawn with native meadow or pollinator beds, and the state and the Pinelands Commission actively encourage native landscaping.
New Jersey imposes no legal limit on choosing native plants, and Atlantic County holds no such rule, so homeowners from Egg Harbor Township to Mullica may landscape with native species, pollinator gardens, and no-mow meadows without county approval. The state promotes native and drought-resistant planting to cut irrigation demand and slow runoff, and in the Pinelands interior towns the Comprehensive Management Plan actually favors native Pinelands vegetation, with a required native-species list at N.J.A.C. 7:50-6.25. On the barrier islands, planting American beachgrass (Ammophila) and other native dune vegetation is encouraged to hold the dunes.
None from the county or state for native planting itself. A poorly maintained planting can still draw a municipal weed-ordinance notice under N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.13, and private HOA covenants may enforce their own landscape rules through fines.
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