Alice Blue ceanothusCeanothus 'Alice Blue'Shrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
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Alice Blue ceanothusCeanothus 'Alice Blue'Shrub, California native
alkalai sacatonSporobolus airoidesOrnamental grass, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
alkali heathFrankenia salinaShrub, California native- NCH
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Allen Chickering sageSalvia 'Allen Chickering'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
alliumAllium spp. mostly from CA or MediterraneanBulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDM
Alpine Alum RootHeuchera cylindricaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
alpine lilyLilium parvum var. crocatumBulb, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
alpine meadow rueThalictrum alpinumPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
alum rootHeuchera 'Rosada'Perennial, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
American dogwoodCornus sericea ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCH
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
American mannagrassGlyceria grandisOrnamental grass, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Anchor Bay ceanothusCeanothus gloriosus 'Anchor Bay'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Angelita DaisyTetraneuris acaulis (Hymenoxys acaulis)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
antelope bitterbrushPurshia tridentataShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Apache plumeFallugia paradoxaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
Arizona ashFraxinus velutinaTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Aromas salviaSalvia 'Aromas'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
arrowleaf balsam rootBalsamorhiza sagittataPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Arroyo de la Cruz ceanothusCeanothus thyrsiflorus 'Arroyo de la Cruz'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
arroyo willowSalix lasiolepisTree, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HDH
- LD×
ashy silktasselGarrya flavescensShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
ashyleaf buckwheatEriogonum cinereumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Audubon mountain dogwoodCornus nuttalliiTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Austin Griffiths manzanitaArctostaphylos 'Austin Griffiths'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
azaleaRhododendron spp. (CA native and non-native spp.)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Baja bush-snapdragonGalvezia juncea & cvs.Shrub, California native- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Baja California wild roseRosa minutifoliaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Baja desert thornLycium brevipesShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Baja fairy dusterCalliandra californicaShrub, California native- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Baltic RushJuncus balticusOrnamental grass, California native- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
banana yuccaYucca baccataShrub, Succulent, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDL
barrel cactusEchinocactus spp. & cvs. (CA native and non-native spp.)Shrub, Succulent, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDL
barrel cactusFerocactus spp. & cvs. (CA native and non-native spp.)Shrub, Succulent, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
basin wild ryeElymus cinereus (Leymus cinereus)Ornamental grass, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
basket rushJuncus textilisPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
beach asterErigeron glaucus ssp. & cvs.Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
beach evening primroseCamissoniopsis cheiranthifolia (Oenothera cheiranthifolia)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Beach Morning GloryCalystegia soldanellaVine, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
bear grassNolina spp. & cvs. (CA natives and non-natives)Perennial, Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
bear grassXerophyllum tenaxPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Bee's Bliss sageSalvia 'Bee's Bliss'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Bert Johnson manzanitaArctostaphylos edmundsii 'Bert Johnson'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
big berry manzanitaArctostaphylos glaucaShrub, Tree, California native- NCVL
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
big cone sprucePseudotsuga macrocarpaTree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
big galleta grassHilaria rigida (Pleuraphis rigida)Ornamental grass, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LD?
big leaf mapleAcer macrophyllumTree, California native- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
big pod ceanothusCeanothus megacarpusShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
big sacatonSporobolus wrightii ssp. & cvs.Ornamental grass, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIM
- HDL
- LDM
big sagebrushArtemisia tridentataShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LD×
Big Sur manzanitaArctostaphylos edmundsii 'Big Sur'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Bigelow sneezeweedHelenium bigeloviiPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
bigleaf lupineLupinus polyphyllusPerennial, California native- NCH
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
bird's foot fernPellaea mucronataPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
bishop pinePinus muricataTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
bitter gooseberryRibes amarumShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
bitter rootLewisia cotyledonPerennial, Succulent, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
bitter snakewoodCondalia globosaShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
black cottonwoodPopulus trichocarpa (Populus balsamifera)Tree, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LD×
- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
black/green sageSalvia mellifera ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
blackbrushColeogyne ramosissimaShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LD?
bladder podCleome isomerisShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
bladderpodPeritoma arborea (Isomeris arborea)Shrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
bleeding heartDicentra spp. (CA native and non-native species)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Blue BlossomCeanothus thyrsiflorusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
blue dicksDichelostemma spp.Bulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
Blue Jeans ceanothusCeanothus 'Blue Jeans'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
blue oakQuercus douglasiiTree, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
blue palo verdeParkinsonia florida (Cercidium floridum)Tree, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LDL
Blue Wild RyeElymus glaucus (Leymus)Ornamental grass, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
blue witchSolanum umbelliferum and cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
blue witchSolanum xanti and cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium bellum ssp. & cvs.Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
box elderAcer negundoTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
box thornLycium californicumShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
brake fernPteris spp. (CA native and non-native spp.)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
brickellbushBrickellia californicaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
bristlecone pinePinus longaevaTree, California native- NCVL
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
brittle bushEncelia farinosaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
broadleaf lupineLupinus latifoliusPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
brodiaeaBrodiaea spp.Bulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
brookfoamBoykinia occidentalis (SHADE)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCH
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
brown dogwoodCornus glabrataShrub, California native- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Bruce Dickenson buckwheatEriogonum fasciculatum 'Bruce Dickinson'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
buckbrushCeanothus cuneatusShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
buckwheatEriogonum spp. (CA native and non-native spp.)Perennial, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
bunchberryCornus canadensisGround cover, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
bur marigoldBidens laevisPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
bush anemoneCarpenteria californicaShrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
bush mallowMalacothamnus fasciculatusShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
bush muhlyMuhlenbergia porteriOrnamental grass, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDM
- LD?
bushrueCneoridium dumosumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
butterfly mint bushMonardella villosa subsp. villosa (Monardella antonina)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
button bushCephalanthus occidentalisShrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Buxifolia manzanitaArctostaphylos hookeri 'Buxifolia'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
California AdolphiaAdolphia californicaShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LDVL
- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
California beach asterLessingia filaginifolia 'Silver Carpet' (Corethrogyne)Ground cover, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
California black oakQuercus kelloggiiTree, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
California black walnutJuglans californicaTree, California native- NCM
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
California black walnutJuglans hindsiiTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
California blackberryRubus ursinusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
California BromeBromus sitchensisPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
California buckeyeAesculus californicaTree, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
California buckwheatEriogonum fasciculatum ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDL
California buttercupRanunculus californicusPerennial, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
California celeryLomatium californicumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
California CrotonCroton californicaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
California Dutchman's pipeAristolochia californicaCalifornia native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LDL
California false indigo bushAmorpha californicaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
California fan palmWashingtonia filiferaTree, Palm or cycad, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
California fescueFestuca californica ssp. & cvs.Ornamental grass, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
California figwort/bee plantScrophularia californica (shade)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
California fuchsiaEpilobium (Zauschneria) spp. & cvs.Perennial, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LD×
California goldenbushEricameria ericoidesShrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
California goldenrodSolidago velutina californicaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
California gray rushJuncus patens ssp. & cvs.Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
California hazelCorylus cornuta subsp. californicaTree, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
California hibiscusHibiscus lasiocarpusPerennial, California native- NCH
- CVM
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
California holly grapeBerberis pinnata & ssp. & cvs. (Mahonia pinnata)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
California honeysuckleLonicera hispidulaVine, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
California juniperJuniperus californicaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD?
California MahoniaBerberis (Mahonia) dictyotaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
California mugwortArtemisia douglasianaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
California nutmegTorreya californicaTree, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
California oatgrassDanthonia californicaOrnamental grass, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
California polypodyPolypodium californicumPerennial, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
California ponysfootDichondra donellianaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
California poppyEschscholzia californicaPerennial, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
California sagebrushArtemisia californicaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
California scrub oakQuercus berberidifoliaShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD×
California SunflowerHelianthus californicusPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
California sword fernPolystichum californicumPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
California sycamorePlatanus racemosaTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LDH
California wild grapeVitis californicaVine, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
California wild roseRosa californicaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
California Yerba SantaEriodictyon californicumShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
camasCamassia quamashBulb, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
cane bluestemBothriochloa barbinodisOrnamental grass, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
canyon gooseberryRibes menziesiiShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Canyon Gray sagebrushArtemisia californica 'Canyon Gray'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
canyon live oakQuercus chrysolepisTree, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Canyon Pink BuckeyeAesculus californica 'Canyon Pink'Shrub, California native, Tree- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Canyon Prince Wild RyeLeymus (Elymus) condensatus 'Canyon Prince'Ornamental grass, California native, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
canyon sunflowerVenegasia carpesioidesPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
cardinal flowerLobelia cardinalis hybrids and cvs. (CA native and non-native spp.)Perennial, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
Carmel Creeper CeanothusCeanothus griseusGround cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Carmel Creeper ceanothusCeanothus thyrsiflorus var griseus 'Carmel Creeper'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Cat ClawSenegalia greggiiShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LDL
Catalina cherryPrunus ilicifolia lyoniiShrub, Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Catalina CrossosomaCrossosoma californicaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Catalina Island Mountain MahoganyCercocarpus traskiaeShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
Catalina manzanitaArctostaphylos catalinaeShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
catclaw acaciaAcacia greggii (Senegalia greggii)Shrub, Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Cedros Island SageSalvia cedrosensisShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Centennial baccharisBaccharis 'Centennial'Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Centennial ceanothusCeanothus 'Centennial'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Central Coast IrisIris longipetalaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
Channel Islands Silver-lotusAcmispon argophyllusPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
chaparral currantRibes malvaceumShrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
chaparral honeysuckleLonicera interruptaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
chaparral honeysuckleLonicera subspicataVine, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Chaparral LotusAcmispon grandiflorusPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
checker lilyFritillaria affinisBulb, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
checkerbloomSidalcea malvifloraPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
chinquapinChrysolepis chrysophyllaTree, California native- NCL
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Chocolate LilyFritillaria bifloraPerennial, California native- NC?
- CVVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
chokecherryPrunus virginianaShrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
chuparosaJusticia californica (Beloperone californica)Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDVL
cinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa ssp. & cvs. (Potentilla fruticosa)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
cinquefoilPotentilla gracilisPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
cliff buckwheatEriogonum parvifoliumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
cliff desert dandelionMalacothrix saxatilis implicataPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
cliff rosePurshia stansburyana (Cowania mexicana, Purshia mexicana)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
cliff spurgeEuphorbia miseraShrub, Succulent, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
climbing milkweedSarcostemma cynanchoides ssp hartwegiiVine, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
climbing penstemonKeckiella cordifoliaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Clubmoss IvesiaIvesia lycopodiodesPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
clustered field sedgeCarex praegracilisPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
coast angelicaAngelica hendersoniiPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
coast buckwheatEriogonum latifoliumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
coast live oakQuercus agrifoliaTree, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
coast morning gloryCalystegia purpurata ssp. purpurataVine, California native- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
coast range onion grassMelica imperfectaOrnamental grass, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
coast redwoodSequoia sempervirensTree, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SC×
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
coast silktasselGarrya elliptica ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
coast sunflowerEncelia californicaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDVL
coast woodmintStachys chamissonisPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
coastal bush lupineLupinus arboreusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Coastal California PoppyEschscholzia californica var. maritimaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LD×
coastal gum plantGrindelia strictaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Coastal LotusAcmispon maritimus (salsuginosus)Perennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Coastal SagewortArtemisia pycnocephalaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
coastal wood fernDryopteris argutaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Cobb Mountain LupineLupinus sericatusPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
coffee fernPellaea andromedifoliaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Photo credits, 194 images from Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Blue ceanothus: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- alkalai sacaton: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- alkali heath: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Allen Chickering sage: Ulimw, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- allium: aslam karachiwala, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Alpine Alum Root: Flowersinmyyard, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- alpine lily: John Loganecker, Public domain
- alpine meadow rue: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- alum root: NPS Photo, Public domain
- American dogwood: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- American mannagrass: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Anchor Bay ceanothus: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Angelita Daisy: Andrey Zharkikh, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- antelope bitterbrush: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Apache plume: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Arizona ash: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Aromas salvia: Ulimw, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- arrowleaf balsam root: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Arroyo de la Cruz ceanothus: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- arroyo willow: William & Wilma Follette @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. Western wet..., Public domain
- ashy silktassel: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ashyleaf buckwheat: Peter D. Tillman from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Audubon mountain dogwood: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Austin Griffiths manzanita: Dcskagirl, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- azalea: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Baja bush-snapdragon: cultivar413, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Baja California wild rose: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Baja desert thorn: Stickpen, Public domain
- Baja fairy duster: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Baltic Rush: Matti Virtala, CC0 (licence)
- banana yucca: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- barrel cactus: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- barrel cactus: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- basin wild rye: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- basket rush: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- beach aster: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- beach evening primrose: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Beach Morning Glory: User:Strobilomyces, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bear grass: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bear grass: NPS Photo, Public domain
- Bee's Bliss sage: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Bert Johnson manzanita: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- big berry manzanita: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- big cone spruce: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- big galleta grass: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- big leaf maple: Angilbas at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- big pod ceanothus: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- big sacaton: CK Kelly, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- big sagebrush: Peemus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Big Sur manzanita: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Bigelow sneezeweed: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- bigleaf lupine: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bird's foot fern: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bishop pine: garmonb0zia, CC0 (licence)
- bitter gooseberry: George Williams, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- bitter root: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bitter snakewood: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- black cottonwood: Thereidshome, Public domain
- black/green sage: Jerry Kirkhart from Los Osos, Calif., CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- blackbrush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bladder pod: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bladderpod: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- bleeding heart: Amos Oliver Doyle, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Blue Blossom: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue dicks: Calibas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Blue Jeans ceanothus: unknown author, USFWS, Public domain
- blue oak: Yath at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue palo verde: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Blue Wild Rye: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- blue witch: Miguel Vieira, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- blue witch: Dawn Endico from Menlo Park, California, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- blue-eyed grass: Dawn Endico from Menlo Park, California, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- box elder: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- box thorn: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0 (licence)
- brake fern: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- brickellbush: Unknown author, Public domain
- bristlecone pine: Dcrjsr, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- brittle bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- broadleaf lupine: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- brodiaea: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- brookfoam: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- brown dogwood: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Bruce Dickenson buckwheat: Ciar, Public domain
- buckbrush: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- buckwheat: User:Toiyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bunchberry: JohnHarvey, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bur marigold: Jennifer Anderson, Public domain
- bush anemone: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bush mallow: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bush muhly: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0 (licence)
- bushrue: Stickpen, Public domain
- butterfly mint bush: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- button bush: Rufino Osorio (also known as Desmodium), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Buxifolia manzanita: Ruff tuff cream puff, CC0 (licence)
- California Adolphia: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- California beach aster: Peter D. Tillman from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- California black oak: Patrick Cox, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- California black walnut: Eugene Zelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- California black walnut: sarahangulo, CC0 (licence)
- California blackberry: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- California Brome: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- California buckeye: Eugene Zelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- California buckwheat: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- California buttercup: Calibas, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- California celery: Robert Steers/NPS, CC0 (licence)
- California Croton: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- California Dutchman's pipe: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- California false indigo bush: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- California fan palm: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- California fescue: Stickpen, Public domain
- California figwort/bee plant: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- California fuchsia: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- California goldenbush: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- California goldenrod: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- California gray rush: Stickpen, Public domain
- California hazel: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- California hibiscus: Marshman at en.wikipedia / Eric Guinther, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- California holly grape: Franco Folini from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- California honeysuckle: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- California juniper: homeredwardprice, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- California Mahonia: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- California mugwort: stonebird from inglewood, california, usa, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- California nutmeg: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- California oatgrass: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- California polypody: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- California ponysfoot: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- California poppy: Kaldari, CC0 (licence)
- California sagebrush: Franco Folini, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- California scrub oak: Photographed and uploaded by :en:Geographer (talk | contribs), CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- California Sunflower: miheco, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- California sword fern: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- California sycamore: Downtowngal, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- California wild grape: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- California wild rose: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- California Yerba Santa: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- camas: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- cane bluestem: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0 (licence)
- canyon gooseberry: jkirkhart35, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Canyon Gray sagebrush: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- canyon live oak: Doug Beckers on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Canyon Pink Buckeye: Awinch1001, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Canyon Prince Wild Rye: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- canyon sunflower: Cliff Hutson, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- cardinal flower: Barnes, Dr. Thomas G., Public domain
- Carmel Creeper Ceanothus: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Carmel Creeper ceanothus: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Cat Claw: Sue in az, Public domain
- Catalina cherry: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Catalina Crossosoma: John Game, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Catalina Island Mountain Mahogany: Stickpen, Public domain
- Catalina manzanita: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- catclaw acacia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Cedros Island Sage: Stickpen, Public domain
- Centennial baccharis: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Centennial ceanothus: iNaturalist user: amthinkia, CC0 (licence)
- Central Coast Iris: Peter Brastow, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Channel Islands Silver-lotus: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- chaparral currant: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- chaparral honeysuckle: David Fischer, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- chaparral honeysuckle: Stickpen, Public domain
- Chaparral Lotus: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- checker lily: DHochmayr, Public domain
- checkerbloom: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- chinquapin: Miguel Vieira from Walnut Creek, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Chocolate Lily: Photo by Michael "Mike" L. Baird (http://bairdphotos.com/), CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- chokecherry: Nadiatalent, Public domain
- chuparosa: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- cinquefoil: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- cinquefoil: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- cliff buckwheat: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- cliff desert dandelion: miheco, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- cliff rose: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- cliff spurge: Stickpen, Public domain
- climbing milkweed: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- climbing penstemon: Unknown author, Public domain
- Clubmoss Ivesia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- clustered field sedge: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- coast angelica: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- coast buckwheat: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- coast live oak: John Morgan from Walnut Creek, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- coast morning glory: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- coast range onion grass: Stickpen, Public domain
- coast redwood: Allie_Caulfield from Germany, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- coast silktassel: daveincamas, CC0 (licence)
- coast sunflower: Kong of Lasers, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- coast woodmint: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- coastal bush lupine: Alex Lomas, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Coastal California Poppy: Artslave, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- coastal gum plant: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Coastal Lotus: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Coastal Sagewort: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- coastal wood fern: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- Cobb Mountain Lupine: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- coffee fern: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
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Zones: NC North-Central Coastal, CV Central Valley, SC South Coastal, SI South Inland, HD High and Intermediate Desert, LD Low Desert. Ratings: VL very low water, L low, M moderate, H high, ? not rated for that zone, × not suited to that zone. Ratings are the University of California WUCOLS IV list.
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Sources
- WUCOLS IV plant list, University of California, snapshot of the live databaseRead August 23, 2026 on ucanr.edu/sites/WUCOLS
- Appendix C reference evapotranspiration table behind the six zonesRead August 23, 2026 on water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/Water-Use-And-Efficiency/MWELO-Rulemaking/Final-MWELO-Text-and-Appendices_20250103.pdf