Rough HedgenettleStachys rigidaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
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Rough HedgenettleStachys rigidaPerennial, California native
round leaf snowberrySymphoricarpos rotundifolius (SHADE)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
rushJuncus aquatic spp. (native and non-native spp.)Perennial, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
rusty sedgeCarex subfuscaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
SacapelloteAcourtia microcephelaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sacred DaturaDatura wrightiiPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LDL
saffron buckwheatEriogonum crocatumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
saguaroCarnegiea giganteaShrub, California native- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
salalGaultheria shallonShrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
salmonberryRubus spectabilisShrub, California native- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
salt grassDistichlis spicata (marsh, reveg)Ornamental grass, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Salt Heliotrope, Seaside HeliotropeHeliotropium curassavicumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
saltbushAtriplex (CA native species) & ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
SaltwortBatis maritimaShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
salvia Cleveland/Alan Chickering etc.Salvia clevelandii ssp., cvs. & hybridsShrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
San Bruno Mtn manzanitaArctostaphylos uva-ursi 'San Bruno Mountain'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
San Clemente Island bush mallowMalacothamnus clementinusShrub, California native- NC?
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
San Diego BursageAmbrosia chenopodifoliaShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LDL
San Diego ceanothusCeanothus cyaneusShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
San Diego County viguieraBahiopsis laciniata (Viguiera laciniata)Shrub, California native- NC×
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
San Diego mountain mahoganyCercocarpus minutiflorusShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
San Diego ragweedAmbrosia pumilaGround cover, California native- NC?
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
San Diego SagewortArtemisia palmeriPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
San Diego sedgeCarex spissaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
San Miguel Island buckwheatEriogonum grande var. rubescensPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDL
San Miguel Island MilkvetchAstragalus miguelensisPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
San Miguel Mountain sageSalvia munziiShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
San Miguel savoryClinopodium chandleri (Satureja chandleri)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
San Pedro Martir cypressHesperocyparis montana (Cupressus montana)Tree, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
San Simeon ceanothusCeanothus hearstiorumGround cover, California native- NCL
- CV×
- SC?
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
sand burAmbrosia chamissonisPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
sand dune sedgeCarex pansaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
sand verbenaAbronia maritimaPerennial, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Sandbar WillowSalix exiguaShrub, Tree, California native- NCH
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LD?
Santa Barbara CeanothusCeanothus impressus & ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Santa Cruz island buckwheatEriogonum arborescensShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Santa Cruz Island gooseberryRibes thacherianumShrub, California native- NC×
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Santa Rosa island SageSalvia brandegeei ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Sargent cypressHesperocyparis sargentii (Cupressus sargentii)Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Sawtooth GoldenbushHazardia squarrosaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Saxifraga spp. (for some CA natives see Micranthes spp.)Saxifraga spp. (for some CA natives see Micranthes spp.)California native- NC×
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
saxifrageMicranthes spp. (some CA natives)(Saxifraga)California native- NC×
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
scarlet monardellaMonardella macranthaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
scorpion flowerPhacelia californicaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
screwbean mesquiteProsopis pubescensTree, California native- NC×
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
sea foamHolodiscus discolorShrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
sea pinkArmeria maritimaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
self healPrunella spp. (CA native and non-native species)Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Serpentine SunflowerHelianthus bolanderiPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sessile flower false golden asterHeterotheca sessilifloraPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
shagbark manzanitaArctostaphylos rudis & ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Shasta snow wreathNeviusia cliftoniiShrub, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Shore PinePinus contorta var. contortaTree, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD×
Shorter Scaled SedgeCarex leptopodaOrnamental grass, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Shortleaf BaccharisBaccharis brachyphyllaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
shrub live oakQuercus turbinellaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD×
Shrubby BrickellbushBrickellia frutescensShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Sidewinder California fuchsiaEpilobium canum 'Sidewinder'Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sierra blue ceanothusCeanothus 'Sierra Blue'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Sierra gooseberryRibes roezliiShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Sierra plumPrunus subcordataShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Sierra Salmon California fuchsiaEpilobium canum 'Sierra Salmon'Perennial, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
silk tassel bushGarrya veatchiiShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
silver buffaloberryShepherdia argenteaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
silver dune lupineLupinus chamissonisShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
silver lupineLupinus albifronsShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Silver WormwoodArtemisia ludoviciana ssp. albulaPerennial, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
silverweedPotentilla anserinaPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
Silvery LupineLupinus argenteusPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
single leaf pinyon pinePinus monophyllaTree, California native- NCL
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD×
skunk bushRhus trilobata ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
skunk cabbageLysichiton americanusPerennial, California native- NCH
- CV×
- SCH
- SI×
- HD?
- LD×
Skylark ceanothusCeanothus thyrsiflorus 'Skylark'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
slender hairgrassDeschampsia elongataOrnamental grass, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Slender SedgeCarex graciliorOrnamental grass, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Slender SunflowerHelianthus gracilentusPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
Slough SedgeCarex obnuptaOrnamental grass, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
small flowered clematisClematis paucifloraVine, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
smoke treePsorothamnus spinosus (Dalea spinosa)Shrub, California native- NC×
- CVL
- SC×
- SIL
- HD×
- LDVL
smooth leaf yerba santaEriodictyon trichocalyxShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
snake berryActaea rubra (shade)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
snakerootSanicula crassicaulisPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Snow Flurry ceanothusCeanothus thyrsiflorus 'Snow Flurry'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Snowball ceanothusCeanothus rigidus 'Snowball'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
snowberrySymphoricarpos albus ssp. & cvs. (SHADE)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
snowdrop bushStyrax redivivus (Styrax californicus, Styrax fulvescens)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LD×
soap plantChlorogalum pomeridianumBulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
softrushJuncus effusus ssp. & cvs.Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
Sonoma sageSalvia 'Dara's Choice'Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Sonoma sageSalvia sonomensis and cvs.Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
southern goldenrodSolidago confinisPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
southern high bush blueberryVaccinium hybrids and cvs (CA native and non- native spp.)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
southern mountain miseryChamaebatia australisGround cover, California native- NC?
- CV×
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
spicy sennaSenna armata (Cassia armata)Shrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HDVL
- LDL
Spike BentgrassAgrostis exarataOrnamental grass, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
spike rushEleocharis spp. (CA native and non-native spp.)Perennial, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
spiny rushJuncus acutusPerennial, California native- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
spiraeaSpiraea spp. (CA native and non native spp.)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
spreading gooseberryRibes divaricatumShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
spreading gum plantGrindelia stricta var. platyphyllaGround cover, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
springbank cloverTrifolium wormskioldiiPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
St. Catherine's laceEriogonum giganteumShrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
star lilyToxicoscordion fremontii (Zigadenus fremontii)Bulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Starn coyote brushBaccharis 'Starn' & ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
starry Soloman's sealMaianthemum stellatum (Smilacina stellata)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
sticky cinquefoilDrymocallis glandulosa (Potentilla glandulosa)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
sticky monkey flowerMimulus aurantiacus and cvs. (Diplacus aurantiacus)Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
stone cropSedum spp. & cvs. (some are Hylotelephium)Ground cover, Perennial, Succulent, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
strawberryFragaria spp. & cvs. (CA native and non-natives species)Ground cover, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
stream orchidEpipactis giganteaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LD?
Sturdy SedgeCarex almaOrnamental grass, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
suffrutescent wallflowerErysimum suffrutescensPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sugar bushRhus ovataShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
sugar pinePinus lambertianaTree, California native- NC×
- CVL
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
sulphur-flower buckwheatEriogonum umbellatum var. polyanthumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
summer hollyComarostaphylis diversifolia (Arctostaphylos diversifolia)Shrub, Tree, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
summer lupineLupinus formosusPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
sunroseCrocanthemum aldersonii (Helianthemum scoparium)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Sunset manzanitaArctostaphylos 'Sunset'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
sweet bushBebbia junceaShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
sweet grassAnthoxanthum occidentale (Hierochloe occidentalis)Ornamental grass, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
tanbark oakNotholithocarpus densiflorus (Lithocarpus densiflorus)Tree, California native- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
TarragonArtemisia dracunculusPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIL
- HDM
- LD?
Tassajara Blue ceanothusCeanothus 'Tassajara Blue'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Tecate cypressHesperocyparis forbesii (Cupressus forbesii)Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
Theodore Payne buckwheatEriogonum fasciculatum 'Theodore Payne'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
thickleaf yerba santaEriodictyon crassifoliumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
thimbleberryRubus parviflorusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
ThingrassAgrostis pallensOrnamental grass, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Tilden Park ceanothusCeanothus 'Tilden Park'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Tom's Point manzanitaArctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Tom's Point'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Torrey pinePinus torreyanaTree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Torrey's melicMelica torreyanaOrnamental grass, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
toyonHeteromeles arbutifolia ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
tree lavateraMalva thuringiaca (Lavatera thuringiaca)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
tree mallowMalva assurgentiflora and cvs. (Lavatera assurgentiflora)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
tree poppyDendromecon rigidaShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Trigonous SedgeCarex triquetraOrnamental grass, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
trixisTrixis californicaShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
tufted hairgrassDeschampsia cespitosa and cvs.Ornamental grass, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
turpentine bushEricameria laricifolia ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
twinberryLonicera involucrataShrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
umbrella plant/Indian rhubarbDarmera peltata (Peltiphyllum)Perennial, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
umbrella sedge/papyrusCyperus spp. (CA native and non-native species)Perennial, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HDH
- LDH
urn flowered alumrootHeuchera elegansPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Utah service berryAmelanchier utahensisShrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
valley oakQuercus lobataTree, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Valley SedgeCarex barbaraeOrnamental grass, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Valley Violet ceanothusCeanothus maritimus 'Valley Violet'Ground cover, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Vandenberg ceanothusCeanothus impressus 'Vandenberg'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Vandenberg manzanitaArctostaphylos purissima 'Vandenberg'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
vanilla grassAnthoxanthum nitens ssp. nitens (Hierochloe odorata)Ornamental grass, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
venus thistleCirsium occidentalePerennial, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
vine mapleAcer circinatumShrub, Tree, California native- NCM
- CVH
- SCH
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
wake robinTrillium chloropetalumPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Wallace's nightshadeSolanum wallaceiPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
wallflowerErysimum concinnumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
wand buckwheatEriogonum elongatumCalifornia native- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
wand sageSalvia vaseyiShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Warriner Lytle buckwheatEriogonum fasciculatum 'Warriner Lytle'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
warty stem ceanothusCeanothus verrucosusShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
Washoe pinePinus ponderosa var. washoensis (Pinus washoensis)Tree, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
water birchBetula occidentalisTree, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
wavy leaf mountain lilacCeanothus foliosus &ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
wax currantRibes cereumShrub, California native- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Wayne Roderick daisyErigeron 'Wayne Roderick'Perennial, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Wayside manzanitaArctostaphylos hookeri 'Wayside'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
wedge leaf horkeliaHorkelia cuneataPerennial, California native- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
West Coast Canada goldenrodSolidago elongata (Solidago canadensis spp. elongata)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western asterSymphyotrichum ascendens (Aster ascendens)Perennial, California native- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Western Black WillowSalix lasiandra (lucida ssp. lasiandra)Tree, California native- NCH
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LD×
Western Blue FlagIris missouriensisPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Western ChokecherryPrunus virginiana var. demissaTree, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western cottonwoodPopulus fremontiiTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LDH
western crabappleMalus fuscaTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western dichondraDichondra occidentalisPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western dog violetViola aduncaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western dogwoodCornus sericea occidentalisShrub, California native- NCH
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
western goldenrodEuthamia occidentalisPerennial, California native- NC?
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
western hackberryCeltis reticulataTree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
western hop treePtelea crenulataShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
western marsh rosemaryLimonium californicumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Western ragweedAmbrosia psilostachyaPerennial, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDL
western red cedarThuja plicataTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
western redbudCercis occidentalisTree, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
western sea purslaneSesuvium verrucosumGround cover, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
western service berryAmelanchier alnifoliaShrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
western snake rootAgeratina occidentalisPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
western spice bushCalycanthus occidentalisShrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
western sword fernPolystichum munitumPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
western virgin's bowerClematis ligusticifoliaVine, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Wheeler Canyon ceanothusCeanothus 'Wheeler Canyon'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
white alderAlnus rhombifoliaTree, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HDH
- LD×
white brodiaeaTriteleia hyacinthinaBulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
white bursageAmbrosia dumosaShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HDL
- LDL
White Cloud manzanitaArctostaphylos viridissima 'White Cloud'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Photo credits, 196 images from Wikimedia Commons
- Rough Hedgenettle: Keir Morse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- round leaf snowberry: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- rush: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rusty sedge: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Sacapellote: Clarence A. Rechenthin @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database, Public domain
- Sacred Datura: Dlarsen, Public domain
- saffron buckwheat: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- saguaro: Tyrv, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- salal: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- salmonberry: David McMaster (= user BlindGoofy), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- salt grass: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Salt Heliotrope, Seaside Heliotrope: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- saltbush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Saltwort: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- salvia Cleveland/Alan Chickering etc.: Photo by and (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man). Location credit to the Chanticle..., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- San Bruno Mtn manzanita: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- San Clemente Island bush mallow: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- San Diego Bursage: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- San Diego ceanothus: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- San Diego County viguiera: Stickpen, Public domain
- San Diego mountain mahogany: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- San Diego ragweed: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US, Public domain
- San Diego Sagewort: Stickpen, Public domain
- San Diego sedge: Stickpen, Public domain
- San Miguel Island buckwheat: Stickpen, Public domain
- San Miguel Island Milkvetch: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- San Miguel Mountain sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- San Miguel savory: Jesse Rorabaugh, CC0 (licence)
- San Pedro Martir cypress: Alan Rockefeller https://www.inaturalist.org/people/alan_rockefeller, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- San Simeon ceanothus: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sand bur: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sand dune sedge: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- sand verbena: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Sandbar Willow: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Santa Barbara Ceanothus: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Santa Cruz island buckwheat: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Santa Cruz Island gooseberry: Stickpen, Public domain
- Santa Rosa island Sage: Stickpen, CC0 (licence)
- Sargent cypress: ThemodoccypressCreator:Joey Malone, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sawtooth Goldenbush: Unknown author, Public domain
- Saxifraga spp. (for some CA natives see Micranthes spp.): Qaqqaqtunaaq from Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- saxifrage: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- scarlet monardella: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- scorpion flower: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- screwbean mesquite: user:pompilid, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sea foam: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sea pink: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- self heal: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Serpentine Sunflower: Linda Hagen, CC0 (licence)
- sessile flower false golden aster: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- shagbark manzanita: Stickpen, Public domain
- Shasta snow wreath: Julie Kierstead Nelson, Public domain
- Shore Pine: Dankarl, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Shorter Scaled Sedge: Nijua69, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Shortleaf Baccharis: Tasha La Doux, NPS, Public domain
- shrub live oak: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Shrubby Brickellbush: (c) Matt Berger, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Sidewinder California fuchsia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sierra blue ceanothus: Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Sierra gooseberry: USFS Region 5, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Sierra plum: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sierra Salmon California fuchsia: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0 (licence)
- silk tassel bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- silver buffaloberry: SriMesh, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- silver dune lupine: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- silver lupine: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Silver Wormwood: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- silverweed: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Silvery Lupine: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- single leaf pinyon pine: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- skunk bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- skunk cabbage: Martin Bravenboer, Public domain
- Skylark ceanothus: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- slender hairgrass: Robert H. Mohlenbrock, Public domain
- Slender Sedge: Святослав Власенко, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Slender Sunflower: Unknown author, Public domain
- Slough Sedge: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- small flowered clematis: Stickpen, Public domain
- smoke tree: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- smooth leaf yerba santa: joedecruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- snake berry: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- snakeroot: Rachel Whitt, CC0 (licence)
- Snow Flurry ceanothus: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Snowball ceanothus: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- snowberry: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- snowdrop bush: Stickpen, Public domain
- soap plant: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- softrush: The original uploader was Meggar at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sonoma sage: Geoprofi Lars, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Sonoma sage: Stickpen, Public domain
- southern goldenrod: jkirkhart35, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- southern high bush blueberry: Kazvorpal at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- southern mountain misery: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- spicy senna: Unknown author, Public domain
- Spike Bentgrass: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- spike rush: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- spiny rush: Esculapio, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- spiraea: User:Pipi69e, CC0 (licence)
- spreading gooseberry: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- spreading gum plant: Dawn Endico from Menlo Park, California, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- springbank clover: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- St. Catherine's lace: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- star lily: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Starn coyote brush: Patricio Cowper Coles, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- starry Soloman's seal: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- sticky cinquefoil: Unknown author, Public domain
- sticky monkey flower: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Public domain
- stone crop: Sannse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- strawberry: xulescu_g, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- stream orchid: BerndH, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sturdy Sedge: (c) Diego Rodríguez Hernández, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- suffrutescent wallflower: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- sugar bush: Michael J. Plagens, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sugar pine: Mitch from Costa Mesa, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- sulphur-flower buckwheat: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- summer holly: Anthony Valois, Public domain
- summer lupine: "All photos were taken by staff of the NRCS California Plant Materials Center..., Public domain
- sunrose: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Sunset manzanita: Chloe and Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- sweet bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sweet grass: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 18:00, 27 May 2006 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tanbark oak: Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- Tarragon: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Tassajara Blue ceanothus: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Tecate cypress: Billy, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Theodore Payne buckwheat: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- thickleaf yerba santa: Unknown author, Public domain
- thimbleberry: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Thingrass: Robert Steers/NPS, CC0 (licence)
- Tilden Park ceanothus: Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Tom's Point manzanita: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Torrey pine: en:User:Geographer, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Torrey's melic: Don Loarie, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- toyon: Miguel Vieira from Walnut Creek, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- tree lavatera: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- tree mallow: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tree poppy: NPS, Public domain
- Trigonous Sedge: Stickpen, Public domain
- trixis: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tufted hairgrass: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- turpentine bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- twinberry: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- umbrella plant/Indian rhubarb: Wouter Hagens, Public domain
- umbrella sedge/papyrus: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- urn flowered alumroot: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Utah service berry: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- valley oak: Miguel Vieira from Walnut Creek, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Valley Sedge: AerobicFox, CC0 (licence)
- Valley Violet ceanothus: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Vandenberg ceanothus: Theactivistuk, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Vandenberg manzanita: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- vanilla grass: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- venus thistle: Wing-Chi Poon, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- vine maple: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- wake robin: Ramin Nakisa, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Wallace's nightshade: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wallflower: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wand buckwheat: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- wand sage: Ulimw, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Warriner Lytle buckwheat: NPS, Public domain
- warty stem ceanothus: Stickpen, Public domain
- Washoe pine: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- water birch: Robert H. Mohlenbrock, Public domain
- wavy leaf mountain lilac: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wax currant: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Wayne Roderick daisy: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Wayside manzanita: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US, Public domain
- wedge leaf horkelia: jkirkhart35, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- West Coast Canada goldenrod: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- western aster: Robb Hannawacker, CC0 (licence)
- Western Black Willow: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Western Blue Flag: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Western Chokecherry: Maxime Laterreur, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- western cottonwood: Amy Gaiennie, NPS, Public domain
- western crabapple: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- western dichondra: Hardyplants at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- western dog violet: Thegreenj, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- western dogwood: Sulfur at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- western goldenrod: Unknown author, Public domain
- western hackberry: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- western hop tree: Anthony Baniaga, CC0 (licence)
- western marsh rosemary: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- Western ragweed: Krzysztof Ziarnek Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- western red cedar: abdallahh from Montréal, Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- western redbud: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- western sea purslane: Stephen Laymon, Bureau of Land Management, Public domain
- western service berry: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- western snake root: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- western spice bush: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- western sword fern: Jami Dwyer, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- western virgin's bower: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Wheeler Canyon ceanothus: Syced, CC0 (licence)
- white alder: US NPS Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Public domain
- white brodiaea: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- white bursage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- White Cloud manzanita: Daderot, Public domain
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