fairy dusterCalliandra eriophyllaShrub, California native- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
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fairy dusterCalliandra eriophyllaShrub, California native
fairy fanScaevola aemulaGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
fairy irisDietes grandiflora and cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fairy lanternProsartes hookeri (Disporum hookeri) (shade)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCH
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
fairy lanternProsartes smithii (Disporum smithii) (shade)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCH
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
fairy wandDierama spp.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
fairy wax flowerPhilotheca verrucosaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fairy wingsEpimedium pinnatum (SHADE)Ground cover- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Fallbrook mock orangePhiladelphus 'Fallbrook'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
false cypressChamaecyparis spp. (CA native and non-native species)Shrub, Tree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCH
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
false esparto grassLygeum spartumOrnamental grass- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
false heatherCuphea hyssopifoliaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
false hiba cedarThujopsis dolabrata 'Nana'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
false indigoBaptisia australisPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
false indigobushAmorpha fruticosaShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HDM
- LD?
false mallowAnisodontea scabrosaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
false mallowSidalcea spp.Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
false Soloman's sealMaianthemum racemosum (Smilacina racemosa)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVH
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
false spireaSorbaria sorbifoliaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
false sunflowersHeliopsis cvs.Perennial- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
false tillandsiaAechmea recurvata var. recurvataPerennial- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fame flowerTalinum calycinumPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Fan AloesKumara spp. & cvs.Succulent- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
fan flowerScaevola 'Mauve Clusters'Ground cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
fasciculariaFascicularia pitcairniifoliaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
feather bushLysiloma watsoniiTree- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
feather reed grassCalamagrostis x acutiflora & ssp. & cvs., e.g. 'Karl Foerster'Ornamental grass- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
featherflowerVerticordia plumosa 'Pink Lace'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
featherheadPhylica pubescensShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
feathery cassia/sennaSenna artemisioides (Cassia artemisioides)Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
February plum daphneDaphne x houtteana 'February Plum'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
felt fernPyrrosia spp.Perennial- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Ferdinand AgaveAgave ferdinandi-regisSucculent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
fernBlechnum brasiliense (SHADE)Perennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Fern AsparagusAsparagus setaceusPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fern leaf geraniumPelargonium fruticosumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDL
fern leaf yarrowAchillea filipendulinaPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
fernleaf mapleAcer japonicumTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD×
fescue (cinerea)Festuca cinereaOrnamental grass- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
festival bushCeratopetalum gummiferum 'Albery''s Red'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
feverfewTanacetum parthenium (Chrysanthemum parthenium)Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
fiddleleaf figFicus lyrataTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
fierce lancewoodPseudopanax feroxShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
filbertCorylus maximaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fine-leafed malleeEucalyptus 'Moon Lagoon'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
Finescape mat rushLomandra confertifolia 'Finescape'- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
firAbies spp. (CA native and non-native)Tree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
fire lilyCyrtanthus purpureusBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fire lilyCyrtanthus sanguineusBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
firecracker flowerJatropha cardiophyllaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
firespikeOdontonema strictumShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
firethornPyracantha spp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
firewood banksiaBanksia menziesiiShrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fishtail wine palmCaryota maxima (Caryota urens)Tree, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV×
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
flame bushAdenanthos cuneatus 'Coral Drift'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
flame peaChorizema cordatumShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
flame treeBrachychiton acerifoliusTree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
flame vinePyrostegia venustaVine- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Flaming BellsTecoma x alata 'Flaming Bells'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
flaming glorybowerClerodendrum splendensShrub- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
flannel bushFremontodendron spp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDM
- LD×
Flat-bladed RushJuncus xiphioidesPerennial- NC×
- CVL
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
flaxLinum spp. & cvs.Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
flaxPhormium hybridsPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
flax leaf monardellaMonardella linoidesPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
flax leaf paper barkMelaleuca linariifoliaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
flax leaf pimpernelAnagallis monelliPerennial- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
flax lilyDianella revoluta cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
flaxleaf boucheaBouchea linifoliaPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fleabaneErigeron formosissimusPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fleabaneErigeron karvinskianusPerennial, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
fleeceflowerFallopia baldschuanica (Polygonum aubertii)Vine- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Fleshy Jaumea, Marsh JaumeaJaumea carnosaGround cover, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Flip Side chastetreeVitex 'Bailtexone' Flip Side®- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
flooded gumEucalyptus rudisTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
flooded/rose gumEucalyptus grandisTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Florida arrowrootZamia pumilaShrub, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
Florida figFicus floridaTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
florida x kousa hybridsCornus x rutgersensisTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
Flower Carpet® Amber RoseRosa 'NOA97400A' PP17098Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Flower Carpet® Appleblossom RoseRosa x 'Noamel'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Flower Carpet® Coral RoseRosa 'Noala' PP14441Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Flower Carpet® Pink Splash RoseRosa x 'Noasplash' PP24359Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Flower Carpet® Pink Supreme RoseRosa x 'NOA168098F' PP19206Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Flower Carpet® Red RoseRosa x 'Noare' PP11308Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Flower Carpet® Scarlet RoseRosa x 'NOA83100B' PP17373Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Flower Carpet® White RoseRosa x 'Noaschnee'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Flower Carpet® Yellow RoseRosa x 'Noalesa' PP13869Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
flowering almondPrunus glandulosaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
flowering ashFraxinus ornusTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
flowering cherryPrunus spp. cherryTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
flowering mapleAbutilon vitifoliumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD?
flowering mapleAbutilon x hybridum ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
flowering peachPrunus spp. peachTree- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
flowering plumPrunus spp. plumTree- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
flowering quinceChaenomeles & ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HDL
- LDM
flowering tobaccoNicotiana sylvestrisPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
flowering woodbineLonicera periclymenumVine- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Flutterby Petite ® Tutti Fruitti Pink butterfly bushBuddleja (orth.var. Buddleia) 'Podaras #13'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Flutterby Petite® Blue Heaven butterfly bushBuddleja (orth. var. Buddleia) 'Podaras #8'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
foamy bellsX Heucherella cvs. (SHADE)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
foothill ashFraxinus dipetalaTree, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
foothill pinePinus sabinianaTree, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
foothill sedgeCarex tumulicolaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
forest bell bushMackaya bella (shade)Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
forest Boer bloomSchotia latifoliaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
forest lilyVeltheimia bracteataBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
forest oakAllocasuarina torulosaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
forest sedgeCarex sylvaticaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioidesPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Forman's malleeEucalyptus formaniiTree- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
Formosa sugar palmArenga engleriShrub, Tree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Formosan lilyLilium formosanumBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
forsythiaAbeliophyllum distichumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
forsythiaForsythia spp. and hybridsShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
forsythiaForsythia X intermediaShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
forsythia sageSalvia madrensisShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
fortnight lilyDietes bicolor and cvsPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
fortnight lilyDietes iridioides and cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
fortune's holly fernCyrtomium fortuneiPerennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Fortune's mahoniaBerberis fortunei (Mahonia fortunei)nomen. unresolvedShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
fountain butterfly bushBuddleja alternifoliaShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HDM
- LDM
fountain grassPennisetum setaceumOrnamental grass- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
fountain rushElegia capensisPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
four o'clockMirabilis jalapaPerennial- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
four o'clockMirabilis multifloraPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
four-nerve daisyTetraneuris scaposaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
fowl mannagrassGlyceria striataOrnamental grass, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fox tail agaveAgave attenuata (and thin-leaved relatives)Perennial, Shrub- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
foxberryVaccinium vitis-idaeaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
foxgloveDigitalis purpurea cvsPerennial- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
foxgloveDigitalis x mertonensisPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
foxtail palmWodyetia bifurcataTree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Fragile Sheath SedgeCarex fractaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
fragrant abeliaAbelia mosanensis 'Fragrant Abelia'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Fragrant AshFraxinus cuspidataTree- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fragrant burseraBursera fagaroidesShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fragrant Himalayan champacaMagnolia champaca (Michelia champaca)Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Fragrant oliveOsmanthus heterophyllus 'Purpureus'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fragrant pitcher sageLepechinia fragransShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
fragrant sarcococcaSarcococca ruscifoliaShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Fragrant SnakerootAgeratina herbaceaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fragrant snowballViburnum carlcephalumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fragrant snowbellStyrax obassiaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
frangipaniPlumeria spp. and cvs.Shrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LDM
franklin treeFranklinia alatamaha (Gordonia alatamaha)Shrub, Tree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Fraser photiniaPhotinia x fraseriShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
freckled mazusMazus radicansGround cover- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Freeman mapleAcer X freemaniiTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
freesiaFreesia spp.Bulb- NCVL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDM
Fremont silk tasselGarrya fremontiiShrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Fremont's bush mallowMalacothamnus fremontiiShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Friendship SageSalvia gauranitica x gesneriiflora 'Amistad'Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
frilly bergeniaBergenia ciliataPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
fringe cupsTellima grandifloraPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
fringe flowerLoropetalum chinense & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
fringe lilyThysanotus multiflorusPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Fringed SageArtemisia frigidaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Frontier elmUlmus 'Frontier'Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Frosty Blue ceanothusCeanothus 'Frosty Blue'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
frosty curls hair sedgeCarex albulaPerennial- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Frosty Dawn ceanothusCeanothus maritimus 'Frosty Dawn'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Ft. Bragg manzanitaArctostaphylos nummulariaShrub, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
fuchsiaFuchsia hybridsPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
fuchsiaFuchsia thymifoliaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
fuchsia begoniaBegonia fuchsoides roseaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
fuchsia flowering gooseberryRibes speciosumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Fuji Snow sageSalvia 'Fuji Snow'Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
full moon mapleAcer shirasawanumTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
fumewortCorydalis flexuosaPerennial- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
furcraeaFurcraea spp.Shrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
Photo credits, 171 images from Wikimedia Commons
- fairy duster: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- fairy fan: Nemracc, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fairy iris: Rojer Wisner, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- fairy lantern: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fairy lantern: Miguel Vieira from Walnut Creek, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- fairy wand: Epibase, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- fairy wax flower: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- fairy wings: Sten at da.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Fallbrook mock orange: Homoarborea, CC0 (licence)
- false cypress: John B. from Highland Park, NJ, United States, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- false esparto grass: Javier martin, Public domain
- false heather: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- false hiba cedar: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- false indigo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- false indigobush: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- false mallow: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- false mallow: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- false Soloman's seal: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- false spirea: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- false sunflowers: United States Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program of..., Public domain
- false tillandsia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fame flower: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Fan Aloes: Timparkinson, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- fan flower: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- fascicularia: hozdiamant, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- feather bush: Prahlad balaji, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- feather reed grass: Bildoj, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- featherflower: Cygnis insignis, Public domain
- featherhead: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- feathery cassia/senna: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- February plum daphne: Sergei Kazantsev, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- felt fern: Kembangraps, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Ferdinand Agave: Andrey Butko, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fern: Remember, Public domain
- Fern Asparagus: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- fern leaf geranium: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fern leaf yarrow: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- fernleaf maple: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fescue (cinerea): Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- festival bush: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- feverfew: aslam karachiwala, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- fiddleleaf fig: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- fierce lancewood: Kahuroa, Public domain
- filbert: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- fine-leafed mallee: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Finescape mat rush: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- fir: Crusier, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fire lily: Scott Bauer, USDA ARS, Public domain
- fire lily: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- firecracker flower: PapiPijuan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- firespike: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- firethorn: Nirajan pant, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- firewood banksia: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au (licence)
- fishtail wine palm: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- flame bush: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- flame pea: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC0 (licence)
- flame tree: Tatters ✾ from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- flame vine: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Flaming Bells: Enziee, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- flaming glorybower: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- flannel bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Flat-bladed Rush: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- flax: The original uploader was Denis Barthel at German Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- flax: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- flax leaf monardella: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- flax leaf paper bark: Eug, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- flax leaf pimpernel: Sannse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- flax lily: Sam Genas, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- flaxleaf bouchea: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- fleabane: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fleabane: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- fleeceflower: Jan Samanek, State Phytosanitary Administration, Czechia, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- Fleshy Jaumea, Marsh Jaumea: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- Flip Side chastetree: Lalithamba, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- flooded gum: HelloMojo at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- flooded/rose gum: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Florida arrowroot: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Florida fig: Thyrome, CC0 (licence)
- florida x kousa hybrids: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Flower Carpet® Amber Rose: Joydeep, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Flower Carpet® Appleblossom Rose: Ruff tuff cream puff, CC0 (licence)
- Flower Carpet® Coral Rose: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Flower Carpet® Pink Splash Rose: When reusing, please credit me as author: Adam Kliczek, http://memoriesstay.c..., CC BY-SA 3.0 pl (licence)
- Flower Carpet® Pink Supreme Rose: Юрий Д.К., CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Flower Carpet® Red Rose: Helge Klaus Rieder, CC0 (licence)
- Flower Carpet® Scarlet Rose: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Flower Carpet® White Rose: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Flower Carpet® Yellow Rose: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- flowering almond: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- flowering ash: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- flowering cherry: Benjamin Gimmel, BenHur, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- flowering maple: crabchick from Bristol, England, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- flowering maple: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- flowering peach: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- flowering plum: lumoplank, CC0 (licence)
- flowering quince: Izvora, CC0 (licence)
- flowering tobacco: Kor!An (Корзун Андрей), CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- flowering woodbine: Luc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Flutterby Petite ® Tutti Fruitti Pink butterfly bush: Joaquin Asad, CC0 (licence)
- Flutterby Petite® Blue Heaven butterfly bush: Especies-mendoza-23, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- foamy bells: Jamain, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- foothill ash: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- foothill pine: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- foothill sedge: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- forest bell bush: PD Photo.org, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- forest Boer bloom: John Crain, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- forest lily: JonRichfield, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- forest oak: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- forest sedge: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- forget-me-not: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Forman's mallee: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Formosa sugar palm: Tangopaso, Public domain
- Formosan lily: Sphl, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- forsythia: © William Crochot / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- forsythia: Seha bs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- forsythia: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- forsythia sage: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fortnight lily: Mazarbulrin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fortnight lily: Amada44, Public domain
- fortune's holly fern: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Fortune's mahonia: Ing floral park haiku, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fountain butterfly bush: Wouter Hagens, Public domain
- fountain grass: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- fountain rush: Andy king50, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- four o'clock: Khalid Mahmood at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- four o'clock: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- four-nerve daisy: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- fowl mannagrass: pellaea, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- fox tail agave: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- foxberry: Jonas Bergsten, Public domain
- foxglove: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- foxglove: C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- foxtail palm: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Fragile Sheath Sedge: no rights reserved, CC0 (licence)
- fragrant abelia: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Fragrant Ash: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- fragrant bursera: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fragrant Himalayan champaca: P Jeganathan, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Fragrant olive: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fragrant pitcher sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fragrant sarcococca: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Fragrant Snakeroot: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fragrant snowball: Mbrickn, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- fragrant snowbell: Chhe (talk), Public domain
- frangipani: Renesis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- franklin tree: Francine Riez, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Fraser photinia: Wouter Hagens, Public domain
- freckled mazus: Velella, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Freeman maple: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- freesia: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Fremont silk tassel: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Fremont's bush mallow: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Friendship Sage: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- frilly bergenia: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fringe cups: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- fringe flower: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- fringe lily: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Fringed Sage: Jim Pisarowicz, Public domain
- Frontier elm: Ptelea, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Frosty Blue ceanothus: Grigory Heaton, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- frosty curls hair sedge: Stickpen, Public domain
- Frosty Dawn ceanothus: Stickpen, CC0 (licence)
- Ft. Bragg manzanita: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fuchsia: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- fuchsia: Ivo Antušek, Public domain
- fuchsia begonia: Juni from Kyoto, Japan, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- fuchsia flowering gooseberry: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Fuji Snow sage: Nostradame2, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- full moon maple: André Abrahami, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- fumewort: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- furcraea: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 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