- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Plants starting with M: water needs by California climate zone
Each plant shows its water use rating for each of the six California climate zones. Minutes opens the sprinkler calculator with the plant and a climate city preset.
Page 1 of 2: macadamia nut to moor grass.
macho fernNephrolepis biserrata 'Macho fern'Perennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
MacNab cypressHesperocyparis macnabiana (Cupressus macnabiana)Tree, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Madagascan ocotilloAlluaudia proceraTree, Succulent- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Madagascar jasmineStephanotis floribundaVine- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Madagascar PalmPachypodium spp. & cvs.Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LDM
Madagascar periwinkleCatharanthus roseusPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Madagascar sagoCycas thouarsii (SHADE)Shrub, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Madagascar senecioSenecio decaryiPerennial, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Madame Galen Trumpet VineCampsis x tagliabuana 'Madame Galen'Vine- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Madeira germanderTeucrium betonicumShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
MadrecuixeAgave karwinskiiSucculent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
madroneArbutus menziesiiTree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
magic flowerCantua buxifoliaShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Magic Lantern GrevilleaGrevillea x 'Magic Lantern'- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
magnolia (cavalieri)Magnolia cavaleriei var. platypetala (Michelia platypetala)Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Maguey de PulqueAgave salmianaSucculent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Mahala MatCeanothus prostratusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
maiden hair treeGinkgo bilobaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
maidenhair fernAdiantum spp. (shade) CA native and non-nativePerennial, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HDM
- LDM
- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Maire's fescueFestuca maireiOrnamental grass- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Majestic AgaveAgave franzosiniiSucculent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Majesty palmRavenea rivularisTree, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Majorcan germanderTeucrium cossoniiGround cover, Perennial- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Makinoi's holly fernPolystichum makinoiPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
male bambooDendrocalamus strictusTree, Bamboo- NC×
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
male fernDryopteris filix-masPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
mallowAnisodontea hybrids and cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
mallow roseHibiscus moscheutos & cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HDM
- LD?
Maltese crossLychnis chalcedonicaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Manchurian striped mapleAcer tegmentosumTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Mandarin honeysuckleLonicera x 'Mandarin'Vine- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
mandevillaMandevilla splendensShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
manfredaManfreda spp. & cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
mangaveX Mangave ssp. & cvs.Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
Mango Popsicle Dwarf PokerKniphofia 'Mango Popsicle' PP22968Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
manikoSalvia koyamaePerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
manna gumEucalyptus viminalisTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Manten daphneDaphne x mantensianaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
many-colored lupineLupinus variicolorPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
manzanita (shrub cvs.)Arctostaphylos hookeriShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
manzanita Carmel Sur etc.Arctostaphylos edmundsii & ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
manzanita cvs. e.g. Howard McMinn, SentinelArctostaphylos densiflora & ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
manzanita cvs. e.g., Dr Hurd, St. HelenaArctostaphylos manzanita & ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
Maori onionBulbinella hookeriBulb- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
map plantPisonia umbelliferaTree- NC?
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Maraca PortulacaPortulaca molokiniensis 'Maraca'Perennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
maraschino sageSalvia 'Maraschino'Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Marbled AgaveAgave marmorataSucculent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
marbled bambooChimonobambusa marmorea (Arundinaria)Shrub, Bamboo- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
marbled wild gingerAsarum hartwegii (SHADE)Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
marcetellaMarcetella moquinianaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Margarita B.O.P foothill penstemonPenstemon heterophyllus 'Margarita BOP'Perennial, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Marguerite daisyArgyranthemum frutescens & ssp. & cvs. (Chrysanthemum frutescens)(shade in desert)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Marie Simon ceanothusCeanothus x pallidus 'Marie Simon'Shrub, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Marina arbutusArbutus 'Marina'Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Marine BlueSalvia chamaedryoidesShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
mariolaSolanum hindsianumShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Maritime CeanothusCeanothus martimus & ssp. & cvs.- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
markhamiaMarkhamia lutea (hildebrandtii)Tree- NC?
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
marmalade bushStreptosolen jamesoniiShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Marsh BaccharisBaccharis brachyphyllaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
Marsh BaccharisBaccharis glutinosa (douglasii)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
marsh marigoldCaltha palustrisPerennial, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Martha Washington pelargoniumPelargonium domesticumPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Martian moondropsCotula hispidaPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Marvel MahoniaMahonia x media 'Marvel'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mascarene grassZoysia tenuifoliaOrnamental grass- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
mask flowerAlonsoa meridionalisPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Massachussetts manzanitaArctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Massachusetts'Ground cover- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
mastic treePistacia lentiscusShrub, Tree- NCVL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
mat rushLomandra confertifoliaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
matchweedGutierrezia sarothraeShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDVL
- LDL
Matilija poppyRomneya coulteri ssp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
matted pratiaLobelia pedunculata cvs. (Pratia pedunculata)Ground cover, Palm or cycad- NCM
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Maximilian sunflowerHelianthus maximilianiPerennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HDM
- LD?
May lilyMaianthemum dilatatumPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVH
- SCH
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
May Night sageSalvia 'May Night'Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
'Mayan' series Mexican petuniaRuellia simplex cvs.Perennial- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
mazusMazus reptansGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
Meadow barleyHordeum brachyantherumOrnamental grass, California native- NC?
- CVVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
meadow dragon's headDracocephalum rupestrePerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
meadow rueThalictrum fendleri var. polycarpumPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
meadow rue (coreanum)Thalictrum coreanumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
meadow rue (flavum)Thalictrum flavum spp. glaucumPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
meadow sageSalvia nemorosa and cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
meadow sageSalvia pratensis haematodesPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mealy cup sageSalvia farinacea and cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Mediterranean fan palmChamaerops humilisShrub, Palm or cycad- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Mediterranean spurgeEuphorbia characias wulfeniiPerennial, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
Medusa's headEuphorbia caput-medusaePerennial, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
merremia (aurea)Merremia aureaVine- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
merremia (quinquefolia)Merremia quinquefoliaVine- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LDM
mesa oakQuercus engelmanniiTree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Mescal CenizaAgave colorataSucculent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Mexicali PenstemonPenstemon x mexicali & cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican abeliaAbelia floribundaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Mexican anise treeIllicium mexicanumShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican bauhiniaBauhinia divaricata (B.mexicana)Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican bird of paradiseCaesalpinia mexicanaShrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Mexican blue oakQuercus oblongifoliaTree- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican buckeyeUngnadia speciosaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
Mexican bush sageSalvia leucantha ssp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
Mexican cardinal flowerLobelia fulgensPerennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican cardinal sageSalvia fulgensPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican climbing bambooChusquea coronalisShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Mexican ebonyHavardia mexicana (Pithecellobium mexicana)Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
Mexican evening primroseOenothera speciosa (Oenothera berlandieri)Ground cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Mexican fan palmWashingtonia robustaTree, Palm or cycad- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
- NC×
- CVL
- SC×
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
Mexican fence post cactusPachycereus marginatusShrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Mexican flame vinePseudogynoxys chenopodioides (Senecio confusus)Vine- NC×
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican fuchsia sageSalvia iodanthaPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican giant hyssopAgastache mexicanaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
Mexican gunneraGunnera killipianaPerennial- NCH
- CVH
- SC?
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Mexican hatRatibida columniferaPerennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Mexican heatherCuphea 'Yellow'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican honeysuckleJusticia spicigeraShrub- NC×
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Mexican lilyBeschorneria yuccoidesPerennial, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican lobeliaLobelia laxifloraShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Mexican loosestrifeCuphea aequipetalaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican manzanitaArctostaphylos pungensShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
Mexican Nova AgaveAgave celsii 'Nova'Succulent- NC×
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Mexican orangeChoisya ternataShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Mexican oreganoLippia graveolensShrub- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
Mexican palo verde/ Jerusalem thornParkinsonia aculeataTree- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Mexican petuniaRuellia simplexPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDL
- LDL
Mexican pitcher sageLepechinia hastataShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican plume bambooChusquea circinataShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican redbudCercis mexicanaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican rushJuncus mexicanusPerennial, California native- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican sageSalvia mexicana and cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican sea hollyEryngium alternatumPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican shell flowerTigridia pavoniaBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican sycamorePlatanus mexicanaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican tarragonTagetes lucidaPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Mexican tree ocotilloFouquieria macdougaliiShrub, Succulent- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican weeping bambooOtatea acuminata (aztecorum)Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Meyer's YewTaxus 'Meyeri'Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
milk bushEuphorbia tirucalliShrub, Succulent- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SI×
- HD×
- LDL
milk/silk weedAsclepias ssp. & cvs. (CA native species)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
million bellsCalibrachoa & ssp. & cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
mindinao gumEucalyptus degluptaTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Miners Merlot SpurgeEuphorbia x amygdaloides 'Miner's Merlot'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
Ming FernAsparagus macowaniiPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
miniature brass buttonsLeptinella gruveriGround cover- NCH
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
miniature daisyBellium minutumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
miniature grape ivyCissus striataVine- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Miniature LupineLupinus bicolorPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Minstead Scotch BroomCytisus x 'Minstead' (Dallimorei hybrid)Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
mintMentha spp. (CA native and non-native spp.)Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
mint bushProstanthera denticulataShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
mint bushProstanthera ovalifoliaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
mirror plantCoprosma repens & ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
mission manzanitaXylococcus bicolorPerennial, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
Missouri evening primroseOenothera macrocarpaGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
mistflowerEupatorium spp.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
miyabe mapleAcer miyabeiTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
mochi treeIlex integraTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
mock orangePittosporum tobira and cvs.Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Modesto ashFraxinus velutina 'Modesto'Tree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
modestyWhipplea modesta (shade)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Modoc cypressHesperocyparis bakeri (Cupressus bakeri)Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Mohave poplarPopulus 'Mohavensis'Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
Mohawk viburnumViburnum 'Mohawk'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mojave yuccaYucca schidigera (Yucca californica, Yucca mohavensis)Shrub, Succulent, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Mondale Pine, Afghan PinePinus eldaricaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
mondo grassOphiopogon japonicus SHADE in desertPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
monk's hoodAconitum fischeriPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
monkey combPithecoctenium crucigerumVine- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
monkey flowerMimulus hybrids (shrubby) (Diplacus)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
monkey flowerMimulus spp. & cvs. (herbaceous)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
monkey puzzle treeAraucaria araucanaTree- NCL
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
monkey's hand treeChiranthodendron pentadactylonTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
monkeyflower savoryClinopodium mimuloides (Satureja mimuloides)Perennial, California native- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Monks Pepper, Chaste TreeVitex agnus-castus 'Montrose Purple'Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
monochaetumMonochaetum vulcanicumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
Monroe Vine MapleAcer circinatum 'Monroe'Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCH
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Montara sagebrushArtemisia californica 'Montara'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
montbrietaCrocosmia hybrids (Tritonia)Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
Monterey carpet manzanitaArctostaphylos hookeri 'Monterey Carpet'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Monterey CeanothusCeanothus rigidus & ssp & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Monterey cypressHesperocyparis macrocarpa (Cupressus macrocarpa)Tree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Monterey pinePinus radiataTree, California native- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Monterrey oakQuercus polymorphaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Montezuma cypressTaxodium mucronatumTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Montezuma pinePinus montezumaeTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
moonstonesPachyphytum spp.Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
moor grassMolinia caeruleaOrnamental grass- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Photo credits, 187 images from Wikimedia Commons
- macho fern: Daderot, Public domain
- MacNab cypress: Themodoccypress, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Madagascan ocotillo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Madagascar jasmine: Lenore Edman from Sunnyvale, CA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Madagascar Palm: Wayne77, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Madagascar periwinkle: imbeaul, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Madagascar sago: Polypompholyx, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Madagascar senecio: Yucalyptus, CC0 (licence)
- Madame Galen Trumpet Vine: Wildfeuer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Madeira germander: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Madrecuixe: nmoorhatch, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- madrone: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- magic flower: Zorka Ostojic Espinoza from Arica, Chile, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Magic Lantern Grevillea: Lord.of.the.Proterozoic, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- magnolia (cavalieri): Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Maguey de Pulque: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Mahala Mat: Chaney Swiney, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- maiden hair tree: EecherplazGinkgo06.jpg: Cayambe derivative work: Ginkgotree (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- maidenhair fern: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Maire's fescue: Daderot, Public domain
- Majestic Agave: Almapayokels, CC0 (licence)
- Majesty palm: Stickpen, Public domain
- Majorcan germander: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Makinoi's holly fern: Ethnobotanical Enthusiast, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- male bamboo: LRBurdak, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- male fern: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- mallow: Stickpen, Public domain
- mallow rose: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Maltese cross: chipmunk_1 from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Manchurian striped maple: www.fitofoto.eu, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Mandarin honeysuckle: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- mandevilla: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- manfreda: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mangave: cultivar413 from Fallbrook, California, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Mango Popsicle Dwarf Poker: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- maniko: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- manna gum: HelloMojo at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- Manten daphne: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- many-colored lupine: David L. Nelson, MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- manzanita (shrub cvs.): Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- manzanita Carmel Sur etc.: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- manzanita cvs. e.g. Howard McMinn, Sentinel: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- manzanita cvs. e.g., Dr Hurd, St. Helena: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Maori onion: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- map plant: Kahuroa, Public domain
- Maraca Portulaca: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- maraschino sage: Fabricaster, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Marbled Agave: Dinkum, CC0 (licence)
- marbled bamboo: Daderot, Public domain
- marbled wild ginger: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- marcetella: Stickpen, Public domain
- Margarita B.O.P foothill penstemon: Stickpen, Public domain
- Marguerite daisy: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Marie Simon ceanothus: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Marina arbutus: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Marine Blue: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mariola: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Maritime Ceanothus: Steve Redman (MORA), Public domain
- markhamia: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- marmalade bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Marsh Baccharis: Tasha La Doux, NPS, Public domain
- Marsh Baccharis: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- marsh marigold: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Martha Washington pelargonium: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Martian moondrops: Nevit Dilmen, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Marvel Mahonia: amandabhslater, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Mascarene grass: David-Pierre Mangiapan, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mask flower: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Massachussetts manzanita: El gato Tito, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- mastic tree: Enrique Cardillo, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- mat rush: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- matchweed: Clarence A. Rechenthin, Public domain
- Matilija poppy: Florian Siebeck, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- matted pratia: Ghislain118 https://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Maximilian sunflower: Jim Pisarowicz, Public domain
- May lily: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- May Night sage: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- 'Mayan' series Mexican petunia: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- mazus: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Meadow barley: Stephen Laymon, Bureau of Land Management, Public domain
- meadow dragon's head: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- meadow rue: Stickpen, Public domain
- meadow rue (coreanum): KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- meadow rue (flavum): Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- meadow sage: Rob Hille, Public domain
- meadow sage: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mealy cup sage: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mediterranean fan palm: tato grasso, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Mediterranean spurge: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Medusa's head: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- merremia (aurea): J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- merremia (quinquefolia): Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- mesa oak: Awinch1001, CC0 (licence)
- Mescal Ceniza: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexicali Penstemon: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican abelia: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican anise tree: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican bauhinia: Dhivya dhivi DJ, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican bird of paradise: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican blue oak: AZoaktree, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican buckeye: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican bush sage: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican cardinal flower: Snowyyyhi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican cardinal sage: James Bamkin, CC0 (licence)
- Mexican climbing bamboo: Stickpen, Public domain
- Mexican ebony: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Mexican evening primrose: ZooFari, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican fan palm: stekkelpak, CC0 (licence)
- Mexican fence post cactus: Peter A. Mansfeld, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican flame vine: Yucalyptus, CC0 (licence)
- Mexican fuchsia sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican giant hyssop: Chhe (talk), Public domain
- Mexican gunnera: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Mexican hat: Stickpen, Public domain
- Mexican heather: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 (licence)
- Mexican honeysuckle: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican lily: © Citron, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican lobelia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican loosestrife: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Mexican manzanita: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican Nova Agave: A01376748 Eric, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican orange: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican oregano: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Mexican palo verde/ Jerusalem thorn: Neelix, Public domain
- Mexican petunia: Lord Koxinga, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican pitcher sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican plume bamboo: Tortie tude, CC0 (licence)
- Mexican redbud: אורנה לוטן, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Mexican rush: Stephen Laymon, Bureau of Land Management, Public domain
- Mexican sage: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican sea holly: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican shell flower: Lorbeer, CC BY-SA 2.0 de (licence)
- Mexican sycamore: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Mexican tarragon: manfred.sause@volloeko.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican tree ocotillo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Mexican weeping bamboo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Meyer's Yew: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- milk bush: Ton Rulkens, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- milk/silk weed: Hardyplants at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- million bells: Matthew Field, http://www.photography.mattfield.com, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- mindinao gum: by *amelia*, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Miners Merlot Spurge: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Ming Fern: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- miniature brass buttons: Plantdance937, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- miniature daisy: manfred.sause@volloeko.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- miniature grape ivy: Inao Vásquez, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Miniature Lupine: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Minstead Scotch Broom: Franco christophe, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mint: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mint bush: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- mint bush: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC0 (licence)
- mirror plant: Rudolph89, CC0 (licence)
- mission manzanita: Brian M. Godfrey, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Missouri evening primrose: Mason Brock (Masebrock), Public domain
- mistflower: Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- miyabe maple: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mochi tree: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mock orange: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Modesto ash: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- modesty: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Modoc cypress: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Mohave poplar: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mohawk viburnum: Fischer1961, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mojave yucca: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mondale Pine, Afghan Pine: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- mondo grass: Shabicht, CC0 (licence)
- monk's hood: Dmitry Kulakov, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- monkey comb: Androstachys, Public domain
- monkey flower: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- monkey flower: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- monkey puzzle tree: Vicente Fernández Rioja, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- monkey's hand tree: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- monkeyflower savory: Antti Bilund, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Monks Pepper, Chaste Tree: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- monochaetum: scott.zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Monroe Vine Maple: Tony Perodeau, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Montara sagebrush: Bri Weldon, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- montbrieta: Brocken Inaglory (Brocken Inaglory) at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Monterey carpet manzanita: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US, Public domain
- Monterey Ceanothus: Little Mountain 5, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Monterey cypress: Awinch1001, CC0 (licence)
- Monterey pine: dalvenjah on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Monterrey oak: Herodotptlomeu, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Montezuma cypress: 0+000, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Montezuma pine: Respindola23, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- moonstones: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- moor grass: Elke Freese, 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