SacapelloteAcourtia microcephelaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
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SacapelloteAcourtia microcephelaPerennial, California native
Sacred DaturaDatura wrightiiPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LDL
saffron buckwheatEriogonum crocatumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
SageSalvia microphylla x greggii ssp. & cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
sage (jamensis cvs.)Salvia x jamensis cvs.Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
sage (superba)Salvia x superba hybrids, ssp. & cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
sagebrushArtemisia spp. (shrubby)Ground cover, Shrub- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
sago palmCycas revolutaShrub, Palm or cycad- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
saguaroCarnegiea giganteaShrub, California native- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
Saharan CypressCupressus duprezianaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
sakakiCleyera japonicaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
salalGaultheria shallonShrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
salmon gumEucalyptus salmonophloiaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
salmonberryRubus spectabilisShrub, California native- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
salt cedarTamarix aphyllaTree- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDVL
- LDVL
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?
Salt River malletEucalyptus sargentiiTree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
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 'Amante'Salvia guanrantica 'Amante'Perennial- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
salvia Cleveland/Alan Chickering etc.Salvia clevelandii ssp., cvs. & hybridsShrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Salvia x ‘Amistad’ - friendship sageSalvia 'Amistad'Perennial- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
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 Jose hesper palmBrahea brandegeeiTree, Palm or cycad- NCL
- CV?
- 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 lilyVeltheimia capensisBulb- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Sand RoseAnacampseros & spp. & cvs.Succulent- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sand ryegrassLeymus arenariusOrnamental grass- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
sand sagebrushArtemisia filifoliaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HDVL
- LDL
sand verbenaAbronia maritimaPerennial, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
sandanqua viburnumViburnum suspensumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Sandbar WillowSalix exiguaShrub, Tree, California native- NCH
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LD?
Sandia Glow hesperaloeHesperaloe parviflora 'MSWNPERED' Sandia Glow®Succulent- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sandmat ManzanitaArctostaphylos pumilaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
sandpaper treeEhretia anacuaTree- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
sandwortArenaria montanaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Sangre de DragoJatropha dioicaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
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?
Santa Susana TarplantHemizonia minthorniiShrub, - NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
sapphire dragon treePaulownia kawakamiiTree- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
Saratoga laurelLaurus 'Saratoga'Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Sargent cherryPrunus sargentiiTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
Sargent cypressHesperocyparis sargentii (Cupressus sargentii)Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
sargent viburnumViburnum sargentiiShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sargent's magnoliaMagnolia sargentianaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sasanqua camelliaCamellia sasanqua (SHADE IN DESERT)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
saucer magnoliaMagnolia x soulangeanaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
savorySatureja mexicanaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Saw Leaf AgaveAgave xylonacantha ssp. & cvs.- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
saw leaf zelkovaZelkova serrataTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Sawtooth GoldenbushHazardia squarrosaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
sawtooth oakQuercus acutissimaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIL
- 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×
saxifrageSaxifraga spp.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
Scabrous Century PlantAgave scabraSucculent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
scarlet bee balmMonarda didymaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
scarlet hedge nettleStachys coccineaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
scarlet honey myrtleMelaleuca fulgensShrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
scarlet milkweedAsclepias curassavicaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDL
scarlet monardellaMonardella macranthaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
scarlet oakQuercus coccineaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
scarlet sageSalvia gesneraefloraPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
scarlet wisteria treeSesbania punicea (Sesbania tripetii)Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
scented geraniumPelargonium crispumPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
schimaSchima wallichii spp. liukiuensisTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Schuman abeliaAbelia parvifolia (A. longituba)Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
scorpion flowerPhacelia californicaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Scotch elmUlmus glabraTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Scotch heatherCalluna vulgarisShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Scotch mossSagina subulata 'Aurea'Ground cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Scotch pinePinus sylvestrisTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
screwbean mesquiteProsopis pubescensTree, California native- NC×
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
scurfy pea shrubPsoralea pinnataShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
sea foamHolodiscus discolorShrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
sea heathFrankenia thymifoliaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sea hollyEryngium maritimumPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
sea hollyEryngium variifoliumPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sea lavenderLimonium vulgarePerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
sea oatsChasmanthium latifoliumOrnamental grass- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Sea of Gold® JuniperJuniperus x pfitzeriana 'Monsan' PP17622Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
sea pinkArmeria alliacea (SHADE IN SOUTH INLAND)Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
sea pinkArmeria maritimaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
sea pinkArmeria pseudarmeriaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sea roseOrphium frutescensPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
sea squillDrimia maritimaBulb- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
sea urchin treeHakea laurinaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Seascape mat rushLomandra confertifolia 'Seascape' (shade)- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Seibold's wood fernDryopteris sieboldiiPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
self healPrunella spp. (CA native and non-native species)Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
semiaquilegiaSemiaquilegia ecalcarataPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Senegal date palmPhoenix reclinataTree, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
senna/cassia (spectabilis/excelsa)Senna spectabilis (Cassia excelsa, Cassia spectabilis)Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
sensitive fernOnoclea sensibilisPerennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Serbian bell flowerCampanula poscharskyanaGround cover- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Serbian sprucePicea omorikaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD×
- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Serpentine columbineAquilegia eximia- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Serpentine SunflowerHelianthus bolanderiPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Serpents Blue Chalk FingersSenecio vitalis 'Serpents'Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sessile flower false golden asterHeterotheca sessilifloraPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
seven sons treeHeptacodium miconioidesTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
seven-son flowerHesperaloe nocturnaShrub, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD?
shagbark manzanitaArctostaphylos rudis & ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
shamrock peaParochetus communisGround cover- NCM
- CVH
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Shara(TM) mat rushLomandra fluviatilis 'ABU7'Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sharkskin AgaveAgave victoriae-reginae x scabra 'Sharkskin'- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Shasta daisyLeucanthemum X superbum (Chrysanthemum maximum)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Shasta snow wreathNeviusia cliftoniiShrub, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
shaving brush treePseudobombax ellipticumTree- NC?
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sheep fescueFestuca ovina and cvs.Ornamental grass- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
sheep's fescueFestuca amethystinaOrnamental grass- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
shell bushOrthosiphon labiatusPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
shell gingerAlpinia zerumbetPerennial, Shrub- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
shining fetterbushLyonia lucidaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
shiny bristle fernArachniodes davalliaeformis (nomen unresolved TPL)Perennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
shiny leaf angelicaAngelica pachycarpaPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
shiny xylosmaXylosma congestaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
shiny-leaved gum vineAphanopetalum resinosum 'Gossamer Wings'Vine- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
shooting starsDodecatheon spp. (non-native)Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
shore asteliaAstelia banksii (SHADE)Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- 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?
showy banksiaBanksia speciosaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
showy jasmineJasminum floridumShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
shrub asterFelicia fruticosaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
shrub live oakQuercus turbinellaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD×
Shrubby BonesetAgeratina havanensisShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LDL
Shrubby BrickellbushBrickellia frutescensShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
shrubby dogweedThymophylla acerosa (Dyssodia acerosa)Perennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
shrubby hare's earBupleurum fruticosumShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
shrubby milkwortPolygala chamaebuxusShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
shrubby sennaSenna wislizenii (Cassia wislizenii)Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Shumard red oakQuercus shumardiiTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophyllaPerennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Siberian cypressMicrobiota decussataGround cover, Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Siberian elmUlmus pumilaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Siberian irisIris sibiricaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCH
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Siberian pea shrubCaragana arborescensShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Siberian pink cupsBaldellia ranunculoides repensPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Siberian wallflowerErysimum hieraciifoliumPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sichuan Jade solomon's sealDisporopsis pernyi 'Sichuan Jade'Ground cover- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
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 Moonrise™Dalea lutea 'Sierra Moonrise™'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
Sierra plumPrunus subcordataShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Sierra red firebushHamelia patens Sierra Red™Shrub- NC?
- CVM
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sierra Salmon California fuchsiaEpilobium canum 'Sierra Salmon'Perennial, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sierra StarrCalliandra x 'LIANCA' PP15387Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
Sierra Sun®Caesalpinia x 'MNSTAMEPA' PP20584Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
Sierra sundropCalylophus hartwegii & ssp. & cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
silk oakGrevillea robustaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
silk tassel bushGarrya veatchiiShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
silk tree, Mimosa treeAlbizia julibrissinTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
silky net bushCalothamnus villosusShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
silver buffaloberryShepherdia argenteaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
silver button plantCotula linearilobaPerennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Silver Cape ozothamnusOzothamnus leptophyllus 'Silver Cape'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
silver carpetDymondia margaretaeGround cover- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
silver cinquefoilPotentilla argenteaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
silver cloak fernCheilanthes argenteaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
silver dichondraDichondra argenteaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
silver dollar gumEucalyptus polyanthemosTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
silver dune lupineLupinus chamissonisShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
silver feather grassStipa barbataOrnamental grass- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
silver gimletEucalyptus campaspeTree- NC?
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LDM
silver goodeniaGoodenia affinis 'Little Luna'Perennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
silver leaf cassia/sennaSenna phyllodinea (Cassia phyllodinea)Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
silver leaf pony's footDichondra sericeaGround cover- NCL
- CVH
- SCH
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Silver Leopard Texas TuberoseManfreda X 'Silver Leopard'Succulent- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
silver lindenTilia tomentosaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
silver lupineLupinus albifronsShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
silver mapleAcer saccharinumTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Photo credits, 193 images from Wikimedia Commons
- Sacapellote: Clarence A. Rechenthin @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database, Public domain
- Sacred Datura: Dlarsen, Public domain
- saffron buckwheat: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Sage: First Light (talk), CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- sage (jamensis cvs.): Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sage (superba): Stickpen, Public domain
- sagebrush: AnRo0002, CC0 (licence)
- sago palm: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- saguaro: Tyrv, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Saharan Cypress: Gruban at Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- sakaki: ‘Uncle Carl’ (カールおじさん)., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- salal: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- salmon gum: Vivi Lins, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- salmonberry: David McMaster (= user BlindGoofy), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- salt cedar: Anthere, 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)
- Salt River mallet: Ian Brooker and David Kleinig, CC BY 3.0 au (licence)
- saltbush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Saltwort: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Salvia 'Amante': Liu Idárraga Orozco, CC BY-SA 4.0 (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)
- Salvia x ‘Amistad’ - friendship sage: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (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 Jose hesper palm: Megan Hansen, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- 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 lily: Charlie Marshall from Bristol UK, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Sand Rose: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sand ryegrass: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 09:25, 14 October 2005 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sand sagebrush: Neal Herbert, NPS, Public domain
- sand verbena: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- sandanqua viburnum: Daderot, Public domain
- Sandbar Willow: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Sandia Glow hesperaloe: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Sandmat Manzanita: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sandpaper tree: Carlos Abrego, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- sandwort: Mtiffany71, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Sangre de Drago: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (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)
- Santa Susana Tarplant: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0 (licence)
- sapphire dragon tree: Groogle, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Saratoga laurel: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sargent cherry: Usien, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sargent cypress: ThemodoccypressCreator:Joey Malone, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sargent viburnum: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Sargent's magnolia: Wendy Cutler, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- sasanqua camellia: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- saucer magnolia: Piotr Kuczynski, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- savory: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Saw Leaf Agave: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- saw leaf zelkova: ja:User:Miya, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Sawtooth Goldenbush: Unknown author, Public domain
- sawtooth oak: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- 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)
- saxifrage: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Scabrous Century Plant: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- scarlet bee balm: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- scarlet hedge nettle: Oscargsol, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- scarlet honey myrtle: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- scarlet milkweed: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- scarlet monardella: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- scarlet oak: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- scarlet sage: ElleAnónime, CC0 (licence)
- scarlet wisteria tree: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- scented geranium: Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- schima: Wibowo Djatmiko (Wie146), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Schuman abelia: Leonora (Ellie) Enking from East Preston, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- scorpion flower: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Scotch elm: Ronnie Nijboer, CC0 (licence)
- Scotch heather: Aqwis (Aqwis), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Scotch moss: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Scotch pine: Hello, I am Bruce on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- screwbean mesquite: user:pompilid, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- scurfy pea shrub: Flickr-User SuperFantastic / Bruce, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- sea foam: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sea heath: Giacomo Braschi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sea holly: Radomil (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sea holly: Ghislain118 (AD) http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sea lavender: peterichman, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- sea oats: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sea of Gold® Juniper: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sea pink: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sea pink: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sea pink: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sea rose: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sea squill: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sea urchin tree: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Seascape mat rush: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Seibold's wood fern: --FinitoR originally uploaded as Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- self heal: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- semiaquilegia: keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Senegal date palm: Kahuroa, Public domain
- senna/cassia (spectabilis/excelsa): Leandro R. M. de Marco, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sensitive fern: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Serbian bell flower: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Serbian spruce: mikepirie, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Serpentine columbine: John Game, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Serpentine Sunflower: Linda Hagen, CC0 (licence)
- Serpents Blue Chalk Fingers: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sessile flower false golden aster: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- seven sons tree: Daderot, Public domain
- seven-son flower: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- shagbark manzanita: Stickpen, Public domain
- shamrock pea: Woudloper, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Shara(TM) mat rush: Poyt448, Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Sharkskin Agave: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Shasta daisy: Captain-tucker, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Shasta snow wreath: Julie Kierstead Nelson, Public domain
- shaving brush tree: Maria do Carmo M. Iannacone, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- sheep fescue: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sheep's fescue: Daderot, Public domain
- shell bush: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- shell ginger: Semnoz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- shining fetterbush: Richard Carter, Valdosta State University, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- shiny bristle fern: Geekgecko, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- shiny leaf angelica: devra from los osos, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- shiny xylosma: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- shiny-leaved gum vine: Margaret Donald, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- shooting stars: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- shore astelia: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- 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
- showy banksia: Eric Hunt, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- showy jasmine: Lazaregagnidze, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- shrub aster: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- shrub live oak: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Shrubby Boneset: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Shrubby Brickellbush: (c) Matt Berger, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- shrubby dogweed: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- shrubby hare's ear: Lord Koxinga, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- shrubby milkwort: Thomas Mathis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- shrubby senna: Leidy Anghela Pallarco Tovar, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Shumard red oak: en:User:Neonfreon, Public domain
- Siberian bugloss: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Siberian cypress: epopov, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Siberian elm: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Siberian iris: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Siberian pea shrub: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Siberian pink cups: Wolffia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Siberian wallflower: Fornax, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sichuan Jade solomon's seal: Motohiro Sunouchi, 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 Moonrise™: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Sierra plum: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sierra red firebush: Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Sierra Salmon California fuchsia: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0 (licence)
- Sierra Starr: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Sierra Sun®: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Sierra sundrop: Martin Thurnherr, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- silk oak: RickP 08:32, 14 April 2006 (UTC), CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- silk tassel bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- silk tree, Mimosa tree: Cmapm, Public domain
- silky net bush: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- silver buffaloberry: SriMesh, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- silver button plant: Dinkum, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Silver Cape ozothamnus: Peter de Lange, CC0 (licence)
- silver carpet: Daderot, Public domain
- silver cinquefoil: Teun Spaans, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- silver cloak fern: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- silver dichondra: Photo by and (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man). Location credit to the Chanticle..., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- silver dollar gum: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- silver dune lupine: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- silver feather grass: Daderot, Public domain
- silver gimlet: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- silver goodenia: Ian McMaster, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- silver leaf cassia/senna: Daniel Mayer (mav), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- silver leaf pony's foot: Fernando Lopez Anido, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Silver Leopard Texas Tuberose: Arturo Castro Castro, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- silver linden: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- silver lupine: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- silver maple: renee_mcgurk, CC BY 2.0 (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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