Common Reed

Phragmites australis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 7 - 20 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Pacific Ninebark

Physocarpus capitatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 8 ft tall , 8 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Moderate, Fast
Flower Color: White, Red
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Siskiyou Beauty Ninebark

Physocarpus capitatus 'Siskiyou Beauty'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 8 ft tall , 6 - 8 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Tilden Park Ninebark

Physocarpus capitatus 'Tilden Park'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide
Form: Prostrate
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Chaparral Pea

Pickeringia montana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 6 ft tall , 8 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Flower Color: Lavender, Pink, Purple, Red
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Montana Chaparral Pea

Pickeringia montana var. montana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 10 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Knobcone Pine

Pinus attenuata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 26 - 118 ft tall
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Torrey Pine

Pinus torreyana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 25 - 150 ft tall , 25 - 50 ft wide
Form: Mounding, Pyramidal, Rounded, Spreading, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate, Slow
Flower Color: Red, Yellow
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Torrey Pine

Pinus torreyana ssp. torreyana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Flower Color: Red, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Elegant Piperia

Piperia elegans

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White, Green
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Chaparral Orchid

Piperia elongata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 10 ft tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:

Flat Spurred Piperia

Piperia transversa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White, Green
Wildlife supported:

Alaska Piperia

Piperia unalascensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:

Adobe Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys acanthocarpus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bracted Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys bracteatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Artist's Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys chorisianus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Cognate Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys cognatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Stalked Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys stipitatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Pacific Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys tenellus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Slender Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys tener

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 12 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Serpentine Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys tener var. subglaber

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 12 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Plagiobothrys tener var. tener

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 12 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Rough-nutlet Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys trachycarpus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 16 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Wavy-stemmed Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys undulatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Dotseed Plantain

Plantago erecta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 10 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Brown, White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Woolly Plantain

Plantago patagonica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 7 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Western Sycamore

Platanus racemosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 20 - 115 ft tall , 50 ft wide
Form: Rounded, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast, Slow
Flower Color: Orange, Yellow, Cream, Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Creamcups

Platystemon californicus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 12 in tall , 6 in wide
Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Longspur Seablush

Plectritis ciliosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

One-sided Bluegrass

Poa secunda ssp. secunda

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Upright Columnar
Flower Color: Brown, Cream, Green, Lavender
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Winter Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Douglas' Mesamint

Pogogyne douglasii ssp. parviflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Thymeleaf Beardstyle

Pogogyne serpylloides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 in tall
Wildlife supported:

California Manyseed

Polycarpon depressum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Bolander's Knotweed

Polygonum bolanderi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Spurry Knotweed

Polygonum spergulariiforme

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

California Polypody

Polypodium californicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Size: 2 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Growth rate: Slow
Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Sarah Lyman California Polypody Fern

Polypodium californicum 'Sarah Lyman'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 1 - 2 ft wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Moderate
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Western Sword Fern

Polystichum munitum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Size: 2 - 6 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide
Form: Upright, Fountain
Growth rate: Moderate
Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Fremont Cottonwood

Populus fremontii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 39 - 115 ft tall , 35 ft wide
Form: Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Nimbus Fremont Cottonwood (male)

Populus fremontii 'Nimbus'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 40 - 60 ft tall , 10 - 20 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Fremont Cottonwood

Populus fremontii ssp. fremontii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 66 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Cream
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Black Cottonwood

Populus trichocarpa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 30 - 100 ft tall , 25 - 30 ft wide
Form: Upright, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Green, Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Padre's Shootingstar

Primula clevelandii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Lavender, Pink, Purple, White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Mosquito Bills

Primula hendersonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Lavender
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Bitter Cherry

Prunus emarginata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 3 - 80 ft tall
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Yellow, Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Desert Range Almond

Prunus fasciculata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 4 - 7 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: White, Cream
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Hollyleaf Cherry

Prunus ilicifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 30 - 49 ft tall , 20 ft wide
Form: Rounded, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low, Low, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Hollyleaf Cherry

Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Tree
Size: 5 - 40 ft tall , 5 - 20 ft wide
Form: Mounding, Rounded, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Cream, White, Purple
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Catalina Cherry

Prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 25 - 40 ft tall , 20 ft wide
Form: Upright, Rounded, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low, Low, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 15 - 25 ft tall , 10 - 20 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Western Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana var. demissa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 20 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Fragrant Everlasting

Pseudognaphalium beneolens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, White
Wildlife supported:
Bats
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Bicolored Everlasting

Pseudognaphalium biolettii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

California Cudweed

Pseudognaphalium californicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 34 in tall , 2 ft wide
Flower Color: Cream, White, Green
Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Macoun's Everlasting

Pseudognaphalium macounii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Flower Color: Cream, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Pink Cudweed

Pseudognaphalium ramosissimum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Cream, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Chilean Cudweed

Pseudognaphalium stramineum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Bigcone Douglas Fir

Pseudotsuga macrocarpa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 24 - 144 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Western Bracken Fern

Pteridium aquilinum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Size: 3 - 7 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Hairy Brackenfern

Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Size: 3 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade