Plant Signs

Sagebrush Combseed

Pectocarya linearis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Narrow-toothed Pectocarya

Pectocarya linearis ssp. ferocula

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Northern Pectocarya

Pectocarya penicillata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.8 - 10 in tall

Flower Color: White, Green

Wildlife supported:

Round-nut Pectocarya

Pectocarya setosa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.8 - 9 in tall

Flower Color: Green

Wildlife supported:

Coffee Fern

Pellaea andromedifolia

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Plant type: Fern

Size: 10 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Birdfoot Cliffbrake

Pellaea mucronata

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Plant type: Fern

Size: 4 in tall , 1 ft wide

Form: Fountain

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Tiny Pygmydaisy

Pentachaeta alsinoides

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Golden-rayed Pentachaeta

Pentachaeta aurea

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Meager Pygmydaisy

Pentachaeta exilis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Meager Pygmydaisy

Pentachaeta exilis ssp. exilis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Goldenback Fern

Pentagramma triangularis

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Plant type: Fern

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Kellogg's Yampah

Perideridia kelloggii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Cream

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Swamp Knotweed

Persicaria amphibia

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 48 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Seaside Petunia

Petunia parviflora

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Purple

Wildlife supported:

Caterpillar Phacelia

Phacelia cicutaria

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 7 - 24 in tall , 2 ft wide

Flower Color: Lavender, Cream, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Great Valley Phacelia

Phacelia ciliata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 22 in tall

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Great Valley Phacelia

Phacelia ciliata var. ciliata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Merced Phacelia

Phacelia ciliata var. opaca

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Wild Heliotrope

Phacelia distans

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 31 in tall , 3 ft wide

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Divaricate Phacelia

Phacelia divaricata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Purple

Wildlife supported:

Douglas' Phacelia

Phacelia douglasii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Douglas' Phacelia

Phacelia douglasii var. douglasii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Fremont's Phacelia

Phacelia fremontii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Purple, Yellow, Lavender, Blue

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Lacy Phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 2 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Death Valley Phacelia

Phacelia vallis-mortae

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Purple

Wildlife supported:

Reed Canarygrass

Phalaris arundinacea

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 5 - 8 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow, Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Lemmon's Canary Grass

Phalaris lemmonii

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Common Reed

Phragmites australis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 7 - 20 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Standing

Lanceleaf Fogfruit

Phyla lanceolata

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 in tall

Wildlife supported:

American Pillwort

Pilularia americana

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Plant type: Fern

Wildlife supported:

Alaska Piperia

Piperia unalascensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Green

Wildlife supported:

Adobe Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys acanthocarpus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Wildlife supported:

Austin's Spiny-nut Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys austiniae

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Bracted Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys bracteatus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Valley Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys canescens

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

California Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys collinus var. californicus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Madera Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys distantiflorus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Field Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys fulvus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Field Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys fulvus var. campestris

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Sculptured Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys glyptocarpus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Greene's Spiny-nut Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys greenei

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Low Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys humistratus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Alkali Plagiobothrys

Plagiobothrys leptocladus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Rusty Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys nothofulvus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 28 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Scridgee's Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys scriptus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 8 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Stalked Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys stipitatus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Rough-nutlet Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys trachycarpus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Wavy-stemmed Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys undulatus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Planodes virginica

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Naked Plantain

Plantago subnuda

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate, High

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

White Bog Orchid

Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Western Sycamore

Platanus racemosa

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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:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Creamcups

Platystemon californicus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 12 in tall , 6 in wide

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Longspur Seablush

Plectritis ciliosa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

One-sided Bluegrass

Poa secunda ssp. secunda

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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:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Douglas' Pogogyne

Pogogyne douglasii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 10 - 18 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Douglas' Mesamint

Pogogyne douglasii ssp. parviflora

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Sacramento Beardstyle

Pogogyne zizyphoroides

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 6 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Royal Sky Pilot

Polemonium carneum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

High, Moderate

Spurry Knotweed

Polygonum spergulariiforme

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported: