Leathery Polypody

Polypodium scouleri

Calscape.org

© 2007 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Fern
Size: 6 in tall , 1 ft wide
Growth rate: Slow
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Fremont Cottonwood

Populus fremontii ssp. fremontii

Calscape.org

© 2008 Stan Shebs

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

Copyright © 2013 Jean Pawek

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

Slender Cinquefoil

Potentilla gracilis

Calscape.org

© 2007 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Brook

Potentilla rivalis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Jean Pawek

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

Padre's Shootingstar

Primula clevelandii

Calscape.org

© 2010 Calscape

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

© 2009 Barry Breckling

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

Wright's Cudweed

Pseudognaphalium microcephalum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Adonis (Don) Tate

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 ft tall , 2 ft wide
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun
Water
Water

Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Chilean Cudweed

Pseudognaphalium stramineum

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2007 Keir Morse (www.keiriosity.com)

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

Short Woollyheads

Psilocarphus brevissimus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 R.C. Brody

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

Western Bracken Fern

Pteridium aquilinum

Calscape.org

Copyright © University and Jepson Herbaria

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

© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Woodland Threadstem

Pterostegia drymarioides

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:

Liverleaf Wintergreen

Pyrola asarifolia

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Clustered Goldenweed

Pyrrocoma racemosa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 36 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Canyon Live Oak

Quercus chrysolepis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Larry Blakely

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 30 - 90 ft tall , 30 - 60 ft wide
Form: Upright, Rounded, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Moderate, Slow
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, Green
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Engelmann Oak

Quercus engelmannii

Calscape.org

© 2010 Calscape

Plant type: Tree
Size: 33 - 66 ft tall , 90 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green, Cream
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low, Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Common Water-crowfoot

Ranunculus aquatilis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 31 in tall
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

Carter's Buttercup

Ranunculus bonariensis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

Carter's Buttercup

Ranunculus bonariensis var. trisepalus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

California Buttercup

Ranunculus californicus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 7 - 28 in tall , 6 in wide
Form: Fountain
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Sacramento Valley Buttercup

Ranunculus canus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Barry Rice

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 25 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

Desert Buttercup

Ranunculus cymbalaria

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2007 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 12 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Moderate
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Buttercup

Ranunculus flammula

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 18 in tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

Lobb's Buttercup

Ranunculus lobbii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 31 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate

Western Buttercup

Ranunculus occidentalis

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade
Water
Water

Moderate

Low Spearwort

Ranunculus pusillus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Jake Ruygt

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

Wireweed

Rigiopappus leptocladus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:

Curvepod Yellowcress

Rorippa curvisiliqua

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2004 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bog Yellowcress

Rorippa palustris

Calscape.org

2009 California State University, Stanislaus

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

California Wildrose

Rosa californica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 8 - 10 ft tall , 10 ft wide
Form: Rounded, Mounding, Spreading
Growth rate: Moderate, Fast
Flower Color: Red, Pink, White
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade
Water
Water

Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

First Dawn California Wild Rose

Rosa californica 'First Dawn'

Calscape.org

-

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 5 - 6 ft tall , 10 - 20 ft wide
Form: Upright, spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade
Water
Water

Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Wood Rose

Rosa gymnocarpa

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 7 ft tall , 6 - 9 ft wide
Form: Upright, Mounding, Weeping
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Red, Purple, Pink, Lavender
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade
Water
Water

Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Lowland Rotala

Rotala ramosior

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:

California Blackberry

Rubus ursinus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2007 Neal Kramer

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade
Water
Water

Low, Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

California Dock

Rumex californicus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Golden Dock

Rumex fueginus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Doreen L. Smith

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 28 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Canaigre

Rumex hymenosepalus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 - 40 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Rumex persicarioides

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Ryan Batten

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 36 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Willow Dock

Rumex salicifolius

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1999 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate, High

Rumex transitorius

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Neal Kramer

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 - 28 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Rumex utahensis

Calscape.org

-

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 24 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sandbar Willow

Salix exigua

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2007 Keir Morse (www.keiriosity.com)

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 10 - 23 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate, Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

High
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist
Watering
Soil drainage

Slow, Standing

Narrow-leaved Willow

Salix exigua var. exigua

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Jean Pawek

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 16 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

High

Sandbar Willow

Salix exigua var. hindsiana

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2016 Keir Morse

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 16 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

High

Goodding's Black Willow

Salix gooddingii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 15 - 40 ft tall , 25 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate, Fast
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

High
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist
Watering
Soil drainage

Slow, Standing

Red Willow

Salix laevigata

Calscape.org

Red Willows growing near the creek

Plant type: Tree
Size: 30 - 50 ft tall , 30 - 50 ft wide
Form: Rounded, Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Red, Yellow, Cream
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous, Winter Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

High
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

Shining Willow

Salix lasiandra

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Jean Pawek

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 3 - 30 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

High
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist
Watering
Soil drainage

Slow, Standing

Yellow Willow

Salix lasiandra var. lasiandra

Calscape.org

© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 33 - 53 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow, Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

High

Arroyo Willow

Salix lasiolepis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Michael O'Brien

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 7 - 35 ft tall , 15 ft wide
Form: Upright, Rounded, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

High
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist
Watering
Soil drainage

Slow, Standing

Dusky Willow

Salix melanopsis

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2007 Keir Morse (www.keiriosity.com)

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 7 - 13 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

High

Scouler's Willow

Salix scouleriana

Calscape.org

Copyright © University of California Museum of Paleontology

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 7 - 50 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

High

Tracy's Willow

Salix tracyi

Calscape.org

-

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 3 - 20 ft tall
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

High

Thistle Sage

Salvia carduacea

Calscape.org

© 2003 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 40 in tall , 1 ft wide
Flower Color: Blue
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Sharptooth Sanicle

Sanicula arguta

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Poison Sanicle

Sanicula bipinnata

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Snakeroot

Sanicula bipinnatifida

Calscape.org

© 2010 Stickpen

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Pacific Sanicle

Sanicula crassicaulis

Calscape.org

© 2004 National Park Service

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Diablo Sanicle

Sanicula saxatilis

Calscape.org

© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 10 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Yellow, Green, Purple
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Panicled Bulrush

Scirpus microcarpus

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2007 Keir Morse (www.keiriosity.com)

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 - 6 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

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate, High
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing