Subalpine Fir

Abies lasiocarpa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 15 - 98 ft tall
Form: Pyramidal
Growth rate: Slow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Vine Maple

Acer circinatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 15 - 30 ft tall , 3 - 6 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate, Slow
Flower Color: Green, Red, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Rocky Mountain Maple

Acer glabrum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 15 - 33 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Green, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Rocky Mountain Maple

Acer glabrum var. diffusum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 20 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

Mountain Maple

Acer glabrum var. glabrum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 20 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Box Elder

Acer negundo

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 35 - 66 ft tall , 40 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White, Cream
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Columbian Monkshood

Aconitum columbianum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 5 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Blue, Purple, Yellow, White
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Howell's Monkshood

Aconitum columbianum ssp. viviparum

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Five Finger Fern

Adiantum aleuticum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Size: 6 - 43 in tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High

Southern Maiden Hair

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Size: 3 - 20 in tall , 2 ft wide
Form: Upright, Fountain
Growth rate: Moderate
Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist, Max 3x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Banksianum Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris 'Banksianum'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide
Form: Rounded, Weeping
Growth rate: Moderate
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

California Maiden Hair Fern

Adiantum jordanii

Calscape.org

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

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Orange Flowered Agoseris

Agoseris aurantiaca

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Orange, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Pale Dandelion

Agoseris glauca

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Pale Agoseris

Agoseris glauca var. glauca

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sierra Nevada Agoseris

Agoseris monticola

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Steppe Agoseris

Agoseris parviflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Spike Bentgrass

Agrostis exarata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Idaho Bentgrass

Agrostis idahoensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Small-leaf Bent Grass

Agrostis microphylla

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Oregon Redtop

Agrostis oregonensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Ticklegrass

Agrostis scabra

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Water Plantain

Alisma triviale

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Iodine Bush

Allenrolfea occidentalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 7 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Twin Crest Onion

Allium bisceptrum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Pacific Mountain Onion

Allium validum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple, Lavender, Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Alkali Marsh Aster

Almutaster pauciflorus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 4 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
butterfly

Red Alder

Alnus rubra

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 50 - 98 ft tall , 45 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Red, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Green Alder

Alnus viridis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 10 - 76 ft tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Siberian Alder

Alnus viridis ssp. fruticosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Wildlife supported:

Sitka Alder

Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 10 - 16 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Shortawn Foxtail

Alopecurus aequalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 4 - 30 in tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green, Yellow, White, Orange
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:

Carolina Foxtail

Alopecurus carolinianus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:

Water Foxtail

Alopecurus geniculatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Pacific Foxtail

Alopecurus saccatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Red, Brown
Wildlife supported:

Procumbent Pigweed

Amaranthus blitoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Californian Amaranth

Amaranthus californicus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Red
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Torrey's Amaranth

Amaranthus torreyi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Dwarf Coastweed

Amblyopappus pusillus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Western Ragweed

Ambrosia psilostachya

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 7 ft tall , 1 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Winter Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Valley Redstem

Ammannia coccinea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:

Grand Redstem

Ammannia robusta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Green, Lavender, Red
Wildlife supported:

Western False Indigo

Amorpha fruticosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 15 ft tall
Form: Rounded, Fountain, Spreading
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Great Basin Bulrush

Amphiscirpus nevadensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Seaside Fiddleneck

Amsinckia spectabilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 47 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Seaside Fiddleneck

Amsinckia spectabilis var. spectabilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 47 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bushy Bluestem

Andropogon glomeratus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 5 - 7 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Cream
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Southwestern Bushy Bluestem

Andropogon glomeratus var. scabriglumis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Oregon Anemone

Anemone oregana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: White, Purple, Blue
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Yerba Mansa

Anemopsis californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 12 in tall , 2 ft wide
Form: Upright, Spreading
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: White, Cream, Red
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow, Standing

Angelica

Angelica arguta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 7 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Kneeling Angelica

Angelica genuflexa

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Sea-Watch

Angelica lucida

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow, White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Flat-top Pussytoes

Antennaria corymbosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Vanilla Grass

Anthoxanthum nitens ssp. nitens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Van Houtte's Columbine

Aquilegia eximia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 60 in tall
Flower Color: Orange, Red
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Western Columbine

Aquilegia formosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 1 ft wide
Form: Upright, Fountain
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Red, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous, Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
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

Yellow Scarlet Columbine

Aquilegia formosa 'Yellow'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Desert Columbine

Aquilegia shockleyi

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Elk's Clover

Aralia californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 7 - 10 ft tall , 10 ft wide
Flower Color: White, Green
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium