Plant Signs

Common Stickyseed

Blennosperma nanum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Common Blennosperma

Blennosperma nanum var. nanum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

River Bulrush

Bolboschoenus fluviatilis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Standing

Alkali Bulrush

Bolboschoenus maritimus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Brown

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Soil drainage

Standing, Standing

Prairie Rush

Bolboschoenus maritimus ssp. paludosus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate, High

Soil drainage

Standing

Big Bulrush

Bolboschoenus robustus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate, High

Soil drainage

Standing

Stream Boykinia

Boykinia major

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Brook Foam

Boykinia occidentalis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 2 ft wide

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

High, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Slow

Round Leaved Boykinia

Boykinia rotundifolia

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 1 ft wide

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Slow

Greene's Brickellbush

Brickellia greenei

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 19 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Early Harvest Brodiaea

Brodiaea coronaria

Calscape.org

2015 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 10 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Orcutt's Brodiaea

Brodiaea orcuttii

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 10 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Fringed Brome

Bromus ciliatus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 4 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Bolander's Reedgrass

Calamagrostis bolanderi

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Short Hair Reed Grass

Calamagrostis breweri

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Canada Reedgrass

Calamagrostis canadensis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Standing

Bluejoint Reed Grass

Calamagrostis canadensis var. canadensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Pacific Reedgrass

Calamagrostis nutkaensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Soil drainage

Standing

The King Pacific Reed Grass

Calamagrostis nutkaensis 'The King'

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Calamagrostis nutkaensis 'The King'

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide

Form: Clumping

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Narrow Spiked Reedgrass

Calamagrostis stricta ssp. inexpansa

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 8 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Standing

Calamagrostis stricta ssp. stricta

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Callitriche fassettii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Twoheaded Water-starwort

Callitriche heterophylla

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Bolander's Water-starwort

Callitriche heterophylla var. bolanderi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Twoheaded Water-starwort

Callitriche heterophylla var. heterophylla

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Winged Water Starwort

Callitriche marginata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Vernal Water-starwort

Callitriche palustris

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 10 in tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Effluent Water-starwort

Callitriche trochlearis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Longbeard Mariposa Lily

Calochortus longebarbatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Slow

Long Haired Star Tulip

Calochortus longebarbatus var. longebarbatus

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Slow

Sierra Mariposa Lily

Calochortus minimus

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 4 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Naked Mariposa

Calochortus nudus

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 10 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Standing

Palmer's Mariposa Lily

Calochortus palmeri

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Yellow, Red, White, Lavender, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Munz's Mariposa Lily

Calochortus palmeri var. munzii

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Palmer's Mariposa Lily

Calochortus palmeri var. palmeri

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Large Flowered Star Tulip

Calochortus uniflorus

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 2 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Cupido Mariposa Lily

Calochortus uniflorus 'Cupido'

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 6 - 12 in wide

Form: Clumping

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Marsh Marigold

Caltha leptosepala

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 7 - 14 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade

Soil drainage

Standing

Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Larger Bindweed

Calystegia sepium

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine

Size: 7 - 13 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Hedge False Bindweed

Calystegia sepium ssp. limnophila

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine

Wildlife supported:

Large Camas

Camassia leichtlinii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Suksdorf's Large Camas

Camassia leichtlinii ssp. suksdorfii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Partial Shade

Common Camas

Camassia quamash

Calscape.org

1999 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Blue, Purple, Pink, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Blue Melody Camas Lily

Camassia quamash 'Blue Melody'

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 6 - 12 in wide

Form: Clumping, Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Blue, Purple

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Orion Camas Lily

Camassia quamash 'Orion'

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 6 - 12 in wide

Form: Clumping, Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Blue, Purple

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

White Camas Lily

Camassia quamash 'White'

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 6 - 12 in wide

Form: Clumping, Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Smallflowered Camas

Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Round Leaf Harebell

Campanula rotundifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate, High

Brewer's Bittercress

Cardamine breweri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Big Western Bittercress

Cardamine occidentalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Little Western Bittercress

Cardamine oligosperma

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Pennsylvania Bittercress

Cardamine pensylvanica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 28 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Abrupt-beaked Sedge

Carex abrupta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 8 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Sturdy Sedge

Carex alma

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Big Leaf Sedge

Carex amplifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade

Wide Fruit Sedge

Carex angustata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water Sedge

Carex aquatilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 8 - 59 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, High

Water Sedge

Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Sitka Sedge

Carex aquatilis var. dives

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade