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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Abies concolor | White Fir, Balsam Fir, Colorado Fir, Concolor Fir, Silver Fir, White Balsam, Oyamel De California | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | |
Abies magnifica | California Red Fir, Red Fir | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Abronia villosa | Desert Sand Verbena, Desert Sand-verbena, Desert Sandverbena | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Acer macrophyllum | Bigleaf Maple, Big-leaf Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Achnatherum hymenoides | Indian Ricegrass, Indian Millet, Sandgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Adenostoma fasciculatum | Chamise, Common Chamise, Greasewood | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Adenostoma sparsifolium | Redshank, Ribbon Bush, Ribbonwood | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Aesculus californica | California Buckeye | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon Serviceberry, Western Serviceberry, Juneberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush, False Indigo Bush, False Indigo, Desert False Indigo | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Antennaria alpina | Alpine Pussytoes, Alpine Everlasting | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Aquilegia eximia | Van Houtte's Columbine, Serpentine Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Aquilegia formosa | Western Columbine, Crimson Columbine, Scarlet Columbine, Red Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Arbutus menziesii | Pacific Madrone, Oregon Laurel, Laurelwood | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Arctostaphylos edmundsii | Little Sur Manzanita | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Arctostaphylos hookeri | Hooker's Manzanita, Monterey Manzanita | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Arctostaphylos manzanita | Whiteleaf Manzanita, Big Manzanita, Manzanita | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Arctostaphylos nevadensis | Pinemat Manzanita | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Arctostaphylos patula | Greenleaf Manzanita, Green-leaf Manzanita | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Artemisia pycnocephala | Beach Sagebrush, Beach Wormwood, Sand Hill Sage | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun | Dry |
Artemisia tridentata | Big Sagebrush, Great Basin Sagebrush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Atriplex canescens | Chamiso, Four-wing Saltbush, Wing-scale | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Atriplex confertifolia | Shadscale, Spiny Saltbush, Shadscale Saltbush, Hop Sage | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun | Dry |
Atriplex lentiformis | Big Saltbush, Quailbush, Saltbush, Coastal Quail Bush | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun | Moist |
Baileya multiradiata | Desert Marigold, Showy Desert Marigold, Paper Daisy, Desert Baileya | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Balsamorhiza sagittata | Arrowleaf Balsamroot, Arrow-leaf Balsamroot | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Calocedrus decurrens | Incense Cedar, Incense-cedar | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Calycanthus occidentalis | Western Sweetshrub, California Sweet Shrub, Spice Bush, Western Spicebush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Carpenteria californica | Bush Anemone, Tree Anemone, Tree-anemone | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Castilleja angustifolia | Northwestern Indian Paintbrush | Perennial | Subshrub | Shade | |
Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta | Purple Owl's Clover, Owl's Clover, Exserted Indian Paintbrush | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Castilleja linariifolia | Wyoming Indian Paintbrush, Wyoming Indian-paintbrush | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Ceanothus cordulatus | Whitethorn Ceanothus, Mountain Whitethorn, Snow Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Ceanothus cuneatus | Buckbrush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Ceanothus impressus | Santa Barbara Ceanothus, Santa Barbara Buckbrush | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Ceanothus integerrimus | Deerbrush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | |
Ceanothus leucodermis | Chaparral Whitethorn, Jackbrush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Ceanothus megacarpus | Bigpod Ceanothus, Big-pod Buckbrush, Big-pod Ceanothus | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Ceanothus velutinus | Snowbrush, Snowbrush Ceanothus, Tobacco-brush, Mountain Balm, Buckbrush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas Redbud | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Cercocarpus ledifolius | Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany, Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber | Smooth Mountain Mahogany, Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany, True Mountain Mahogany, Hard Tack | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Cercocarpus montanus var. minutiflorus | Smooth Mountain Mahogany, San Diego Mountain-mahogany | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium | Fireweed, Narrow-leaf Fireweed, Willow Herb | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow, Flowering Willow, Willow-leaved Catalpa, Willowleaf Catalpa, Bow Willow, Flor De Mimbre, Mimbre | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Chrysolepis sempervirens | Bush Chinquapin, Sierran Chinkapin, Sierra Chinquapin | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Clarkia unguiculata | Elegant Clarkia, Elegant Fairyfan, Mountain Garland | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Collinsia heterophylla | Purple Chinese Houses, Harlequin Blue-eyed Mary, Chinese Houses | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | |
Collomia grandiflora | Grand Collomia, Large-flower Mountain-trumpet, Collomia | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Collomia linearis | Tiny Trumpet, Narrow-leaf Mountain-trumpet, Collomia | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | |
Comarostaphylis diversifolia | Summer Holly, Summer-blooming Manzanita, Mock Arbutus, Mock Arbute | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Coreopsis calliopsidea | Leafstem Tickseed, Leaf-stem Tickseed, Leafy Stem Coreopsis | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Coreopsis douglasii | Douglas' Tickseed | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Cornus nuttallii | Pacific Dogwood, Pacific Flowering Dogwood, Mountain Dogwood | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Cornus sericea ssp. sericea | Redosier Dogwood, Red Osier Dogwood | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | |
Danthonia californica | California Oatgrass, California Wild Oat Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Danthonia unispicata | Onespike Danthonia, Few-flower Wild Oat Grass, Onespike Oatgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda | Shrubby Cinquefoil, Golden Hardhack, Potentilla | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Delphinium californicum | California Larkspur, California Coast Larkspur | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Delphinium cardinale | Scarlet Larkspur | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Delphinium glaucum | Sierra Larkspur, Tower Larkspur | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Dendromecon rigida | Tree Poppy, Bush Poppy | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Diplacus longiflorus | Southern Bush Monkeyflower | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Diplacus puniceus | Red Bush Monkeyflower, Mission Diplacus | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus | Slender Wheatgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | |
Encelia californica | California Brittlebush, Coast Sunflower | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Encelia farinosa | Brittlebush, Goldhills, Incienso | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Epilobium obcordatum | Rockfringe | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Epilobium rigidum | Stiff Willowherb, Siskiyou Rock Fringe | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa | Rubber Rabbitbrush, Rabbitbrush, Chamisa | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Eriogonum fasciculatum | Eastern Mojave Buckwheat, Eastern Mojave Wild Buckwheat, California Buckwheat, Flattop Buckwheat, Flat-top Buckwheat | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Erodium texanum | Texas Stork's Bill, Stork's Bill, Pine Needle, Fillaree | Annual, Biennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Eschscholzia caespitosa | Tufted Poppy, Tufted-poppy | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Eschscholzia californica | California Poppy, California Gold Poppy | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Fallugia paradoxa | Apache Plume, Ponil | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Festuca californica | California Fescue | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Festuca occidentalis | Western Fescue | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens | Stretchberry, Elbowbush, Stretch-berry, Downy Forestiera, Desert Olive, Elbow-bush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Frangula californica ssp. californica | California Buckthorn, Coffeeberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Fraxinus velutina | Arizona Ash, Velvet Ash, Desert Ash, Leatherleaf Ash, Smooth Ash, Modesto Ash, Toumey Ash, Standley Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Fremontodendron californicum | California Flannelbush, Northern Flannelbush, Northern Fremontia, California Slippery Elm | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Fremontodendron mexicanum | Mexican Flannelbush, Southern Flannelbush, Southern Fremontia, Mexican Fremontia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Garrya elliptica | Wavyleaf Silktassel, Wavy-leaf Silktassel, Silk-tassel Bush, Coastal Silktassel | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | |
Gaultheria shallon | Salal | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Gilia achilleifolia | California Gilia, California Gily-flower, Showy Gilia | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Gilia tricolor | Bird's-eye Gilia, Bird's-eyes | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Hesperocyparis forbesii | Tecate Cypress | Perennial | Tree | Sun | |
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa | Monterey Cypress | Perennial | Tree | Sun | |
Hesperoyucca whipplei | Our Lord's Candle, Chaparral Yucca, Foothill Yucca, Quixote Yucca | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Heteromeles arbutifolia | Toyon, California Christmasberry, Christmasberry, California Holly, Hollywood | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Holodiscus discolor | Ocean Spray, Hillside Ocean-spray, Cream Bush, Mountain Spray | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ipomopsis aggregata | Scarlet Gilia, Scarlet Standing-cypress, Skyrocket, Skunkflower | Biennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Iris missouriensis | Rocky Mountain Iris, Western Blue Flag | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Juglans californica | Southern California Walnut, California Black Walnut | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Juniperus californica | California Juniper, Desert White Cedar | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Juniperus occidentalis | Western Juniper | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Kallstroemia grandiflora | Arizona Poppy, Desert Poppy, Orange Caltrop, Summer Poppy | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Koeleria macrantha | Prairie Junegrass, Junegrass, Prairie Koeler's Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Larrea tridentata | Creosote Bush, Greasewood, Hediondilla, Governadora, Guamis | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Lasthenia glabrata | Yellowray Goldfields, Yellow-ray Goldfields, California Sunshine | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Layia glandulosa | White-daisy Tidytips, White Tidytips | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Layia platyglossa | Coastal Tidytips | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Leptosiphon grandiflorus | Largeflower Linanthus, Large-flower Desert-trumpets, Mountain Phlox | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Leucothoe davisiae | Sierra Laurel, Sierran Doghobble, Western Leucothoe | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Leymus triticoides | Beardless Wildrye, Beardless Lyme Grass, Creeping Wildrye | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Linanthus dianthiflorus | Fringed Linanthus, Fringed Desert-trumpets, Ground Linanthus, Ground-pink | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Lupinus arboreus | Yellow Bush Lupine, Bush Lupine, Tree Lupine | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Lupinus densiflorus var. aureus | Whitewhorl Lupine, Golden Lupine | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Lupinus grayi | Sierra Lupine | Perennial | Subshrub | ||
Lupinus nanus | Ocean-blue Lupine, Sky Lupine | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Lupinus polyphyllus | Bigleaf Lupine, Blue-pod Lupine, Meadow Lupine, Bog Lupine | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Lupinus sparsiflorus | Mojave Lupine, Sand Lupine | Annual | Herb | ||
Lupinus succulentus | Hollowleaf Annual Lupine, Hollow-leaf Annual Lupine, Arroyo Lupine, Succulent Lupine | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Lupinus vallicola | Open Lupine | Annual | Herb | ||
Mahonia nervosa | Cascade Barberry, Cascade Oregon-grape, Dwarf Oregon-grape | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Mahonia nevinii | Nevin's Barberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Mahonia repens | Creeping Barberry, Creeping Oregon-grape | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Malosma laurina | Laurel Sumac, Laurel-leaf Sumac | Perennial | Tree | Sun | |
Melica imperfecta | Smallflower Melic Grass, Coast Range Melic Grass, Smallflower Melic, Coast Range Melic, Oniongrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Mentzelia laevicaulis | Smoothstem Blazingstar, Giant Blazingstar, Evening Star, Stick Leaf | Biennial | Herb | Sun | |
Mentzelia lindleyi | Lindley's Blazingstar, Evening Star | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Mimulus bicolor | Yellow-and-white Monkeyflower | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Mimulus guttatus | Yellow Monkeyflower, Golden Monkeyflower, Seep Monkeyflower, Common Monkeyflower, Seep Monkey-flower | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Mimulus kelloggii | Kellogg's Monkeyflower | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Mimulus lewisii | Purple Monkeyflower, Great Purple Monkeyflower, Lewis Monkeyflower, Lewis's Monkeyflower | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Mimulus primuloides | Primrose Monkeyflower, Yellow Creeping Monkeyflower, Creeping Yellow Monkeyflower, Yellow Creeping Monkey-flower | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Morella californica | Pacific Wax Myrtle, California Wax Myrtle, Pacific Bayberry, California Bayberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | |
Nemophila maculata | Fivespot | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Nemophila menziesii | Baby Blue Eyes, Menzies Baby Blue Eyes | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Nolina parryi | Parry's Beargrass, Bigelow Nolina, Parry's Bear-grass | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Notholithocarpus densiflorus | Tan Oak, Tanoak, Tan-oak, Tanbark-oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Oenothera caespitosa | Tufted Evening Primrose, Gumbo Evening Primrose, Gumbo Lily, Fragrant Evening Primrose, Tufted Evening-primrose | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Oenothera deltoides | Birdcage Evening-primrose, Fragrant Primrose, Desert Evening-primrose, Birdcage Primrose, Dune Evening Primrose, Devil's-lantern | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri | Hooker's Evening-primrose, Giant Evening-primrose | Biennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Oenothera pallida | Pale Evening-primrose | Biennial | Herb | Sun | |
Parkinsonia florida | Blue Paloverde | Perennial | Tree | ||
Penstemon centranthifolius | Scarlet Bugler | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Penstemon clevelandii | Cleveland's Penstemon, Cleveland's Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Penstemon eatonii | Firecracker Penstemon, Firecracker Beardtongue, Eaton's Penstemon, Eaton's Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Penstemon heterophyllus | Bunchleaf Penstemon, Bunchleaf Beardtongue, Foothill Penstemon, Foothill Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Penstemon palmeri | Palmer's Penstemon, Palmer's Beardtongue, Scented Penstemon, Scented Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Penstemon spectabilis | Showy Penstemon, Showy Beardtongue, Royal Penstemon, Royal Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Peritoma arborea | Bladderpod Spiderflower, Bladderpod, Bladderbush, Burro-fat, Spiderflower | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Peritoma arborea var. angustata | Narrowfruit Bladderpod, Narrowfruit Bladderpod Spiderflower, Narrowfruit Bladderbush Spiderflower | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Peritoma arborea var. arborea | Bladderpod Spiderflower, Bladderpod, Bladderbush, Burro-fat, Spiderflower | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Peritoma arborea var. globosa | Roundfruit Bladderpod, Roundfruit Bladderpod Spiderflower, Roundfruit Bladderbush Spiderflower | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Peritoma jonesii | Jones Bee-plant, Jones Spiderflower | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Peritoma lutea | Yellow Bee-plant, Yellow Spiderflower | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Peritoma serrulata | Rocky Mountain Bee-plant, Stinking-clover, Bee Spiderflower, Navajo Spinach, Pink Cleome, Toothed Spiderflower, Skunkweed | Annual | Herb | Sun, Shade | Moist, Dry |
Phacelia campanularia | Desert Bells, Desert Canterbury Bells, Desert Bluebells, Bluebells | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Phacelia minor | Wild Canterbury Bells, California Bells | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Phacelia parryi | Parry's Phacelia | Annual | Herb | ||
Phacelia tanacetifolia | Lacy Phacelia, Lacy Scorpion-weed | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Philadelphus lewisii | Lewis' Mock Orange, Mock Orange, California Mock Orange | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | |
Pholistoma racemosum | Racemed Fiestaflower, Racemed Fiesta-flower | Annual | Herb | Shade | |
Pinus coulteri | Coulter Pine | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Pinus jeffreyi | Jeffrey Pine | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Pinus lambertiana | Sugar Pine | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Pinus ponderosa | Ponderosa Pine, Western Yellow Pine, Pino Blanco | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Pinus radiata | Monterey Pine | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Platystemon californicus | Creamcups, California Creamcups | Annual | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Pleuraphis rigida | Big Galleta | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | |
Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa | Honey Mesquite | Perennial | Tree | ||
Prosopis velutina | Velvet Mesquite | Perennial | Tree | ||
Prunus ilicifolia | Hollyleaf Cherry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata | Bluebunch Wheatgrass, Bluebunch-wheat Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Pseudotsuga macrocarpa | Bigcone Douglas-fir, Big-cone Douglas-fir, Big-cone Spruce | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Pseudotsuga menziesii | Douglas Fir, Blue Douglas Fir | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Psilostrophe tagetina | Woolly Paperflower, Paperflower | Biennial, Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Purshia mexicana | Mexican Cliffrose, Chinacates, Chivatillo, Romerillo Cimarrã³N, Romero, Romero Cedro | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | ||
Purshia tridentata | Antelope Bitterbrush, Bitterbrush, Antelope Brush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Quercus agrifolia | California Live Oak, Coast Live Oak, Encino Verde | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | |
Quercus chrysolepis | Canyon Live Oak | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun | Moist |
Quercus douglasii | Blue Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Quercus dumosa | Coastal Sage Scrub Oak, Nuttall's Scrub Oak | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus engelmannii | Engelmann Oak, Engelmann's Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Quercus kelloggii | California Black Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun | |
Quercus lobata | Valley Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun | |
Quercus wislizeni | Interior Live Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Rhododendron macrophyllum | Pacific Rhododendron, California Rhododendron, California Rosebay, Red Rhododendron | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rhododendron occidentale | Western Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Rhus ovata | Sugar Sumac, Sugarbush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Rhus trilobata | Skunkbush, Skunkbush Sumac, Fragrant Sumac, Aromatic Sumac, Scented Sumac, Ill-scented Sumac, Basketbush, Squawbush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Ribes aureum | Golden Currant | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Romneya coulteri | Coulter's Matilija Poppy, Matilija Poppy, Fried-egg Flower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan, Common Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan | Annual, Biennial, Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Salvia apiana | White Sage, California White Sage | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Salvia clevelandii | Fragrant Sage, Blue Sage, Cleveland Sage | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Salvia columbariae | California Sage, Chia Sage, Golden Chia, Desert Chia, Chia | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Salvia leucophylla | San Luis Purple Sage, Purple Sage | Perennial | Subshrub | ||
Salvia mellifera | Black Sage, California Black Sage | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Salvia sonomensis | Creeping Sage | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common Elderberry, Black Elder, Mexican Elderberry, Common Elder, Elderberry, Tapiro, Sauco | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Senegalia greggii | Gregg Acacia, Gregg's Acacia, Gregg Catclaw Acacia, Gregg's Catclaw Acacia, Gregg Catclaw, Gregg's Catclaw, Texas Catclaw Acacia, Texas Catclaw, Long-flowered Catclaw Acacia, Longflower Catclaw Acacia, Long-flowered Catclaw, Longflower Catclaw, Catclaw Acacia, Catclaw, Devil's Claw, Uña De Gato | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Sequoia sempervirens | Coast Redwood, California Redwood, Redwood | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Shepherdia argentea | Silver Buffaloberry, Buffaloberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Silene californica | Indian Pink, Indian-pink | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Simmondsia chinensis | Jojoba, Goatnut, Quinine Plant, Coffeeberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Sisyrinchium bellum | Western Blue-eyed Grass, California Blue-eyed-grass | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Sisyrinchium californicum | Golden Blue-eyed Grass | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Sphaeralcea ambigua | Desert Globemallow, Apricot Globe-mallow, Desert Mallow, Globe Mallow, Apricot Mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Sporobolus airoides | Alkali Sacaton, Zacate Alcalino | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Stylomecon heterophylla | Wind Poppy | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | |
Styrax redivivus | Drug Snowbell, Chapparal Snowbell, Snowdrop Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Symphoricarpos mollis | Creeping Snowberry | Perennial | Subshrub | Dry | |
Trichostema lanatum | Woolly Bluecurls, Romero | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Tsuga mertensiana | Mountain Hemlock | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Umbellularia californica | California Laurel, California Bay, Oregon Myrtle, Pepperwood | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Vaccinium ovatum | California Huckleberry, Evergreen Blueberry, Evergreen Huckleberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Vaccinium parvifolium | Red Huckleberry, Red Blueberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Washingtonia filifera | California Fan Palm, Desert Palm, Petticoat Palm | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Yucca baccata | Banana Yucca, Blue Yucca, Fleshy-fruited Yucca, Datil | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Yucca brevifolia | Joshua Tree, Tree Yucca, Cactus-yucca, Yucca-palm | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun |