Arumleaf Arrowhead

Sagittaria cuneata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Wildlife supported:

Wappato

Sagittaria latifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 59 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Longbarb Arrowhead

Sagittaria longiloba

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:

Sagittaria montevidensis ssp. calycina

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Dwarf Saltwort

Salicornia bigelovii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Virginia Glasswort

Salicornia depressa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 28 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Pickleweed

Salicornia pacifica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 28 in tall
Flower Color: Red
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Standing

Red Swampfire

Salicornia rubra

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:

Gray Willow

Salix bebbiana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 12 - 26 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High

Shortfruit Willow

Salix brachycarpa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 2 - 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

High

Brewer's Willow

Salix breweri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 3 - 13 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High

Del Norte Willow

Salix delnortensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 3 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

High

Drummond's Willow

Salix drummondiana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 12 - 16 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

High

Mountain Willow

Salix eastwoodiae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 7 - 13 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

Calscape.org

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

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

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

Geyer's Willow

Salix geyeriana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 8 - 16 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
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

Coastal Willow

Salix hookeriana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 26 - 33 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High

Jepson's Willow

Salix jepsonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 3 - 10 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

High

Shining Willow

Salix lasiandra

Calscape.org

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

Tail-leaf Willow

Salix lasiandra var. caudata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 3 - 36 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

High

Yellow Willow

Salix lasiandra var. lasiandra

Calscape.org

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

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

Lemmon's Willow

Salix lemmonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 7 - 14 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

High

Tongueleaf Willow

Salix ligulifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 18 - 26 ft tall
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

High

Yellow Willow

Salix lutea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 16 - 23 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High

Dusky Willow

Salix melanopsis

Calscape.org

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

Sierra Willow

Salix orestera

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 7 - 10 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High

Alpine Willow

Salix petrophila

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 0.4 - 22 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High

Tea Leaved Willow

Salix planifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 8 - 30 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Green, Cream, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

High

Mackenzie's Willow

Salix prolixa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 16 - 68 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Cream, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

High

Scouler's Willow

Salix scouleriana

Calscape.org

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

Sitka Willow

Salix sitchensis

Calscape.org

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

Seaside Brookweed

Samolus parviflorus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Official Burnet

Sanguisorba officinalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 5 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Great Burnet

Sanguisorba officinalis ssp. microcephala

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Greasewood

Sarcobatus vermiculatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 10 ft tall
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

American Saw Wort

Saussurea americana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Wood Saxifrage

Saxifraga mertensiana

Calscape.org

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

Partial Shade

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Leather Grape-fern

Sceptridium multifidum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Wildlife supported:

Tule

Schoenoplectus acutus var. occidentalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 13 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Olney's Bulrush

Schoenoplectus americanus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 4 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Orange, Purple, Red, Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

California Bulrush

Schoenoplectus californicus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 6 - 12 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing, Standing

Slender Bulrush

Schoenoplectus heterochaetus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 5 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Three Square

Schoenoplectus pungens var. longispicatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Rocky Mountain Bulrush

Schoenoplectus saximontanus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 12 in tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Tule

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 - 10 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Red
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Common Tule

Scirpus acutus var. acutus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Congdon's Bulrush

Scirpus congdonii

Calscape.org

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

Panicled Bulrush

Scirpus microcarpus

Calscape.org

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

Northwestern Yellowflax

Sclerolinon digynum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:

Sierra Skullcap

Scutellaria bolanderi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 12 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Sierra Skullcap

Scutellaria bolanderi ssp. bolanderi

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Mad Dog Skullcap

Scutellaria lateriflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Blue
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Sierra Mock Stonecrop

Sedella pumila

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 7 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Wildlife supported:

Clark's Ragwort

Senecio clarkianus

Calscape.org

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

Water Groundsel

Senecio hydrophilus

Calscape.org

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

Partial Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing