Plant Signs

Mojave Stinkweed

Cleomella obtusifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 36 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Green

Wildlife supported:

Spiny Caper

Cleomella oxystyloides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Slender Stinkweed

Cleomella parviflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 18 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Twisted Cleomella

Cleomella plocasperma

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Spectacle Fruit

Cleomella refracta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 79 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Purple Marsh Cinquefoil

Comarum palustre

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 18 in tall

Flower Color: Purple, Red, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Standing

Samiland Gentian

Comastoma tenellum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Conioselinum pacificum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Oregon Goldthread

Coptis laciniata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 7 - 10 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Desert Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus eremicus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Bushy Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus ramosus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Brown Dogwood

Cornus glabrata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Tree

Size: 5 - 20 ft tall

Form: Weeping

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White, Red

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

High, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Slow

Red Osier Dogwood

Cornus sericea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Tree

Size: 4 - 13 ft tall , 9 - 15 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White, Purple, Red

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

High

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow, Standing

Western Dogwood

Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 - 16 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Cream

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

High

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Creek Dogwood

Cornus sericea ssp. sericea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 4 - 15 ft tall , 12 ft wide

Form: Upright, Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Red

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

High

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Miner's Dogwood

Cornus sessilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree

Size: 8 - 16 ft tall , 3 - 9 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Flower Color: Yellow, Red

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Water Pygmyweed

Crassula aquatica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent

Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low

Pygmy-weed

Crassula connata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent

Size: 0.8 - 4 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low

Black Hawthorn

Crataegus douglasii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 15 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Slow, Medium

Crepis runcinata ssp. andersonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Hall's Meadow Hawksbeard

Crepis runcinata ssp. hallii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Alkali Weed

Cressa truxillensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 10 in tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Tapertip Flatsedge

Cyperus acuminatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Tall Flatsedge

Cyperus eragrostis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall , 30 ft wide

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

High

Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Soil drainage

Standing

Red Rooted Cyperus

Cyperus erythrorhizos

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

High

Chufa Sedge

Cyperus esculentus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 8 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Smooth Flatsedge

Cyperus laevigatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Black Flatsedge

Cyperus niger

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Fragrant Flatsedge

Cyperus odoratus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Brown

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Parish's Flatsedge

Cyperus parishii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 10 in tall

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Bearded Flatsedge

Cyperus squarrosus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 - 6 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

False Nutsedge

Cyperus strigosus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Brown

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

High

California Lady's Slipper

Cypripedium californicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, White, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Fringed Water-plantain

Damasonium californicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Pink, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

California Oatgrass

Danthonia californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Brown

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Timber Oatgrass

Danthonia intermedia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Standing

Indian Rhubarb

Darmera peltata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 7 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

High

Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Soil drainage

Standing

Shrubby Cinquefoil

Dasiphora fruticosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 4 - 59 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Orange, Red

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate, High

Durango Root

Datisca glomerata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Green

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Desert Thornapple

Datura discolor

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Glaucus Larkspur

Delphinium glaucum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 8 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple, Blue

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

High Mountain Larkspur

Delphinium polycladon

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue

Wildlife supported:

Byron Larkspur

Delphinium recurvatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Lavender, Purple, Blue

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Swamp Larkspur

Delphinium uliginosum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 28 in tall

Flower Color: Blue

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Tufted Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Fountain

Flower Color: Brown

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

Susan's Choice Tufted Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa 'Susan's Choice'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Clumping

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate, High

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Tufted Hair Grass

Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. cespitosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Standing

California Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. holciformis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: , 12 in wide

Form: Fountain

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Brown

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Slow, Standing

Jughandle Pacific Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. holciformis 'Jughandle'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Clumping

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, High

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Annual Hair Grass

Deschampsia danthonioides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Hairgrass

Deschampsia elongata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Slow

Desert Twinbugs

Dicoria canescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Hoary Aster

Dieteria canescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Hoary Tansyaster

Dieteria canescens var. canescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Dieteria canescens var. incana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Whiteflower Tansyaster

Dieteria canescens var. leucanthemifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Shasta Tansy-aster

Dieteria canescens var. shastensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Narrow Leaved Pansy Monkeyflower

Diplacus angustatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Green, Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Western Leatherwood

Dirca occidentalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Yellow

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Shore Grass

Distichlis littoralis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate, High