Plant Signs

Chaparral Orchid

Piperia elongata

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 10 ft tall

Flower Color: Green

Wildlife supported:

Michael's Piperia

Piperia michaelii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Green

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Flat Spurred Piperia

Piperia transversa

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Green

Wildlife supported:

Alaska Piperia

Piperia unalascensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Green

Wildlife supported:

Arizona Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys arizonicus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Bracted Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys bracteatus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Valley Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys canescens

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Santa Catalina Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys canescens var. catalinensis

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Plagiobothrys canescens var. catalinensis

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 24 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Cognate Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys cognatus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Cusick's Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys cusickii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Field Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys fulvus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Field Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys fulvus var. campestris

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Sculptured Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys glyptocarpus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Greene's Spiny-nut Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys greenei

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Rusty Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys nothofulvus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 28 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Shasta Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys shastensis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Stalked Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys stipitatus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Pacific Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys tenellus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Slender Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys tener

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Serpentine Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys tener var. subglaber

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Plagiobothrys tener var. tener

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Rough-nutlet Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys trachycarpus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Wavy-stemmed Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys undulatus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Dotseed Plantain

Plantago erecta

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 10 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Brown, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Woolly Plantain

Plantago patagonica

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 7 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Fast

Western Sycamore

Platanus racemosa

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Plant type: Tree

Size: 20 - 115 ft tall , 50 ft wide

Form: Rounded, Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Fast, Slow

Flower Color: Orange, Yellow, Cream, Brown

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Creamcups

Platystemon californicus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 12 in tall , 6 in wide

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Longspur Seablush

Plectritis ciliosa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Longhorn Seablush

Plectritis macrocera

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Thorny Skeletonweed

Pleiacanthus spinosus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Annual Semaphoregrass

Pleuropogon californicus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Bolander's Bluegrass

Poa bolanderi

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Cusick's Bluegrass

Poa cusickii ssp. cusickii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Muttongrass

Poa fendleriana

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Long-tongue Mutton Grass

Poa fendleriana ssp. longiligula

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low

Rush Blue Grass

Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

One-sided Bluegrass

Poa secunda ssp. secunda

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall , 6 - 12 in wide

Form: Upright Columnar

Flower Color: Brown, Cream, Green, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Delicate Blue Grass

Poa tenerrima

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Douglas' Pogogyne

Pogogyne douglasii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 10 - 18 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Douglas' Mesamint

Pogogyne douglasii ssp. parviflora

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Thymeleaf Beardstyle

Pogogyne serpylloides

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Sacramento Beardstyle

Pogogyne zizyphoroides

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 6 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Annual Polemonium

Polemonium micranthum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 10 in tall

Flower Color: White, Blue

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High, Moderate

Bolander's Knotweed

Polygonum bolanderi

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

California Knotweed

Polygonum californicum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Fruitleaf Knotweed

Polygonum polygaloides ssp. confertiflorum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

California Polypody

Polypodium californicum

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Plant type: Fern

Size: 2 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Growth rate: Slow

Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Slow

Sarah Lyman California Polypody Fern

Polypodium californicum 'Sarah Lyman'

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Plant type: Fern

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

Form: Clumping

Growth rate: Moderate

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Fremont Cottonwood

Populus fremontii

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Plant type: Tree

Size: 39 - 115 ft tall , 35 ft wide

Form: Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Cream, White

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Nimbus Fremont Cottonwood (male)

Populus fremontii 'Nimbus'

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Plant type: Tree

Size: 40 - 60 ft tall , 10 - 20 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

High, Moderate

Soil drainage

Medium

Fremont Cottonwood

Populus fremontii ssp. fremontii

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Plant type: Tree

Size: 66 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Cream

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

High, Moderate

Black Cottonwood

Populus trichocarpa

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Plant type: Tree

Size: 30 - 100 ft tall , 25 - 30 ft wide

Form: Upright, Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green, Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

High, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Slender Cinquefoil

Potentilla gracilis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 19 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Slender Cinquefoil

Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Feather Cinquefoil

Potentilla millefolia

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Brightwhite

Prenanthella exigua

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Padre's Shootingstar

Primula clevelandii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Lavender, Pink, Purple, White

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Slow

Mosquito Bills

Primula hendersonii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Hooker's Fairy Bell

Prosartes hookeri

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, High

Soil drainage

Medium