Plant Signs

Mount Diablo Bird's-beak

Cordylanthus nidularius

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Red, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Small-flowered Bird's-beak

Cordylanthus parviflorus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: Green, Red

Wildlife supported:

Hairy Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus pilosus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 48 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Hansen's Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus pilosus ssp. hansenii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Hairy Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus pilosus ssp. pilosus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Hairy Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus pilosus ssp. trifidus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Pringle's Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus pringlei

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Bushy Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus ramosus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Stiffbranch Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus rigidus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 5 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Short-bracted Bird's-beak

Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. brevibracteatus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Seaside Bird's-beak

Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. littoralis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Rigid Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. rigidus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 5 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Partial Shade

Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. setiger

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2013 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Slender Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus tenuis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Fresno County Bird's-beak

Cordylanthus tenuis ssp. barbatus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Serpentine Bird's-beak

Cordylanthus tenuis ssp. brunneus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Pallid Bird's-beak

Cordylanthus tenuis ssp. pallescens

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Slender Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus tenuis ssp. tenuis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Slender Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus tenuis ssp. viscidus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

California Aster

Corethrogyne filaginifolia

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 40 in tall , 1 - 6 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink, Purple, White

Flowering season: Summer, Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established, Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Moss Landing Common Sandaster

Corethrogyne filaginifolia 'Moss Landing'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Lavender, Pink

Flowering season: Summer, Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Silver Carpet Aster

Corethrogyne filaginifolia 'Silver Carpet'

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Corethrogyne filaginifolia 'Silver Carpet'

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 3 - 4 ft wide

Form: Prostrate, spreading, mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Lavender, Pink

Flowering season: Summer, Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Smart Aster Common Sandaster

Corethrogyne filaginifolia 'Smart Aster'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Lavender, Pink

Flowering season: Summer, Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Brown Dogwood

Cornus glabrata

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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

Pacific Dogwood

Cornus nuttallii

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 12 - 66 ft tall , 6 - 30 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green, White

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Red Osier Dogwood

Cornus sericea

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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

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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

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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

Bunchberry

Cornus unalaschkensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 12 in tall

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Medium, Standing

Scrambled Eggs

Corydalis aurea

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Sierra Fumewort

Corydalis caseana

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade

Sierra Corydalis

Corydalis caseana ssp. caseana

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Deep Shade

Beaked Hazelnut

Corylus cornuta

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 - 26 ft tall , 10 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Red, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

California Hazel

Corylus cornuta ssp. californica

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 18 ft tall

Flower Color: Red, Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Water Pygmyweed

Crassula aquatica

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Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent

Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low

Pygmy-weed

Crassula connata

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Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent

Size: 0.8 - 4 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low

Smooth-seed Pygmyweed

Crassula solieri

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Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent

Size: 0.8 - 3 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low

Crataegus castlegarensis

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Plant type: Shrub

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Black Hawthorn

Crataegus douglasii

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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

Klamath Hawthorn

Crataegus gaylussacia

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Plant type: Shrub

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Tapertip Hawksbeard

Crepis acuminata

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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:

Baker's Hawksbeard

Crepis bakeri

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 12 in tall

Flower Color: Purple

Wildlife supported:

Cusick's Hawksbeard

Crepis bakeri ssp. cusickii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Limestone Hawksbeard

Crepis intermedia

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Modoc Hawksbeard

Crepis modocensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 10 - 18 in tall

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Modoc Hawksbeard

Crepis modocensis ssp. modocensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Modoc Hawksbeard

Crepis modocensis ssp. subacaulis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Mountain Hawksbeard

Crepis monticola

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 12 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Dwarf Alpine Hawksbeard

Crepis nana

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Western Hawksbeard

Crepis occidentalis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 11 - 16 in tall

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Largeflower Hawksbeard

Crepis occidentalis ssp. conjuncta

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Largeflower Hawksbeard

Crepis occidentalis ssp. costata

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Largeflower Hawksbeard

Crepis occidentalis ssp. occidentalis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Largeflower Hawksbeard

Crepis occidentalis ssp. pumila

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Nakedstem Hawksbeard

Crepis pleurocarpa

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Fiddleleaf Hawksbeard

Crepis runcinata

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Crepis runcinata ssp. andersonii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Hall's Meadow Hawksbeard

Crepis runcinata ssp. hallii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Alderson's Rush-rose

Crocanthemum aldersonii

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Plant type: Shrub

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Very Low, Low