Plant Signs

Canyon Dodder

Cuscuta subinclusa

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

Wildlife supported:

Mountain Dodder

Cuscuta suksdorfii

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

Wildlife supported:

Cane Cholla

Cylindropuntia bernardina

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 5 - 10 ft tall , 5 - 10 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Yellow, Orange, Green

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Jumping Cholla

Cylindropuntia bigelovii

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 1 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

California Cholla

Cylindropuntia californica

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 10 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Red

Wildlife supported:

Snake Cholla

Cylindropuntia californica var. californica

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Golden Cholla

Cylindropuntia echinocarpa

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 7 - 10 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Pink, Green, Brown

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Fosberg's

Cylindropuntia fosbergii

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Flower Color: Yellow, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Gander's Cholla

Cylindropuntia ganderi

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Munz's Cholla

Cylindropuntia munzii

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Flower Color: Yellow, Pink

Wildlife supported:

Coastal Cholla

Cylindropuntia prolifera

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 10 ft tall , 1 - 5 ft wide

Form: Upright

Flower Color: Purple, Red

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Pencil Cholla

Cylindropuntia ramosissima

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 5 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Orange, Pink, Brown

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Wolf's Cholla

Cylindropuntia wolfii

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, Orange, Yellow, Purple, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Indian Springparsley

Cymopterus aboriginum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Gray Springparsley

Cymopterus cinerarius

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Green, Red, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Desert Cymopterus

Cymopterus deserticola

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Green

Wildlife supported:

Gilman's Cymopterus

Cymopterus gilmanii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Globose Cymopterus

Cymopterus globosus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Pink, White, Purple, Red, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Purple-nerve Cymopterus

Cymopterus multinervatus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Cream, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Panamint Springparsley

Cymopterus panamintensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Panamint Springparsley

Cymopterus panamintensis var. acutifolius

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Panamint Springparsley

Cymopterus panamintensis var. panamintensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Widewing Springparsley

Cymopterus purpurascens

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Ripley's Cymopterus

Cymopterus ripleyi

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Cymopterus terebinthinus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

California Wavewing

Cymopterus terebinthinus var. californicus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Rock Springparsley

Cymopterus terebinthinus var. petraeus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Tapertip Flatsedge

Cyperus acuminatus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Slender Flatsedge

Cyperus bipartitus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 10 - 60 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Tall Flatsedge

Cyperus eragrostis

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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

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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

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 8 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Cyperus esculentus var. heermannii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Smooth Flatsedge

Cyperus laevigatus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Black Flatsedge

Cyperus niger

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Fragrant Flatsedge

Cyperus odoratus

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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

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 10 in tall

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Bearded Flatsedge

Cyperus squarrosus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 - 6 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

False Nutsedge

Cyperus strigosus

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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

Hairy Prairie

Dalea mollis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 14 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Soft Prairie Clover

Dalea mollissima

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 14 in tall

Flower Color: White, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Ornate Dalea

Dalea ornata

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 10 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Searls' Prairie Clover

Dalea searlsiae

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple

Wildlife supported:

California Oatgrass

Danthonia californica

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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

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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

Intermediate Oat Grass

Danthonia intermedia ssp. intermedia

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

One-spike Oat Grass

Danthonia unispicata

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 10 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Shrubby Cinquefoil

Dasiphora fruticosa

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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

Desert Thornapple

Datura discolor

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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

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 5 ft tall , 6 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple, White

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Rattlesnake Weed

Daucus pusillus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Fast

Island Tarplant

Deinandra clementina

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Plant type: Shrub

Wildlife supported:

Otay Tarplant

Deinandra conjugens

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Coastal Tarweed

Deinandra corymbosa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Coastal Tarweed

Deinandra corymbosa ssp. corymbosa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Clustered Tarweed

Deinandra fasciculata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall , 2 ft wide

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Tecate Tarplant

Deinandra floribunda

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Kellogg's Tarweed

Deinandra kelloggii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Threeray Tarweed

Deinandra lobbii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Mojave Tarplant

Deinandra mohavensis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 40 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade