Plant Signs

Needle Spike-rush

Eleocharis acicularis var. acicularis

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Water

High

Eleocharis acicularis var. occidentalis

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Water

High

Purple Spikerush

Eleocharis atropurpurea

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 in tall

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

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Water

High

Beautiful Spikerush

Eleocharis bella

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Water

High

Bolander's Spikerush

Eleocharis bolanderi

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Purple, Red

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Water

High

Eleocharis coloradoensis

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun

Water

High

Soil drainage

Standing

Engelmann's Spikerush

Eleocharis engelmannii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Water

High

Eleocharis engelmannii var. detonsa

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Water

High

Eleocharis engelmannii var. engelmannii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Water

High

Common Spikerush

Eleocharis macrostachya

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Brown

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun

Water

High

Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Soil drainage

Slow, Standing

Sand Spikerush

Eleocharis montevidensis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

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Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

High

Soil drainage

Fast

Broad Spiked Spikerush

Eleocharis obtusa

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

High

Soil drainage

Standing

Ovate Spikerush

Eleocharis ovata

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Water

High

Common Spike-rush

Eleocharis palustris

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Brown

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

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Water

High

Parish's Spikerush

Eleocharis parishii

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple, Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Water

High

Small Spikerush

Eleocharis parvula

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 - 14 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Water

High

Soil drainage

Standing

Fewflower Spikerush

Eleocharis quinqueflora

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Water

High

Creeping Spikerush

Eleocharis radicans

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun

Water

High

Soil drainage

Standing

Beaked Spikerush

Eleocharis rostellata

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 7 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Suksdorf's Spikerush

Eleocharis suksdorfiana

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Water

High

California Bottle Brush Grass

Elymus californicus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

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Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Great Basin Wild Rye

Elymus cinereus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Giant Wildrye

Elymus condensatus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 6 ft tall , 2 - 8 ft wide

Form: Fountain, Weeping

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Brown

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Canyon Prince Wild Rye

Elymus condensatus 'Canyon Prince'

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide

Form: Clumping, spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Gaviota Gray Giant Wild Rye

Elymus condensatus 'Gaviota Gray'

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Plant type: Grass

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

Form: Clumping, spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Bottlebrush Squirreltail

Elymus elymoides

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Elymus elymoides var. brevifolius

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Elymus elymoides var. californicus

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Squirreltail

Elymus elymoides var. elymoides

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun

Blue Wildrye

Elymus glaucus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 5 ft tall , 1 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Western Rye Grass

Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

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Full Sun, Partial Shade

Blue Wildrye

Elymus glaucus ssp. virescens

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun, Partial Shade

Thickspike Wheatgrass

Elymus lanceolatus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Green

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Full Sun, Partial Shade

Streambank Wheatgrass

Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow, Brown

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

American Dunegrass

Elymus mollis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Dune Wild Rye

Elymus mollis ssp. mollis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Big Squirreltail

Elymus multisetus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Fountain

Flower Color: Brown, Green, Purple

Dormancy: Winter Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Pacific Wild-rye

Elymus pacificus

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

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Spreading Wheatgrass

Elymus scribneri

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun

Sierra Wild Rye

Elymus sierrae

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Western Wheat Grass

Elymus smithii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun

False Wheatgrass

Elymus spicatus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Brown

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun, Partial Shade

Stebbins' Wheat Grass

Elymus stebbinsii

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

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Slender Wheatgrass

Elymus trachycaulus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Slender Wheatgrass

Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun, Partial Shade

Creeping Wild Rye

Elymus triticoides

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Grey Dawn Creeping Wild Rye

Elymus triticoides 'Grey Dawn'

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Plant type: Grass

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

Form: spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Elymus vancouverensis

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

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Whispering Bells

Emmenanthe penduliflora

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 34 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Pink

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Whisperingbells

Emmenanthe rosea

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 34 in tall

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Acton Encelia

Encelia actoni

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Bush Sunflower

Encelia californica

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall , 3 - 7 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Brown, Purple, Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

El Dorado Bush Sunflower

Encelia californica 'El Dorado'

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Encelia californica 'El Dorado'

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 3 - 5 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Brittlebush

Encelia farinosa

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 5 ft tall , 4 ft wide

Form: Rounded, Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow, Brown

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Button Brittlebush

Encelia frutescens

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Plant type: Shrub

Wildlife supported:

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Water

Low, Very Low

Virgin River Brittlebush

Encelia virginensis

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Plant type: Shrub

Wildlife supported:

Obtuse Starwort

Engellaria obtusa

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Green

Wildlife supported:

Boundary Ephedra

Ephedra aspera

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

California Jointfir

Ephedra californica

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Nevada Jointfir

Ephedra nevadensis

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 4 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low