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:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

High

Watering
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:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
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:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
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:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
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:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
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:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade

Sierra Corydalis

Corydalis caseana ssp. caseana

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
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:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
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:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Viviparous Foxtail Cactus

Coryphantha vivipara

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Plant type: Shrub,Perennial herb
Size: 6 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Yellow, White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Water Pygmyweed

Crassula aquatica

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Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent
Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low

Pygmy-weed

Crassula connata

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Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent
Size: 0.8 - 4 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low

Smooth-seed Pygmyweed

Crassula solieri

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Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent
Size: 0.8 - 3 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low

Crataegus castlegarensis

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Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
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:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow, Medium

Klamath Hawthorn

Crataegus gaylussacia

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Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
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:
caterpillar
butterfly

Baker's Hawksbeard

Crepis bakeri

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 12 in tall
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Baker's Hawksbeard

Crepis bakeri ssp. bakeri

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Cusick's Hawksbeard

Crepis bakeri ssp. cusickii

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Crepis bakeri ssp. idahoensis

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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:
caterpillar
butterfly

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:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Modoc Hawksbeard

Crepis modocensis ssp. modocensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Modoc Hawksbeard

Crepis modocensis ssp. subacaulis

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Mountain Hawksbeard

Crepis monticola

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 12 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Dwarf Alpine Hawksbeard

Crepis nana

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

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:
caterpillar
butterfly

Largeflower Hawksbeard

Crepis occidentalis ssp. conjuncta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Largeflower Hawksbeard

Crepis occidentalis ssp. costata

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Largeflower Hawksbeard

Crepis occidentalis ssp. occidentalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Largeflower Hawksbeard

Crepis occidentalis ssp. pumila

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Nakedstem Hawksbeard

Crepis pleurocarpa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

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:
caterpillar
butterfly

Crepis runcinata ssp. andersonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Hall's Meadow Hawksbeard

Crepis runcinata ssp. hallii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Alkali Weed

Cressa truxillensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 in tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Alderson's Rush-rose

Crocanthemum aldersonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Island Rush-rose

Crocanthemum greenei

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:

Common Sun Rose

Crocanthemum scoparium

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 ft tall , 2 ft wide
Flower Color: Yellow
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Crocanthemum scoparium var. scoparium

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Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Crocanthemum scoparium var. vulgare

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Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bisbee Peak Rush Rose

Crocanthemum suffrutescens

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Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Spring Gold

Crocidium multicaule

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 12 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:

Rock Crossosoma

Crossosoma bigelovii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Purple
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Catalina Crossosoma

Crossosoma californicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 16 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Green
Wildlife supported:

California Croton

Croton californicus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Turkey Mullein

Croton setiger

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 in tall
Flower Color: Green, Cream
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Wiggins' Croton

Croton wigginsii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Side-grooved Cryptantha

Cryptantha affinis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Wilkes' Cryptantha

Cryptantha ambigua

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 14 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:

Bearded Cryptantha

Cryptantha barbigera

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bearded Cryptantha

Cryptantha barbigera var. barbigera

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Palm Springs Cryptantha

Cryptantha barbigera var. fergusoniae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Common Name James' Catseye

Cryptantha cinerea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:

Cleveland's Cryptantha

Cryptantha clevelandii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Cleveland's Cryptantha

Cryptantha clevelandii var. clevelandii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Coastal Cryptantha

Cryptantha clevelandii var. florosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Clokey's Cryptantha

Cryptantha clokeyi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:

Coast Range Cryptantha

Cryptantha corollata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 18 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly