Plant Signs

Chaparral Dodder

Cuscuta californica var. californica

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

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Chaparral Dodder

Cuscuta californica var. papillosa

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

Wildlife supported:

Field Dodder

Cuscuta campestris

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

Wildlife supported:

Buttonbush Dodder

Cuscuta cephalanthi

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

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Small-tooth Dodder

Cuscuta denticulata

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Orange

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Boggs Lake Dodder

Cuscuta howelliana

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

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Bigseed Alfalfa Dodder

Cuscuta indecora

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

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Large-seeded Dodder

Cuscuta indecora var. indecora

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

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Cuscuta jepsonii

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

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Cuscuta nevadensis

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

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Peruvian Dodder

Cuscuta obtusiflora

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

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Peruvian Dodder

Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

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Chaparral Dodder

Cuscuta occidentalis

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

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Goldenthread

Cuscuta pacifica

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Cuscuta pacifica var. pacifica

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

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Cuscuta pacifica var. papillata

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

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Salt Dodder

Cuscuta salina

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

Flower Color: White

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Canyon Dodder

Cuscuta subinclusa

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

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Mountain Dodder

Cuscuta suksdorfii

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

Wildlife supported:

Veatch's Dodder

Cuscuta veatchii

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

Wildlife supported:

Alkali Draba

Cusickiella douglasii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Bodie Hills Cusickiella

Cusickiella quadricostata

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Sacramento Waxydogbane

Cycladenia humilis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Fast

Cycladenia

Cycladenia humilis var. humilis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 in tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Fast

Cycladenia humilis var. jonesii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Sacramento Waxydogbane

Cycladenia humilis var. venusta

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Buck Horn Cholla

Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Flower Color: Orange

Wildlife supported:

Buckhorn Cholla

Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. acanthocarpa

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Flower Color: Orange

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

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Chuckwalla Cholla

Cylindropuntia chuckwallensis

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Flower Color: Red

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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

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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

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Globose Cymopterus

Cymopterus globosus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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

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Purple-nerve Cymopterus

Cymopterus multinervatus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Cream, Purple

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Panamint Springparsley

Cymopterus panamintensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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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

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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