Plant Signs

Calico Cactus

Echinocereus engelmannii

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 3 - 24 in tall , 4 ft wide

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus

Echinocereus engelmannii var. acicularis

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun

Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus

Echinocereus engelmannii var. armatus

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun

Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus

Echinocereus engelmannii var. chrysocentrus

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Howe's Hedgehog Cactus

Echinocereus engelmannii var. howei

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Three Spine Hedgehog Cactus

Echinocereus mojavensis

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Red, Orange, Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Rough Barnyard Grass

Echinochloa muricata

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Echinochloa muricata var. microstachya

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Upright Burhead

Echinodorus berteroi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

False Daisy

Eclipta prostrata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Ear Drops

Ehrendorferia chrysantha

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

White Eardrops

Ehrendorferia ochroleuca

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 13 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Shortseed Waterwort

Elatine brachysperma

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

California Waterwort

Elatine californica

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Chilean Waterwort

Elatine chilensis

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Mosquito Waterwort

Elatine heterandra

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Southwestern Waterwort

Elatine rubella

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Spike Rush

Eleocharis acicularis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 6 - 8 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

High

Soil drainage

Standing

Needle Spike-rush

Eleocharis acicularis var. acicularis

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Eleocharis acicularis var. gracilescens

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Eleocharis acicularis var. occidentalis

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Purple Spikerush

Eleocharis atropurpurea

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 in tall

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Beautiful Spikerush

Eleocharis bella

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Eleocharis bernardina

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Bolander's Spikerush

Eleocharis bolanderi

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Purple, Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Eleocharis coloradoensis

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

High

Soil drainage

Standing

Decumbent Spikerush

Eleocharis decumbens

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Engelmann's Spikerush

Eleocharis engelmannii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Eleocharis engelmannii var. detonsa

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Eleocharis engelmannii var. engelmannii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Yellow Spikerush

Eleocharis flavescens

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Eleocharis flavescens var. flavescens

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Canada Spikesedge

Eleocharis geniculata

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

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:

Landscape information:

Sun

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

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

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:

Landscape information:

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:

Landscape information:

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:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Parish's Spikerush

Eleocharis parishii

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

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:

Landscape information:

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:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Creeping Spikerush

Eleocharis radicans

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

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:

Landscape information:

Water

High

California Twisted Spikerush

Eleocharis torticulmis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 8 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Two-leaf Waterweed

Elodea bifoliata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Elodea

Elodea canadensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Nuttall's Waterweed

Elodea nuttallii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

California Bottle Brush Grass

Elymus californicus

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

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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Sun

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:

Landscape information:

Sun

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:

Landscape information:

Sun

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

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

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

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

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:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade