Bonita Linda Coffeeberry

Frangula californica 'Bonita Linda'

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 8 - 10 ft tall , 8 - 10 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: slow
Flower Color: Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Ed Holm California Coffeeberry

Frangula californica 'Ed Holm'

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 3 - 6 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: slow
Flower Color: Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Eve Case Coffeeberry

Frangula californica 'Eve Case'

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 6 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: slow
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Leatherleaf California Coffeeberry

Frangula californica 'Leatherleaf'

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 8 ft tall , 6 - 8 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: slow
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Mound San Bruno California Coffeeberry

Frangula californica 'Mound San Bruno'

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: slow
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Sea View California Coffeeberry

Frangula californica 'Sea View'

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: slow
Flower Color: Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

California Coffeeberry

Frangula californica ssp. californica

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 5 - 16 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Serpentine Hoary Coffeeberry

Frangula californica ssp. crassifolia

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 20 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Sierra Hoary Coffeeberry

Frangula californica ssp. cuspidata

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Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Western California Coffeeberry

Frangula californica ssp. occidentalis

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 10 - 20 ft tall
Flower Color: Green
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Hoary Coffeeberry

Frangula californica ssp. tomentella

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 20 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Brown
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Desert Hoary Coffeeberry

Frangula californica ssp. ursina

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 20 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Cascara Sagrada

Frangula purshiana

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 20 - 49 ft tall , 12 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: White, Green, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

Frangula purshiana ssp. annonifolia

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Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Frangula purshiana ssp. purshiana

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Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Caribou Coffee Berry

Frangula purshiana ssp. ultramafica

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Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sierra Coffeeberry

Frangula rubra

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Green, Black
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Frangula rubra ssp. modocensis

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Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Frangula rubra ssp. obtusissima

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Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Red Buckthorn

Frangula rubra ssp. rubra

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Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly

Frangula rubra ssp. yosemitana

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Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Palmer's Seaheath

Frankenia palmeri

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Alkali Heath

Frankenia salina

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Pink, White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

Whitestem Frasera

Frasera albicaulis

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 28 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Whitestem Frasera

Frasera albicaulis var. nitida

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Pine Green-gentian

Frasera neglecta

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

Parry's Green Gentian

Frasera parryi

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Dwarf Ash

Fraxinus anomala

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Plant type: Tree
Size: 10 - 20 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Green, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

California Ash

Fraxinus dipetala

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Plant type: Tree
Size: 23 ft tall , 15 ft wide
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Oregon Ash

Fraxinus latifolia

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Plant type: Tree
Size: 35 - 82 ft tall , 30 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Chaparral Ash

Fraxinus parryi

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Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly

Velvet Ash

Fraxinus velutina

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Plant type: Tree
Size: 30 - 40 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Flannel Bush

Fremontodendron californicum

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 20 ft tall , 20 ft wide
Form: Upright, Mounding, Rounded, Spreading, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Orange, Yellow
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Pacific Sunset Flannelbush

Fremontodendron californicum 'Pacific Sunset'

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Plant type: Shrub
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Mexican Flannelbush

Fremontodendron mexicanum

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 25 ft tall , 25 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Fringed Twinevine

Funastrum cynanchoides

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Pink, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Climbing Milkweed

Funastrum cynanchoides var. hartwegii

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Trailing Townula

Funastrum hirtellum

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Utah Vine Milkweed

Funastrum utahense

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Yolla Bolly Bedstraw

Galium ambiguum

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Yolla Bolly Bedstraw

Galium ambiguum ssp. ambiguum

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Siskiyou Bedstraw

Galium ambiguum ssp. siskiyouense

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Phlox Leaved Bedstraw

Galium andrewsii

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 9 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Andrews' Bedstraw

Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Serpentine Bedstraw

Galium andrewsii ssp. gatense

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Phloxleaf Bedstraw

Galium andrewsii ssp. intermedium

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Narrow Leaved Bedstraw

Galium angustifolium

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Cream
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Narrowleaf Bedstraw

Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Borrego Bedstraw

Galium angustifolium ssp. borregoense

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Narrowleaf Bedstraw

Galium angustifolium ssp. foliosum

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

San Antonio Canyon Bedstraw

Galium angustifolium ssp. gabrielense

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Slender Bedstraw

Galium angustifolium ssp. gracillimum

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

San Jacinto Mountains Bedstraw

Galium angustifolium ssp. jacinticum

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Narrowleaf Bedstraw

Galium angustifolium ssp. nudicaule

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Onyx Peak Bedstraw

Galium angustifolium ssp. onycense

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Common Bedstraw

Galium aparine

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 35 in tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Argus Bedstraw

Galium argense

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Low Mountain Bedstraw

Galium bifolium

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bolander's Bedstraw

Galium bolanderi

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Northern Bedstraw

Galium boreale

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly