Plant Signs

Woolly Plantain

Plantago ovata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Fast

Plantago ovata var. fastigiata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Plantago ovata var. insularis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Woolly Plantain

Plantago patagonica

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 7 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Fast

Redseed Plantain

Plantago rhodosperma

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Flower Color: Red, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Naked Plantain

Plantago subnuda

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate, High

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Western Sycamore

Platanus racemosa

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Plant type: Tree

Size: 20 - 115 ft tall , 50 ft wide

Form: Rounded, Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Fast, Slow

Flower Color: Orange, Yellow, Cream, Brown

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Creamcups

Platystemon californicus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 12 in tall , 6 in wide

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Longspur Seablush

Plectritis ciliosa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Shortspur Seablush

Plectritis congesta

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Small-flowered Plectritis

Plectritis congesta ssp. brachystemon

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Sea Blush

Plectritis congesta ssp. congesta

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Longhorn Seablush

Plectritis macrocera

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Marsh Fleabane

Pluchea odorata

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate, High

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Saltmarsh-fleabane

Pluchea odorata var. odorata

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 5 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple

Wildlife supported:

Arrow Weed

Pluchea sericea

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 16 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Medium

Short Bluegrass

Poa abbreviata

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Marsh's Blue Grass

Poa abbreviata ssp. marshii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Patterson's Blue Grass

Poa abbreviata ssp. pattersonii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

San Bernardino Bluegrass

Poa atropurpurea

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Bigelow's Bluegrass

Poa bigelovii

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Bolander's Bluegrass

Poa bolanderi

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Beach Blue Grass

Poa confinis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 12 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Cusick's Bluegrass

Poa cusickii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Cusick's Bluegrass

Poa cusickii ssp. cusickii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Skyline Blue Grass

Poa cusickii ssp. epilis

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Cusick's Bluegrass

Poa cusickii ssp. pallida

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Cusick's Bluegrass

Poa cusickii ssp. purpurascens

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Diablo Canyon Blue Grass

Poa diaboli

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Sand Dune Blue Grass

Poa douglasii

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 12 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Muttongrass

Poa fendleriana

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Mutton Grass

Poa fendleriana ssp. fendleriana

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low

Long-tongue Mutton Grass

Poa fendleriana ssp. longiligula

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low

Glaucous Bluegrass

Poa glauca

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Timberline Blue Grass

Poa glauca ssp. rupicola

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Howell's Bluegrass

Poa howellii

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Keck's Bluegrass

Poa keckii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Kellogg's Blue Grass

Poa kelloggii

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Marsh Bluegrass

Poa leptocoma

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Yellow, Brown

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Letterman's Blue Grass

Poa lettermanii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Seashore Blue Grass

Poa macrantha

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 5 - 24 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Winter

Wildlife supported:

Napa Blue Grass

Poa napensis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Piper's Blue Grass

Poa piperi

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Pringle's Bluegrass

Poa pringlei

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Timber Blue Grass

Poa rhizomata

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

One Sided Blue Grass

Poa secunda

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Brown, Cream, Green, Lavender, White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Rush Blue Grass

Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

One-sided Bluegrass

Poa secunda ssp. secunda

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall , 6 - 12 in wide

Form: Upright Columnar

Flower Color: Brown, Cream, Green, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Sierra Blue Grass

Poa sierrae

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Stebbin's Bluegrass

Poa stebbinsii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Delicate Blue Grass

Poa tenerrima

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

San Francisco Bluegrass

Poa unilateralis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

San Francisco Blue Grass

Poa unilateralis ssp. unilateralis

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Wheeler's Bluegrass

Poa wheeleri

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Mrs. Austin's Knotweed

Polygonum austiniae

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 8 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Bidwell's Knotweed

Polygonum bidwelliae

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.8 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Bolander's Knotweed

Polygonum bolanderi

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

California Knotweed

Polygonum californicum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Douglas' Knotweed

Polygonum douglasii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 31 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Scotts Valley Polygonum

Polygonum hickmanii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.8 - 2 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White, Red

Wildlife supported: