Plant Signs

Woodland Woollythreads

Monolopia gracilens

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Common Monolopia

Monolopia lanceolata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Cupped Monolopia

Monolopia major

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Crum's Monolopia

Monolopia stricta

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Daisy Desertstar

Monoptilon bellidiforme

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Mojave Desertstar

Monoptilon bellioides

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 10 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Pinesap

Monotropa hypopitys

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Ghost-pipe

Monotropa uniflora

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Toad Lily

Montia chamissoi

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Dwarf Minerslettuce

Montia dichotoma

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Branching Montia

Montia diffusa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Water Chickweed

Montia fontana

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Howell's Montia

Montia howellii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: White, Green

Wildlife supported:

Narrowleaf Miner's Lettuce

Montia linearis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Showy Rock Montia

Montia parvifolia

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, High

Soil drainage

Fast

California Wax Myrtle

Morella californica

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 33 ft tall , 20 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Buxifolia Pacific Wax Myrtle

Morella californica 'Buxifolia'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 8 ft tall , 6 - 8 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Utah Mortonia

Mortonia utahensis

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 4 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Green

Wildlife supported:

California Spineflower

Mucronea californica

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 19 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Mucronea californica var. californica

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Perfoliate Spineflower

Mucronea perfoliata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.8 - 12 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Wolftail

Muhlenbergia alopecuroides

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Foxtail Muhly

Muhlenbergia andina

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 10 - 34 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Appressed Muhly

Muhlenbergia appressa

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Navajo Muhly

Muhlenbergia arsenei

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Scratch Grass

Muhlenbergia asperifolia

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate, High

California Muhly

Muhlenbergia californica

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Bamboo Muhly

Muhlenbergia dumosa

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Moderate

Bull Grass

Muhlenbergia emersleyi

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Plant type: Grass

Form: Fountain, Mounding

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Pull-up Muhly

Muhlenbergia filiformis

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Delicate Muhly

Muhlenbergia fragilis

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Jones' Muhly

Muhlenbergia jonesii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Mexican Muhly

Muhlenbergia mexicana

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Littleseed Muhly

Muhlenbergia microsperma

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Annual Muhly

Muhlenbergia minutissima

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 12 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Mountain Muhly

Muhlenbergia montana

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 - 18 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Few-flowered Muhly

Muhlenbergia pauciflora

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Porter's Muhly

Muhlenbergia porteri

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Mat Muhly

Muhlenbergia richardsonis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 6 in tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green, Brown

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate, High

Deergrass

Muhlenbergia rigens

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 - 5 ft tall , 4 ft wide

Form: Upright, Fountain

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Aparejo Grass

Muhlenbergia utilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Crowned Muilla

Muilla coronata

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 6 in tall

Flower Color: White, Green

Wildlife supported:

Common Muilla

Muilla maritima

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Green, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Inland Muilla

Muilla transmontana

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

False Buffalograss

Munroa squarrosa

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Blair's Stephanomeria

Munzothamnus blairii

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Bay Forget-me-not

Myosotis laxa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Bristly Mousetail

Myosurus apetalus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.6 - 5 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Bristly Mousetail

Myosurus apetalus var. borealis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Bristly Mousetail

Myosurus apetalus var. montanus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Arizona Mousetail

Myosurus cupulatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 6 in tall

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Tiny Mousetail

Myosurus minimus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 5 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green, Red

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Vernal Pool Mousetail

Myosurus sessilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 in tall

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Sierra Sweet Bay

Myrica hartwegii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 7 ft tall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, High

Western Water-milfoil

Myriophyllum hippuroides

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Andean Water-milfoil

Myriophyllum quitense

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Siberian Water-milfoil

Myriophyllum sibiricum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Whorled Water-milfoil

Myriophyllum verticillatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Cleveland's Lip Fern

Myriopteris clevelandii

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Plant type: Fern

Wildlife supported:

Cooper's Lip Fern

Myriopteris cooperae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern

Wildlife supported: