California-Northern Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Northern California. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Abies concolor | White Fir Balsam Fir Colorado Fir Concolor Fir Silver Fir White Balsam Oyamel De California | |
Abies grandis | Grand Fir Giant Fir | |
Abies magnifica | California Red Fir Red Fir | |
Acer circinatum | Oregon Vine Maple Vine Maple | |
Achnatherum hymenoides | Indian Ricegrass Indian Millet Sandgrass | |
Acer macrophyllum | Bigleaf Maple Big-leaf Maple | |
Achillea millefolium | Common Yarrow Western Yarrow Yarrow Milfoil | |
Adenostoma fasciculatum | Chamise Common Chamise Greasewood | |
Aesculus californica | California Buckeye | |
Allium unifolium | Oneleaf Onion | |
Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon Serviceberry Western Serviceberry Juneberry | |
Antennaria alpina | Alpine Pussytoes Alpine Everlasting | |
Anemopsis californica | Yerba Mansa Yerba-mansa Lizard Tail | |
Aquilegia eximia | Van Houtte's Columbine Serpentine Columbine | |
Aquilegia formosa | Western Columbine Crimson Columbine Scarlet Columbine Red Columbine | |
Arctostaphylos bakeri | Baker's Manzanita | |
Arabis blepharophylla | Rose Rockcress | |
Aristolochia californica | California Dutchman's Pipe | |
Arctostaphylos canescens | Hoary Manzanita | |
Arctostaphylos columbiana | Hairy Manzanita | |
Arctostaphylos densiflora | Vine Hill Manzanita | |
Arctostaphylos edmundsii | Little Sur Manzanita | |
Arctostaphylos manzanita | Whiteleaf Manzanita Big Manzanita Manzanita | |
Armeria maritima | Thrift Seapink | |
Arbutus menziesii | Pacific Madrone Oregon Laurel Laurelwood | |
Arctostaphylos nevadensis | Pinemat Manzanita | |
Arctostaphylos pajaroensis | Pajaro Manzanita | |
Arctostaphylos patula | Greenleaf Manzanita Green-leaf Manzanita | |
Artemisia pycnocephala | Beach Sagebrush Beach Wormwood Sand Hill Sage | |
Artemisia tridentata | Big Sagebrush Great Basin Sagebrush | |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Kinnikinnick Red Bearberry Kinnikinnik | |
Asarum caudatum | British Columbia Wild Ginger Long-tail Wild Ginger | |
Asclepias fascicularis | Mexican Whorled Milkweed Narrowleaf Milkweed | |
Asclepias speciosa | Showy Milkweed | |
Athyrium filix-femina | Common Lady Fern Subarctic Lady Fern Lady Fern Ladyfern | |
Atriplex lentiformis | Big Saltbush Quailbush Saltbush Coastal Quail Bush | |
Baileya multiradiata | Desert Marigold Showy Desert Marigold Paper Daisy Desert Baileya | |
Balsamorhiza sagittata | Arrowleaf Balsamroot Arrow-leaf Balsamroot | |
Blechnum spicant | Deer Fern | |
Carpenteria californica | Bush Anemone Tree Anemone Tree-anemone | |
Camissonia cheiranthifolia ssp. cheiranthifolia | Beach Suncup Beach Evening-primrose | |
Calocedrus decurrens | Incense Cedar Incense-cedar | |
Calycanthus occidentalis | Western Sweetshrub California Sweet Shrub Spice Bush Western Spicebush | |
Calystegia occidentalis | Chaparral False Bindweed | |
Camassia quamash | Small Camas Common Camass Swamp Sego | |
Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas Redbud | |
Ceanothus cordulatus | Whitethorn Ceanothus Mountain Whitethorn Snow Bush | |
Ceanothus gloriosus var. exaltatus | Point Reyes Ceanothus Glory Brush | |
Ceanothus gloriosus var. gloriosus | Point Reyes Ceanothus Glory Mat | |
Ceanothus impressus | Santa Barbara Ceanothus Santa Barbara Buckbrush | |
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