Two feet or taller California native groundcovers.

For small or flat groundcovers go here, for one to two foot high groundcovers go here.

Arctostaphylos cushingiana grows in heavy, serpentine/adobe clay, but also does well in sandy loam. Knee high mounds of gray.	Arctostaphylos densiflora Harmony A beautiful groundcover for any garden directly away from the coast.	Arctostaphylos glandulosa adamsii A moundcover for Southern California Gardens. Sand or clay, full to part sun.
Arctostaphylos glandulosa howellii You know those pine/manzanita slopes of Tahoe and Mammoth? You can do that with this Southern California groundcover.	Arctostaphylos hookeri Wayside manzanita has done fine in adobe soils near the coast. In inland locations it needs at least afternoon shade.	Arctostaphylos parryana Snow Lodge Manzanita is a great groundcover for the mountain folks.
Arctostaphylos purissima Burton Mesa Groundcover grows in full sun near the coast, part shade inland. Tolerates garden conditions.	Artemisia californicaX Montara is a gray groundcover for heavy soils or light soils.	Artemisia douglasiana, Mugwort only really works as a groundcover if you have a stream bank that needs to be stabilized.
Ceanothus Joyce Coulter has a trick to it. Tip prune the upright stems a few times the first year and the plants will grow low	Ceanothus griseus horizontalis Yankee Point is an evergreen shrub that commonly grows two or three feet tall and ten feet wide.	Ceanothus rigidus Snowball is not liked by deer but is liked by humans. Grows here in full sun to part shade, an excellent groundcover of smaller spaces.
Fremontodendron californicum decumbens is a small flannel bush that can be used as a groundcover mixed with Ceanothus.	Lonicera hispidula. California honeysuckle is one of the few pale green groundcovers that can grow in shade.	Lonicera subspicata denudata is a wonderful groundcover honeysuckle from southern California.
	Rhus integrifolia works well as a shiny evergreen groundcover near the coast, particularly in windy conditions.	Rhus trilobata makes a great groundcover for under the edges of oak trees, or around the base of an elderberry tree.
Ribes aureum gracillimum Golden Currant works well near oaks or on north slopes, as a larger groundcover. that spreads over time	Ribes quercetorum grows in openings in the inland areas, sometimes in incredibly difficult places, like the hills ringing Carrizo Plains.	Ribes viburnifolium is a drought tolerant ground cover for full shade, and grows well under oaks.
Rubus ursinus makes a blackberry thicket.	Salvia mellifera repens makes a mounding groundcover near the coast, but inland it grows higher.	Solanum xanti hoffmannii works well as a groundcover in the shade of oaks, and as an added benefit is sweetly fragrant.
Symphoricarpos albus forms thickets on creek banks and does well as a buffer between lawns and oaks.	Vitis girdiana, Southern California grape works a groundcover in much of Southern California.