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A guide to the plant communities of California.

• Desert, Seaside, Grassland and Marsh Communities
• Woodlands and Scrublands
• Coniferous Forests

Desert, Seaside, Grassland and Marsh Communities

Use rock mulch or a boulder for your mulch.

• Alkali Sink
• Alpine Fell-Fields
• Coastal Prairie
• Coastal Salt Marsh
• Coastal Strand
• Creosote Bush Scrub
• Freshwater Marsh
• Great Basin Sagebrush
• Joshua Tree Woodland
• Mountain Meadow
• Northern Juniper Woodland
• Sagebrush Scrub
• Shadscale Scrub
• Valley Grassland

Woodlands and Scrublands

Boulders near each plant and mulch between plants is best, but just mulch is ok.

• Bristle-cone Pine
• Chaparral
• Central (Foothill) Oak Woodland
• Coast Redwood Forest
• Coastal Sage Scrub
• Mixed-evergreen Forest
• Northern Coastal Scrub
• Northern Oak Woodland
• Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
• Riparian rivers and creeks
• Southern Oak Woodland

Coniferous Forests

1-3" redwood, cedar or pine needle mulch is required by these plants!

• Closed-cone Pine Forest
• Coastal Coniferous Forest
• Douglas-Fir Forest
• Lodgepole Pine Forest
• Red Fir Forest
• Subalpine Forest
• Yellow Pine Forest