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Calliandra eriophylla
Fairy Duster
A 1 to 3 ft. shrub to sub-shrub that is native from San Diego Co. through New Mexico and south in to Mexico. The 1-2 inch flowers are like a red cross between acacia and bottlebrush. Cattle, deer and ...
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Calycanthus occidentalis
Spice Bush
Spicebush has reddish-brown fragrant burgundy flower, (April-Aug.), that smells like red wine. Native to the mountains of central and northern Cal.. Common associated plants include Carpenteria cali...
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Carex fracta
Fragile Sheathed Sedge
A beautiful green perennial that lives in mountain meadows, road cuts, rocky slopes, and seeps. The soil can be fairly dry, but as it dries out the foliage will fade. This sedge looks kinda like som...
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Carex praegracilis
Clustered Field Sedge
Common in meadows, open, wet areas, marshes, seeps, seasonally wet edges of ponds, frequently alkaline soil, wide distribution , valleys up to middle elevations in CA, grows in western NA,to central U...
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Carex senta
Rough Sedge
A green perennial grass-like plant that grows along creek channels. Plant in cobble for a creek effect, plant with other Carex species, Mimulus species, (that is where the old separation between moi...
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Carex spissa
San Diego sedge
A gray perennial grass that grows along creek channels. Very dramatic specimen plant for a conventional garden or wet native garden. Plant in cobble for a creek effect, plant with other Carex species,...
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Carex subfusca
Rusty Sedge
A plant that looks like bunch grass that grows in seeps or along seasonal creeks. In our county it occurs in coastal seasonal seeps.
Syn. Carex harfordii, Carex sub-bracteata, Carex gracilor, Carex m...
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Carpenteria californica
Bush Anemone
Bush Anemone (Carpenteria) is an evergreen shrub, 6' by 3' in the garden, 8 ft. X 12 ft. with a 6-12 inch trunk in the wild. Carpenteria is native to the foothills of Fresno County, where it grows al...
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Celtis reticulata
Hackberry
Celtis reticulata, or Hackberry, is a small, deciduous tree to 30'which grows best in full sun (a minimum of six hours of direct sunlight), and with regular water but can become very drought tolerant...
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Cephalanthus occidentalis californica
Buttonwillow
Buttonwillow can occur as a 3 foot bush to 20 foot tree (Kern Canyon). It's deciduous, likes sun, water, and tolerates alkaline soil. The leaves are 3-6", and smooth, dark- green. The 1-2" creamy whi...
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Chenopodium californicum
Indian lettuce
Perennial to 3.5 ft. in height, with a caudex (thickened, woody stem base), flowers are insignificant, best in a wild garden as it shrivels to the ground in the dry season, survives with the aid of i...
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Chilopsis linearis
Desert Willow
Large deciduous shrub to small tree. (There is one in McFarland 30\'+tall.) Its long narrow leaves are willow-like. Its flowers are fragrant, pink to lavender. They appear in May and keep coming until...
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Clematis lasiantha
Pipestem Clematis
Pipestem Clematis is a deciduous, dioecious vine, that grows to 8-20' and has showy, creamy white flowers in Mar-Aug. Chaparral clematis is native in the coast ranges and Sierras. Fruits are plume-...
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Clematis ligusticifolia
Western white clematis
Clematis ligusticifolia very similar to Clematis las.. This one grows in our area with Populus fremontii, Rosa californica, and Platanus racemosa, etc.. Riparian interface with many communities. Th...
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Cornus californica
California Dogwood
A little redstem dogwood that gives great fall color in most of California, Bigger leaves on a smaller plant. Part shade and regular water.
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Cornus glabrata
Brown Twig Dogwood
A deciduous shrub that grows to 4' in bad conditions and 10' in moist shade. It has brown stems, green/brown/red leaves, creamy white flower clusters. It is always next to or in a stream. It grows do...
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Cornus occidentalis
Western Dogwood
Cornus occidentalis is an elegant open shrub with white flower clusters in spring and red stems. Cornus occidentalis is nearly identical to C. stolonifera, they vary only in small taxonomic ways. It ...
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Cornus stolonifera
Red Stem Dogwood
The American Dogwood is an elegant open shrub with creamy white flower clusters in spring and red stems. Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis is nearly identical to C. stolonifera, they vary only in smal...
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Cyperus eragrostis
Nutsedge, Umbrella Sedge
Grows in seasonal creeks, wet areas commonly with with Salix lasiolepis, Ambrosia sp., Quercus agrifolia and Populus. Prefers wet soil, clay or gravel. Thrives in a disturbed plant community, rhizomat...
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Deschampsia elongata
A grass that disappears in summer(drops to a faint brown patch), a light grass that blows in the breeze on slowly draining soils that are wet in spring and dry in summer. ...
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Dicentra formosa
Pacific Bleeding Heart
Pacific Bleeding Heart (sometimes called Dutchman's Britches) is a 12-18 inch perennial with clusters delicate pink flowers in summer. A rock garden plant that grows in damp places. This Dicentra ...
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Elymus condensatus
Giant Wild Rye
A large clumping green grass. Native in the interface zone between plant communities or in openings. Commonly in areas that have seeps in winter. Drought resistant in most areas. In the desert areas,...
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Elymus triticoides
Alkali Rye
(Leymus triticoides) Native in moist bottom lands throughtout much of the west. Looks like a cross between Bermuda grass and Salt grass. Use as you would Red fescue on watered slopes, or to cover the ...
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Epilobium angustifolium
Fireweed
Fireweed is a 2-3' perennial covered with 1" pink flowers. The name Fireweed originated as it's a pioneer plant that starts up the plant community after a fire Excellent to enhance a woodland or ripa...
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Epipactis gigantea
Stream Orchid
Giant helleborine is a perennial Orchid that grows in wet or moist places. Stream Orchid will go dormant at the first sign of drought. Grows all over the West from Tex. to B.C. to S.Dakota, always in...
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