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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 | Balsam fir Colorado fir Concolor fir Oyamel de California Silver fir White balsam White fir | |
| Abies grandis | Giant fir Grand 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 Yarrow Milfoil Western yarrow | |
| Adenostoma fasciculatum | Chamise Common chamise Greasewood | |
| Aesculus californica | California buckeye | |
| Allium unifolium | Oneleaf onion | |
| Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon serviceberry Western serviceberry Juneberry | |
| Antennaria alpina | Alpine everlasting Alpine pussytoes | |
| 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 ladyfern Lady fern Ladyfern Subarctic lady fern | |
| Atriplex lentiformis | Big saltbush Coastal quail bush Quailbush Saltbush | |
| 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 evening-primrose Beach suncup | |
| 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 | Mountain whitethorn Snow bush Whitethorn ceanothus | |
| 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 | |
| Ceanothus leucodermis | Chaparral whitethorn Jackbrush | |
| Cercocarpus ledifolius | Curl-leaf mountain mahogany Curl-leaf mountain-mahogany | |
| Ceanothus maritimus | Maritime ceanothus Bluff california lilac | |
| Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber | Birch-leaf mountain-mahogany Birchleaf mountain mahogany Hard tack | |
| Cercis orbiculata | California redbud Western redbud Arizona redbud Pata de vaca | |
| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus | Blue blossom Blueblossom Bluebrush | |
| Ceanothus velutinus | Snowbrush Snowbrush ceanothus Tobacco-brush Mountain balm Buckbush | |
| Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium | Fireweed Narrow-leaf fireweed Willow herb | |
| Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | Port Orford cedar Port Orford-cedar Lawson falsecypress | |
| Chilopsis linearis | Desert willow Flowering willow Willow-leaved catalpa Trumpet flower | |
| Chlorogalum pomeridianum | Wavyleaf soap plant Wavyleaf Soap-plant | |
| Chrysolepis sempervirens | Bush chinquapin Sierra chinquapin Sierran chinkapin | |
| Clarkia amoena | Farewell to spring Farewell-to-spring Herald-of-summer | |
| Clarkia concinna | Red ribbons Redribbons | |
| Clinopodium douglasii | Oregon-tea Yerba buena | |
| Clematis lasiantha | Pipestem clematis Pipestems Chaparral clematis | |
| Clematis ligusticifolia | Western white clematis Virgin's bower Pepper vine Hierba de chivo | |
| Clarkia rubicunda | Ruby chalice clarkia | |
| Claytonia sibirica | Siberian springbeauty Siberian miners lettuce | |
| Clarkia speciosa | Redspot clarkia | |
| Clarkia unguiculata | Elegant clarkia Elegant fairyfan Mountain garland | |
| Corylus cornuta var. californica | California hazelnut | |
| Corethrogyne filaginifolia | Common sandaster California aster | |
| Coreopsis gigantea | Giant coreopsis Giant tickseed Tree coreopsis | |
| Collinsia grandiflora | Blue lips Blue-lips blue-eyed Mary Giant blue eyed Mary | |
| Collomia grandiflora | Collomia Grand collomia Large-flower mountain-trumpet | |
| Collinsia heterophylla | Purple Chinese houses Harlequin blue-eyed Mary Chinese houses | |
| Collinsia linearis | Narrowleaf blue eyed Mary | |
| Coreopsis maritima | Sea dahlia | |
| Cornus nuttallii | Pacific dogwood Pacific flowering dogwood Mountain dogwood | |
| Cornus sericea ssp. sericea | Redosier dogwood Red Osier Dogwood | |
| Danthonia californica | California oatgrass California wild oat grass | |
| Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda | Shrubby cinquefoil Golden-hardhack | |
| Darmera peltata | Indian rhubarb Indian-rhubarb Umbrella plant | |
| Danthonia unispicata | Few-flower wild oat grass Onespike danthonia Onespike oatgrass | |
| Delphinium cardinale | Scarlet larkspur | |
| Delphinium glaucum | Sierra larkspur Tower larkspur | |
| Dendromecon harfordii | Harford's tree poppy Channel Island tree poppy | |
| Dendromecon rigida | Tree poppy Bush poppy | |
| Delphinium variegatum | Royal larkspur | |
| Diplacus aurantiacus | Orange bush monkeyflower Bush monkeyflower | |
| Dicentra formosa | Pacific bleeding heart Pacific bleedinghearts Western bleedingheart | |
| Dodecatheon clevelandii | Padre's shootingstar | |
| Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus | Slender wheatgrass | |
| Encelia californica | California brittlebush Coast sunflower | |
| Encelia farinosa | Brittlebush Goldhills Incienso | |
| Epilobium canum | Hummingbird trumpet California fuchsia Zauschneria | |
| Epilobium obcordatum | Rockfringe | |
| Epilobium rigidum | Siskiyou rock fringe Stiff willowherb | |
| Epilobium septentrionale | Northern willowherb Humboldt County fuchsia | |
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