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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
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| 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 | Smooth Mountain Mahogany Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany True Mountain Mahogany Hard Tack | |
| Cercis orbiculata | California Redbud Western Redbud Arizona Redbud Pata De Vaca | |
| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus | Blueblossom Bluebrush Blue Blossom | |
| Ceanothus velutinus | Snowbrush Snowbrush Ceanothus Tobacco-brush Mountain Balm Buckbrush | |
| Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium | Fireweed Narrow-leaf Fireweed Willow Herb | |
| Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | Port Orford Cedar Lawson False Cypress Lawson's False Cypress | |
| Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow Flowering Willow Willow-leaved Catalpa Willowleaf Catalpa Bow Willow Flor De Mimbre Mimbre | |
| Chlorogalum pomeridianum | Wavyleaf Soap Plant Wavyleaf Soap-plant | |
| Chrysolepis sempervirens | Bush Chinquapin Sierran Chinkapin Sierra Chinquapin | |
| Clarkia amoena | Farewell To Spring Farewell-to-spring Herald-of-summer | |
| Clarkia concinna | Red Ribbons Redribbons | |
| Clinopodium douglasii | Yerba Buena Oregon-tea | |
| 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 | Giant Blue Eyed Mary Blue-lips Blue-eyed Mary Blue Lips | |
| Collomia grandiflora | Grand Collomia Large-flower Mountain-trumpet Collomia | |
| 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 Potentilla | |
| Darmera peltata | Indian Rhubarb Indian-rhubarb Umbrella Plant | |
| Danthonia unispicata | Onespike Danthonia Few-flower Wild Oat Grass Onespike Oatgrass | |
| Delphinium cardinale | Scarlet Larkspur | |
| Delphinium glaucum | Sierra Larkspur Tower Larkspur | |
| Dendromecon harfordii | Harford's Tree Poppy Channel Island Tree Poppy 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 | Stiff Willowherb Siskiyou Rock Fringe | |
| Epilobium septentrionale | Northern Willowherb Humboldt County Fuchsia | |
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