All Plants (68)

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Common Name
Scientific Name
Sun Reqs. Height Humboldt Native
© R.A.Chasey
Grand fir
Abies grandis
25 - 240 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Box elder
Acer negundo
35 - 66 ft
© R.A. Chasey
Red alder
Alnus rubra
50 - 98.4 ft
© John Doyen
Pearly everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
3 - 4 ft
© John Doyen
Sea-watch
Angelica lucida
5 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Elk's clover
Aralia californica
6.6 - 10 ft
© glrbrg
California pipevine
Aristolochia californica
1 - 20 ft
© John Doyen
Douglas' sagewort
Artemisia douglasiana
8 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Lady fern
Athyrium filix-femina
2 - 5 ft
© Steve Matson
Tall oregon grape
Berberis aquifolium
3.5 - 7 ft
© Steve Matson
Oregon grape
Berberis nervosa
1 - 7 ft
© Steve Matson
Pacific reedgrass
Calamagrostis nutkaensis
3.3 ft
© John Doyen
Beach evening-primrose
Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia
0.5 - 1 ft
© Steve Matson
Yerba buena
Clinopodium douglasii
0.25 - 0.75 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Creek dogwood
Cornus sericea
4 - 13.1 ft
© Steve Matson
Beaked hazelnut
Corylus cornuta
5 - 26.3 ft
© Steve Matson
Tufted hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
3.3 ft
© Steve Matson
Seaside daisy
Erigeron glaucus
0.16 - 1 ft
© John Doyen
Arrowleaf buckwheat
Eriogonum compositum
2.3 ft
© John Doyen
Tall buckwheat
Eriogonum elatum
1.6 - 5 ft
© Patrick Furtado
Coast buckwheat
Eriogonum latifolium
1.7 - 2.3 ft
© Steve Matson
Sulphur buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum
0.33 - 7 ft
© John Doyen
Bear valley buckwheat
Eriogonum ursinum
0.13 - 1.3 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Seep monkeyflower
Erythranthe guttata
2 - 5 ft
© Stickpen
California fescue
Festuca californica
1.3 - 4 ft
© North Coast CNPS Nursery
Idahoe fescue
Festuca idahoensis
1 - 2.6 ft
© North Coast CNPS Nusery
Siskiyou blue fescue
Festuca idahoensis 'siskiyou blue'
1 - 1.5 ft
© Steve Matson
Red fescue
Festuca rubra
1.3 - 2.6 ft
© North Coast CNPS Nursery
Molate creeping red fescue
Festuca rubra 'molate'
1 - 2 ft
© Mike
Beach strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
0.49 - 1 ft
© James Gonsman
Woodland strawberry
Fragaria vesca
0.1 - 1 ft
© Steve Matson
Cascara sagrada
Frangula purshiana
20 - 49.2 ft
© Steve Matson
Large leaved avens
Geum macrophyllum
0.7 - 2 ft
© Stan Shebs
Oregon gumweed
Grindelia stricta
3.3 - 5 ft
© John Doyen
Gumweed
Grindelia stricta v. platyphylla
1 - 1.6 ft
© John Doyen
Bigelow's sneezeweed
Helenium bigelovii
4 ft
© Steve Matson
Island alum root
Heuchera maxima
1 - 2 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Crevice alumroot
Heuchera micrantha
1 - 3.3 ft
© John Doyen
Cream bush
Holodiscus discolor
3 - 16.4 ft
© John Doyen
Hairy honeysuckle
Lonicera hispidula
4 ft
© John Doyen
Twinberry
Lonicera involucrata
1.6 - 16.4 ft
© Cynthia Powell / Calflora
Crab apple
Malus fusca
15 - 40 ft
© John Doyen
Island tree mallow
Malva assurgentiflora
3.3 - 13 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
California melicgrass
Melica californica
1 - 4.3 ft
© Liz Block
Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens
4 - 5 ft
© John Doyen
Hooker's evening primrose
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri
5 ft
© Steve Matson
Sorrel
Oxalis oregana
0.16 - 1.3 ft
© Zoya Akulova
Coastal miterwort
Pectiantia ovalis
0.7 - 1.3 ft
© Steve Matson
Scabland penstemon
Penstemon deustus
1.1 ft
© James Gonsman
Rock phacelia
Phacelia californica
0.5 - 1.5 ft
Pacific ninebark
Physocarpus capitatus
3.3 - 8.2 ft
© Adam Chasey
Beach knotweed
Polygonum paronychia
0.3 - 3.3 ft
© Jessi
Sword fern
Polystichum munitum
1.6 - 5.9 ft
Pacific silverweed
Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica
1 ft
© Calscape
Golden currant
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum
3 - 6 ft
© John Doyen
California wildrose
Rosa californica
8 - 10 ft
© John Doyen
White sage
Salvia apiana
3 - 5 ft
© John Doyen
Black sage
Salvia mellifera
3 - 6 ft
© © 2010 Louis-M. Landry
Black elderberry
Sambucus nigra
13.1 - 30 ft
© John Doyen
California bee plant
Scrophularia californica
2 - 4 ft
© NPS Photo
Coast redwood
Sequoia sempervirens
60 - 380 ft
© John Doyen
Coast goldenrod
Solidago spathulata
0.3 - 1.6 ft
© Steve Matson
Purple needle grass
Stipa pulchra
3.3 ft
© Steve Matson
Leafy aster
Symphyotrichum foliaceum
2 ft
© Steve Matson
Sugar scoop
Tiarella trifoliata
0.5 - 0.7 ft
© Steve Matson
Piggyback plant
Tolmiea diplomenziesii
1 ft
© Copyright © 2013 California Academy of Sciences
Western hemlock
Tsuga heterophylla
40 - 170 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
California laurel
Umbellularia californica
6 - 80 ft

Trees (6)

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Common Name
Scientific Name
Sun Reqs. Height Humboldt Native
© R.A.Chasey
Grand fir
Abies grandis
25 - 240 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Box elder
Acer negundo
35 - 66 ft
© R.A. Chasey
Red alder
Alnus rubra
50 - 98.4 ft
© NPS Photo
Coast redwood
Sequoia sempervirens
60 - 380 ft
© Copyright © 2013 California Academy of Sciences
Western hemlock
Tsuga heterophylla
40 - 170 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
California laurel
Umbellularia californica
6 - 80 ft

Perennials (33)

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Common Name
Scientific Name
Sun Reqs. Height Humboldt Native
© John Doyen
Pearly everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
3 - 4 ft
© John Doyen
Sea-watch
Angelica lucida
5 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Elk's clover
Aralia californica
6.6 - 10 ft
© John Doyen
Douglas' sagewort
Artemisia douglasiana
8 ft
© John Doyen
Beach evening-primrose
Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia
0.5 - 1 ft
© Steve Matson
Yerba buena
Clinopodium douglasii
0.25 - 0.75 ft
© Steve Matson
Seaside daisy
Erigeron glaucus
0.16 - 1 ft
© John Doyen
Arrowleaf buckwheat
Eriogonum compositum
2.3 ft
© John Doyen
Tall buckwheat
Eriogonum elatum
1.6 - 5 ft
© Patrick Furtado
Coast buckwheat
Eriogonum latifolium
1.7 - 2.3 ft
© Steve Matson
Sulphur buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum
0.33 - 7 ft
© John Doyen
Bear valley buckwheat
Eriogonum ursinum
0.13 - 1.3 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Seep monkeyflower
Erythranthe guttata
2 - 5 ft
© Mike
Beach strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
0.49 - 1 ft
© James Gonsman
Woodland strawberry
Fragaria vesca
0.1 - 1 ft
© Steve Matson
Large leaved avens
Geum macrophyllum
0.7 - 2 ft
© Stan Shebs
Oregon gumweed
Grindelia stricta
3.3 - 5 ft
© John Doyen
Gumweed
Grindelia stricta v. platyphylla
1 - 1.6 ft
© John Doyen
Bigelow's sneezeweed
Helenium bigelovii
4 ft
© Steve Matson
Island alum root
Heuchera maxima
1 - 2 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Crevice alumroot
Heuchera micrantha
1 - 3.3 ft
© John Doyen
Hooker's evening primrose
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri
5 ft
© Steve Matson
Sorrel
Oxalis oregana
0.16 - 1.3 ft
© Zoya Akulova
Coastal miterwort
Pectiantia ovalis
0.7 - 1.3 ft
© Steve Matson
Scabland penstemon
Penstemon deustus
1.1 ft
© James Gonsman
Rock phacelia
Phacelia californica
0.5 - 1.5 ft
© Adam Chasey
Beach knotweed
Polygonum paronychia
0.3 - 3.3 ft
Pacific silverweed
Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica
1 ft
© John Doyen
California bee plant
Scrophularia californica
2 - 4 ft
© John Doyen
Coast goldenrod
Solidago spathulata
0.3 - 1.6 ft
© Steve Matson
Leafy aster
Symphyotrichum foliaceum
2 ft
© Steve Matson
Sugar scoop
Tiarella trifoliata
0.5 - 0.7 ft
© Steve Matson
Piggyback plant
Tolmiea diplomenziesii
1 ft

Vines (2)

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Common Name
Scientific Name
Sun Reqs. Height Humboldt Native
© glrbrg
California pipevine
Aristolochia californica
1 - 20 ft
© John Doyen
Hairy honeysuckle
Lonicera hispidula
4 ft

Ferns (2)

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Common Name
Scientific Name
Sun Reqs. Height Humboldt Native
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Lady fern
Athyrium filix-femina
2 - 5 ft
© Jessi
Sword fern
Polystichum munitum
1.6 - 5.9 ft

Shrubs (15)

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Common Name
Scientific Name
Sun Reqs. Height Humboldt Native
© Steve Matson
Tall oregon grape
Berberis aquifolium
3.5 - 7 ft
© Steve Matson
Oregon grape
Berberis nervosa
1 - 7 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Creek dogwood
Cornus sericea
4 - 13.1 ft
© Steve Matson
Beaked hazelnut
Corylus cornuta
5 - 26.3 ft
© Steve Matson
Cascara sagrada
Frangula purshiana
20 - 49.2 ft
© John Doyen
Cream bush
Holodiscus discolor
3 - 16.4 ft
© John Doyen
Twinberry
Lonicera involucrata
1.6 - 16.4 ft
© Cynthia Powell / Calflora
Crab apple
Malus fusca
15 - 40 ft
© John Doyen
Island tree mallow
Malva assurgentiflora
3.3 - 13 ft
Pacific ninebark
Physocarpus capitatus
3.3 - 8.2 ft
© Calscape
Golden currant
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum
3 - 6 ft
© John Doyen
California wildrose
Rosa californica
8 - 10 ft
© John Doyen
White sage
Salvia apiana
3 - 5 ft
© John Doyen
Black sage
Salvia mellifera
3 - 6 ft
© © 2010 Louis-M. Landry
Black elderberry
Sambucus nigra
13.1 - 30 ft

Grasses (10)

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Common Name
Scientific Name
Sun Reqs. Height Humboldt Native
© Steve Matson
Pacific reedgrass
Calamagrostis nutkaensis
3.3 ft
© Steve Matson
Tufted hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
3.3 ft
© Stickpen
California fescue
Festuca californica
1.3 - 4 ft
© North Coast CNPS Nursery
Idahoe fescue
Festuca idahoensis
1 - 2.6 ft
© North Coast CNPS Nusery
Siskiyou blue fescue
Festuca idahoensis 'siskiyou blue'
1 - 1.5 ft
© Steve Matson
Red fescue
Festuca rubra
1.3 - 2.6 ft
© North Coast CNPS Nursery
Molate creeping red fescue
Festuca rubra 'molate'
1 - 2 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
California melicgrass
Melica californica
1 - 4.3 ft
© Liz Block
Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens
4 - 5 ft
© Steve Matson
Purple needle grass
Stipa pulchra
3.3 ft