All Plants > Drought Tolerant (55)
This list of drought-tolerant plants has been seeded from Calscape data on low-moisture plants. However, to clarify: drought tolerance is a term that applies to established plants. All new plantings should be watered during their first growing season.
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Common Name Scientific Name |
Sun Reqs. | Height | Humboldt Native | |
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Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium |
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1 - 3 ft | ✓ |
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California buckeye
Aesculus californica |
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13.1 - 39.4 ft | ✓ |
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Pearly everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea |
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3 - 4 ft | ✓ |
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Madrone
Arbutus menziesii |
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15 - 100 ft | ✓ |
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Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
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1.6 ft | ✓ |
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Sea thrift
Armeria maritima |
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1 ft | ✓ |
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Dune sagewort
Artemisia pycnocephala |
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1.6 ft | ✓ |
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Showy milkweed
Asclepias speciosa |
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4 - 6 ft | ✓ |
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Coyote brush
Baccharis pilularis |
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1.5 - 10 ft | ✓ |
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Tall oregon grape
Berberis aquifolium |
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3.5 - 7 ft | ✓ |
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Soap plant
Chlorogalum pomeridianum |
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3 ft | |
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Yerba buena
Clinopodium douglasii |
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0.25 - 0.75 ft | ✓ |
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California aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia |
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0.7 - 3.3 ft | ✓ |
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Firecracker brodiaea
Dichelostemma ida-maia |
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1.6 ft | ✓ |
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Orange bush monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus |
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3.9 - 5 ft | ✓ |
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California fuchsia
Epilobium canum |
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0.25 - 1.5 ft | ✓ |
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Seaside daisy
Erigeron glaucus |
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0.16 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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Red-flowered buckwheat
Eriogonum grande rubescens |
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0.7 - 1.5 ft | |
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Sulphur buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum |
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0.33 - 7 ft | ✓ |
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Common woolly sunflower
Eriophyllum lanatum |
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1 - 3.3 ft | ✓ |
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Seaside woolly sunflower
Eriophyllum staechadifolium |
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2 - 5 ft | ✓ |
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California fescue
Festuca californica |
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1.3 - 4 ft | ✓ |
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Idahoe fescue
Festuca idahoensis |
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1 - 2.6 ft | ✓ |
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Siskiyou blue fescue
Festuca idahoensis 'siskiyou blue' |
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1 - 1.5 ft | |
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Red fescue
Festuca rubra |
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1.3 - 2.6 ft | ✓ |
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Beach strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis |
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0.49 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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Coffeeberry
Frangula californica |
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6 - 15 ft | |
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Cascara sagrada
Frangula purshiana |
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20 - 49.2 ft | ✓ |
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Coast silk tassel
Garrya elliptica |
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6 - 16.4 ft | ✓ |
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Gumweed
Grindelia stricta v. platyphylla |
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1 - 1.6 ft | ✓ |
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Toyon
Heteromeles arbutifolia |
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6 - 30 ft | ✓ |
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Douglas iris
Iris douglasiana |
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0.6 - 2.6 ft | ✓ |
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Toughleaf iris
Iris tenax |
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0.8 - 1.5 ft | ✓ |
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Keckiella
Keckiella corymbosa |
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1 - 2 ft | ✓ |
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Cliff maids
Lewisia cotyledon |
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0.5 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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Lily
Lilium rubescens |
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3.5 - 7 ft | ✓ |
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California melicgrass
Melica californica |
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1 - 4.3 ft | ✓ |
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Coyote mint
Monardella villosa |
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2 ft | ✓ |
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Coyote mint 'russian river'
Monardella villosa ssp. franciscana 'russian river' |
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1 - 1.5 ft | |
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Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens |
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4 - 5 ft | |
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Tanoak
Notholithocarpus densiflorus |
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49 - 131 ft | ✓ |
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Mountain pride
Penstemon newberryi |
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0.5 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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Royal penstemon
Penstemon speciosus |
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0.2 ft | |
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White sage
Salvia apiana |
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3 - 5 ft | |
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Cleveland sage
Salvia clevelandii |
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3 - 4.5 ft | |
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Black sage
Salvia mellifera |
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3 - 6 ft | ✓ |
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Black elderberry
Sambucus nigra |
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13.1 - 30 ft | ✓ |
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California bee plant
Scrophularia californica |
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2 - 4 ft | ✓ |
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Broad-leaved stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium |
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0.1 - 0.75 ft | ✓ |
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Blue eyed grass
Sisyrinchium bellum |
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1 - 2 ft | ✓ |
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Coast goldenrod
Solidago spathulata |
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0.3 - 1.6 ft | ✓ |
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Purple needle grass
Stipa pulchra |
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3.3 ft | ✓ |
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California aster
Symphyotrichum chilense |
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1.3 - 3.3 ft | ✓ |
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California grape
Vitis californica |
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10 - 40 ft | ✓ |
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Bear grass
Xerophyllum tenax |
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2 - 3 ft | ✓ |