All Plants > Groundcovers (44)

Look past the traditional grass lawn (although we've got some great native grasses too) if you're looking for native groundcovers - we've got a great list of options for you!

Common Name
Scientific Name
Sun Reqs. Height Humboldt Native
© John Doyen
Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
1 - 3 ft
© Steve Matson
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
1.6 ft
© glrbrg
California pipevine
Aristolochia californica
1 - 20 ft
© glrbrg
Sea thrift
Armeria maritima
1 ft
© John Doyen
Douglas' sagewort
Artemisia douglasiana
8 ft
© John Doyen
Dune sagewort
Artemisia pycnocephala
1.6 ft
© Gregory Arena
Wild ginger
Asarum caudatum
1 ft
© John Doyen
Coyote brush
Baccharis pilularis
1.5 - 10 ft
© John Doyen
Beach evening-primrose
Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia
0.5 - 1 ft
© Steve Matson
Yerba buena
Clinopodium douglasii
0.25 - 0.75 ft
© Bonnie Nickel
California aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
0.7 - 3.3 ft
© Steve Matson
California fuchsia
Epilobium canum
0.25 - 1.5 ft
© Jeffrey Blake
Everett's choice california fuchsia
Epilobium canum 'everett's choice'
1.3 ft
© Cal Flora Nursery
Select mattole humboldt county fuschsia
Epilobium septentrionale 'select mattole'
0.5 - 1 ft
© Steve Matson
Seaside daisy
Erigeron glaucus
0.16 - 1 ft
© Patrick Furtado
Coast buckwheat
Eriogonum latifolium
1.7 - 2.3 ft
© John Doyen
Seaside woolly sunflower
Eriophyllum staechadifolium
2 - 5 ft
© Stickpen
California fescue
Festuca californica
1.3 - 4 ft
© North Coast CNPS Nursery
Idahoe fescue
Festuca idahoensis
1 - 2.6 ft
© Steve Matson
Red fescue
Festuca rubra
1.3 - 2.6 ft
© Mike
Beach strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
0.49 - 1 ft
© James Gonsman
Woodland strawberry
Fragaria vesca
0.1 - 1 ft
© John Doyen
Coffeeberry
Frangula californica
6 - 15 ft
© Steve Matson
Salal
Gaultheria shallon
1 - 7 ft
© Steve Matson
Large leaved avens
Geum macrophyllum
0.7 - 2 ft
© John Doyen
Gumweed
Grindelia stricta v. platyphylla
1 - 1.6 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Crevice alumroot
Heuchera micrantha
1 - 3.3 ft
Douglas iris
Iris douglasiana
0.6 - 2.6 ft
© Jerry Murray
Toughleaf iris
Iris tenax
0.8 - 1.5 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Cliff maids
Lewisia cotyledon
0.5 - 1 ft
© Liz Block
Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens
4 - 5 ft
© Steve Matson
Sorrel
Oxalis oregana
0.16 - 1.3 ft
© Adam Chasey
Beach knotweed
Polygonum paronychia
0.3 - 3.3 ft
© John Doyen
Leather fern
Polypodium scouleri
0.5 ft
© Jessi
Sword fern
Polystichum munitum
1.6 - 5.9 ft
© Calscape
Golden currant
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum
3 - 6 ft
© John Doyen
White sage
Salvia apiana
3 - 5 ft
© John Doyen
Black sage
Salvia mellifera
3 - 6 ft
© John Doyen
Broad-leaved stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium
0.1 - 0.75 ft
Checker bloom
Sidalcea malviflora
0.3 - 1.5 ft
© John Doyen
Blue eyed grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
1 - 2 ft
© John Doyen
Coast goldenrod
Solidago spathulata
0.3 - 1.6 ft
© Steve Matson
Purple needle grass
Stipa pulchra
3.3 ft
© Steve Matson
Fringe cups
Tellima grandiflora
1.3 - 3 ft