All Plants > Moisture-Loving (30)

This list of drought-tolerant plants has been seeded from Calscape data on high-moisture plants.

Common Name
Scientific Name
Sun Reqs. Height Humboldt Native
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Big leaf maple
Acer macrophyllum
30 - 115 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Box elder
Acer negundo
35 - 66 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Elk's clover
Aralia californica
6.6 - 10 ft
© Gregory Arena
Wild ginger
Asarum caudatum
1 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Lady fern
Athyrium filix-femina
2 - 5 ft
© James Gonsman
Deer fern
Blechnum spicant
2 - 3.5 ft
© Kathleen Catton
California pitcherplant
Darlingtonia californica
2 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Indian rhubarb
Darmera peltata
2 - 6.6 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Seep monkeyflower
Erythranthe guttata
2 - 5 ft
© Adam Chasey
Wing leaf monkeyflower
Erythranthe ptilota
1 - 1.5 ft
© Steve Matson
Mahogany fawn lily
Erythronium revolutum
0.5 - 1 ft
© Steve Matson
Salal
Gaultheria shallon
1 - 7 ft
© Steve Matson
Large leaved avens
Geum macrophyllum
0.7 - 2 ft
© Steve Matson
White bog hastingsia
Hastingsia alba
1.3 - 3 ft
© John Doyen
Bigelow's sneezeweed
Helenium bigelovii
4 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Crevice alumroot
Heuchera micrantha
1 - 3.3 ft
© John Doyen
Western blue flag
Iris missouriensis
1 - 1.6 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Tiger lily
Lilium pardalinum
6.6 - 8.3 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Shasta lily
Lilium pardalinum ssp. shastense
1 ft
© Gerald and Buff Corsi © California Academy of Sciences
Coastal monkeyflower
Mimulus dentatus
0.8 - 1.5 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Arctic sweet coltsfoot
Petasites frigidus
0.33 - 2 ft
© James Gonsman
Rock phacelia
Phacelia californica
0.5 - 1.5 ft
© Steve Matson
Sitka spruce
Picea sitchensis
40 - 230 ft
© Steve Matson
Shore pine
Pinus contorta ssp contorta
112 ft
© John Doyen
Leather fern
Polypodium scouleri
0.5 ft
© Walter Siegmund
Stink currant
Ribes bracteosum
3 - 13 ft
© Cynthia Griffin
Spicate checker mallow
Sidalcea oregana ssp. spicata
5 ft
© John Doyen
Yellow eyed grass
Sisyrinchium californicum
0.7 - 1 ft
© Dayna / Kvelha'ts
Western trillium
Trillium ovatum
2.3 ft
© Copyright © 2013 California Academy of Sciences
Western hemlock
Tsuga heterophylla
40 - 170 ft