EPA Level III Ecoregion
Coast Range
882 native plants for the Coast Range ecoregion (Santa Rosa area).
The Coast Range ecoregion follows the foggy coastal mountains from Sonoma County north through Oregon and Washington. Redwood and Douglas-fir forest dominates, with cool summers and heavy winter rain. Coastal natives like red flowering currant, salal, and Douglas iris thrive in the shade and moisture that frustrate plants from drier parts of the West.
Conditions: Acidic forest soils, 40–100+ inches of winter rainfall, cool foggy summers, mild winters.
Cities and areas: Santa Rosa, Eureka, Crescent City, Astoria, Coos Bay, Fort Bragg.
882 Native Plants for the Coast Range
HOA-friendly picks listed first. Pet-safety status varies by species; each plant page shows its sourced ASPCA status. Native range data from vouchered herbarium specimen records and regional native plant society lists.
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
Soft rush
Juncus effusus
Red-osier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Scarlet Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
Bear-grape
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Golden Currant
Ribes aureum
Wild Woodland Strawberries
Fragaria vesca
Goat's-beard
Aruncus dioicus
Solomon's-plume
Maianthemum racemosum
Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Narrowleaf Milkweed
Asclepias fascicularis
California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum
Flowering Currant
Ribes sanguineum
Western Columbine
Aquilegia formosa
Coyote-mint
Monardella villosa
California-poppy
Eschscholzia californica
Sulfur-buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum
Pacific Serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia
Bunchleaf Penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus
Mexican Feathergrass
Nassella tenuissima
Marin Iris
Iris douglasiana
Canadian Goldenrod
Solidago canadensis
Checker-mallow
Sidalcea malviflora
Arroyo Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
Coastal Tidytips
Layia platyglossa
Foothill Lupine
Lupinus albifrons
Crevice alumroot
Heuchera micrantha
Western Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
Star False Solomon's-seal
Maianthemum stellatum
Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus betuloides
California Buckeye
Aesculus californica
Blueblossom
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
Blue Thimble-flower
Gilia capitata
Broadleaf Stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium
Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
Toyon
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Clarkia
Clarkia unguiculata
Common Juniper
Juniperus communis
California Sycamore
Platanus racemosa
Cuneate Ceanothus
Ceanothus cuneatus
Blue Elderberry
Sambucus mexicana
California Honeysuckle
Lonicera involucrata
Bird's-eyes
Gilia tricolor
California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
California Rose
Rosa californica
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Fall care in the Coast Range
What to do right now for plants commonly grown here. Each links to the full regional care guide for that species, with sources.
- Western blue eyed grass
Fall in Eureka brings the rain back, and that is usually what wakes this plant back up from its summer rest.
- Common sneezeweed
Fall brings sneezeweed's heaviest bloom in Eureka, and despite the name it is not a hay fever culprit, since insects rather than wind do the pollinating.
- Narrowleaf milkweed
Bloom fades and seed pods form, splitting open later in fall to release fluffy seeds that can drift into nearby beds.
- Common yarrow
Fall is the best time to cut yarrow back and divide crowded clumps in a Eureka yard, setting it up for a clean look through the North Coast's wet winter.
- Graceful cinquefoil
Fall is cutback and tidy-up season for graceful cinquefoil as it starts to slow down with Eureka's returning rains.
- Giant wild rye
Fall is when Humboldt County's rains start returning, and it is a good time to groom the grass before winter.
- Prairie junegrass
Fall is a good time to tidy up Prairie Junegrass and get it ready for the wet season ahead.
Build a plan for the Coast Range
Pollinator Patch turns plants like these into a front-yard plan tuned for the soil, climate, and HOA expectations of the Santa Rosa area.