EPA Level III Ecoregion
Southern California Mountains
820 native plants for the Southern California Mountains ecoregion (San Bernardino area).
The Southern California Mountains rise between the coastal plain and the desert, covering the San Gabriel, San Bernardino, San Jacinto, and Santa Ana ranges along with the mountain towns tucked into them like Big Bear Lake, Idyllwild, and Wrightwood. Elevation changes the rules: winters bring real frost and snow above the chaparral belt, summers stay long and dry, and fire is part of how this landscape works. Natives such as bigberry manzanita, mountain mahogany, and scarlet bugler penstemon are built for that swing and stay presentable through a dry season that flattens plants carried up from the coast.
Conditions: Granitic, rocky slope soils, 15–40 inches of annual precipitation with snow above roughly 5,000 feet, long dry summers.
Cities and areas: San Bernardino, Big Bear Lake, Idyllwild, Wrightwood, Lake Arrowhead, Julian.
820 Native Plants for the Southern California Mountains
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.
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Tall Grama Grass
Bouteloua curtipendula
Soft rush
Juncus effusus
Red-osier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Aromatic Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
Alpine Strawberry
Fragaria vesca
Golden Currant
Ribes aureum
Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Solomon's-plume
Maianthemum racemosum
Narrowleaf Milkweed
Asclepias fascicularis
California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum
Western Columbine
Aquilegia formosa
Sulfur-buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum
Deer Grass
Muhlenbergia rigens
California-poppy
Eschscholzia californica
Bunchleaf Penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus
California Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Star False Solomon's-seal
Maianthemum stellatum
Arroyo Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
Western Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
Fiddleneck
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Hummingbird Sage
Salvia spathacea
Foothill Lupine
Lupinus albifrons
Coastal Tidytips
Layia platyglossa
Fragrant Sage
Salvia clevelandii
Checker-mallow
Sidalcea malviflora
Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
Apricot globemallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Firecracker penstemon
Penstemon eatonii
Broadleaf Stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium
White Sage
Salvia apiana
Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus betuloides
Showy Penstemon
Penstemon spectabilis
Clarkia
Clarkia unguiculata
Woolly Bluecurls
Trichostema lanatum
Blueblossom
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
Blue Thimble-flower
Gilia capitata
Toyon
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Purple Sage
Salvia leucophylla
Western Redbud
Cercis occidentalis
California Buckeye
Aesculus californica
California Live Oak
Quercus agrifolia
Blue Elderberry
Sambucus mexicana
California Fescue
Festuca californica
Spreading Rush
Juncus patens
Bird's-eyes
Gilia tricolor
Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
California Rose
Rosa californica
Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
Oregongrape
Mahonia repens
Cuneate Ceanothus
Ceanothus cuneatus
California Sycamore
Platanus racemosa
Chinese Houses
Collinsia heterophylla
Pink Honeysuckle
Lonicera hispidula
Douglas' Sagewort
Artemisia douglasiana
St. Catherine's Lace
Eriogonum giganteum
Four-wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
Hairy Ceanothus
Ceanothus oliganthus
Panther Lily
Lilium pardalinum
California Black Oak
Quercus kelloggii
Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
Basin Sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata
Wavy-leaf Soap Plant
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Hollyleaf Cherry
Prunus ilicifolia
California-laurel
Umbellularia californica
Orange Bush Monkeyflower
Mimulus aurantiacus
Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
Bigberry Manzanita
Arctostaphylos glauca
Creeping Sage
Salvia sonomensis
Tomcat Clover
Trifolium willdenovii
Sugar Sumac
Rhus ovata
Seep Monkeyflower
Erythranthe guttata
Naked Buckwheat
Eriogonum nudum
Mountain Monardella
Monardella odoratissima
Woollypod Milkweed
Asclepias eriocarpa
Canyon Live Oak
Quercus chrysolepis
Triplet-lily
Triteleia laxa
California Milkweed
Asclepias californica
Blue Oak
Quercus douglasii
Humboldt Lily
Lilium humboldtii
Fuchsia-flower Gooseberry
Ribes speciosum
California Hedgenettle
Stachys bullata
Chia
Salvia columbariae
Baltic Rush
Juncus balticus
California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
Ponderosa Pine
Pinus ponderosa
Mountain-grape
Mahonia aquifolium
California Oat Grass
Danthonia californica
Creeping Snowberry
Symphoricarpos mollis
Pacific Maple
Acer macrophyllum
Tufted Evening-primrose
Oenothera cespitosa
Catalina Nightshade
Solanum xanti
Early-blue Violet
Viola adunca
Wax Currant
Ribes cereum
Sanddune Wallflower
Erysimum capitatum
Tree-poppy
Dendromecon rigida
Indian Ricegrass
Achnatherum hymenoides
Laurel-sumac
Malosma laurina
Mexican Rush
Juncus mexicanus
Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Blue Elderberry
Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea
Desert Wishbone-bush
Mirabilis laevis
California Flannelbush
Fremontodendron californicum
California Phacelia
Phacelia californica
Showy Tarweed
Madia elegans
Slender Wheatgrass
Elymus trachycaulus
Brown Dogwood
Cornus glabrata
Chick Lupine
Lupinus microcarpus
Rocky Mountain Maple
Acer glabrum
Deerbrush Ceanothus
Ceanothus integerrimus
Snapdragon Penstemon
Keckiella antirrhinoides
Western Rush
Juncus occidentalis
Seashore Bentgrass
Agrostis pallens
Sticky-leaf Rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Pacific Woodrush
Luzula comosa
Giant Wild Rye
Leymus condensatus
Wright's Buckwheat
Eriogonum wrightii
Arizona Cypress
Cupressus arizonica
California Lomatium
Lomatium californicum
Sicklepod Rockcress
Boechera sparsiflora
Engelmann's prickly pear
Opuntia engelmannii
Western Larkspur
Delphinium hesperium
California Buckthorn
Rhamnus californica
Cushion Buckwheat
Eriogonum ovalifolium
Nested Polypody
Polypodium calirhiza
Meadow Barley
Hordeum brachyantherum
Parish's goldeneye
Viguiera parishii
Pine Violet
Viola purpurea
Prince's-plume
Stanleya pinnata
Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
Graceful Cinquefoil
Potentilla gracilis
Common Lomatium
Lomatium utriculatum
Butterfly Mariposa Lily
Calochortus venustus
Texas Snakeweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Scarlet Larkspur
Delphinium cardinale
Brittle Bladder Fern
Cystopteris fragilis
Purple Cliffbrake
Pellaea atropurpurea
Rosy Pussytoes
Antennaria rosea
Henderson's Shooting Star
Dodecatheon hendersonii
San Bernardino Larkspur
Delphinium parryi
Leafy Arnica
Arnica chamissonis
Hoary Tansyaster
Dieteria canescens
Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
Big-leaf avens
Geum macrophyllum
Bigpod Ceanothus
Ceanothus megacarpus
Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus
Echinocereus engelmannii
Iris-Leaved Rush
Juncus xiphioides
Red Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus puniceus
Whitewhorl Lupine
Lupinus densiflorus
Showy Goldeneye
Heliomeris multiflora
Desert Milkweed
Asclepias erosa
Brittleleaf Manzanita
Arctostaphylos crustacea
Littleleaf Pussytoes
Antennaria microphylla
Great Valley Phacelia
Phacelia ciliata
Beardless Wild Rye
Elymus triticoides
Sierra Currant
Ribes nevadense
Slender Hairgrass
Deschampsia elongata
Heermann's Lotus
Acmispon tomentosus
Singleleaf Pinyon Pine
Pinus monophylla
Lemmon's needlegrass
Stipa lemmonii
Rocky Mountain Iris
Iris missouriensis
Gregg Catclaw Acacia
Senegalia greggii
California Sunflower
Helianthus californicus
White Sage
Krascheninnikovia lanata
Dwarf Brodiaea
Brodiaea terrestris
California Gilia
Gilia achilleifolia
Rocky Mountain Fescue
Festuca saximontana
Sierra Iris
Iris hartwegii
Brewer's Monkeyflower
Mimulus breweri
Alkali Muhly
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
California Loosestrife
Lythrum californicum
Limber pine
Pinus flexilis
Desert Almond
Prunus fasciculata
Lemmon's Needlegrass
Achnatherum lemmonii
Meadowfoam
Limnanthes alba
Scarlet keckiella
Keckiella ternata
Desert Gooseberry
Ribes velutinum
Black Sagebrush
Artemisia nova
Spike Fescue
Festuca kingii
Nodding Needlegrass
Nassella cernua
Mountain Hollyfern
Polystichum scopulinum
Jointed-Spike Sedge
Carex athrostachya
Purple Needlegrass
Nassella pulchra
Royal Penstemon
Penstemon speciosus
Spreading Dogbane
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Ragged Rockflower
Crossosoma bigelovii
Crested Hairgrass
Koeleria pyramidata
Scouler's St. Johnswort
Hypericum scouleri
American Parsley Fern
Cryptogramma acrostichoides
Pale Serviceberry
Amelanchier pallida
Richardson's Geranium
Geranium richardsonii
Claret Cup Cactus
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Speckled Clarkia
Clarkia cylindrica
Sierra Gooseberry
Ribes roezlii
Abrupt-Beaked Sedge
Carex abrupta
Rocky Mountain Pussytoes
Antennaria media
Smooth-Fruit Sedge
Carex heteroneura
Variegated-bract Blazingstar
Mentzelia montana
Blue Dicks
Dichelostemma capitatum
Torrey's Rush
Juncus torreyi
Ross Sedge
Carex rossii
Parry's Goldenbush
Ericameria parryi
Sky Lupine
Lupinus nanus
Idaho Bentgrass
Agrostis idahoensis
Alpine Timothy
Phleum alpinum
Common Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
Big-leaf Sandwort
Moehringia macrophylla
Richardson's Muhly
Muhlenbergia richardsonis
Tiny Trumpet
Collomia linearis
Thurber Needlegrass
Achnatherum thurberianum
Alkali Aster
Symphyotrichum frondosum
Alpine Fescue
Festuca brachyphylla
Long-Leaved Or Intermountain Or Western Aster
Symphyotrichum ascendens
Braun's Horsetail
Equisetum braunii
Golden Sedge
Carex aurea
White Four O'clock
Mirabilis albida
Brown Sedge
Carex subfusca
Bolander's Sedge
Carex bolanderi
Western Sedge
Carex occidentalis
Spreading Fleabane
Erigeron divergens
Gray's Lupine
Lupinus grayi
Changeable Phacelia
Phacelia mutabilis
California Satintail
Imperata brevifolia
Sawatch Knotweed
Polygonum sawatchense
Perennial Rockcress
Arabis perennans
Feather Pennisetum
Setaria parviflora
Red Spot Clarkia
Clarkia speciosa
Peat Grass
Dichanthelium lanuginosum
Parry Manzanita
Arctostaphylos parryana
Northern Bog Violet
Viola nephrophylla
Bastard Indigo-bush
Amorpha fruticosa
Bitter-berry
Prunus virginiana
Fogfruit
Phyla nodiflora
Louisiana Sagewort
Artemisia ludoviciana
Lewis's Flax
Linum lewisii
Heal-all
Prunella vulgaris
Desert Willow
Chilopsis linearis
Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus
Great Scouring-rush
Equisetum hyemale
American Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Common Woolly Sunflower
Eriophyllum lanatum
Elbowbush
Forestiera pubescens
Ash-leaf Maple
Acer negundo
Common Sword Fern
Polystichum munitum
Valley Oak
Quercus lobata
Red Baneberry
Actaea rubra
Hemp Dogbane
Apocynum cannabinum
Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
Narrowleaf Willow
Salix exigua
California Figwort
Scrophularia californica
Honey Mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa
Smooth Heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa
Scarlet Monkeyflower
Mimulus cardinalis
Canby's Bluegrass
Poa secunda
Fowl Manna Grass
Glyceria striata
Creambush
Holodiscus discolor
Pacific Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
Broadfruit Bur-reed
Sparganium eurycarpum
Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
Saltmarsh Fleabane
Pluchea odorata
Apache-beads
Anemopsis californica
Hooker's Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
Russian Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
Fireweed
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Stream Orchid
Epipactis gigantea
Gray Pine
Pinus sabiniana
Wild Mint
Mentha arvensis
Spike Redtop
Agrostis exarata
Buffalo-berry
Shepherdia argentea
Cuban-spinach
Claytonia perfoliata
Panicled Bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus
Fremont's Cottonwood
Populus fremontii
Creosote Bush
Larrea tridentata
Silverweed Cinquefoil
Argentina anserina
Arrow-weed
Pluchea sericea
Amphibious Bistort
Persicaria amphibia
Dotseed Plantain
Plantago erecta
California Bulrush
Schoenoplectus californicus
Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
Grassland Agoseris
Agoseris grandiflora
Lodgepole Pine
Pinus contorta
Douglas' Drymocallis
Drymocallis glandulosa
Aleutian Maidenhair
Adiantum aleuticum
Cooper's-reed
Typha latifolia
Fernleaf Desert-Parsley
Lomatium dissectum
Red Willow
Salix laevigata
Coontail
Ceratophyllum demersum
Oregon Oak
Quercus garryana
Creeping Spike-rush
Eleocharis palustris
American Licorice
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
American Cow-parsnip
Heracleum maximum
Scouler's Willow
Salix scouleriana
Salt Grass
Distichlis spicata
Arroyo Willow
Salix lasiolepis
Fringe Brome
Bromus ciliatus
Chairmaker's-rush
Schoenoplectus pungens
Coast Morning Glory
Calystegia macrostegia
Hardstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus acutus
Lemmon's Willow
Salix lemmonii
Smooth Scouring-rush
Equisetum laevigatum
American Willowherb
Epilobium ciliatum
Summer Coralroot
Corallorhiza maculata
Longleaf Pondweed
Potamogeton nodosus
Netleaf Hackberry
Celtis reticulata
Nebraska Sedge
Carex nebrascensis
Common Horsetail
Equisetum arvense
Chilean Sweet-Cicely
Osmorhiza berteroi
Red-Root Flat Sedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
Coyote Gourd
Cucurbita palmata
Tall Flatsedge
Cyperus eragrostis
Parry's Phacelia
Phacelia parryi
Old-witch Grass
Panicum capillare
Willow Dock
Rumex salicifolius
Bush Seepweed
Suaeda nigra
Tall Annual Willowherb
Epilobium brachycarpum
Rattlesnake-weed
Daucus pusillus
Foxtail Barley
Hordeum jubatum
Smooth-stem Blazingstar
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Sea Arrow-grass
Triglochin maritima
Water Parsely
Oenanthe sarmentosa
Michaelmas Daisy
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
Tall Mannagrass
Glyceria elata
Tower Mustard
Turritis glabra
Beggar-ticks
Bidens frondosa
Ram's Horn
Proboscidea louisianica
American Milkmaids
Cardamine californica
Coast Fiddleneck
Amsinckia intermedia
Daisy Fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus
Woollyhead Parsnip
Sphenosciadium capitellatum
Northwest Territory Sedge
Carex utriculata
Antelope Bitterbrush
Purshia tridentata
Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
Needle Spike-rush
Eleocharis acicularis
Hairy Clover Fern
Marsilea vestita
Sweet Brome
Bromus carinatus
Annual Agoseris
Agoseris heterophylla
Common Fiddleneck
Amsinckia menziesii
Bottlebrush Squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
American Brooklime
Veronica americana
Arum-leaf Arrowhead
Sagittaria cuneata
Prairie Gourd
Cucurbita foetidissima
White Hawkweed
Hieracium albiflorum
Madia-oil-plant
Madia sativa
Clasping Venus's-looking-glass
Triodanis perfoliata
Nuttall Alkaligrass
Puccinellia nuttalliana
Fremont's Goosefoot
Chenopodium fremontii
Moth Combseed
Pectocarya setosa
Thurber's Sandpaper Plant
Petalonyx thurberi
Delicate Buttercup
Ranunculus hebecarpus
California Veratrum
Veratrum californicum
Needle Grama
Bouteloua aristidoides
Arizona Brome
Bromus arizonicus
American Bird's-foot Trefoil
Lotus unifoliolatus
Mountain Oxytrope
Oxytropis oreophila
Ternate-leaf Cinquefoil
Potentilla norvegica
Staining Collomia
Collomia tinctoria
Weakstem Cryptantha
Cryptantha flaccida
White Twinheads
Eclipta prostrata
Redstem Springbeauty
Claytonia rubra
Pale Knotweed
Persicaria lapathifolia
Cooper Popcornflower
Plagiobothrys collinus
Pipsissewa
Chimaphila umbellata
Gray Tansy Mustard
Descurainia incana
Pursh Milk-Vetch
Astragalus purshii
California Mustard
Guillenia lasiophylla
Cushion Cryptantha
Cryptantha circumscissa
Western Yarrow
Achillea lanulosa
Western Buttercup
Ranunculus occidentalis
Longhorn Plectritis
Plectritis macrocera
Sacramento Waxydogbane
Cycladenia humilis
Narrow-leaf Montia
Montia linearis
Skeleton-weed
Eriogonum deflexum
Brewer's Bittercress
Cardamine breweri
American Pillwort
Pilularia americana
Brown's Larkspur
Delphinium glaucum
Holboell's Rockcress
Arabis holboellii
Mountain Brome
Bromus marginatus
Star Sedge
Carex echinata
San Diego Rabbit-tobacco
Pseudognaphalium microcephalum
Saltmarsh Sandspurry
Spergularia marina
Celery Buttercup
Ranunculus sceleratus
Scarlet Paintbrush
Castilleja miniata
Woolly Plantain
Plantago patagonica
Mudwort
Limosella aquatica
Roughpod Spurge
Euphorbia spathulata
Brown Beetle-grass
Diplachne fusca
Orange Foxtail
Alopecurus aequalis
Longstyle Rush
Juncus longistylis
Tickle Grass
Agrostis scabra
Mousetail
Myosurus minimus
Twoheaded Water-starwort
Callitriche heterophylla
Utah Juniper
Juniperus osteosperma
Small Bedstraw
Galium trifidum
Deceptive Groundsmoke
Gayophytum decipiens
Roundleaf Phacelia
Phacelia rotundifolia
Western-cedar
Juniperus occidentalis
Glaucus Willowherb
Epilobium glaberrimum
Carolina Foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus
Milk Kelloggia
Kelloggia galioides
Tanoak
Notholithocarpus densiflorus
Nevada Cinquefoil
Drymocallis lactea
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Wingnut Catseye
Cryptantha pterocarya
Prairie-berry
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Eschscholtz's Buttercup
Ranunculus eschscholtzii
Ditch Rabbitsfoot Grass
Polypogon interruptus
Least Pepperwort
Lepidium virginicum
Alpine Pearlwort
Sagina saginoides
Alaska Orchid
Platanthera unalascensis
Tuber Starwort
Pseudostellaria jamesiana
Carolina Geranium
Geranium carolinianum
Alkali Buttercup
Halerpestes cymbalaria
Boreal Bog Orchid
Platanthera dilatata
Beaked-sandbur
Solanum rostratum
Branched Lagophylla
Lagophylla ramosissima
Great Horsetail
Equisetum telmateia
Wright's Rabbit-tobacco
Pseudognaphalium canescens
California Amaranth
Amaranthus californicus
Broad-lip Twayblade
Neottia convallarioides
American Corn Mint
Mentha canadensis
Nevada Greasewood
Glossopetalon spinescens
Arizona Popcorn-flower
Plagiobothrys arizonicus
Woodland Buttercup
Ranunculus uncinatus
Mojave Brickellbush
Brickellia oblongifolia
Northern Starwort
Stellaria calycantha
Bearded Cryptantha
Cryptantha barbigera
Warty Caltrop
Kallstroemia parviflora
Bristly Mousetail
Myosurus apetalus
Disc Mayweed
Matricaria matricarioides
Tansy Mustard
Descurainia pinnata
Wedgeleaf Draba
Draba cuneifolia
Pacific Azolla
Azolla filiculoides
Annual Hairgrass
Deschampsia danthonioides
Mojave Kingcup Cactus
Echinocereus mojavensis
Mojave Suncup
Camissonia campestris
Oenothera Gayophytum Diffusa
Gayophytum diffusum
Bracted Popcornflower
Plagiobothrys bracteatus
Horseweed
Conyza canadensis
Southern Cattail
Typha domingensis
Small Enchanter's Nightshade
Circaea alpina
Howell's Quillwort
Isoetes howellii
Hornemann's Willowherb
Epilobium hornemannii
Pigweed
Chenopodium berlandieri
Brewer's Navarretia
Navarretia breweri
Six-weeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
Bolander's Quillwort
Isoetes bolanderi
Maiden Blue Eyed Mary
Collinsia parviflora
Cluster Broomrape
Orobanche fasciculata
Northern Water-plantain
Alisma triviale
Annual Muhly
Muhlenbergia minutissima
Paiute False Bindweed
Calystegia longipes
Thicket Creeper
Parthenocissus vitacea
Schott's Calico
Loeseliastrum schottii
Narrow-leaf Duckweed
Lemna trisulca
Glandular Threadplant
Nemacladus glanduliferus
Threadleaf Crowfoot
Ranunculus trichophyllus
Smallflower Lupine
Lupinus polycarpus
Mojave Popcornflower
Plagiobothrys jonesii
Small Wirelettuce
Stephanomeria exigua
Grass-of-Parnassus
Parnassia palustris
Ragleaf Bahia
Bahia dissecta
Serrated-wintergreen
Pyrola dentata
Short Woollyheads
Psilocarphus brevissimus
Douglas's Knotweed
Polygonum douglasii
Snowline Wintergreen
Pyrola minor
Mexican Dock
Rumex triangulivalvis
Blunt-leaf Yellowcress
Rorippa curvipes
Hoary Bowlesia
Bowlesia incana
Freckled Milkvetch
Astragalus lentiginosus
Creeping Sibbaldia
Sibbaldia procumbens
American Yellowrocket
Barbarea orthoceras
Upright Burhead
Echinodorus berteroi
Dodder
Cuscuta campestris
Biennial Wormwood
Artemisia biennis
Sixweeks Grama
Bouteloua barbata
Floating Pennywort
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
California-bur
Xanthium strumarium
Hooked Groundstar
Ancistrocarphus filagineus
Sleepy Catchfly
Silene antirrhina
Lesser Pondweed
Potamogeton pusillus
Black Bogrush
Schoenus nigricans
Tufted Lovegrass
Eragrostis pectinacea
Ghostpipes
Aphyllon uniflorum
Desert Pincushion
Chaenactis stevioides
Desert Goosefoot
Chenopodium pratericola
Little Grapefern
Botrychium simplex
Irish Lady's-tresses
Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Little Prince's Pine
Chimaphila menziesii
Beach Pearlwort
Sagina decumbens
Whorled Marsh Pennywort
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Liver-leaf Wintergreen
Pyrola asarifolia
Alkali-mallow
Malvella leprosa
Stiff Tumbleweed
Amaranthus albus
California Strawflower
Collomia grandiflora
Coulter's Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
Meadow Popcornflower
Plagiobothrys scouleri
Dwarf Groundsmoke
Gayophytum humile
Wedgescale Saltbush
Atriplex truncata
Cotton-batting-plant
Pseudognaphalium stramineum
Common Sandweed
Athysanus pusillus
Marsh Cress
Rorippa palustris
Scarlet Spiderling
Boerhavia coccinea
Emory's Baccharis
Baccharis salicina
Redroot
Amaranthus retroflexus
Annual Gentian
Gentianella amarella
False Water-pepper
Persicaria hydropiperoides
American Sea-Blite
Suaeda calceoliformis
Desert Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja chromosa
Bearded Flat Sedge
Cyperus squarrosus
American Chocolate Lily
Fritillaria biflora
Dotted Smartweed
Persicaria punctata
Sago Pondweed
Potamogeton pectinatus
Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
Beaked Tasselweed
Ruppia maritima
American Golden Dock
Rumex fueginus
Musquashroot
Cicuta maculata
Spiny Sheepbur
Lappula occidentalis
Whitestem Blazingstar
Mentzelia albicaulis
Shortray Fleabane
Erigeron lonchophyllus
Dunbible-weed
Ambrosia psilostachya
Bristly Fiddleneck
Amsinckia tessellata
Copper-flowered Bird's-foot Trefoil
Hosackia oblongifolia
Pinyon Groundsmoke
Gayophytum ramosissimum
Annual-bristle Grass
Aristida adscensionis
Wavy-leaf Paintbrush
Castilleja applegatei
Tinker's Penny
Hypericum anagalloides
Field Sandbur
Cenchrus spinifex
Floating Bur-reed
Sparganium angustifolium
Nettleleaf Giant Hyssop
Agastache urticifolia
Duckweed
Lemna minor
Menzies' Campion
Silene menziesii
Beaked Spikerush
Eleocharis rostellata
Toothcup
Ammannia coccinea
Doveweed
Croton setigerus
Mountain Tarweed
Madia glomerata
Few-flower Spike-rush
Eleocharis quinqueflora
Rosy Gilia
Gilia sinuata
Arrowleaf Butterweed
Senecio triangularis
Necklaceweed
Veronica peregrina
Water Minerslettuce
Montia chamissoi
Plains Evening Primrose
Camissonia contorta
Long-stalk Starwort
Stellaria longipes
Nuttall's Sunflower
Helianthus nuttallii
Powell's Amaranth
Amaranthus powellii
Seaside Brookweed
Samolus parviflorus
Pine-drops
Pterospora andromedea
Streambank Springbeauty
Claytonia parviflora
Carelessweed
Amaranthus palmeri
Fremont Pincushion
Chaenactis fremontii
Water-blinks
Montia fontana
Broom-like Ragwort
Senecio spartioides
Longleaf Hawk's-beard
Crepis acuminata
Calingale
Cyperus odoratus
Slender Sedge
Carex lasiocarpa
Hairy-pod Pepperwort
Lepidium lasiocarpum
Parish Spikerush
Eleocharis parishii
Floating-leaf Pondweed
Potamogeton natans
Awl-leaf Lilaea
Triglochin scilloides
Saltbush
Atriplex argentea
Sweet-scent Bedstraw
Galium triflorum
Hooker's Bur Ragweed
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
Dwarf Barley
Hordeum depressum
Biennial Cinquefoil
Potentilla biennis
Vernal Water-starwort
Callitriche palustris
Little Western Bittercress
Cardamine oligosperma
Sea Club-rush
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Gray Hawk's-beard
Crepis occidentalis
Pearly everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Red-berry elder
Sambucus racemosa
Coyote brush
Baccharis pilularis
California brittlebush
Encelia californica
Woods's rose
Rosa woodsii
California-huckleberry
Vaccinium ovatum
Scrub oak
Quercus berberidifolia
Pacific madrone
Arbutus menziesii
Baby blue-eyes
Nemophila menziesii
Silk-tassel
Garrya elliptica
Island pitchersage
Lepechinia fragrans
Canyon liveforever
Dudleya cymosa
Cobweb thistle
Cirsium occidentale
Big saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
Winecup clarkia
Clarkia purpurea
Sticky monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
Mulefat
Baccharis salicifolia
Bigcone pine
Pinus coulteri
Hinds's black walnut
Juglans hindsii
Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
Lemonade sumac
Rhus integrifolia
Western balsam poplar
Populus trichocarpa
Blue sage
Salvia pachyphylla
Golden-yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Western-goldenrod
Solidago californica
Sand-aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
California buckthorn
Frangula californica
Vinegar-weed
Trichostema lanceolatum
California incense-cedar
Calocedrus decurrens
Chaparral currant
Ribes malvaceum
Hollyleaf redberry
Rhamnus ilicifolia
California brickellbush
Brickellia californica
Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
Bitter-root
Lewisia rediviva
Checker lily
Fritillaria affinis
Eastwood's manzanita
Arctostaphylos glandulosa
Sessile-flower golden-aster
Heterotheca sessiliflora
Sand-aster
Lessingia filaginifolia
Desert broom
Baccharis sarothroides
Sant cruz island bush-mallow
Malacothamnus fasciculatus
Curl-leaf mountain mahogany
Cercocarpus ledifolius
California snowdrop
Styrax redivivus
Narrowleaf onion
Allium amplectens
California walnut
Juglans californica
Western azalea
Rhododendron occidentale
American deerweed
Acmispon americanus
Yellow-stem bush-mallow
Malacothamnus densiflorus
Western burningbush
Euonymus occidentalis
Fork-tooth ookow
Dichelostemma congestum
Dudley's sedge
Carex densa
Santa barbara sedge
Carex barbarae
Purple owl's clover
Castilleja exserta
California ash
Fraxinus dipetala
Hartweg's tauschia
Tauschia hartwegii
Coastal sage scrub oak
Quercus dumosa
Goodding's black willow
Salix gooddingii
Western-goldenrod
Euthamia occidentalis
Common sunrose
Crocanthemum scoparium
White-flower currant
Ribes indecorum
Big deervetch
Hosackia crassifolia
Heartleaf keckiella
Keckiella cordifolia
Pacific pea
Lathyrus vestitus
Goldback fern
Pentagramma triangularis
Fingertips
Dudleya edulis
Indian-hyacinth
Dipterostemon capitatus
Sword-leaf rush
Juncus ensifolius
Great Basin wildrye
Leymus cinereus
Seacliff buckwheat
Eriogonum parvifolium
Woodbalm
Lepechinia calycina
Canyon gooseberry
Ribes menziesii
Chalk dudleya
Dudleya pulverulenta
Chaparral whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
Palmer oak
Quercus palmeri
Desert agave
Agave deserti
San Diego sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
Cleomella arborea
Cleomella arborea
Pacific dogwood
Cornus nuttallii
Tecate cypress
Hesperocyparis forbesii
White alder
Alnus rhombifolia
Our lord's-candle
Hesperoyucca whipplei
Telegraph-weed
Heterotheca grandiflora
Bladderpod
Peritoma arborea
White fir
Abies concolor
Leather oak
Quercus durata
Spiny redberry
Rhamnus crocea
Hillside gooseberry
Ribes californicum
Sargent's cypress
Hesperocyparis sargentii
Ropevine clematis
Clematis pauciflora
California polypody
Polypodium californicum
Bitter cherry
Prunus emarginata
Slender sunflower
Helianthus gracilentus
Vervain
Verbena lasiostachys
California rabbit-tobacco
Pseudognaphalium californicum
Splendid mariposa lily
Calochortus splendens
Pacific willow
Salix lasiandra
Woollyfruit desertparsley
Lomatium dasycarpum
Eriocoma hymenoides
Eriocoma hymenoides
Santa cruz island suncup
Camissoniopsis hirtella
Joshua-tree
Yucca brevifolia
Cleveland's bush monkeyflower
Mimulus clevelandii
Fairy-lantern
Calochortus albus
Greenbark ceanothus
Ceanothus spinosus
Withered snapdragon
Antirrhinum multiflorum
California wood fern
Dryopteris arguta
Durango root
Datisca glomerata
Saw-tooth goldenbush
Hazardia squarrosa
Whispering-bells
Emmenanthe penduliflora
Beardless wild rye
Leymus triticoides
Pine bush
Ericameria pinifolia
Chairmaker's bulrush
Scirpus americanus
Tundra aster
Oreostemma alpigenum
Hairy gumweed
Grindelia hirsutula
Heermann's tarweed
Holocarpha heermannii
California barberry
Berberis pinnata
Brownhead rush
Juncus phaeocephalus
Bigelow's sneezeweed
Helenium bigelovii
Carex lanuginosa
Carex lanuginosa
Basket rush
Juncus textilis
Alaska brome
Bromus sitchensis
Cuyamaca cypress
Hesperocyparis stephensonii
Pink spineflower
Chorizanthe membranacea
Wand wild buckwheat
Eriogonum roseum
Dwarf mountain fleabane
Erigeron compositus
Shadscale saltbush
Atriplex confertifolia
Goldenfleece
Ericameria arborescens
Tufted california-poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
Western fescue
Festuca occidentalis
Lanceleaf liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
Anglestem buckwheat
Eriogonum angulosum
Coast horkelia
Horkelia cuneata
Bishop pine
Pinus muricata
Oak gooseberry
Ribes quercetorum
Sticky desertsunflower
Geraea viscida
California spikenard
Aralia californica
Desert scrub oak
Quercus cornelius-mulleri
Allophyllum divaricatum
Allophyllum divaricatum
Pacific false bindweed
Calystegia purpurata
Desert mock orange
Philadelphus microphyllus
Clustered tarweed
Deinandra fasciculata
Spotted hideseed
Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia
California juniper
Juniperus californica
Knobcone pine
Pinus attenuata
Big squirreltail
Elymus multisetus
Denseflower Indian paintbrush
Castilleja densiflora
Fiber-optic-grass
Isolepis cernua
Flatbud pricklypoppy
Argemone munita
Menzies' goldenbush
Isocoma menziesii
Leafy fleabane
Erigeron foliosus
Palmer's goldenbush
Ericameria palmeri
Tall scouring rush
Equisetum praealtum
California broom
Lotus scoparius
Golden eardrops
Ehrendorferia chrysantha
Bush beardtongue
Keckiella breviflora
Sierra live oak
Quercus wislizeni
Jeffrey pine
Pinus jeffreyi
Sneezewort
Helenium puberulum
Bluewitch nightshade
Solanum umbelliferum
Mission manzanita
Xylococcus bicolor
Silver bird's-foot trefoil
Acmispon argophyllus
Zigzag larkspur
Delphinium patens
Engelmann oak
Quercus engelmannii
Sierra false bindweed
Calystegia malacophylla
Eastwood's fiddleneck
Amsinckia eastwoodiae
Common goldenstar
Bloomeria crocea
Shortpod lotus
Acmispon brachycarpus
American vetch
Vicia americana
Rayless arnica
Arnica discoidea
Rainbow manzanita
Arctostaphylos rainbowensis
Aphyllon tuberosum
Aphyllon tuberosum
Longleaf bush lupine
Lupinus longifolius
California maidenhair fern
Adiantum jordanii
Heermann's bird's-foot trefoil
Acmispon heermannii
Giant needlegrass
Stipa coronata
Fremont's bush mallow
Malacothamnus fremontii
Balsam bird's-foot trefoil
Hosackia stipularis
Jack-o'the-rocks
Heuchera rubescens
Hairy yerba santa
Eriodictyon trichocalyx
Gardener's-garters
Phalaris arundinacea
Narrowleaf goldenbush
Ericameria linearifolia
Lessingia tenuis
Lessingia tenuis
Oregon ash
Fraxinus latifolia
Spiny hopsage
Grayia spinosa
Sharp rush
Juncus acutus
Coast indian paintbrush
Castilleja affinis
Refugio manzanita
Arctostaphylos refugioensis
Hoary-leaf ceanothus
Ceanothus crassifolius
Weed's mariposa lily
Calochortus weedii
Arizon ash
Fraxinus velutina
Campo-pea
Lathyrus splendens
Desert sand verbena
Abronia villosa
Mohave yucca
Yucca schidigera
Blow wives
Achyrachaena mollis
Alkali heath
Frankenia salina
Whiskerbrush
Leptosiphon ciliatus
Southern California milk vetch
Astragalus trichopodus
Mountain-mahogany
Cercocarpus minutiflorus
Thick-leaf yerba-santa
Eriodictyon crassifolium
Slender woolly buckwheat
Eriogonum gracile
Deltoid balsamroot
Balsamorhiza deltoidea
Pacific rockcress
Arabis eschscholtziana
Summer-holly
Comarostaphylis diversifolia
Dense False Gilyflower
Allophyllum gilioides
Chaparral lotus
Acmispon grandiflorus
Grape soda lupine
Lupinus excubitus
Woodland brome
Bromus laevipes
Climbing bedstraw
Galium porrigens
Chile trefoil
Acmispon wrangelianus
Roundfruit sedge
Carex globosa
Leatherroot
Hoita macrostachya
Mexicali onion
Allium peninsulare
Red shank
Adenostoma sparsifolium
False acacia
Robinia pseudoacacia
California false indigo
Amorpha californica
Torrent sedge
Carex nudata
Nuttall's snapdragon
Antirrhinum nuttallianum
California redwood
Sequoia sempervirens
Common cryptantha
Cryptantha intermedia
Hayfield tarweed
Hemizonia congesta
Doveweed
Croton setiger
Mexican manzanita
Arctostaphylos pungens
Long-stem wild buckwheat
Eriogonum elongatum
California lace fern
Aspidotis californica
Claytonia exigua
Claytonia exigua
Threadleaf brodiaea
Brodiaea filifolia
Needle and thread grass
Hesperostipa comata
California sun cup
Camissoniopsis bistorta
Chaparral pea
Pickeringia montana
Woolyleaf ceanothus
Ceanothus tomentosus
Alderson's rush-rose
Crocanthemum aldersonii
Coast oak
Quercus parvula
Western water hemlock
Cicuta douglasii
Leptosiphon androsaceus
Leptosiphon androsaceus
Mountain-grape
Mahonia pinnata
Sixweeks fescue
Festuca octoflora
Ashy silk-tassel
Garrya flavescens
Baby stars
Leptosiphon bicolor
Utah serviceberry
Amelanchier utahensis
Clarkia affinis
Clarkia affinis
Goatnut
Simmondsia chinensis
Punchbowl godetia
Clarkia bottae
Brewer's rockcress
Boechera breweri
Sambucus cerulea
Sambucus cerulea
Fall care in the Southern California Mountains
What to do right now for plants commonly grown here. Each links to the full regional care guide for that species, with sources.
- Scarlet keckiella
Fall is a good time to plant scarlet keckiella around Big Bear Lake, before winter cold sets in.
- Cardinal flower
Fall is for tidying up spent stalks before the first mountain frost.
Build a plan for the Southern California Mountains
Pollinator Patch turns plants like these into a front-yard plan tuned for the soil, climate, and HOA expectations of the San Bernardino area.