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     DROUGHT TOLERANT NATIVE PLANTS OF CALIFORNIA
        (for horticultural use)

TREES

Acer macrophyllum  BIGLEAF MAPLE  Good erosion control
Aesculus californica CALIFORNIA BUCKEYE Infrequent summer water
Arbutus menziesii MADRONE
Calocedrus decurrens INCENSE CEDAR
Cornus nuttallii MOUNTAIN DOGWOOD Infrequent water, shade, tolerates
  poor soil
Cupressus goveriana GOWEN CYPRESS tolerates poor soil
C. macnabiana MACNAB CYPRESS
C. macrocarpa MONTEREY CYPRESS
C. sargentii SARGENT CYPRESS
Juglans hindsii CALIFORNIA BLACK WALNUT immune to Oak Root fungus
Juniperus californica CALIFORNIA JUNIPER
Lithocarpus densiflora TANBARK OAK tolerates some drought
Pinus species PINES
P.attenuata KNOBCONE PINE very drought resistant, excellent erosion
  control, tolerates poor soil
P. ponderosa  PONDEROSA PINE
P.sabiniana DIGGER PINE
Platanus racemosa WESTERN SYCAMORE drought resistant but can take
 summer water, good erosion control, tolerates most soil
Populus fremontii FREMONT POPLAR good erosion control, tolerates
  most soil
Pseudotsuga menziesii DOUGLAS FIR tolerates most soil
Quercus agrifolia COAST LIVE OAK drought tolerant once established
Q. douglasii BLUE OAK tolerates most soil
Q. kelloggii CALIFORNIA BLACK OAK tolerates most soil
Q. chrysolepsis CANYON OAK
Q. garryana GARRY OAK
Q. lobata VALLEY OAK tolerates most soil, alkaline soil okay
Q. wislizenii INTERIOR LIVE OAK tolerates most soil
Torreya californica CALIFORNIA NUTMEG erosion control infrequent
  summer water

SHRUBS

Amelancher pallida SERVICE BERRY drought resistant but tolerates
  some summer water.  good erosion control
Arctostaphylos MANZANITA SPECIES need some water until established
 A. manzanita
 A. densiflora
 A. stanfordiana
 A. glauca
 A. canescens
 A. glandulosa
Artemesia californica CALIFORNICA COASTAL SAGEBRUSH fire resistant
Atriplex lentiformis SALTBUSH fire retardent, erosion control
Baccharis pilularis COYOTE BRUSH, DWARF CHAPPARAL BROOM good erosion
  control, tolerates most soil
Ceanothus species CALIFORNIA WILD LILAC
Cercis occidentalis WESTERN REDBUD
Cercocarpus betuloides CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY tolerates most
  soil
Dendromecon rigida BUSH POPPY some erosion control
Diplacus aurantiacus STICKY MONKEY FLOWER
D. puniceus RED BUSH MONKEY FLOWER
Fremontodendrom californica FLANNEL BUSH once established wants NO
  summer water
F. californica ssp. napaense same
Garrya elliptica COAST SILKTASSEL shade
Garrya fremontii FREMONE SILKTASSEL SUN
Garrya flavescens ssp. congdonii COGDON'S SILKTASSEL
Heteromeles arbutifolia TOTON good erosion control, tolerates most
  soil
Isomeris arborea BLADDERPOD
Keckiella corymbosa SHRUBBY PENSTEMON
K. breviflora
K. anthrrinoides
Lepechina calycina PITCHER SAGE
Mahonia species BARBERRY good erosion control
Myrica california PACIFIC WAX MYRTLE
Prunus illicifolia HOLLYLEAF CHERRY good erosion control
Quercus durata LEATHER OAK
Rhammus californica CALIFORNIA COFFEEBERRY some water to establish
R. crocea ilicifolia HOLLYLEAF REDBERRY
Rhus integrifolia LEMONADE BERRY tolerates most soil erosion control
R. ovata SUGARBUSH once established no summer water
Ribes species CURRANT, GOOSEBERRIES
R. malvaceum CHAPPARAL CURRANT
R. sanguineum RED-FLOWERED CURRANT
R. speciosum FUSHCIA FLOWERED GOOSEBERRY
Romneya coulteri MATILIJA POPPY tolerates most soil
Rosa gymnocarpa WOOD ROSE
Salvia species SAGE
S. apiana WHITE SAGE
S. clevelandii CLEVELANDS SAGE
S. leucophylla PURPLE SAGE
S. mellifera BLACK SAGE
Sambucus caerula BLUE ELDERBERRY good erosion control, drought
  tolerant once estabished
Trichostemma lanatum WOOLY BLUE CURLS once established no summer
  water
Zauschineria species good erosion control
Z. californica CALIFORNIA FUSCHIA
Z. cana "Bowmans"

PERENNIALS

Aquilegia exima VAN HOUTTE'S COLUMBINE shade/sun
A. formosa WESTERN COLUMBINE shade
Arabis species ROCK CRESS infrequent summer water
Cynoglossum grande WESTERN HOUND'S TOUNGE shade, goes dormant in
  summer
Dicentra formosa WESTERN BLEEDING HEART shade, goes dormant in
  summer
Delphinium nudicale CANYON LARKSPUR
Dodecatheon hendersonii HENDERSON'S SHOOTING STAR
Eriogonum BUCKWHEATS
Erysimum WALLFLOWERS
Fragaria californica CALIFORNICA STRAWBERRY
Ipomopsis aggregatta SKYROCKET GILLIA
Iris douglasiana DOUGLAS IRIS shade
I. macrosiphom BOWL-TUBED IRIS sun/shade
Lupinus species LUPINES
L. bicolor
L. albifrons
Penstemon species
P. centranthifollius SCARLET BUGLER
P. heterophyllus FOOTHILL PENSTEMON
P. newberryi sonomensis
P. purpusii
P. rupicola
also, P. labrosus, P. barbatus, P. palmeri, P. rattanii, P.
speciosus, P. pseudospectablis, P. spectablis
Silene californica CALIFORNICA INDIAN PINK
Sisyrimchium bellum BLUE EYED GRASS
Wyethia helenoides GRAY MULE EARS
Salvias see shrubs
Zauschineria see shrubs

GROUNDCOVERS

Arctostaphylos   S
  A. hookeri, A. edmundsii, A. uva ursi (Emerald carpet, Radiant)
Baccharis pilularis "Pigeon Point", or "Twin Peaks"
Ceanothus gloriosus (exaltus Emily Brown)
C. griseus horizontalis (Yankee Point)
C. maritumus
C. prostratus var. occidentalis
Mahonia aquifolium "compacta"
Monardella villosa COYOTE MINT
M. odoratissima
Ribes viburnifolium EVERGREEN CURRANT
Salvia sonomensis SONOMA CREEPING SAGE outstanding!  drought
 tolerant, cold hardy, excellent erosion control, deer resistant
Zauschineria californica CALIFORNIA FUCHSIA varieties such as
 Z. Mattole River, Z. Brilliant Smith, Z. cana, Z. Cloverdale, and
 Z. Everetts choice are low spreaders

FERNS

Pellaea andromedaefolia COFFEE FERN
fPteridium aquililinum WESTERN BRACKEN

BULBS

Brodiaea