California Native Plant Link Exchange Profile of  El Dorado County ALL COUNTY PROFILES SEARCH for Plants
 

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Desolation Valley   Charles Thoreau Townsend © 2002 California Academy of Sciences


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  Local Resources

Calflora Places to view California Native Plants:
  near   Georgetown
  near   Kyburz
  near   Placerville
  near   South Lake Tahoe

CNPS Chapter: El Dorado -- covering the Sierra Foothills area around Placerville.

CNPS Chapter: Tahoe

Traverse Creek, description of trails and habitats (Steve Tyron, floralore)

Sources of Native Plants
El Dorado County
Blue Oak Nursery  PROFILE 
Rescue 95672
Golden Gecko Garden Center  PROFILE 
Garden Valley 95633
Lotus Valley Nursery  PROFILE 
Lotus 95651 retail
Placer County
Bitterroot Restoration  PROFILE 
Lincoln 95648
Forest Seeds of California  PROFILE 
Placerville 95667 mail order
Fowler Nurseries  PROFILE 
Newcastle 95658
High Ranch Nursery Inc.  PROFILE 
Loomis, 95650 source identified
Mountain Valley Growers  PROFILE 
Squaw Valley 93675 mail order
Park Place Gardens  PROFILE 
Loomis 95650
Restoration Resources  PROFILE 
Rocklin 95765
Wapumne Native Plant Nursery  PROFILE 
Lincoln 95648
Alpine County
Amador County
Sacramento County
CNPS Sac Valley - American River Nursery  PROFILE 
Rancho Cordova periodic sales
Cornflower Farms  PROFILE 
Elk Grove 95759 wholesale, retail
Hartland Nursery  PROFILE 
Walnut Grove 95690
Village Nurseries  PROFILE 
Sacramento 95827
Windmill Nursery  PROFILE 
Carmichael 95608
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wild Plants in  El Dorado County
Native Plants, by lifeform
Native Plants at the edge of their range
non-Native Plants
by Jepson Bioregion:
 
High Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada Foothills

  Map of El Dorado County

 

 

What Grows Here?

  by watershed

  by zipcode

  by open space

 

 

 

Native Shrubs that grow wild in El Dorado County:   Trees  •  Shrubs  •  Perennials  •  Annuals  •  Ferns
Acer glabrum
Adenostoma fasciculatum
Alnus incana
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia
Amelanchier alnifolia
Amelanchier utahensis
Amorpha californica
Arctostaphylos manzanita
Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Arctostaphylos patula
 
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Arctostaphylos viscida
Aristolochia californica
Artemisia arbuscula
Artemisia tridentata
Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana
Baccharis pilularis
Baccharis pilularis ssp. consanguinea
Baccharis salicifolia
Berberis aquifolium
 
Berberis aquifolium var. repens
Berberis nervosa
Betula occidentalis
Calycanthus occidentalis
Ceanothus cordulatus
Ceanothus cuneatus
Ceanothus integerrimus
Ceanothus integerrimus var. macrothyrsus
Ceanothus lemmonii
Ceanothus leucodermis
 
Ceanothus oliganthus
Ceanothus prostratus
Ceanothus prostratus var. laxus
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
Ceanothus tomentosus
Ceanothus velutinus
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Cephalanthus occidentalis var. californicus
Cercis occidentalis
Cercocarpus betuloides
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Chamaebatiaria millefolium
Chrysolepis chrysophylla
Chrysolepis sempervirens
Chrysothamnus nauseosus
 
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Cornus glabrata
Cornus nuttallii
Cornus sericea
Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis
Corylus cornuta
Corylus cornuta ssp. californica
Corylus cornuta var. californica
Cupressus macnabiana
Dendromecon rigida
 
Ericameria linearifolia
Ericameria nauseosa
Eriodictyon californicum
Eriodictyon trichocalyx
Eriogonum nudum
Eriogonum wrightii
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Euonymus occidentalis
Euphorbia misera
Frangula californica
 
Frangula californica ssp. tomentella
Frangula purshiana
Frangula rubra
Fraxinus dipetala
Fraxinus jonesii
Fremontodendron californicum
Fremontodendron californicum ssp. decumbens
Fremontodendron decumbens
Fremontodendron mexicanum
Garrya elliptica
Garrya fremontii
Helianthemum scoparium
Helianthemum suffrutescens
Hesperocyparis macnabiana
Heteromeles arbutifolia
 
Holodiscus discolor
Holodiscus microphyllus
Juniperus communis
Kalmia polifolia
Kalmia polifolia ssp. microphylla
Keckiella breviflora
Keckiella cordifolia
Ledum glandulosum
Lepechinia calycina
Lithocarpus densiflorus
 
Lithocarpus densiflorus var. echinoides
Lonicera ciliosa
Lonicera hispidula
Lonicera hispidula var. vacillans
Lonicera interrupta
Lonicera involucrata
Lupinus albifrons
Lupinus albifrons var. collinus
Lupinus excubitus
Mimulus aurantiacus
 
Mimulus aurantiacus var. grandiflorus
Mimulus bifidus
Notholithocarpus densiflorus
Notholithocarpus densiflorus var. echinoides
Oemleria cerasiformis
Paxistima myrsinites
Philadelphus lewisii
Physocarpus capitatus
Potentilla fruticosa
Prunus andersonii
Prunus emarginata
Prunus ilicifolia
Prunus virginiana
Prunus virginiana var. demissa
Ptelea crenulata
 
Purshia tridentata
Quercus dumosa
Quercus durata
Quercus vacciniifolia
Quercus wislizeni
Rhamnus californica
Rhamnus crocea
Rhamnus ilicifolia
Rhamnus purshiana
Rhamnus rubra
 
Rhamnus tomentella
Rhododendron columbianum
Rhododendron neoglandulosum
Rhododendron occidentale
Rhus aromatica
Rhus trilobata
Ribes amarum
Ribes californicum
Ribes cereum
Ribes malvaceum
 
Ribes montigenum
Ribes nevadense
Ribes roezlii
Ribes viscosissimum
Ribes viscosissimum var. hallii
Rosa californica
Rosa gymnocarpa
Rosa pisocarpa
Rosa woodsii
Rosa woodsii ssp. ultramontana
Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana
Rubus leucodermis
Rubus parviflorus
Rubus ursinus
Salix exigua
 
Salix exigua var. hindsiana
Salix lasiolepis
Salix lucida
Salix melanopsis
Salix scouleriana
Salvia dorrii
Sambucus melanocarpa
Sambucus mexicana
Sambucus nigra
Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea
 
Sambucus racemosa
Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa
Senecio flaccidus
Solanum xanti
Sorbus scopulina
Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis
Sorbus sitchensis
Spiraea densiflora
Spiraea splendens
Styrax redivivus
 
Symphoricarpos acutus
Symphoricarpos albus
Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Symphoricarpos mollis
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Vaccinium parvifolium
Viburnum ellipticum
Vitis californica