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Sources of Native Plants
Monterey County
Blue Moon Native Garden  PROFILE 
Carmel Valley 93924
Rana Creek Restoration  PROFILE 
Carmel Valley 93924
Regan Biological & Horticultural Nursery  PROFILE 
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Santa Cruz County
Central Coast Wilds  PROFILE 
Santa Cruz 95060 county of origin
Gold Rush Nursery  PROFILE 
Soquel 95073 Wholesale and retail
Monterey Bay Nursery  PROFILE 
Watsonville 95062 wholesale
Native Revival Nursery  PROFILE 
Aptos 95003
Seedhunt  PROFILE 
Freedom 95019 seeds
Sierra Azul Nursery  PROFILE 
Watsonville 95076
Suncrest Nurseries  PROFILE 
Watsonville 95076 wholesale
Santa Clara County
CNPS SCV Nursery  PROFILE 
Los Altos Hills, 94022 CNPS Santa Clara Valley N...
Capital Wholesale Nursery  PROFILE 
San Jose 95148
Grassroots Ecology Native Plant Nursery  PROFILE 
Palo Alto
Middlebrook Gardens  PROFILE 
San Jose 95126
Payless Nursery  PROFILE 
San Jose 95122
San Benito County
Fresno County
Intermountain Nursery  PROFILE 
Prather 93651 wholesale, retail
Welker's Grove Nursery  PROFILE 
Shaver Lake
Kings County
San Luis Obispo County
Growing Grounds Farm  PROFILE 
San Luis Obispo 93401
Native Sons  PROFILE 
Arroyo Grande 93420
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wild Plants in  Monterey County

Native Plants, by lifeform
Native Plants at the edge of their range
non-Native Plants
by Jepson Bioregion:
 
Central Coast
South Coast Ranges
SF Bay
  MAP of Monterey County

 

What Grows Here?
-- a county level flora --

 

 

 

Native Perennials that grow wild in Monterey County:   Trees  •  Shrubs  •  Perennials  •  Annuals  •  Ferns
Abronia latifolia
Acaena pinnatifida
Acaena pinnatifida var. californica
Achillea millefolium
Achnatherum coronatum
Acmispon glaber
Acmispon grandiflorus
Acmispon heermannii
Actaea rubra
Agastache urticifolia
 
Agoseris grandiflora
Agrostis exarata
Agrostis exarata var. monolepis
Agrostis pallens
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Alisma triviale
Allium amplectens
Allium falcifolium
Allium unifolium
Allium validum
 
Ambrosia chamissonis
Ambrosia psilostachya
Anaphalis margaritacea
Anemopsis californica
Anthoxanthum occidentale
Antirrhinum multiflorum
Antirrhinum thompsonii
Apocynum cannabinum
Aquilegia eximia
Aquilegia formosa
 
Arabis blepharophylla
Aralia californica
Argemone munita
Armeria maritima
Armeria maritima ssp. californica
Artemisia douglasiana
Artemisia dracunculus
Artemisia pycnocephala
Arthrocnemum subterminale
Asclepias californica
 
Asclepias californica ssp. greenei
Asclepias eriocarpa
Asclepias fascicularis
Asclepias speciosa
Aster chilensis
Aster radulinus
Astragalus purshii
Astragalus trichopodus
Atriplex leucophylla
Atriplex watsonii
 
Baccharis douglasii
Baccharis glutinosa
Bidens laevis
Bloomeria crocea
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Bolboschoenus maritimus ssp. paludosus
Bolboschoenus robustus
Boykinia occidentalis
Brickellia californica
Brodiaea californica
 
Brodiaea coronaria
Brodiaea elegans
Bromus carinatus
Bromus carinatus var. marginatus
Bromus laevipes
Bromus marginatus
Bromus sitchensis var. carinatus
Bromus sitchensis var. marginatus
Calamagrostis nutkaensis
Calochortus albus
 
Calochortus albus var. rubellus
Calochortus argillosus
Calochortus luteus
Calochortus splendens
Calochortus uniflorus
Calochortus venustus
Calystegia macrostegia
Calystegia macrostegia ssp. cyclostegia
Calystegia purpurata
Calystegia soldanella
 
Camissonia cheiranthifolia
Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia
Carex aquatilis
Carex barbarae
Carex densa
Carex deweyana
Carex deweyana ssp. leptopoda
Carex dudleyi
Carex globosa
Carex harfordii
Carex leptopoda
Carex lyngbyei
Carex nudata
Carex obnupta
Carex pansa
Carex pellita
Carex praegracilis
Carex senta
Carex spissa
 
Carex subbracteata
Carex subfusca
Carex tumulicola
Castilleja foliolosa
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Cirsium occidentale
Clematis lasiantha
Clematis ligusticifolia
Clinopodium douglasii
Clinopodium mimuloides
 
Clintonia andrewsiana
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
Corethrogyne filaginifolia var. californica
Cressa truxillensis
Croton californicus
Cynoglossum grande
Cyperus eragrostis
Danthonia californica
Danthonia californica var. americana
Datura inoxia
 
Datura wrightii
Delphinium californicum
Delphinium cardinale
Delphinium nudicaule
Deschampsia cespitosa
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. holciformis
Deschampsia elongata
Dicentra chrysantha
Dicentra formosa
Dichelostemma capitatum
 
Dichelostemma congestum
Dichondra donelliana
Dipterostemon capitatus
Disporum hookeri
Disporum smithii
Distichlis spicata
Dodecatheon clevelandii
Dodecatheon hendersonii
Drymocallis glandulosa
Dudleya abramsii ssp. setchellii
 
Dudleya caespitosa
Dudleya cymosa
Dudleya farinosa
Dudleya lanceolata
Dudleya palmeri
Dudleya setchellii
Ehrendorferia chrysantha
Eleocharis macrostachya
Eleocharis palustris
Elymus californicus
 
Elymus condensatus
Elymus elymoides
Elymus glaucus
Elymus mollis
Elymus multisetus
Elymus trachycaulus
Elymus triticoides
Epilobium canum
Epilobium canum ssp. angustifolium
Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium
 
Epipactis gigantea
Eriastrum densifolium
Erigeron glaucus
Eriogonum elongatum
Eriogonum latifolium
Eriogonum oblongifolium
Eriogonum umbellatum
Eriogonum wrightii
Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum
Eriophyllum lanatum
 
Eriophyllum lanatum var. arachnoideum
Eriophyllum staechadifolium
Erysimum capitatum
Erysimum menziesii
Erysimum menziesii ssp. yadonii
Erythranthe cardinalis
Erythranthe guttata
Eschscholzia californica
Eschscholzia procera
Eurybia radulina
Euthamia occidentalis
Festuca californica
Festuca idahoensis
Festuca occidentalis
Festuca roemeri var. klamathensis
Festuca rubra
Fragaria chiloensis
Fragaria crinita
Fragaria vesca
 
Frankenia salina
Fritillaria affinis
Fritillaria biflora
Fritillaria lanceolata var. tristulis
Galium angustifolium
Gnaphalium californicum
Gnaphalium canescens
Gnaphalium stramineum
Grindelia camporum
Grindelia camporum var. bracteosa
 
Grindelia hirsutula
Grindelia hirsutula var. davyi
Grindelia hirsutula var. maritima
Grindelia stricta
Grindelia stricta var. angustifolia
Grindelia stricta var. platyphylla
Gutierrezia californica
Helenium bigelovii
Helenium puberulum
Helianthus gracilentus
 
Heliotropium curassavicum
Heracleum lanatum
Heracleum maximum
Heterotheca grandiflora
Heterotheca sessiliflora ssp. bolanderi
Heterotheca villosa
Heuchera micrantha
Heuchera micrantha var. diversifolia
Heuchera pilosissima
Hierochloe occidentalis
 
Hoita macrostachya
Hoita orbicularis
Hordeum brachyantherum
Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. californicum
Hordeum jubatum
Horkelia californica
Horkelia cuneata
Hosackia crassifolia
Hosackia gracilis
Iris douglasiana
 
Iris longipetala
Iris missouriensis
Jaumea carnosa
Juncus balticus
Juncus effusus
Juncus effusus ssp. pacificus
Juncus effusus var. brunneus
Juncus effusus var. pacificus
Juncus hesperius
Juncus mexicanus
 
Juncus occidentalis
Juncus patens
Juncus phaeocephalus
Juncus tenuis
Juncus torreyi
Juncus xiphioides
Koeleria macrantha
Lasthenia californica ssp. macrantha
Lathyrus vestitus
Lemna minor
 
Lessingia filaginifolia
Lessingia filaginifolia var. californica
Lewisia rediviva
Leymus condensatus
Leymus mollis
Leymus triticoides
Lilium pardalinum
Limonium californicum
Linum lewisii
Lobelia dunnii
 
Lobelia dunnii var. serrata
Lomatium californicum
Lomatium dasycarpum
Lotus crassifolius
Lotus formosissimus
Lotus grandiflorus
Lotus heermannii
Lotus scoparius
Lupinus bicolor
Lupinus formosus
Lupinus latifolius
Lupinus littoralis
Lupinus polyphyllus
Lupinus rivularis
Luzula comosa
Luzula comosa var. laxa
Luzula subsessilis
Maianthemum racemosum
Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule
 
Maianthemum stellatum
Malacothrix saxatilis
Malvella leprosa
Marah fabacea
Marah fabaceus
Marah fabaceus var. agrestis
Marah oregana
Marah oreganus
Melica californica
Melica imperfecta
 
Melica torreyana
Mentha arvensis
Mentha canadensis
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Mimulus cardinalis
Mimulus guttatus
Mirabilis californica
Mirabilis laevis
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
Monardella antonina
 
Monardella antonina ssp. benitensis
Monardella macrantha
Monardella siskiyouensis
Monardella villosa
Monardella villosa ssp. franciscana
Monardella villosa ssp. globosa
Monardella villosa ssp. obispoensis
Monardella villosa var. subglabra
Muhlenbergia rigens
Nassella cernua
 
Nassella lepida
Nassella pulchra
Nasturtium officinale
Oenanthe sarmentosa
Oenothera californica
Oenothera elata
Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri
Oenothera villosa ssp. strigosa
Osmorhiza berteroi
 
Osmorhiza chilensis
Oxalis oregana
Penstemon centranthifolius
Penstemon grinnellii
Penstemon heterophyllus
Perideridia californica
Perideridia kelloggii
Persicaria punctata
Petasites frigidus
Petasites frigidus var. palmatus
 
Phacelia cinerea
Phacelia egena
Phacelia imbricata
Phacelia ramosissima
Phacelia ramosissima var. austrolitoralis
Phacelia ramosissima var. latifolia
Phacelia ramosissima var. montereyensis
Phalaris arundinacea
Phyla nodiflora
Phyla nodiflora var. incisa
 
Plantago maritima
Plantago subnuda
Poa ampla
Poa juncifolia
Poa nevadensis
Poa secunda
Polygonum paronychia
Polygonum punctatum
Potentilla anserina
Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica
 
Potentilla glandulosa
Primula clevelandii
Primula hendersonii
Prosartes hookeri
Prosartes smithii
Prunella vulgaris
Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
Pseudognaphalium biolettii
Pseudognaphalium californicum
Pseudognaphalium microcephalum
Pseudognaphalium stramineum
Ranunculus californicus
Romneya coulteri
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
Rumex salicifolius
Salicornia pacifica
Salicornia subterminalis
Salvia sonomensis
Salvia spathacea
 
Satureja douglasii
Satureja mimuloides
Schoenoplectus acutus
Schoenoplectus americanus
Schoenoplectus californicus
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Scirpus americanus
Scirpus californicus
Scirpus maritimus
Scirpus microcarpus
 
Scirpus robustus
Scirpus tabernaemontani
Scrophularia californica
Sedum spathulifolium
Sidalcea hickmanii
Sidalcea malviflora
Silene laciniata
Sisyrinchium bellum
Sisyrinchium californicum
Smilacina racemosa
 
Smilacina stellata
Solanum douglasii
Solanum xanti
Solidago californica
Solidago canadensis
Solidago canadensis ssp. elongata
Solidago confinis
Solidago elongata
Solidago sparsiflora
Solidago spathulata
 
Solidago velutina
Solidago velutina ssp. californica
Sparganium eurycarpum
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Stachys ajugoides
Stachys albens
Stachys bullata
Stachys chamissonis
Stachys pycnantha
Stachys rigida
 
Stipa cernua
Stipa coronata
Stipa lepida
Stipa pulchra
Suaeda moquinii
Suaeda nigra
Symphyotrichum chilense
Thalictrum fendleri
Thalictrum fendleri var. polycarpum
Thalictrum occidentale
 
Thalictrum polycarpum
Toxicoscordion fremontii
Trifolium wormskioldii
Triglochin maritima
Trillium albidum
Trillium angustipetalum
Trillium chloropetalum
Trillium ovatum
Triteleia hyacinthina
Triteleia ixioides
 
Triteleia laxa
Typha domingensis
Typha latifolia
Urtica dioica
Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea
Vancouveria planipetala
Venegasia carpesioides
Verbena lasiostachys
Verbena lasiostachys var. scabrida
Veronica americana
 
Vicia americana
Vicia gigantea
Viola adunca
Viola glabella
Viola sempervirens
Wyethia angustifolia
Wyethia mollis
Xerophyllum tenax
Zigadenus fremontii