CNPLX: Orange County

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

Local Resources

Calflora illustrated checklist for
Caspers Wilderness Park

Places to view California Native Plants:
near Anaheim
near Huntington Beach

CNPS Chapter: Orange County
October Plant Sale

Back to Natives Restoration, Irvine. events (Free Native Landscaping Workshops) landscape design

Wildscaping for gardeners in Southern California: How to attract and nurture wildlife in your own yard.

Theodore Payne Foundation:
Native Plant Garden Tour, April
Fall Festival and Plant Sale, October

Tom Chester - Trail Guides for Southern California locations, organized by Jepson Bioregion

Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council:
The Plant Profiler -- a native plant image and information database for the greater LA area.

Guide to Native and Invasive Streamside Plants
Ventura Co. Planning Division (This is an amazing document!)

The California Chaparral Institute, Escondido

Sources of Native Plants



Orange County
	Native Grow Nursery	PROFILE
	San Juan Capistrano 92675	wholesale, contract
	Tree of Life Nursery	PROFILE
	San Juan Capistrano 92693	wholesale, contract
Los Angeles County
	AVRCD Conservation Nursery	PROFILE
	Lancaster 93536
	El Nativo Growers	PROFILE
	Azusa 91702
	Gallo's Nursery	PROFILE
	El Monte 91733
	Greenlee Nursery	PROFILE
	Pomona 91766
	Natural Landscapes	PROFILE
	Rancho Palos Verdes 90275
	Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Nursery	PROFILE
	Claremont 91711	periodic sales
	Stover Seed Company	PROFILE
	Los Angeles 90021	seeds
	Tarweed Native Plants	PROFILE
	Los Angeles 90027
	Theodore Payne Foundation	PROFILE
	Sun Valley 91352
	Tree People Nursery	PROFILE
	Beverly Hills 90210
San Bernardino County
Riverside County
	Cal-Native plants	PROFILE
	Menifee CA, 92584
	Misty Meadows Landscape Nursery	PROFILE
	Banning 92220
	Mockingbird Nurseries	PROFILE
	Riverside 92504
	Upper Chase Nursery	PROFILE
	Riverside 92504	Wholesale
San Diego County
	Anderson's Seed Co	PROFILE
	Escondido 92029	seeds
	Coastal Sage Gardening	PROFILE
	San Diego 92110
	Green Acres Nursery	PROFILE
	Vista 92084	wholesale
	In Harmony Herbs and Spices	PROFILE
	San Diego 92167	seeds
	Manzanita Native Plant Nursery	PROFILE
	Boulevard 91905	contract, retail
	Moosa Creek Nursery	PROFILE
	Valley Center 92082	wholesale
	Native Plant Connection	PROFILE
	Descanso 91916
	Pascua Farms and Nursery	PROFILE
	Lakeside 92040	wholesale
	Rancho Del Sol Nursery	PROFILE
	San Diego 92130
	Recon Native Plants Inc.	PROFILE
	San Diego 92154	wholesale
	Sherman Nursery	PROFILE
	San Marcos 92069	Wholesale Nursery
	The Wilds	PROFILE
	Santa Ysabel 92070
	Tom Piergrossi Landscape	PROFILE
	Vista 92084

Wild Plants in Orange County

Native Plants, by lifeform

Native Plants at the edge of their range

non-Native Plants

by Jepson Bioregion:

South Coast

Peninsular Ranges

Map of Orange County

What Grows Here?

by watershed

by zipcode

by open space


Native Perennials that grow wild in Orange County:		Trees • Shrubs • Perennials • Annuals • Ferns
Abronia maritima Abutilon palmeri Achillea millefolium Achnatherum coronatum Acmispon glaber Acmispon heermannii Agoseris grandiflora Agrostis exarata Agrostis pallens Alisma plantago-aquatica Alisma triviale Allium haematochiton Allium marvinii Allium peninsulare Allium praecox Ambrosia chamissonis Ambrosia psilostachya Anaphalis margaritacea Andropogon glomeratus Anemopsis californica Antirrhinum multiflorum Apocynum cannabinum Arabis sparsiflora Aralia californica Argemone munita Aristida purpurea Aristida ternipes Artemisia douglasiana Artemisia dracunculus Arthrocnemum subterminale Asclepias californica Asclepias eriocarpa Asclepias fascicularis Astragalus pomonensis Astragalus trichopodus Atriplex leucophylla Baccharis douglasii Baccharis glutinosa Bloomeria crocea Bolboschoenus maritimus Bolboschoenus maritimus ssp. paludosus Bolboschoenus robustus Bothriochloa barbinodis Boykinia rotundifolia Brickellia californica Brodiaea jolonensis Brodiaea terrestris Calochortus albus Calochortus catalinae Calochortus splendens Calochortus weedii Calystegia macrostegia Calystegia soldanella Camissonia cheiranthifolia Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia	Carex barbarae Carex globosa Carex pellita Carex praegracilis Carex spissa Castilleja angustifolia Castilleja applegatei Castilleja chromosa Chlorogalum pomeridianum Cirsium occidentale Clematis lasiantha Clematis ligusticifolia Clinopodium chandleri Corethrogyne filaginifolia Cressa truxillensis Croton californicus Cucurbita foetidissima Cylindropuntia californica Cylindropuntia californica var. parkeri Cyperus eragrostis Datura wrightii Delphinium cardinale Dicentra chrysantha Dichelostemma capitatum Dichelostemma congestum Dichondra occidentalis Distichlis spicata Dodecatheon clevelandii Drymocallis glandulosa Dudleya caespitosa Dudleya cymosa Dudleya edulis Dudleya lanceolata Dudleya pulverulenta Ehrendorferia chrysantha Eleocharis macrostachya Eleocharis montevidensis Eleocharis palustris Elymus condensatus Elymus glaucus Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii Elymus multisetus Elymus triticoides Epilobium canum Epilobium canum ssp. angustifolium Epilobium ciliatum Epipactis gigantea Eriastrum densifolium Erigeron divergens Eriogonum elongatum Eriogonum wrightii Erysimum capitatum Eschscholzia californica Euthamia occidentalis Festuca octoflora	Frankenia salina Fritillaria biflora Galium angustifolium Gnaphalium bicolor Gnaphalium californicum Gnaphalium canescens Gnaphalium stramineum Grindelia camporum Grindelia camporum var. bracteosa Grindelia hirsutula Gutierrezia californica Helenium puberulum Helianthus gracilentus Heliotropium curassavicum Heterotheca grandiflora Heterotheca sessiliflora Heterotheca villosa Hoita macrostachya Hordeum brachyantherum Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. californicum Hordeum jubatum Horkelia cuneata Jaumea carnosa Juncus acutus Juncus acutus ssp. leopoldii Juncus balticus Juncus effusus Juncus mexicanus Juncus patens Juncus phaeocephalus Juncus textilis Juncus torreyi Juncus xiphioides Koeleria macrantha Lathyrus vestitus Lathyrus vestitus var. alefeldii Lessingia filaginifolia Leymus condensatus Leymus triticoides Lilium humboldtii Lilium humboldtii ssp. ocellatum Limonium californicum Lobelia dunnii Lobelia dunnii var. serrata Lomatium dasycarpum Lomatium utriculatum Lotus crassifolius Lotus heermannii Lotus scoparius Lupinus bicolor Lupinus latifolius Lupinus latifolius var. parishii Lupinus rivularis Malacothrix saxatilis Malvella leprosa	Marah macrocarpa Marah macrocarpus Melica imperfecta Mimulus cardinalis Mimulus clevelandii Mimulus guttatus Mirabilis californica Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia Monardella macrantha Muhlenbergia rigens Nassella cernua Nassella lepida Nassella pulchra Nolina bigelovii Nolina parryi Oenanthe sarmentosa Oenothera californica Oenothera elata Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri Paspalum distichum Penstemon centranthifolius Penstemon grinnellii Penstemon heterophyllus Penstemon spectabilis Persicaria amphibia Persicaria punctata Phacelia cinerea Phacelia imbricata Phacelia ramosissima Phacelia ramosissima var. austrolitoralis Phacelia ramosissima var. latifolia Phyla nodiflora Plantago subnuda Pluchea odorata Poa ampla Poa juncifolia Poa nevadensis Poa secunda Polygonum amphibium Polygonum punctatum Potentilla anserina Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica Potentilla glandulosa Pseudognaphalium biolettii Pseudognaphalium californicum Pseudognaphalium canescens Pseudognaphalium microcephalum Pseudognaphalium stramineum Pycnanthemum californicum Ranunculus californicus Romneya coulteri Rumex salicifolius Salicornia pacifica Salicornia subterminalis	Salicornia virginica Salvia spathacea Sanicula crassicaulis Satureja chandleri Schoenoplectus acutus Schoenoplectus americanus Schoenoplectus californicus Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani Scirpus americanus Scirpus californicus Scirpus maritimus Scirpus microcarpus Scirpus pungens Scirpus robustus Scirpus tabernaemontani Scrophularia californica Scrophularia californica ssp. floribunda Sidalcea malviflora Silene laciniata Silene laciniata ssp. major Sisyrinchium bellum Solanum douglasii Solanum xanti Solidago californica Solidago sparsiflora Solidago velutina Solidago velutina ssp. californica Sparganium eurycarpum Sphaeralcea ambigua Sporobolus airoides Sporobolus wrightii Stachys ajugoides Stachys albens Stachys bullata Stipa cernua Stipa coronata Stipa lepida Stipa pulchra Suaeda moquinii Suaeda nigra Thalictrum fendleri Thalictrum fendleri var. polycarpum Thalictrum polycarpum Toxicoscordion fremontii Trifolium wormskioldii Triglochin maritima Triteleia ixioides Typha domingensis Typha latifolia Urtica dioica Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea Venegasia carpesioides Verbena lasiostachys Verbena lasiostachys var. scabrida Vicia americana Zigadenus fremontii