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Calflora Great Places to view California Native Plants:

Upper Newport Bay, Back Bay Trail

©Basar in Wikipedia Commons

Starr Ranch

©2017 Cynthia Powell

Crystal Cove State Park

©2005 Michael W Tuna

Caspers Wilderness Park

©2015 Laura Camp



CNPS Chapter: Orange County

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

Theodore Payne Foundation:
Native Plant Garden Tour

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

The California Chaparral Institute, Escondido

Sources of Native Plants
Orange County
Flowerdale Nursery  PROFILE 
Santa Ana 92705
Tree of Life Nursery  PROFILE 
San Juan Capistrano 92693 wholesale, contract
Los Angeles County
AVRCD Conservation Nursery  PROFILE 
Lancaster 93536
Boething Treeland Farms  PROFILE 
Woodland Hills 91367
Budget Plants  PROFILE 
Arcadia 91006 All our plants are locall...
El Nativo Growers  PROFILE 
Azusa 91702
Greenlee Nursery  PROFILE 
Pomona 91766
Grow Native Nursery at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden  PROFILE 
Claremont 91711 periodic sales
Hahamonga Nursery  PROFILE 
Pasadena 91109 ...providing low-cost nat...
Stover Seed Company  PROFILE 
Los Angeles 90021 seeds
Theodore Payne Foundation  PROFILE 
Sun Valley 91352
San Bernardino County
Mojave Desert Land Trust  PROFILE 
Joshua Tree 92252 plant sales 3 X a year
Oak Hills Nursery  PROFILE 
Herperia 92344
Riverside County
Acorn Cap Native Plant Nursery, The  PROFILE 
Wildomar 92595 Native Plant Nursery
Fremontia Horicultural  PROFILE 
Ontario 91761
Green Valley Nursery  PROFILE 
Indio 92203
Mockingbird Nurseries  PROFILE 
Riverside 92504
Upper Chase Nursery  PROFILE 
Riverside 92504 Wholesale
San Diego County
Anderson's Seed Co  PROFILE 
Escondido 92029 seeds
Briggs Nursery and Tree Company  PROFILE 
Vista 92081
Coastal Sage Gardening  PROFILE 
San Diego 92110
Evergreen Nursery  PROFILE 
San Diego 92110
Green Acres Nursery  PROFILE 
Vista 92084 wholesale
In Harmony Herbs and Spices  PROFILE 
San Diego 92167 seeds
Moosa Creek Nursery  PROFILE 
Valley Center 92082 wholesale
Recon Native Plants Inc.  PROFILE 
San Diego 92154 wholesale
Rincon Tribal Nursery  PROFILE 
Valley Center 92082
Sherman Nursery  PROFILE 
San Marcos 92069 Wholesale Nursery
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 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?
-- a county level flora --

 

 

 

Native Shrubs that grow wild in Orange County:   Trees  •  Shrubs  •  Perennials  •  Annuals  •  Ferns
Acalypha californica
Adenostoma fasciculatum
Amorpha californica
Amorpha fruticosa
Arctostaphylos glandulosa
Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. zacaensis
Arctostaphylos glauca
Arctostaphylos manzanita
Aristolochia californica
Artemisia californica
 
Artemisia palmeri
Artemisia tridentata
Atriplex canescens
Atriplex lentiformis
Atriplex lentiformis ssp. breweri
Atriplex polycarpa
Baccharis emoryi
Baccharis pilularis
Baccharis pilularis ssp. consanguinea
Baccharis salicifolia
 
Baccharis salicina
Baccharis sarothroides
Bahiopsis laciniata
Bebbia juncea
Berberis aquifolium
Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota
Berberis nevinii
Berberis pinnata
Ceanothus crassifolius
Ceanothus cuneatus
 
Ceanothus cuneatus var. rigidus
Ceanothus cyaneus
Ceanothus impressus
Ceanothus integerrimus
Ceanothus integerrimus var. macrothyrsus
Ceanothus leucodermis
Ceanothus megacarpus
Ceanothus oliganthus
Ceanothus oliganthus var. orcuttii
Ceanothus papillosus
 
Ceanothus papillosus var. roweanus
Ceanothus rigidus
Ceanothus spinosus
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
Ceanothus tomentosus
Ceanothus tomentosus var. olivaceus
Ceanothus verrucosus
Cercis occidentalis
Cercocarpus betuloides
Cercocarpus minutiflorus
Chilopsis linearis
Chrysothamnus nauseosus
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
 
Cneoridium dumosum
Comarostaphylis diversifolia
Coreopsis gigantea
Cornus nuttallii
Cornus sericea
Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis
Crocanthemum aldersonii
Crocanthemum scoparium
Crocanthemum scoparium var. vulgare
Cylindropuntia prolifera
 
Dendromecon harfordii
Dendromecon rigida
Diplacus aurantiacus
Diplacus longiflorus
Diplacus puniceus
Encelia californica
Encelia farinosa
Ericameria arborescens
Ericameria linearifolia
Ericameria nauseosa
 
Ericameria palmeri
Ericameria pinifolia
Eriodictyon crassifolium
Eriodictyon trichocalyx
Eriogonum cinereum
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium
Eriogonum giganteum
Eriogonum nudum
 
Eriogonum parvifolium
Eriogonum wrightii
Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Euphorbia misera
Fallugia paradoxa
Forestiera pubescens
Frangula californica
Frangula californica ssp. tomentella
Frangula purshiana
Fraxinus dipetala
Fraxinus jonesii
Fremontodendron californicum
 
Fremontodendron mexicanum
Galvezia speciosa
Gambelia speciosa
Garrya fremontii
Gutierrezia californica
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Hazardia squarrosa
Helianthemum scoparium
Helianthemum suffrutescens
Hesperoyucca whipplei
 
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Holodiscus discolor
Holodiscus microphyllus
Holodiscus microphyllus var. glabrescens
Isocoma menziesii
Isomeris arborea
Juniperus californica
Justicia californica
Keckiella antirrhinoides
Keckiella cordifolia
 
Lavatera assurgentiflora
Lepechinia calycina
Lepidospartum squamatum
Leptodactylon californicum
Leptosyne gigantea
Linanthus californicus
Lonicera interrupta
Lonicera subspicata
Lonicera subspicata var. denudata
Lupinus albifrons
 
Lupinus arboreus
Lupinus excubitus
Lupinus longifolius
Lycium andersonii
Lycium brevipes
Malacothamnus densiflorus
Malacothamnus fasciculatus
Malosma laurina
Malva assurgentiflora
Mimulus aurantiacus
Mimulus aurantiacus var. puniceus
Mimulus longiflorus
Mimulus puniceus
 
Opuntia Xoccidentalis
Opuntia engelmannii
Opuntia littoralis
Opuntia oricola
Opuntia prolifera
Parthenocissus vitacea
Peritoma arborea
Philadelphus lewisii
Philadelphus microphyllus
Pickeringia montana
 
Pluchea sericea
Prosopis glandulosa
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana
Prunus ilicifolia
Ptelea crenulata
Quercus dumosa
Quercus wislizeni
Rhamnus californica
Rhamnus crocea
Rhamnus ilicifolia
 
Rhamnus purshiana
Rhamnus tomentella
Rhus aromatica
Rhus integrifolia
Rhus ovata
Rhus trilobata
Rhus trilobata var. simplicifolia
Ribes amarum
Ribes aureum
Ribes californicum
 
Ribes cereum
Ribes indecorum
Ribes malvaceum
Ribes malvaceum var. viridifolium
Ribes roezlii
Ribes roezlii var. cruentum
Ribes sanguineum
Ribes speciosum
Rosa californica
Rosa minutifolia
Rubus ursinus
Salix exigua
Salix exigua var. hindsiana
 
Salix hindsiana
Salix lasiolepis
Salix lucida
Salix sessilifolia
Salvia apiana
Salvia brandegeei
Salvia clevelandii
Salvia leucophylla
Salvia mellifera
Salvia munzii
 
Sambucus mexicana
Sambucus nigra
Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea
Sambucus racemosa
Sambucus racemosa var. microbotrys
Senecio flaccidus
Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii
Solanum parishii
Solanum umbelliferum
Solanum xanti
 
Sphaeralcea angustifolia
Stanleya pinnata
Styrax redivivus
Suaeda taxifolia
Symphoricarpos acutus
Symphoricarpos albus
Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Symphoricarpos hesperius
Symphoricarpos mollis
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
 
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Trichostema lanatum
Viguiera laciniata
Vitis californica
Vitis girdiana
Xylococcus bicolor
Yucca whipplei