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Calflora Great Places to view California Native Plants:

Santiago Peak and Modjeska Peak

©2014 Ron Vanderhoff

Mount San Jacinto State Park

©2016 California State Parks

Joshua Tree National Park

©2011 James Gonsman



CNPS Chapter: Riverside-San Bernardino -- covering southwestern San Bernardino County and all of Riverside 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
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 Bernardino County
Mojave Desert Land Trust  PROFILE 
Joshua Tree 92252 plant sales 3 X a year
Oak Hills Nursery  PROFILE 
Herperia 92344
Imperial County
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
Orange County
Flowerdale Nursery  PROFILE 
Santa Ana 92705
Tree of Life Nursery  PROFILE 
San Juan Capistrano 92693 wholesale, contract
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wild Plants in  Riverside County

Native Plants, by lifeform
Native Plants at the edge of their range
non-Native Plants
by Jepson Bioregion:
 
Mojave Desert
Sonoran Desert
Desert Mountains
Peninsular Ranges
South Coast
Transverse Ranges
  MAP of Riverside County

 

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

 

 

 

Native Shrubs that grow wild in Riverside County:   Trees  •  Shrubs  •  Perennials  •  Annuals  •  Ferns
Acacia greggii
Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus
Acer circinatum
Acer glabrum
Adenostoma fasciculatum
Ambrosia dumosa
Ambrosia salsola
Amelanchier pallida
Amelanchier utahensis
Amorpha californica
 
Amorpha fruticosa
Arctostaphylos densiflora
Arctostaphylos glandulosa
Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. zacaensis
Arctostaphylos glauca
Arctostaphylos hookeri
Arctostaphylos manzanita
Arctostaphylos obispoensis
Arctostaphylos patula
Arctostaphylos pungens
 
Arctostaphylos rainbowensis
Arctostaphylos tomentosa
Artemisia arbuscula
Artemisia californica
Artemisia nova
Artemisia palmeri
Artemisia tridentata
Atriplex canescens
Atriplex confertifolia
Atriplex lentiformis
 
Atriplex lentiformis ssp. breweri
Atriplex polycarpa
Atriplex spinifera
Baccharis emoryi
Baccharis pilularis
Baccharis pilularis ssp. consanguinea
Baccharis salicifolia
Baccharis salicina
Baccharis sarothroides
Bahiopsis laciniata
 
Bahiopsis parishii
Bebbia juncea
Berberis aquifolium
Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota
Berberis aquifolium var. repens
Berberis haematocarpa
Berberis nevinii
Berberis pinnata
Calliandra eriophylla
Ceanothus cordulatus
 
Ceanothus crassifolius
Ceanothus cuneatus
Ceanothus cyaneus
Ceanothus greggii
Ceanothus griseus
Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis
Ceanothus integerrimus
Ceanothus integerrimus var. macrothyrsus
Ceanothus leucodermis
Ceanothus megacarpus
Ceanothus oliganthus
Ceanothus oliganthus var. orcuttii
Ceanothus papillosus
Ceanothus papillosus var. roweanus
Ceanothus prostratus
Ceanothus spinosus
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus
 
Ceanothus tomentosus
Ceanothus tomentosus var. olivaceus
Ceanothus velutinus
Ceanothus verrucosus
Cercidium microphyllum
Cercis occidentalis
Cercocarpus betuloides
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Cercocarpus minutiflorus
Chilopsis linearis
 
Chrysolepis chrysophylla
Chrysothamnus nauseosus
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Cneoridium dumosum
Coleogyne ramosissima
Comarostaphylis diversifolia
Condea emoryi
Coreopsis gigantea
Cornus glabrata
Cornus nuttallii
 
Cornus sericea
Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis
Crocanthemum aldersonii
Crocanthemum scoparium
Crocanthemum scoparium var. vulgare
Cylindropuntia prolifera
Dendromecon rigida
Diplacus aurantiacus
Diplacus longiflorus
Diplacus puniceus
 
Echinocereus mojavensis
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Encelia californica
Encelia farinosa
Encelia frutescens
Ephedra nevadensis
Ephedra viridis
Ericameria cooperi
Ericameria ericoides
Ericameria laricifolia
 
Ericameria linearifolia
Ericameria nauseosa
Ericameria palmeri
Ericameria pinifolia
Eriodictyon californicum
Eriodictyon crassifolium
Eriodictyon trichocalyx
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium
Eriogonum nudum
Eriogonum wrightii
Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Euonymus occidentalis
Euphorbia misera
Ferocactus cylindraceus
Ferocactus viridescens
 
Forestiera pubescens
Fouquieria splendens
Frangula californica
Frangula californica ssp. tomentella
Fraxinus dipetala
Fraxinus jonesii
Fremontodendron californicum
Garrya elliptica
Garrya fremontii
Grayia spinosa
 
Gutierrezia californica
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Hazardia squarrosa
Helianthemum scoparium
Helianthemum suffrutescens
Hesperoyucca whipplei
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Holodiscus discolor
Holodiscus microphyllus
Holodiscus microphyllus var. glabrescens
 
Hymenoclea salsola
Hyptis emoryi
Isocoma menziesii
Isomeris arborea
Juniperus californica
Justicia californica
Keckiella antirrhinoides
Keckiella cordifolia
Krascheninnikovia lanata
Larrea tridentata
 
Lepechinia calycina
Lepidospartum squamatum
Leptodactylon californicum
Leptosyne gigantea
Linanthus californicus
Lonicera hispidula
Lonicera interrupta
Lonicera subspicata
Lonicera subspicata var. denudata
Luetkea pectinata
 
Lupinus albifrons
Lupinus albifrons var. collinus
Lupinus arboreus
Lupinus excubitus
Lupinus longifolius
Lycium andersonii
Lycium brevipes
Malacothamnus densiflorus
Malacothamnus fasciculatus
Malacothamnus fremontii
Malacothamnus orbiculatus
Malosma laurina
Mimulus aurantiacus
Mimulus aurantiacus var. puniceus
Mimulus longiflorus
Mimulus puniceus
Opuntia Xoccidentalis
Opuntia basilaris
 
Opuntia engelmannii
Opuntia littoralis
Opuntia oricola
Opuntia polyacantha
Opuntia prolifera
Parkinsonia microphylla
Parthenocissus vitacea
Peritoma arborea
Philadelphus lewisii
Philadelphus microphyllus
 
Philadelphus microphyllus ssp. pumilus
Pickeringia montana
Pluchea sericea
Prosopis glandulosa
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana
Prosopis pubescens
Prunus andersonii
Prunus emarginata
Prunus fasciculata
Prunus ilicifolia
 
Prunus virginiana
Prunus virginiana var. demissa
Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa
Psilostrophe cooperi
Psorothamnus spinosus
Purshia tridentata
Purshia tridentata var. glandulosa
Quercus dumosa
Quercus durata
Quercus turbinella
 
Quercus wislizeni
Rhamnus californica
Rhamnus crocea
Rhamnus ilicifolia
Rhamnus tomentella
Rhododendron occidentale
Rhus aromatica
Rhus integrifolia
Rhus ovata
Rhus trilobata
 
Rhus trilobata var. simplicifolia
Ribes amarum
Ribes aureum
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum
Ribes californicum
Ribes cereum
Ribes indecorum
Ribes malvaceum
Ribes malvaceum var. viridifolium
Ribes nevadense
Ribes roezlii
Ribes speciosum
Ribes viburnifolium
Rosa californica
Rosa minutifolia
Rubus leucodermis
Rubus parviflorus
Rubus ursinus
 
Salazaria mexicana
Salix exigua
Salix exigua var. hindsiana
Salix hindsiana
Salix lasiolepis
Salix lucida
Salix melanopsis
Salix scouleriana
Salix sessilifolia
Salvia apiana
 
Salvia clevelandii
Salvia dorrii
Salvia leucophylla
Salvia mellifera
Salvia pachyphylla
Sambucus mexicana
Sambucus nigra
Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea
Scutellaria mexicana
Senecio flaccidus
 
Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii
Senegalia greggii
Senna armata
Simmondsia chinensis
Solanum parishii
Solanum umbelliferum
Solanum xanti
Sphaeralcea angustifolia
Spiraea douglasii
Stanleya pinnata
 
Styrax redivivus
Symphoricarpos acutus
Symphoricarpos albus
Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Symphoricarpos hesperius
Symphoricarpos mollis
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
Tetradymia spinosa
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Trichostema lanatum
 
Viburnum edule
Viguiera laciniata
Viguiera parishii
Vitis californica
Vitis girdiana
Xylococcus bicolor
Yucca baccata
Yucca whipplei