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Calflora Great Places to view California Native Plants:

Santa Margarita River Trail

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Crosby Open Space

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CNPS Chapter: San Diego

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

The California Chaparral Institute, Escondido

Sources of Native Plants
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
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
Imperial County
Orange County
Flowerdale Nursery  PROFILE 
Santa Ana 92705
Tree of Life Nursery  PROFILE 
San Juan Capistrano 92693 wholesale, contract
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wild Plants in  San Diego County

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

 

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

 

 

 

Native Shrubs that grow wild in San Diego County:   Trees  •  Shrubs  •  Perennials  •  Annuals  •  Ferns
Acacia greggii
Acalypha californica
Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus
Adenostoma fasciculatum
Agave shawii
Alnus incana
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia
Ambrosia dumosa
Ambrosia salsola
Amelanchier alnifolia
 
Amelanchier pallida
Amelanchier utahensis
Amorpha californica
Amorpha fruticosa
Arctostaphylos glandulosa
Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. zacaensis
Arctostaphylos glauca
Arctostaphylos manzanita
Arctostaphylos patula
Arctostaphylos pumila
 
Arctostaphylos pungens
Arctostaphylos rainbowensis
Arctostaphylos tomentosa
Artemisia californica
Artemisia palmeri
Artemisia tridentata
Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana
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
Bahiopsis parishii
Bebbia juncea
 
Berberis aquifolium
Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota
Berberis aquifolium var. repens
Berberis fremontii
Berberis haematocarpa
Berberis nevinii
Berberis pinnata
Betula occidentalis
Calliandra eriophylla
Calycanthus occidentalis
 
Carpenteria californica
Ceanothus arboreus
Ceanothus cordulatus
Ceanothus crassifolius
Ceanothus cuneatus
Ceanothus cyaneus
Ceanothus foliosus
Ceanothus gloriosus
Ceanothus greggii
Ceanothus impressus
Ceanothus integerrimus
Ceanothus integerrimus var. macrothyrsus
Ceanothus leucodermis
Ceanothus megacarpus
Ceanothus oliganthus
Ceanothus oliganthus var. orcuttii
Ceanothus spinosus
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
Ceanothus tomentosus
 
Ceanothus tomentosus var. olivaceus
Ceanothus velutinus
Ceanothus verrucosus
Cercis occidentalis
Cercocarpus betuloides
Cercocarpus minutiflorus
Chilopsis linearis
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 harfordii
Dendromecon rigida
Diplacus aurantiacus
Diplacus longiflorus
Diplacus puniceus
Echinocereus mojavensis
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Encelia californica
 
Encelia farinosa
Encelia frutescens
Ephedra nevadensis
Ephedra viridis
Ericameria arborescens
Ericameria linearifolia
Ericameria nauseosa
Ericameria palmeri
Ericameria pinifolia
Eriodictyon californicum
 
Eriodictyon crassifolium
Eriodictyon trichocalyx
Eriogonum arborescens
Eriogonum cinereum
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium
Eriogonum giganteum
Eriogonum nudum
Eriogonum parvifolium
Eriogonum wrightii
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Euonymus occidentalis
Euphorbia misera
Ferocactus cylindraceus
Ferocactus viridescens
Fouquieria splendens
Frangula californica
Frangula californica ssp. tomentella
 
Frangula rubra
Fraxinus dipetala
Fraxinus jonesii
Fremontodendron californicum
Fremontodendron mexicanum
Garrya fremontii
Grayia spinosa
Gutierrezia californica
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Hazardia detonsa
 
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
Lavatera assurgentiflora
Lepidospartum squamatum
 
Leptodactylon californicum
Leptosyne gigantea
Linanthus californicus
Lonicera hispidula
Lonicera hispidula var. vacillans
Lonicera interrupta
Lonicera subspicata
Lonicera subspicata var. denudata
Lupinus albifrons
Lupinus arboreus
 
Lupinus excubitus
Lupinus littoralis var. variicolor
Lupinus longifolius
Lupinus variicolor
Lycium andersonii
Lycium brevipes
Malacothamnus densiflorus
Malacothamnus densiflorus var. viscidus
Malacothamnus fasciculatus
Malosma laurina
Malva assurgentiflora
Mimulus aurantiacus
Mimulus aurantiacus var. puniceus
Mimulus longiflorus
Mimulus puniceus
Opuntia Xoccidentalis
Opuntia basilaris
Opuntia engelmannii
Opuntia littoralis
 
Opuntia oricola
Opuntia polyacantha
Opuntia prolifera
Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia
Parthenocissus vitacea
Peritoma arborea
Philadelphus lewisii
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 turbinella
Quercus wislizeni
Rhamnus californica
Rhamnus crocea
Rhamnus ilicifolia
Rhamnus rubra
 
Rhamnus tomentella
Rhododendron occidentale
Rhus aromatica
Rhus aromatica var. simplicifolia
Rhus integrifolia
Rhus ovata
Rhus trilobata
Rhus trilobata var. simplicifolia
Ribes amarum
Ribes amarum var. hoffmannii
 
Ribes aureum
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum
Ribes cereum
Ribes indecorum
Ribes malvaceum
Ribes malvaceum var. viridifolium
Ribes nevadense
Ribes roezlii
Ribes speciosum
Ribes thacherianum
Ribes viburnifolium
Robinia neomexicana
Rosa californica
Rosa gymnocarpa
Rosa minutifolia
Rosa woodsii
Rosa woodsii ssp. ultramontana
Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana
Rubus leucodermis
 
Rubus leucodermis var. bernardinus
Rubus parviflorus
Rubus ursinus
Salazaria mexicana
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
Salvia pachyphylla
Sambucus mexicana
Sambucus nigra
Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea
 
Sambucus racemosa
Scutellaria mexicana
Senecio flaccidus
Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii
Senegalia greggii
Senna armata
Simmondsia chinensis
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
Vaccinium ovatum
Viguiera laciniata
Viguiera parishii
Vitis girdiana
Xylococcus bicolor
Yucca baccata
Yucca whipplei