| Criteria: found in Los Angeles County • is not native • group by lifeform | ||||
| 1378 records | include photos for these plants | # number of sources | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Lifeform | # |
Lifeform: Annual | 530 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Biennial | 1 plant | ||
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Lifeform: Perennial | 436 plants | ||
Lifeform: Fern | 21 plants | ||
| Adiantum caudatum | Tailed maidenhair | Fern | 1 |
| Adiantum hispidulum | Rough maidenhair | Fern | 4 |
| Adiantum pedatum | Northern maidenhair | Fern | 9 |
| Adiantum raddianum | Delta maidenhair | Fern | 2 |
| Adiantum tenerum | Fan maidenhair | Fern | |
| Blechnum occidentale | Hammock fern | Fern | |
| Cyrtomium falcatum | Japanese netvein hollyfern | Fern | 6 |
| Dennstaedtia cicutaria | Tropical hayscented fern | Fern | |
| Diplazium esculentum | Vegetable fern | Fern | |
| Dryopteris marginalis | Marginal woodfern | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Microlepia strigosa | Palapalai | Fern | 3 |
| Nephrolepis cordifolia | Narrow swordfern | Fern | 3 |
| Nephrolepis exaltata | Boston swordfern | Fern | 3 |
| Platycerium bifurcatum | Elkhorn fern | Fern | 2 |
| Polystichum tsus-simense | Korean rockfern | Fern | 1 |
| Pteris cretica | Cretan brake | Fern | 2 |
| Pteris tremula | Brake | Fern | |
| Pteris vittata | Ladder brake | Fern | |
| Rumohra adiantiformis | Iron fern | Fern | 7 |
| Stenochlaena tenuifolia | Giant vine fern | Fern | |
| Thelypteris augescens | Abrupttip maiden fern | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
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Lifeform: Shrub | 213 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Tree | 143 plants | ||
| Acacia cultriformis | Knife acacia | Tree | 4 |
| Acacia decurrens | Green wattle | Tree | |
| Acacia dietrichiana | Tree | ||
| Acacia farnesiana | Sweet acacia | Tree | 5 |
| Acacia farnesiana var. farnesiana | Sweet acacia | Tree | 4 |
| Acacia longifolia ! | Golden wattle | Tree | 5 |
| Acacia melanoxylon ! | Blackwood acacia | Tree | 5 |
| Acacia neriifolia | Tree | ||
| Acacia pendula | Myall acacia | Tree | 2 |
| Acacia retinodes | Ever blooming acacia | Tree | |
| Acer palmatum | Japanese maple | Tree | 9 |
| Acer saccharinum | Silver maple | Tree | 6 |
| Agathis robusta | Queensland kauri | Tree | |
| Ailanthus altissima ! | Tree of heaven | Tree | 2 |
| Araucaria bidwillii | Bunya bunya | Tree | |
| Araucaria columnaris | New caledonia pine | Tree | 1 |
| Arbutus unedo | Strawberry tree | Tree | 15 |
| Broussonetia papyrifera | Paper mulberry | Tree | |
| Casuarina equisetifolia ! | Beach sheoak | Tree | |
| Catalpa bignonioides | Southern catalpa | Tree | 1 |
| Catalpa speciosa | Northern catalpa | Tree | 4 |
| Cedrus deodara | Deodar cedar | Tree | 9 |
| Celtis australis | European hackberry | Tree | 7 |
| Celtis sinensis | Chinese hackberry | Tree | 6 |
| Ceratonia siliqua | St. john's bread | Tree | 5 |
| Cestrum aurantiacum | Orange jessamine | Tree | 1 |
| Cestrum elegans | Purple cestrum | Tree | 5 |
| Cestrum nocturnum | Night jessamine | Tree | 5 |
| Cestrum parqui ! | Chilean jessamine | Tree | 5 |
| Chorisia speciosa | Silk floss tree | Tree | 5 |
| Cinnamomum camphora | Camphortree | Tree | 6 |
| Cordyline australis | Cabbage tree | Tree | 11 |
| Cupaniopsis anacardioides | Carrotwood | Tree | 5 |
| Cupressus sempervirens | Italian cypress | Tree | 13 |
| Diospyros kaki | Japanese persimmon | Tree | |
| Diospyros lotus | Date plum | Tree | 1 |
| Eriobotrya japonica | Loquat | Tree | 4 |
| Eucalyptus camaldulensis ! | Red gum | Tree | 2 |
| Eucalyptus citriodora | Lemon scented gum | Tree | 3 |
| Eucalyptus cladocalyx ! | Sugar gum | Tree | |
| Eucalyptus conferruminata | Spider gum, bushy yate | Tree | |
| Eucalyptus cornuta | Yate | Tree | |
| Eucalyptus erythrocorys | Tree | ||
| Eucalyptus globulus ! | Blue gum | Tree | 4 |
| Eucalyptus grandis | Grand eucalyptus | Tree | 1 |
| Eucalyptus lehmannii | Bushy yate | Tree | |
| Eucalyptus maculata | Spotted gum | Tree | |
| Eucalyptus polyanthemos | Silver dollar gum | Tree | 3 |
| Eucalyptus pulverulenta | Money tree | Tree | 1 |
| Eucalyptus robusta | Swampmahogany | Tree | 1 |
| Eucalyptus rudis | Western australian floodedgum | Tree | 1 |
| Eucalyptus sideroxylon | Red iron bark | Tree | 2 |
| Eucalyptus tereticornis | Forest red gum | Tree | |
| Eucalyptus torquata | Coral gum | Tree | 2 |
| Eucalyptus viminalis | Manna gum | Tree | |
| Feijoa sellowiana | Pineapple guava | Tree | 8 |
| Ficus carica ! | Common fig | Tree | 1 |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green ash | Tree | 6 |
| Fraxinus uhdei | Shamel ash | Tree | 5 |
| Ginkgo biloba | Ginkgo | Tree | 11 |
| Grevillea robusta ! | Silkoak | Tree | 4 |
| Jacaranda mimosifolia | Black poui | Tree | 7 |
| Juglans nigra | Black walnut | Tree | 2 |
| Juglans regia | English walnut | Tree | 1 |
| Juniperus chinensis | Chinese juniper | Tree | 8 |
| Koelreuteria bipinnata | Goldenrain tree | Tree | 6 |
| Koelreuteria paniculata | Goldenrain tree | Tree | 12 |
| Laurus nobilis | Sweet bay | Tree | 15 |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum | Tree | 7 |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tuliptree | Tree | 10 |
| Macfadyena unguis-cati | Catclawvine | Tree | 5 |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern magnolia | Tree | 8 |
| Malus pumila | Paradise apple | Tree | 2 |
| Malus sylvestris | Apple | Tree | |
| Melaleuca citrina | Tree | ||
| Melaleuca elliptica | Tree | ||
| Melaleuca linariifolia | Cajeput tree | Tree | 1 |
| Melaleuca nesophila | Tree | 3 | |
| Melaleuca quinquenervia | Punktree | Tree | 4 |
| Melaleuca styphelioides | Prickly-leaf teatree | Tree | |
| Melaleuca viminalis | Tree | 9 | |
| Melia azedarach | China berry tree | Tree | 5 |
| Metasequoia glyptostroboides | Dawn redwood | Tree | 4 |
| Morus alba | Mulberry | Tree | 8 |
| Morus nigra | Black mulberry | Tree | 2 |
| Nerium oleander | Oleander | Tree | 8 |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Jerusalem thorn | Tree | 14 |
| Persea americana | Avocado | Tree | |
| Phoenix canariensis ! | Canary island date palm | Tree | 2 |
| Picea abies | Norway spruce | Tree | 6 |
| Pinus canariensis | Canary island pine | Tree | 5 |
| Pinus cembroides | Mexican pinyon | Tree | 9 |
| Pinus halepensis | Aleppo pine | Tree | 9 |
| Pinus nigra | Austrian pine | Tree | 8 |
| Pinus pinea | Italian stone pine | Tree | 7 |
| Pinus thunbergiana | Japanese black pine | Tree | 8 |
| Pinus thunbergii | Japanese black pine | Tree | 5 |
| Pistacia atlantica | Pistachio | Tree | |
| Pistacia chinensis | Chinese pistachio | Tree | 11 |
| Pistacia vera | Pistachio nut | Tree | |
| Pittosporum tenuifolium | Short leaf box | Tree | 8 |
| Platanus occidentalis | American sycamore | Tree | 2 |
| Platanus orientalis | Oriental planetree | Tree | 1 |
| Platycladus orientalis | Oriental arborvitae | Tree | 4 |
| Populus deltoides | Eastern cottonwood | Tree | 3 |
| Populus nigra | Lombardy poplar | Tree | 5 |
| Prunus armeniaca | Apricot | Tree | |
| Prunus caroliniana | Carolina laurelcherry | Tree | 6 |
| Prunus cerasifera ! | Cherry plum | Tree | 8 |
| Prunus domestica | European plum | Tree | |
| Prunus dulcis | Almond | Tree | |
| Prunus lusitanica | Portugal laurel | Tree | 2 |
| Prunus persica | Peach | Tree | 4 |
| Prunus serrulata | Japanese flowering cherry | Tree | 5 |
| Pyrus communis | Common pear | Tree | 1 |
| Quercus alba | White oak | Tree | |
| Quercus ilex | Holly oak | Tree | 7 |
| Quercus nigra | Water oak | Tree | |
| Quercus robur | English oak | Tree | 3 |
| Rhus lancea | African sumac | Tree | 9 |
| Robinia pseudoacacia ! | Black locust | Tree | 6 |
| Salix babylonica | Weeping willow | Tree | 6 |
| Salix nigra | Black willow | Tree | 7 |
| Sapium sebiferum | Chinese tallow | Tree | 6 |
| Schinus molle ! | Peruvian pepper tree | Tree | 9 |
| Searsia lancea | African sumac | Tree | 9 |
| Sophora japonica | Japanese pagoda tree | Tree | 5 |
| Stenocarpus sinuatus | Tree | 2 | |
| Syagrus romanzoffiana | Queen palm | Tree | 3 |
| Syzygium australe | Brush cherry | Tree | |
| Syzygium jambos | Malabar plum | Tree | 1 |
| Syzygium paniculatum | Brush cherry | Tree | 5 |
| Tamarix aphylla ! | Athel | Tree | |
| Taxodium distichum | Bald cypress | Tree | 5 |
| Taxus baccata | English yew | Tree | 2 |
| Tipuana tipu | Tipa | Tree | 5 |
| Triadica sebifera ! | Chinese tallowtree | Tree | 6 |
| Ulmus americana | American elm | Tree | 3 |
| Ulmus minor | English elm | Tree | 1 |
| Ulmus parvifolia | Siberian elm | Tree | 10 |
| Ulmus pumila | Siberian elm | Tree | 3 |
| Vachellia farnesiana | Sweet acacia | Tree | 5 |
| Washingtonia robusta ! | Mexican fan palm | Tree | 5 |
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Lifeform: Vine | 16 plants | ||
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Pink background indicates a plant is non-native.
! indicates a plant is potentially invasive. |
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| NB: found in Los Angeles County is intended to indicate only plants found growing in the wild. However, the evidence is not always clear, and may occasionally include plants found in cultivation. To verify the wild presence of any particular plant in the list above, please click through to Calflora and look closely at the observations in this county. | ||