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Native plants in Chico
371 plants are genuinely native to this area — not merely able to survive here. They are grouped below by what they do in a garden, from canopy trees down to groundcovers.
Best represented here: perennials (220), grasses (68), shrubs (56) · 129 of them need no watering beyond Chico’s own rainfall
Showing 55 plants · 316 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees5
Canopy and structure
Shrubs16
Backbone planting
Grasses4
Movement and texture
Perennials33
Seasonal colour
Vines1
Verticals and screens
Ferns2
Shade and damp
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