Oregon

Native plants in Medford

234 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 (148), shrubs (55), grasses (30) · 48 of them need no watering beyond Medford’s own rainfall

Showing 38 plants · 196 more are native here but not in the catalog yet

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Common Chokecherry

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Ponderosa Pine

Ponderosa Pine

Pinus ponderosa

No watering needed
Vine Maple

Vine Maple

Acer circinatum

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Common Chokecherry

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Pink-Flowering Currant

Pink-Flowering Currant

Ribes sanguineum 'glutinosum'

Goose Creek Mockorange

Goose Creek Mockorange

Philadelphus lewisii 'Goose Creek'

Ocean Spray

Ocean Spray

Holodiscus discolor

Pacific Ninebark

Pacific Ninebark

Physocarpus capitatus

White Sand Lupine

White Sand Lupine

Lupinus albifrons

Oregon Grapeholly

Oregon Grapeholly

Mahonia aquifolium

Fragrant Sumac

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

No watering needed
Snowberry

Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

Vine Maple

Vine Maple

Acer circinatum

Ella Nelson's Yellow Buckwheat

Ella Nelson's Yellow Buckwheat

Eriogonum nudum 'Ella Nelson's Yellow'

Royal Jacob's Ladder

Royal Jacob's Ladder

Polemonium carneum

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California Poppy

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

No watering needed
Showy Milkweed

Showy Milkweed

Asclepias speciosa

No watering needed
False Solomon's Seal

False Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum racemosum

Western Blue-eyed Grass

Western Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium bellum

Golden Buckwheat

Golden Buckwheat

Eriogonum umbellatum 'aureum'

No watering needed
Common Yarrow

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Common Sunflower

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

No watering needed
Pacific Bleeding Heart 'Bacchanal'

Pacific Bleeding Heart 'Bacchanal'

Dicentra formosa 'Bacchanal'

Self-heal, Heal-all

Self-heal, Heal-all

Prunella vulgaris

Bigleaf Lupine

Bigleaf Lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus

Leichtlin's Camas

Leichtlin's Camas

Camassia leichtlinii

Common Camas

Common Camas

Camassia quamash

narrowleaf milkweed

narrowleaf milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

No watering needed
Starry Solomon's Seal

Starry Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum stellatum

Western Inside-out Flower

Western Inside-out Flower

Vancouveria hexandra

Globe Gilia

Globe Gilia

Gilia capitata

No watering needed
Tiny Lupine

Tiny Lupine

Lupinus microcarpus 'microcarpus'

No watering needed
Common Madia

Common Madia

Madia elegans

Largeflower Collomia

Largeflower Collomia

Collomia grandiflora

Hairy Gumweed

Hairy Gumweed

Grindelia hirsutula

No watering needed
Western Thistle

Western Thistle

Cirsium occidentale

No watering needed
Bolander's Sunflower, Serpentine Sunflower

Bolander's Sunflower, Serpentine Sunflower

Helianthus bolanderi

Ella Nelson's Yellow Buckwheat

Ella Nelson's Yellow Buckwheat

Eriogonum nudum 'Ella Nelson's Yellow'

Royal Jacob's Ladder

Royal Jacob's Ladder

Polemonium carneum

Tracy's clarkia

Tracy's clarkia

Clarkia gracilis 'ssp tracyi'

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Roger's Red Grape

Roger's Red Grape

Vitis x californica 'Roger's Red'

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Western Sword Fern

Western Sword Fern

Polystichum munitum

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