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Native plants in Merced
112 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 (85), grasses (16), shrubs (7) · 5 of them need no watering beyond Merced’s own rainfall
Showing 14 plants · 98 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Shrubs2
Backbone plantingPerennials11
Seasonal colourVines1
Verticals and screensFerns1
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