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Native plants in Rancho Cordova

43 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

17 of them need no watering beyond Rancho Cordova’s own rainfall

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Western Redbud

Western Redbud

Cercis occidentalis

Photo: Matt Berger · CC BY 4.0
Toyon

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

No watering neededPhoto: Chuck Wilson · CC0 1.0
Sensation Boxelder

Sensation Boxelder

Acer negundo 'Sensation'

Shrubs10

Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Sugar Shack'

Western Redbud

Western Redbud

Cercis occidentalis

Photo: Matt Berger · CC BY 4.0
Toyon

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

No watering neededPhoto: Chuck Wilson · CC0 1.0
White Sand Lupine

White Sand Lupine

Lupinus albifrons

Photo: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0
Red Twig Dogwood

Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Red Twig'

Snowberry

Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

Photo: Owen McElroy · CC0 1.0
Pigeon Point Dwarf Coyote Bush

Pigeon Point Dwarf Coyote Bush

Baccharis pilularis 'Pigeon Point'

No watering needed
Chester Blackberry

Chester Blackberry

Rubus ursinus 'Chester'

Sacred Datura

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

No watering neededPhoto: Rachel Smith · CC0 1.0
Ella Nelson's Yellow Buckwheat

Ella Nelson's Yellow Buckwheat

Eriogonum nudum 'Ella Nelson's Yellow'

Grasses3

Deergrass

Deergrass

Muhlenbergia rigens

No watering neededPhoto: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0
Alkali Sacaton

Alkali Sacaton

Sporobolus airoides

No watering neededPhoto: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0
Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Juncus effusus 'Blue Arrows'

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California Poppy

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

No watering neededPhoto: klicklo · CC BY 4.0
Showy Milkweed

Showy Milkweed

Asclepias speciosa

No watering neededPhoto: Karen Guin · CC BY 4.0
Western Blue-eyed Grass

Western Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium bellum

Photo: jen · CC0 1.0
Common Yarrow

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Photo: rappman · CC BY 4.0
Common Sunflower

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

No watering neededPhoto: Francesco Santoro · CC BY 4.0
Self-heal

Self-heal

Prunella vulgaris

Photo: Seig · CC BY 4.0
Broadleaf Arrowhead

Broadleaf Arrowhead

Sagittaria latifolia

Photo: M. Whitson · CC BY 4.0
Narrowleaf milkweed

Narrowleaf milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

No watering neededPhoto: Ryan Donnelly · CC BY 4.0
California figwort

California figwort

Scrophularia californica

Photo: Casey H. Richart · CC BY 4.0
Tidy Tips

Tidy Tips

Layia platyglossa

No watering neededPhoto: Adam J. Searcy · CC BY 4.0
Poached Egg Plant

Poached Egg Plant

Limnanthes douglasii

Photo: Anne Parsons · CC0 1.0
Bird's Eyes

Bird's Eyes

Gilia tricolor 'Bird's Eyes'

Scouring Rush

Scouring Rush

Equisetum hyemale

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0
White Baby Blue Eyes

White Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii 'Snow White'

No watering needed
Globe Gilia

Globe Gilia

Gilia capitata

No watering neededPhoto: Judi Sanders · CC BY 4.0
Woodland Clarkia

Woodland Clarkia

Clarkia unguiculata 'Woodland Clarkia'

No watering needed
Chinese Houses

Chinese Houses

Collinsia heterophylla

No watering neededPhoto: joergmlpts · CC BY 4.0
Tufted Poppy

Tufted Poppy

Eschscholzia caespitosa

Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0
Tiny Lupine

Tiny Lupine

Lupinus microcarpus 'microcarpus'

No watering needed
Lacy phacelia Bluebell phacelia

Lacy phacelia Bluebell phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

No watering neededPhoto: Steve Woodward · CC0 1.0
Common Madia

Common Madia

Madia elegans

Photo: Irene · CC0 1.0
Sacred Datura

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

No watering neededPhoto: Rachel Smith · CC0 1.0
Hairy Gumweed

Hairy Gumweed

Grindelia hirsutula

No watering neededPhoto: Mary K. Hanson · CC BY 4.0
Rosilla Sneezeweed

Rosilla Sneezeweed

Helenium puberulum

Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY 4.0
Lobb's California Poppy

Lobb's California Poppy

Eschscholzia lobbii

Photo: Adam J. Searcy · CC BY 4.0
Common Water Crowfoot

Common Water Crowfoot

Ranunculus aquatilis 'White Picotee'

Ella Nelson's Yellow Buckwheat

Ella Nelson's Yellow Buckwheat

Eriogonum nudum 'Ella Nelson's Yellow'

Vines1

Roger's Red Grape

Roger's Red Grape

Vitis x californica 'Roger's Red'

Ferns2

Southern Maidenhair Fern

Southern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Photo: Martin Purdy · CC BY 4.0
Water Clover

Water Clover

Marsilea vestita

Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

Succulents1

Canyon Liveforever

Canyon Liveforever

Dudleya cymosa 'Orange Form'

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