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Native plants in Rancho Cordova

286 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 (177), grasses (48), shrubs (44) · 82 of them need no watering beyond Rancho Cordova’s own rainfall

Showing 43 plants · 243 more are native here but not in the catalog yet

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Trees3

Western Redbud

Western Redbud

Cercis occidentalis

Toyon

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

No watering needed
Sensation Boxelder

Sensation Boxelder

Acer negundo 'Sensation'

Shrubs10

Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Sugar Shack'

Western Redbud

Western Redbud

Cercis occidentalis

Toyon

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

No watering needed
White Sand Lupine

White Sand Lupine

Lupinus albifrons

Red Twig Dogwood

Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Red Twig'

Snowberry

Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

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 needed
Ella Nelson's Yellow Buckwheat

Ella Nelson's Yellow Buckwheat

Eriogonum nudum 'Ella Nelson's Yellow'

Grasses3

Deergrass

Deergrass

Muhlenbergia rigens

No watering needed
Alkali Sacaton

Alkali Sacaton

Sporobolus airoides

No watering needed
Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Juncus effusus 'Blue Arrows'

Perennials27

California Poppy

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

No watering needed
Showy Milkweed

Showy Milkweed

Asclepias speciosa

No watering needed
Western Blue-eyed Grass

Western Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium bellum

Common Yarrow

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Common Sunflower

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

No watering needed
Self-heal, Heal-all

Self-heal, Heal-all

Prunella vulgaris

Broadleaf Arrowhead

Broadleaf Arrowhead

Sagittaria latifolia

narrowleaf milkweed

narrowleaf milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

No watering needed
California figwort

California figwort

Scrophularia californica

Tidy Tips

Tidy Tips

Layia platyglossa

No watering needed
Poached Egg Plant

Poached Egg Plant

Limnanthes douglasii

Bird's Eyes

Bird's Eyes

Gilia tricolor 'Bird's Eyes'

Scouring Rush

Scouring Rush

Equisetum hyemale

White Baby Blue Eyes

White Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii 'Snow White'

No watering needed
Globe Gilia

Globe Gilia

Gilia capitata

No watering needed
Woodland Clarkia

Woodland Clarkia

Clarkia unguiculata 'Woodland Clarkia'

No watering needed
Chinese Houses

Chinese Houses

Collinsia heterophylla

No watering needed
Tufted Poppy

Tufted Poppy

Eschscholzia caespitosa

Tiny Lupine

Tiny Lupine

Lupinus microcarpus 'microcarpus'

No watering needed
Lacy phacelia Bluebell phacelia

Lacy phacelia Bluebell phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

No watering needed
Common Madia

Common Madia

Madia elegans

Sacred Datura

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

No watering needed
Hairy Gumweed

Hairy Gumweed

Grindelia hirsutula

No watering needed
Rosilla Sneezeweed

Rosilla Sneezeweed

Helenium puberulum

Lobb's California Poppy

Lobb's California Poppy

Eschscholzia lobbii

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

Water Clover

Water Clover

Marsilea vestita

Succulents1

Canyon Liveforever

Canyon Liveforever

Dudleya cymosa 'Orange Form'

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