California
Native plants in Riverside
496 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 (282), shrubs (143), grasses (74) · 85 of them need no watering beyond Riverside’s own rainfall
Showing 51 plants · 445 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees3
Canopy and structure
Shrubs16
Backbone planting
Grasses4
Movement and texture
Perennials28
Seasonal colour
Ferns2
Shade and damp
Succulents2
Dry and architectural
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