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Native plants in Vacaville

56 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

27 of them need no watering beyond Vacaville’s own rainfall

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Common Chokecherry

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Photo: Indio Brown · CC BY 4.0
Western Redbud

Western Redbud

Cercis occidentalis

No watering neededPhoto: 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'

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Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Sugar Shack'

Common Chokecherry

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Photo: Indio Brown · CC BY 4.0
Western Redbud

Western Redbud

Cercis occidentalis

No watering neededPhoto: Matt Berger · CC BY 4.0
Toyon

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

No watering neededPhoto: Chuck Wilson · CC0 1.0
Ocean Spray

Ocean Spray

Holodiscus discolor

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0
Pacific Ninebark

Pacific Ninebark

Physocarpus capitatus

Photo: Lyrae · CC BY 4.0
Hummingbird Sage

Hummingbird Sage

Salvia spathacea

No watering neededPhoto: Dan Horowitz · CC0 1.0
Western Sweetshrub

Western Sweetshrub

Calycanthus occidentalis

Photo: Matt Berger · CC BY 4.0
White Sand Lupine

White Sand Lupine

Lupinus albifrons

No watering neededPhoto: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0
Red Twig Dogwood

Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Red Twig'

Fragrant Sumac

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

No watering neededPhoto: Susan Berry · CC0 1.0
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
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'

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Tufted Hairgrass

Tufted Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa

Photo: Татьяна Горбушина · CC0 1.0
Carman's Grey Rush

Carman's Grey Rush

Juncus patens 'Carmans Grey'

Alkali Sacaton

Alkali Sacaton

Sporobolus airoides

No watering neededPhoto: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0
Path Rush

Path Rush

Juncus tenuis

Photo: Stephen James McWilliam · CC0 1.0
Variegated Reed Canary Grass

Variegated Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea 'Luteo Picta'

Foothill Sedge

Foothill Sedge

Carex tumulicola

Photo: Chris Fluit · CC BY 4.0

Bushy Bluestem

Andropogon glomeratus

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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
Hummingbird Sage

Hummingbird Sage

Salvia spathacea

No watering neededPhoto: Dan Horowitz · 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
Carman's Grey Rush

Carman's Grey Rush

Juncus patens 'Carmans Grey'

Narrowleaf milkweed

Narrowleaf milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

No watering neededPhoto: Ryan Donnelly · 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'

No watering needed
Scouring Rush

Scouring Rush

Equisetum hyemale

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0
Checker Mallow

Checker Mallow

Sidalcea malviflora 'Rosaly'

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
Arroyo Lupine

Arroyo Lupine

Lupinus succulentus

No watering neededPhoto: Ike Ikemori · 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

No watering neededPhoto: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0
Tiny Lupine

Tiny Lupine

Lupinus microcarpus 'microcarpus'

No watering needed
Red Ribbons

Red Ribbons

Clarkia concinna 'Red Ribbons'

Lacy phacelia Bluebell phacelia

Lacy phacelia Bluebell phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

No watering neededPhoto: Steve Woodward · CC0 1.0
Bitterroot

Bitterroot

Lewisia rediviva 'Cliff Maids'

No watering needed
Common Madia

Common Madia

Madia elegans

Photo: Irene · CC0 1.0
California Poppy

California Poppy

Platystemon californicus

No watering neededPhoto: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0
French Hybrid Leptosiphon Androsace Leptosiphon

French Hybrid Leptosiphon Androsace Leptosiphon

Leptosiphon androsaceus 'French Hybrids'

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
Bolander's Sunflower

Bolander's Sunflower

Helianthus bolanderi

Photo: Alex Heyman · CC0 1.0

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Roger's Red Grape

Roger's Red Grape

Vitis x californica 'Roger's Red'

No watering needed

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Water Clover

Water Clover

Marsilea vestita

Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

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