Below you will find our species chart for forbs.
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GRASSES
SEDGES & RUSHES
Spring 2011
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KEY
| Availability A: Available UA: Usually Available AC: Available on Contract L: Limited Availability PO: Plugs Only |
Moisture D: Drought tolerant / Tolerates very dry soils OD: Drought tolerant and obligate summer dormant (does not tolerate watering in summer) M: Likes more moist conditions W: Likes wet conditions FT: Flood Tolerant |
Light Tolerance SU: Full sun PS: Part shade SH: Full shade |
FORBS
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Ecotypes Available | Picture | Avail | Usually Avail as Plugs | Avg Live Seeds/LB (not ecotypes) | Soil Tolerances | Moisture | Light Tolerance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achillea millifolium | Yarrow | Lake County: Cache Creek Watershed | UA | x | 740,000 | Clay, sand, saline, medium textured | D | SU, PS | |
| Artemesia douglasiana | Mugwort | Butte County: Llano Seco Ranch | L | x | 2,000,000 | D/M | |||
| Asclepias fascicularis | Narrowleaf milkweed | Yolo County: North of Winters | L | x | 64,000 | D to FT | SU | ||
| Symphyotrichum (Aster) chilensis | California aster | Sacramento County: Sacramento Valley |
PO | x | Fine to medium texture, saline | D | SU | ||
| Calandrinia ciliata | Red maids | Yolo County: North of Winters | A | 900,000 | D | SU | |||
| Clarkia gracilis ssp. Tracyi | Tracy's clarkia | Colusa County: Bear Valley Road | L | x | 1,150,000 | Medium to coarse texture | D | SU | |
| Croton (Eremocarpus) setigerus | Turkey mullein | Yolo County: Dunnigan Hills Yolo County: North of Winters |
A A |
18,000 | Well drained | D | SU | ||
| Eschscholzia californica | California poppy | Colusa County: Ladoga Hills | A | 290,000 | Well drained, poor soils OK | D | SU | ||
| Euthamia occidentalis | Goldenrod | Solano County/Yolo County Yolo County: Colusa Basin Drain |
PO PO |
x x |
Variable texture | D | |||
| Grindelia camporum | Gumplant | Orange County: Irvine Ranch Sacramento Refuge Complex Tehama County: La Barranca Yolo County: Yolo Bypass |
A A L A |
x |
223,000 | D/M | SU | ||
| Grindelia stricta | Coastal gumweed | Napa County: Napa/Sonoma Marsh |
A | 80,000 | D/M | ||||
| Helianthus bolanderi | Bolander's sunflower | Butte County: Llano Seco Ranch Yolo County: North of Winters |
L L |
x | 104,000 | Serpentine | D/M | SU | |
| Lasthenia californica | California goldfields | Variety Not Stated | L | 2,100,000 | D | SU | |||
| Lasthenia glabrata | Yellow ray goldfields | Yolo County: Yolo Bypass | A | x | 1,110,000 | Saline | D/M | SU | |
| Lotus purshianus | Spanish clover | Yolo County: Yolo Bypass |
A | 90,000 | Infertile OK | D | SU | ||
| Lupinus albifrons | Silver bush lupine | Solano County: Parish Road Yolo County: Highway 16/Rumsey Canyon |
PO PO |
x x |
Infertile OK | D | SU | ||
| Lupinus bicolor | Miniature lupine | Colusa County: Bear Valley | UA | 28,000 | Well drained, loam, sand. Infertile OK | D | SU | ||
| Lupinus densiflorus | Golden lupine | Yolo County: North of Winters | A | 11,000 | Infertile OK | D | SU | ||
| Lupinus formosus | Summer lupine | Napa County | L | x | 6,000 | Infertile OK | D | SU | |
| Lupinus nanus | Sky lupine | Butte County: Pine Creek Yolo County: North of Winters |
UA A |
34,000 | Well drained, sand. Infertile OK | D | SU | ||
| Lupinus succulentus | Arroyo lupine | Butte County: Llano Seco Ranch Yolo County: North of Winters |
A A |
12,000 | Well drained, loam. Infertile OK | D | SU | ||
| Madia elegans | Common madia | Solano County: Allendale Road |
L | 118,000 | Well drained | D | SU | ||
| Mimulus aurantiacus | Sticky monkeyflower | Contra Costa County: Mt. Diablo Yolo County: Highway 16/Rumsey Canyon |
PO PO |
x x |
D/M | SU | |||
| Oenothera elata ssp. Hirsutissima | Evening primrose | Butte Co.: Flynn Unit, Sacramento River Wildlife Refuge Sacramento Valley Watershed |
L L |
1,200,000 | Medium to coarse texture | M/W | SU | ||
| Phacelia californica | California phacelia | Contra Costa County: Berkeley Hills |
A | x | 295,000 | D | SU | ||
| Phacelia campanularia | Bluebells | Variety Not Stated |
L | 748,000 | Well drained, gravelly, loam, rocky, sand | D | SU | ||
| Phacelia cicutaria | Caterpillar phacelia | Orange County: Irvine Ranch | L | 548,000 | D | SU | |||
| Sisyrinchium bellum | Blue eyed grass | San Mateo County: Russian Ridge |
L | x | 380,000 | Well drained, clay, loam, sand | D/M | SU, PS | |
| Trichostema lanceolatum | Vinegarweed | Yolo County | L | 142,000 | D | SU | |||
| Trifolium bifidum | Notchleaf clover | Colusa County: Colusa Wildlife Refuge | A | 324,000 | D/M | SU | |||
| Trifolium ciliolatum | Tree clover | Napa & Lake Counties: Quail Ridge & Red Bud Trail | A | 113,000 | Clay, loam | D/M | SU | ||
| Trifolium fucatum | Bull clover | Colusa County: Colusa Wildlife Refuge | A | 72,000 | Alkaline, serpentine, saline | M/W | SU | ||
| Trifolium gracilentum | Pinpoint clover | Yolo County: North of Winters | A | 210,000 | Gravel, loam, sand, serpentine | D | SU | ||
| Trifolium microcephalum | Maiden clover | Tehama County: Vina Plains | A | 340,000 | Serpentine | D/M | SU | ||
| Trifolium obtusiflorum | Creek clover | Yolo County: Fiske Creek | A | 203,000 | Gravel | M/W | SU | ||
| Trifolium willdenovii | Tomcat clover | Yolo County: Winters | A | 210,000 | Clay, loam, rocky, serpentine | M/W | SU | ||
| Trifolium wormskioldii | Springbank clover | Marin County: NE of Dillon Beach | PO | Medium texture, saline | M/W/FT | SU, PS |
