1. Western Los Angeles County and Other CA Native Plants Attract Fruit-eating Birds
Size
Flower/
season
7-10 ft tall
& wide
White/ Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained
1-2
‘Dr. Hurd’
Manzanita
To 15 ft t
10 ft wide
Pink/W-Sp
FS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
X * Cercis occidentalis
Western Redbud
6-20 ft tall
10-15 ft w
Magenta/
Sp
FS/PS
Any incl
clay
1-2 to 2-3
Comarostaphylis
X diversifolia ssp.
planifolia
Summer Holly
< 18 ft tall
White/Sp
FS/PS
Any welldrained
1
X Cornus glabrata
Brown Dogwood
< 18 ft tall
to 10 ft w
White/Sp
FS/PS/ FSH
Clay best
2-3
Desert Olive
8-15 ft t
8 ft wide
Yellow/Sp
FS
Any welldrained
1-2 to 2
X * Garrya elliptica
Coastal Silktassel
12 ft tall &
wide
Cream/W
FS/PS
Any welldrained
1 to 1-2
X * Garrya fremontii
Fremont’s
Silktassel
5-15 ft tall
8-10 ft w
Cream/W
FS/PS
Welldrained
1-2 to 2
8, 13
X * Garrya veatchii
Canyon Silk Tassel
Bush
6-15 ft tall
6-8 ft wide
Cream/ WSp
FS/PS
Any
1-2 to 2
1, 13
X Heteromeles arbutifolia
Toyon
6-10 ft +
4-6 ft w
White/Su
* Morella (Myrica)
X
californica
California Wax
Myrtle
6-30 ft t
10-20 ft w
Western
Chokecherry
Holly-leaf and
Catalina Island
Cherries
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Scientific Name
Common Name
Trees and Tree-like Large Shrubs
Big-berry
X * Arctostaphylos glauca
Manzanita
** Arctostaphylos
manzanita ‘Dr Hurd’
X
* Forestiera
neomexicana (pubescens)
X
* Prunus virginiana var.
demissa
X
Prunus ilicifolia ssp.
ilicifolia & lyonii
Light**
Soil
Water
Zone+
Availability
Notes
1, 3, 8, 12-14
20, 24
Blue-green
foliage; ‘Canyon
Blush’ is 4 ft. tall
13
Evergreen;
good in gardens
1, 3, 5, 6, 8,
10, 13, 14, 16,
19
Fall color (red,
orange); edible
fruit, flowers
10, 14, 16
1, 13
6, 8
3, 8, 14
1-2
1, 3, 5, 7, 9,
10, 13, 14, 16,
18
Any;
we;;drained
best
2-3 to 3
3, 5, 7, 9, 13,
14, 19
FS/PS
Any
2 to 2-3
6, 13
PS
any
1-2
FS/PS/FSH
Any welldrained
Yellowwhite/Sp
FS/PS/ FSH
6-25 ft tall
6-15 ft w
Cream/Sp
< 50 ft
White/Su
1, 7, 9, 12, 13,
14, 19
Berries for
birds; graygreen foliage
Good under
oaks; 'Evie',
‘James Roof’
Tolerates some
heat; need
male, female
Evergreen;
silvery; need
male, female
Berries loved by
birds
Evergreen;
good for
hedges; purple
berries
fruits for jelly,
bird habitat
Birds love fruit
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Scientific Name
Common Name
Size
Flower/
season
Sambucus nigra ssp.
cerulea
Blue (Mexican)
Elderberry
8-25+ ft
White/Sp-Su
Light**
Soil
Water
Zone+
Availability
Notes
1, 2, 3, 7, 10,
12-14, 16, 19
Edible berries
FS/PS
Welldrained
1-2
FS
Clay fine
1-2 to 2
6, 13, 24
Nice flowers;
maroon
branches
1, 13, 14
Well-drained
soil
Large Shrubs (> 6 ft tall; including those for screens and hedges)
** Arctostaphylos
bakeri ssp. bakeri
'Louis Edmunds'
Arctostaphylos
X
catalinae
** Arctostaphylos
densiflora 'Howard
McMinn'
** Arctostaphylos
densiflora
'Sentinel'
** Arctostaphylos
densiflora x bakeri 'Baby
Bear' & 'Mama Bear'
‘Louis Edmunds’
(Sepentine)
Manzanita
5-8 ft tall
8 ft wide
Pink/Sp
Catalina Manzanita
6-18 ft tall
5-8 ft wide
Pink/W-Sp
FS/PS
Any welldrained
1-2 to 2-3
‘Sentinel’ (Vine
Hill) Manzanita
4-8 ft tall
6-10 ft w
Pink/W-Sp
FS/PS
Any, incl.
clays
2 to 2-3
‘Sentinel’ (Vine
Hill) Manzanita
5-8 ft tall
3-7 ft wide
Pink/W-Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained
incl sand
1-2
‘Baby Bear’ &
‘Mama Bear’
Manzanitas
5-8 ft tall
3-8 ft wide
Pink/W-Sp
FS
Welldrained
** Arctostaphylos
'Austin Griffith'
‘Austin Griffith’
Manzanita
6-10 ft tall
4-8 ft wide
Pink/W-Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained;
sandy
* Frangula/Rhamnus
californica
California
Coffeeberry
6-12 ft t &
wide; short
cultivars
Buff/Sp
FS/PS
Any
X Lycium californicum
California Boxthorn
4-12 ft tall
4-10 ft w
Wht-purple/
Sp-Su
FS/PS
Sandy/
rocky
best
X Lycium hassei
Catalina Boxthorn
To 8 ft
To 10 ft
White/
FS
Nevin’s Barberry
3-8+ ft tall
6-12 ft w
Yellow/Sp
FS/PS
Yellow/Sp
FS/PS/ FSH
Any
1 to 1-2
Yellow/Sp
FS/PS/ FSH
Any
1-2 to 2
Pink/Sp
FS/PS
any
1-2
Pink/Sp
FS/PS
any
1-2
X
X
Mahonia (Berberis)
nevinii
X * Rhamnus crocea
Redberry
Buckthorn
X * Rhamnus ilicifolia
Holly-leaf Redberry
X Rhus integrifolia
Lemonadeberry
X Rhus ovata
Sugar Bush
3-6 ft tall
6 ft wide
12 ft tall
5-6 ft w
2-10 ft
3-20 ft w.
8-12 ft
6-15 ft w.
1, 3, 13, 14
6, 8, 13,
Good for birds,
butterflies;
open growth
1-2 to 2
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Showy flowers,
foliage
1-2 to 2
6, 13,
Relatively fastgrowing; open
habit
1, 5, 7, 9, 10,
13, 14, 16, 18
'Eve Case',
'Mound San
Bruno' smaller
1 to 1-2
1, 6, 13, 14
Good on seabluffs
?sandy
1 to 1-2
1
Welldrained
1-2
1-2 to 2-3
1, 7, 13, 14
1, 3, 8, 10, 12,
13, 14, 20
1, 10, 12-14,
20, 21
1, 3, 7, 9, 10,
12, 14, 16, 18
1, 3, 9, 10,
12-14, 16, 19
Long dormant
season
Edible berries;
good bird
habitat
Pretty fruits; birds
Nice hedge plant’
holly-like leaves
Edible fruits
Edible fruits
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Scientific Name
Common Name
Size
Flower/
season
Light**
Soil
Ribes aureum var.
gracillimum
Golden Currant
To 10 ft
Yellow/
W-Sp
FS/PS/ FSH
Any
Water
Zone+
Availability
Notes
1-2 to 2-3
7, 12, 14
Any welldrained; Birds
eat berries
Smaller Shrubs ( < 6 ft. tall) ; includes woody sub-shrubs
Little Sur
Manzanita
2-5 ft tall
4-6 ft w
Pink/W-Sp
FS/PS
welldrained
1-2 to 2
1, 3, 8, 13, 14
Cultivars:
‘Greensphere’
Hooker’s
Manzanita
2-5 ft tall
4-6 ft w
Pink/W-Sp
FS
welldrained
1-2 to 2
1, 3, 13
* Arctostaphylos
tomentosa ssp.
tomentosa
Cultivars ‘Sunset’,
‘Wayside’, ‘Ken
Taylor’
Wooly-leaf
Manzanita
3-8 ft tall
4-5 ft wide
White/Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained
1-2
13
Large shrub;
silvery blue
foliage
* Lonicera involucrata
Twinberry
4-6 ft tall
to 10 ft w
FS/PS
Welldrained
2-3 to 3
7, 18
Mulch soil
Basket Bush; Sour
Berry; Skunkbrush
2-6 ft
Hillside Gooseberry
To 3 ft
Red-white/
W-Sp
PS/FSH
X Ribes indecorum
White Currant
To 6 ft
White/W-Sp
FS/PS
X Ribes malvaceum
Chaparral Currant
5-8 ft
Pink/W-Sp
FS/PS
Fuschia-flowered
Gooseberry
Red-flowering
Currant
3-6+ ft tall
and wide
dark pink/
W-Sp
FS/PS/FSH
4-10 ft
Pink/Sp
PS/FSH
California Wild
Rose
3-4 ft tall
3-10 ft w
Pink/
Sp-Su
Rubus ursinus (ssp. ?)
Pacific Blackberry
2-4 ft tall
3-10 ft w
Symphoricarpos albus
var. laevigatus
Common
Snowberry
X Symphoricarpos mollis
Snowberry
X
* Arctostaphylos
edmundsii
* Arctostaphylos
hookeri
X Rhus trilobata
X
Ribes californicum var.
hesperium
X Ribes speciosum
X
* Ribes sanguineum
var. glutinosum
X Rosa californica
X
3-5 ft,
spreading
2-4 ft tall &
wide
Yellow/
Sp-Su
Yellowgreen/Sp
PS
any
Welldrained
Welldrained
Welldrained
1-2
1-2 to 2-3
1-2 to 2
10, 13, 14, 16,
19
10, 12, 13
(var.
californicum)
1, 3, 12, 14
Birds eat berries
1-2
3, 13, 14, 19
Birds eat berries
Welldrained
2-3;
3 in sun
1, 3, 10, 1214, 19
Welldrained
2-3
3, 5, 13, 14,
19
FS/PS/FSH
any
1-2;
3 (sun)
1, 2, 3, 7, 10,
12, 13, 14, 16
White/Sp
FS/PS
any
2-3 to 3
7, 12, 13, 14
White/Sp
PS
Pink/W-Sp
PS/FSH
Birds eat berries
Clays,
loams
any
2-3
2-3 to 3
7, 9, 13, 19
13, 14
Tolerates
seasonal
flooding
Tolerates
seasonal
flooding
Fruit may be
toxic to humans
mulch
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Scientific Name
Common Name
Size
Flower/
season
Light**
Soil
Water
Zone+
Availability
Notes
Perennial Vines
X * Lonicera ciliosa
X
Lonicera hispidula var.
vacillans
Orange
Honeysuckle
15-20 ft
Orange/ SpSu
PS/FSH
Any
2-3
Western
Honeysuckle
5-18 ft
Pink/Sp-Su
PS/FSH
clay
1-2 to 2-3
8-20+ ft
Yellow/
Sp-Su
FS/PSH
Any
2 to 2-3
3-5 ft
Yellow/Su
PS/FSH
any
1-2 to 2-3
3-8 ft
Cream/
Sp-Su
PS/PS/
FSH
any
1 to 1-2
> 20 ft
White/Sp
FS/PS
Any
1-2 to 2-3
> 25 ft
White/Su
PS
any
2-3
X * Lonicera involucrata
Lonicera subspicata
X var. denudate &
subspicata
** Vitis californica
X
‘Roger’s Red’
Chaparral
Honeysuckle
Twinberry
Santa Barbara &
Southern
Honeysuckles
‘Roger’s Red’
California Grape
X Vitis girdiana
Desert Grape
X * Lonicera interrupta
2, 8
1, 5, 13, 14,
19
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Not for hot
gardens
Tolerates
seasonal
flooding
Excellent
habitat plant
3, 7, 13, 19
1, 3, 8, 12, 13,
14
Edible fruit
1, 8, 13
2, 3, 10, 13,
20
Perennial Groundcover Plants
* Arctostaphylos
edmundsii (incl. cultivars)
* Arctostaphylos
glandulosa var. adamsii
* Arctostaphylos
glandulosa var.
crassiflia
** Arctostaphylos
hookeri ‘Monterey
Carpet’
Little Sur
Manzanita
Laguna Manzanita
1-3 ft tall
6-20 ft
wide
3-5 ft tall &
wide
Pink/W-Sp
PS best
Any incl.
clays
1-2 to 2-3
1, 3, 6, 8, 13,
16
Red berries in
summer
Pink/Sp
PS best
Welldrained
1-2
3, 8, 14
Blue-gray foliage
PS best
Most
soils
1-2
14
White-blue
foliage; very
hardy coastal
1, 3, 6, 13
X
2-8 ft tall &
wide
Pink/Sp
Monterey Carpet
Manzanita
1 ft high
5+ ft wide
White/Sp
PS
Sandy
best
1-2
* Arctostaphylos
pajaroensis
Pajaro Manzanita
4-6 ft tall &
wide
White/W
FS/PS
Sandy
best;
acidic
1-2 to 2
1, 3, 6, 8, 13,
14
Several cultivars
used as
groundcovers
* Arctostaphylos pumila
X
Del Mar Manzanita
Dune Manzanita
White/ Sp
FS/PS
sandy
1 to 1-2
8
Monterey Bay
dunes plant
* Arctostaphylos uvaursi (incl. cultivars)
Bearberry;
Kinnickinnick
2-4 ft tall
3-6 ft wide
1 ft tall
spreading
Pink/Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained
2-3
1,
** Arctostaphylos
’Emerald Carpet’
Emerald Carpet
Manzanita
< 1 ft tall
3-6 ft wide
White/W-Sp
FS/PS
Rich, sl.
acid
1-2 to 2-3
1, 3, 8, 13
A. uva-ursi X A.
nummularia
hybrid
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5. Scientific Name
Common Name
Size
Flower/
season
** Arctostaphylos
‘Wood’s Compact’
Wood’s Compact
Manzanita
< 1 ft tall
to 6 ft w.
Pink/Sp
PS
** Arctostaphylos ‘John
Dourley’
* Berberis (Mahonia)
X
aquifolium var. repens
** Berberis (Mahonia)
aquifolium ‘Compacta’
* Fragaria chiloensis
X
ssp. pacifica
* Fragaria vesca
X
(californica)
John Dourly
Manzanita
Creeping Oregon
Grape
‘Compacta’ Oregon
Grape
(Pacific) Coast
Strawberry
CA/Wood
Strawberry
2-3 ft tall
to 8 ft wide
Pink/Sp
FS/PS
Any
1 ft tall
< 6 ft wide
Yellow/Sp
PS/FSH
Any;
acidic
1-2 to 3
1, 7, 9, 13, 14
Good habitat;
edible berries
2-4 ft tall
2-4 ft wide
Yellow/Sp
PS/FSH
Any;
acidic
1-2 to 2-3
1, 13
Good habitat;
edible berries
< 1 ft
spreading
White/Sp-Su
PS
Sandy
best
1-2 to
2-3
1, 3, 8, 13
Let dry between
waterings;
< 2 ft
spreading
White/Su
PS/FSH
any
1-2 to 3
1, 13, 20
Edible fruit
X Ribes viburnifolium
Catalina Perfume
1-3 ft
Pink/
PS/FSH
See note
2 to 2-3
1, 3, 9, 13, 14,
20
Well-drained
soil
Solanum americanum
American Black
Nightshade
2-3 ft tall
White/Sp-F
FS/PS
Any
1-2 to 2-3
1, 13
Berries very
poisonous
Solanum douglasii
White (Douglas’)
Nightshade
2-5 ft tall
White/Sp-F
FS/PS
Any
1-2 to 2-3
10, 14
Berries very
poisonous
Purple (Chaparral)
Nightshade
2-4 ft tall
Purple/SpSu
FS/PS
Any
1-2 to 2-3
1, 7, 13
Berries very
poisonous
1 to 1-2
1, 3, 8, 10, 12,
13, 14
1 to 1-2
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Light**
Soil
Needs
rich soil
Water
Zone+
1-2 to 2-3
1-2
Availability
Notes
1, 8, 13
Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi X A.
nummularia
1, 3, 6, 8, 9,
11, 16, 19
Herbaceous Perennials
X Solanum xanti
Cacti and Succulents
X Opuntia littoralis
Coastal Prickly Pear
To 3 ft
Yellow/W-Sp
FS
X Opuntia oricola
Chaparral Prickly
Pear
6-8 ft tall
spreading
Yellow-Or/
Sp
FS
Welldrained
Welldrained
1/18/2011
I : X = Gardening Information Sheet :(http://nativeplantscsudh.blogspot.com/p/gallery-of-native-plants.html) or at the Madrona Marsh Nature Center
* may not be immediately local, but is a CA native plant
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** horticultural cultivar
light: FS=full sun; PS=part shade; FSH=full shade
Water Zones: 1 = no summer water; 1-2 = very occasional summer water (several times per summer); 2 = let soil dry out between waterings;
2-3 some regular summer water (about once a week); 3 = regular watering/moist soil (like a conventional lawn)
Availability: numbers correspond to the Plant and Seed Sources List at: http://nativeplantscsudh.blogspot.com/p/where-to-purchase-native-plants.html
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