Native Plants

California Encelia (Encelia californica)

California Encelia blanketing a coastal bluff in Malibu, a classic setting for this Southern California coastal sage scrub shrub. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, Wikimedia Commons

Lama (Diospyros hillebrandii)

A young Lama (Diospyros hillebrandii) growing in mesic forest, showing the salmon-pink flush of new leaves beside mature dark green foliage. Photo: Kevin Faccenda, via

Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa)

Wild yam twining through woodland edge vegetation, with its distinctive heart-shaped leaves and drooping strings of developing seed capsules. Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, Scotts Run Nature Preserve,

Hoary Tansyaster (Dieteria canescens)

Hoary tansyaster blooming along a trail in Escalante Petrified Forest State Park, Utah. Photo: James St. John (CC BY 2.0) Dieteria canescens (long known as

Uluhe (Dicranopteris linearis)

Uluhe’s distinctive repeatedly forking fronds scrambling into a dense thicket, Munro Trail, Lanai. Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) Dicranopteris linearis,

Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis)

Squirrel corn in bloom among its own ferny foliage, Muskingum County, Ohio. Photo: James St. John, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Dicentra canadensis, commonly called

Blue Dicks (Dichelostemma capitatum)

Blue dicks flowering from a rocky slope in the Sierra Nevada, Owens Valley drainage, California. Photo: Jim Morefield, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Dichelostemma capitatum,

Woodvamp (Decumaria barbara)

Woodvamp climbing high into the canopy of a loblolly pine. Photo: Hameltion / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Decumaria barbara — commonly called Woodvamp, and

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