Archives: Native Plants

Fleshy Hawthorn (Crataegus succulenta)

A mature Fleshy Hawthorn grown as a single-trunked tree, showing its rounded, dense crown. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5) Crataegus succulenta, the Fleshy Hawthorn

California Fuchsia (Epilobium canum)

California fuchsia in full fall bloom, its tubular scarlet flowers built for hummingbirds. Photo: Jerry Kirkhart / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Epilobium canum (long

Tarbush (Flourensia cernua)

A mature tarbush shrub on a rocky bajada in the Chihuahuan Desert — one of the defining shrubs of this ecoregion. Photo: aspidoscelis / Wikimedia

Coralbean (Erythrina herbacea)

Coralbean in full spring bloom, its scarlet flower spikes rising before the leaves emerge. Photo: Judy Gallagher / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Erythrina herbacea,

Wiregrass (Aristida stricta)

Longleaf pine and wiregrass habitat near Fayetteville, North Carolina. Photo: Historic American Landscapes Survey, Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Aristida stricta, commonly

Water Hickory (Carya aquatica)

A mature water hickory trunk, showing its rough, shaggy bark. Photo: Will McFarland, via iNaturalist/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Carya aquatica, commonly called Water Hickory

Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens)

Trailing arbutus flowering low to the ground on a wooded mountainside. Photo: Justin Russell, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Epigaea repens, commonly known as Trailing

Triangle-leaf Bursage (Ambrosia deltoidea)

Triangle-leaf bursage forms low, rounded mounds of gray-green foliage across the Sonoran Desert. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Ambrosia deltoidea, commonly called

Nodding Wild Onion (Allium cernuum)

Nodding wild onion flowering among native grasses on a dry hillside. Photo: Matt Lavin, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Allium cernuum, commonly called Nodding Wild

American Beach Grass (Ammophila breviligulata)

American beach grass anchoring a foredune on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Photo: Svetlana Egorova, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Ammophila breviligulata, commonly called American Beach Grass

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