Our Plants (List)

This attractive shrub is endemic to the northern Channel Islands, where it thrives in a setting moderated by the Pacific Ocean. Island barberry grows as an upright, open shrub to about seven feet. The compound leaves consist of numerous oval leaflets with spiny margins (edges). The leaflets are dark green…

The golden spined cereus is found in the hills along the immediate coast in San Diego County, northern Baja California, Catalina Island and San Clemente Island where it benefits from the moderating effect of the Pacific. It grows as an expanding patch of ribbed, upright columns with a yellow green…

The bur marigold is one of several California natives that is widespread in the US. This sunflower thrives in sunny, moist areas in all but the high mountains. In California it is most common south of Sacramento. Bur marigold grows as a patch of bright, lance-shaped leaves on a central…

Deer fern grows in the moist, cool, moist forests of Europe and western North America. In North America it hugs the coast from Santa Cruz County to Alaska. There are a few disjunct inland populations, such as in El Dorado County. Following summer dormancy, deer fern sends up narrow fronds…

In California, cane bluestem is encountered most often in the coastal mountains south of the transverse ranges. It is also native to some of the Channel Islands. It is native to much of the Americas and has been introduced in many places around the world, which speaks to its remarkable…