Native Plant Palette
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EMERALD NECKLACE FOREST TO OCEAN EXPANDED VISION PLAN NATIVE PLANT PALETTE The Emerald Necklace Expanded Plan plant palette was developed as an easy to reference list for restoration and greening projects in the public spaces throughout the Emerald Necklace. The source documents for this plant palette are the Los Angeles River Master Plan Landscaping Guidelines and Plant Palettes (January, 2004) and the San Gabriel River Corridor Master Plan (June, 2006). The plant lists were developed by a cross disciplinary team of professionals concerned with protecting the seed bank and biological integrity of the river corridors – to be used by jurisdictions participating in greening and re-vegetation of the river corridors. This multi-disciplinary team included: Ecologists, Landscape Architects, Botanists, artists, the native plant society, local conservancies, the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, the US forest Service, the National Park Service, City Parks and Recreation departments, the Audubon Society, Friends of the Los Angeles River and the local watershed councils. We have found that plant managers at school districts and other facilities; both adjacent to the river and within the urban core are equally interested in planting California Watershed sensitive plants for their water conservation properties, ecological value, habitat enhancing properties as well as their heritage/ educational value. This is an exciting trend. Supplemental source documents have included the Army Corp of Engineers Plant list for ecological restoration at Santa Fe Dam as well as plant list for restoration of Monrovia Canyon within the City of Monrovia and nestled against boundary of the Angeles National Forest. The Angeles National Forest Management plan September 2005 - Los Cerritos Watershed Impacts Report were also consulted. This section of the document is divided into the following categories: • Grasses, Sedges and Rushes • Groundcovers and Vines • Perennials • Shrubs and Subshrubs • Trees Each plant is labeled to identify which are appropriate to be planted along the San Gabriel River, Rio Hondo River, or Park/School sites not located near the Rivers. SGR SAN GABRIEL RIVER LAR LOS ANGELES RIVER NATIVE PARK/SCHOOL PLANT LANDSCAPING GUIDELINES LANDSCAPING GUIDELINES We commissioned Barbara Eisenstein to take original photos of many of the plants as high quality PLANT PALETTE photos were not always available from the nurseries. Photo credits also include: Tree of Life, El Nativo, Martin Hale, and Ron Luxemburg. Our hope is to encourage people to reconnect to their environment and become excited about changing our ethic and esthetic of landscape architecture to include the multiple benefits of planting natives. Natives mitigate the effects of Climate Change by reducing negative impacts on valuable natural © 2014 Amigos de los Rios resources and air quality, in addition to reducing greenhouse gases. © 2014 Amigos de los Rios GRASSES, SEDGES AND RUSHES Botanical Name Common Name River Description Bouteloua gracilis Blue Grama 6‐12" H x 6‐12" W, Sun/Part Sun, Tan, Winter Dormant Carex barbarae Santa Barbara Sedge LAR 1‐3'H x 2‐3'+W, Sun/Part Sun, Brown, Evergreen Carex pansa California Meadow Sedge 4‐8" H x 6‐12" W, Sun/Part Sun, Brown, Evergreen Carex praegracilis Clustered Field Sedge LAR 12‐18"H x 1‐2'W, Sun/Part Sun, N/A, Evergreen Carex spissa San Diego Sedge 2‐5'H x 3‐5'W, Sun/Part Sun, Brown, Evergreen Festuca californica California Fescue 2‐3'H x 2‐3'W, Sun/Part Sun, Tan, Evergreen Festuca idahoensis Idaho Fescue 2' H x 2' W, Sun/Part Sun, Summer‐Dormant Juncus acutus ssp. leopoldii Leopold's Rush SGR 2‐3'H x 2‐3'W, Sun/Part Sun, Brown, Evergreen Juncus balticus Baltic Rush 2‐4'H x 2‐4'W, Sun/Part Sun, Brown, Evergreen Juncus patens California Gray Rush LAR ‐ SGR 1‐2' H x 2‐3' W, Sun/Part Sun, Brown, Evergreen Juncus textilis Basket Rush SGR 3‐4' H x 2‐4' W, Sun/Part Sun, Brown, Evergreen Juncus xiphioides Iris‐leaved Rush SGR 12‐18"H x 2‐3'+W, Sun/Part Sun, Brown, Drought Dormant Leymus condensatus Giant Wild Rye LAR ‐ SGR 4‐6' H x 2‐3' W, Sun/Part Sun, Brown, Evergreen Leymus condensatus 'Canyon Prince' Wild Rye Selection SGR 2‐3' H x 2‐3' W, Sun/Part Sun, Incon., Evergreen Leymus triticoides Creeping Wild Rye LAR ‐ SGR 1‐3'H x 2‐3'W, Sun/Part Sun, Green/Tan, Evergreen Leymus triticoides 'Grey Dawn' Creeping Wild Rye Selection 1‐3' H x 2‐3' W, Sun/Part Sun, Tan, Evergreen Muhlenbergia rigens Deer Grass LAR ‐ SGR 2‐4' H x 2‐3' W, Sun/Part Sun, Tan, Evergreen Nassella [Stipa] cernua Nodding Needlegrass LAR ‐ SGR 2' H x 2' W, Sun/Part Sun, Grey/Silver Nassella [Stipa] lepida Foothill Needlegrass LAR ‐ SGR 2‐3'H x 2‐3'W, Sun/Part Sun, Golden/Tan, Summer Dormant Nassella [Stipa] pulchra Purple Needlegrass LAR ‐ SGR 2‐3'H x 2‐3'W, Sun/Part Sun, Golden/Tan, Summer Dormant Schoenoplectus americanus American Bulrush 1‐4' H x 2‐5' W, Sun, Brown, Winter Dormant schoenoplectus californicus California Bulrush 4‐8' H x spreading W, Sun, Brown, Winter Dormant GROUNDCOVERS AND VINES Botanical Name Common Name River Description Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow LAR ‐ SGR 1‐2'H x 1‐2'W, Sun, White, Evergreen Arctostaphylos edmundsii Little Sur Manzanita 1‐2'H x 3‐5'W, Part Shade/Shade, Light Pink, Evergreen Arctostaphylos 'Emerald Carpet' Manzanita Hybrid 10‐18" H x 24‐36" W, Sun/Part Sun, Light Pink, Evergreen Arctostaphylos hookeri ssp. franciscana Franciscan Manzanita 2‐3' H x 8' W, Sun/Part Shade, Pink, Evergreen Arctostaphylos 'John Dourley' John Dourley Manzanita 2‐4' H x 5‐6' W, Sun/Part Sun, Pink, Evergreen Baccharis pilularis var. pilularis 'Pigeon Point' Pigeon Point Coyote Brush SGR 12‐30"H x 6‐12'W, Sun/Part Sun, White, Evergreen Ceanothus griseus hor. 'Yankee Point' Wild Lilac Selection 2‐3'H x 8‐10'W, Sun/Part Sun, Blue, Evergreen Equisetum hyemale Scouring‐rush Horsetail 4' H x spreading, Sun/Part Sun, Evergreen Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Bruce Dickinson' California Buckwheat Selection LAR ‐ SGR 1‐2' H x 4‐6' W, Sun/Part Sun, White/Pink, Evergreen Fragaria californica California Wild Strawberry 6‐8"H x 2‐3'W, Sun/Part Sun, White, Evergreen Heuchera 'Canyon Delight' Alum Root Hybrid 6‐12'H x 12‐18'W, Part Sun/Shade, Dark Pink, Evergreen Heuchera sanguinea Coral Bells 8‐12"H x 8‐12"W, Part Sun, Red/Coral, Evergreen Mahonia repens Creeping Barberry 6‐12" H x 2‐3'+ W, Part Sun/Shade, Yellow, Evergreen Salvia 'Dara's Choice' Sage Hybrid 1‐2' H x 1‐3' W, Sun/Part Sun, Purple, Evergreen Satureja douglasii Yerba Buena 6‐12" H x 2‐3' W, Part Sun/Shade, White, Evergreen Vitis californica California Wild Grape Spreading to 20+', Sun/Part Sun, Purple Fruit, Winter Dormant Vitis girdiana Desert Grape LAR ‐ SGR Spreading to 20+', Sun/Part Sun, Purple Fruit, Winter Dormant PERENNIALS Botanical Name Common Name River Description Aristolochia californica Dutchman's Pipe 10‐15' long, Part Sun/Shade, Cream, Winter‐Deciduous Artemisia pycnocephala 'David's Choice' Sandhill Sage Selection 6‐12"H x 1‐3'W, Sun/Part Sun, Yellow, Evergreen Asarum caudatum Wild Ginger 1' H x 2‐3' W, Part Shade/Shade, Maroon, Evergreen Ascleplias fascicularis Narrow‐leaf Milkweed LAR ‐ SGR 1‐4' H x 1‐2' W, Sun/Part Sun, White/Light Pink, Winter Dormant Aster chilensis Coast Aster 1‐2' H x 1‐2' W, Sun/Part Sun, Lavender, Winter Dormant Aster chilensis 'Point St. George' Point St. George Aster 6‐12" H x 1‐2' W, Sun/Part Sun, Lavender, Winter Dormant Calystegia macrostegia ssp. macrostegia Climbing to 20‐25' H x W, Part Sun / Inland Shade, Whitish/Pink, Anacapa Pink Island Morning‐glory SGR 'Anacapa Pink' Drought Deciduous Camissonia bistorta Southern Sun Cup 6"‐ 1' H x 3' W, Sun, Yellow, Evergreen Camissonia californica California Sun Cup 2‐3'H, Yellow Castilleja affinis ssp. affinis Indian Paintbrush 1‐2'H, Part Sun, Red Clematis lasiantha Pipestems LAR ‐ SGR Climbing to 20'H x W, Sun/Part Sun, Cream, Drought Deciduous Clematis ligusticifolia Western White Clematis LAR ‐ SGR 15 ‐ 20' long, Part Shade, White, Winter deciduous Clematis pauciflora Rope Vine SGR 10‐15' long, Part Shade, White/Cream, Summer Dormant Corethrogyne [Lessingia] filaginifolia California Aster SGR 6‐8"H x 2‐3'W, Sun, Part Sun, Lavender/Pink, Evergreen Delphinium cardinale Scarlet Larkspur LAR ‐ SGR 2‐6' H x 1' W, Sun/Shade, Red, Deciduous Dichelostemma capitatum [D. pulchella] Blue Dicks SGR less than 2'H, Sun/Part Sun, Blue, Summer Deciduous GRASSES, SEDGES AND RUSHES Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus Blue Wild Rye LAR 4' H x spreading, Sun/Part Sun, Drought dormant Botanical Name Common Name River Description Epilobium canum Hummingbird Trumpet LAR ‐ SGR 1‐3' H x 2‐4' W, Sun, Red, Semi‐Evergreen Bouteloua gracilis Blue Grama 6‐12" H x 6‐12" W, Sun/Part Sun, Tan, Winter Dormant Epilobium 'Catalina' Catalina California Fuchsia 2‐3'H x 4‐5'W, Sun/Part Sun, Orange/Red, Evergreen Carex barbarae Santa Barbara Sedge LAR 1‐3'H x 2‐3'+W, Sun/Part Sun, Brown, Evergreen Epilobium 'Route 66' Route 66 California Fuchsia 12‐18" H x 2‐4' W, Sun/Part Sun, Red, Semi‐deciduous Carex pansa California Meadow Sedge 4‐8" H x 6‐12" W, Sun/Part Sun, Brown, Evergreen Erigeron glaucus Seaside Daisy 8‐12" H x 1‐2' W, Sun/Part Sun, Violet, Evergreen Carex praegracilis Clustered Field Sedge LAR 12‐18"H x 1‐2'W, Sun/Part Sun, N/A, Evergreen Eriogonum umbellatum Shasta Buckwheat 1‐2' H x 2‐3' W, Sun, Yellow, Evergreen EMERALD NECKLACE Carex spissa San Diego Sedge 2‐5'H x 3‐5'W, Sun/Part Sun, Brown, Evergreen Eriophyllum confertiflorum Golden Yarrow LAR ‐ SGR 1‐2'H x 1‐3'W, Sun, Yellow, Evergreen Festuca californica California Fescue FOREST TO OCEAN 2‐3'H x 2‐3'W, Sun/Part Sun, Tan, Evergreen Eschscholzia californica California Poppy LAR 1'H x 1‐2' W, Sun/Part Sun, Orange Festuca idahoensis Idaho Fescue 2' H x 2' W, Sun/Part Sun, Summer‐Dormant Iris douglasiana Douglas Iris 12‐18" H x 1‐2' W, Sun/Part Sun, Purple, Evergreen EXPANDED VISION PLAN Juncus acutus ssp.