Marin Chapter Native Society www.cnpsmarin.org

NATIVE FOR RIPARIAN HABITATS

If you have a stream on your property, or a low, boggy patch, riparian plants are for you. Riparian areas are often cool and shady with large trees, numerous understory shrubs, perennial plants, and rushes by the water’s edge. These plants are not drought tolerant, in fact, most will tolerate some degree of soggy condi- tions. The lower on the bank it is listed as growing, the more inundation the species can withstand.

TOE Alnus rhombifolia / White Alder Juncus bolanderi / Bolander’s Rush Alnus rubra / Red Alder Lonicera involucrata / Twinberry californica / Elk Petasites frigidus / Coltsfoot Cornus sericea / Creek Dogwood Mimulus guttatus / Seep Monkeyflower Carex nudata / Torrent Sedge Salix lasiolepis / Arroyo Willow Eleocharis palustris / Common Spikerush Scirpus microcarpus / Small-fruited Bulrush Eleocharis macrostachya / Pale Spikerush Woodwardia fimbriata/ Chain Fern Elymus triticoides / Creeping Wildrye

LOW BANK In addition to those listed for toe of bank: Juncus effusus / Soft Rush Adiantum peduntum / Five Finger Fern Physocarpus capitatus / Pacific Ninebark Athyrium filix-femina/ Ladyfern Polystichum munitum / Western Swordfern Carex barbarae / Santa Barbara Sedge Rubus spectabilis / Salmonberry Carex densa / Dense Sedge Rubus ursinus / California Blackberry Heracleum maximum / Cow Parsnip Viola glabella / Stream Violet Hordeum branchyantherum / Meadow Barley MID-BANK Acer macrophyllum / Bigleaf Maple Iris douglasiana / Douglas Iris Acer negundo / Box Elder Lonicera hispidula / California Honeysuckle formosa / Western Columbine Juncus effusus / Soft Rush Artemisia douglasiana / Mugwort Juncus patens / Gray Rush Athyrium filix-femina/ Ladyfern Juncus xiphioides / Irisleaf Rush Carex densa / Dense Sedge Montia perfoliata / Miner’s Lettuce Carex praegracilis / Clustered Field Sedge Oemlaria cerasiformis / Osoberry Corylus cornuta / California Hazelnut Physocarpus capitatus / Pacific Ninebark Deschampsia cespitosa / Tufted Hairgrass Polystichum munitum / Western Swordfern Elymus glaucus / Blue Wildrye Rhododendron occidentale / Western Azalea Elymus triticoides / Creeping Wildrye Rosa californica / California Wild Rose Festuca idahoensis / Idaho Fescue Rubus parviflorus/ Thimbleberry Festuca rubra / Creeping Red Fescue Rubus ursinus / California Blackberry Fragaria vesca / Wild Strawberry Sambucus racemosa / Red Elderberry Frangula californica / Coffeeberry Satureja douglasii / Yerba Buena Fraxinus latifolia / Oregon Ash Scrophularia californica / Beeplant Heracleum maximum / Cow Parsnip Sequoia sempervirens / Coast Redwood Hierochloe oderata / Vanilla Grass Viola adunca / Western Dogviolet Hordeum branchyantherum / Meadow Barley Whipplea modesta / Modesty

UPPER BANK Acer macrophyllum / Bigleaf Maple Iris douglasiana / Douglas Iris Acer negundo / Box Elder Physocarpus capitatus / Pacific Ninebark Aesculus californica / Buckeye Prunus ilicifolia / Holly- Cherry Aristolochia californica / California Pipevine Montia perfoliata / Miner’s Lettuce Artemisia douglasiana / Mugwort Melica californica / California Melicgrass Aster chilensis / California Aster Myrica californica / Pacific Wax Myrtle Baccharis pilularis / Coyote Brush Lonicera hispidula / California Honeysuckle Calycanthus occidentalis / Western Spicebush Oemlaria cerasiformis / Osoberry Carex densa / Dense Sedge Polypodium calirhiza / California Polypody Fern Carex praegracilis / Clustered Field Sedge Quercus agrifolia / Coast Live Corylus cornuta / California Hazelnut Rhododendron occidentale / Western Azalea Danthonia californica / California Oatgrass Ribes menziesii / Canyon Gooseberry Deschampsia cespitosa / Tufted Hairgrass Ribes sanguineum var. glut. / Pink-Flowering Currant Diplacus aurantiacus / Bush Monkeyflower Rosa californica / California Wild Rose Elymus glaucus / Blue Wildrye Rosa gymnocarpa / Woodrose Festuca rubra / Creeping Red Fescue Rubus parviflorus/ Thimbleberry Fragaria vesca / Wild Strawberry Rubus ursinus / California Blackberry Frangula californica / Coffeeberry Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea / Blue Elderberry Heracleum maximum / Cow Parsnip Sambucus racemosa / Red Elderberry Heteromeles arbutifolia / Toyon Satureja douglasii / Yerba Buena Heuchera micrantha / Alum Root Sequoia sempervirens / Coast Redwood Hierochloe oderata / Vanilla Grass Sisyrinchium bellum / Blue-eyed Grass Holodiscus discolor / Cream Bush Symphorocarpus albus / Snowberry Hordeum branchyantherum / Meadow Barley Whipplea modesta / Modesty