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 , numerous understory , 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 Aralia californica / Elk Clover 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 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 / Blackberry Heracleum maximum / Cow Parsnip Viola glabella / Stream Violet Hordeum branchyantherum / Meadow Barley

The Salmon Protection And Watershed Network • seaturtles.org/salmon • [email protected] MID-BANK Acer macrophyllum / Bigleaf Iris douglasiana / Douglas Iris Acer negundo / Box Elder Lonicera hispidula / California Honeysuckle Aquilegia 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 californica / Coffeeberry Satureja douglasii / Yerba Buena Fraxinus latifolia / Oregon Ash Scrophularia californica / Beeplant Heracleum maximum / Cow Parsnip / 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 / 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

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