City of Sacramento – River Friendly Landscape Program Very Low to Medium Water-Use Plant List Attached is the current City of Sacramento River Friendly Landscape Invasive Plants Program’s list of recommended plants for the River Friendly Plants that are considered invasive are not included in this Landscape retrofit. This list is intended as a tool to aid program list and will not be allowed for this rebate program. See participants as they calculate their intended coverage values of their http://www.cal-ipc.org/ for a list of invasive species. retrofitted landscape, which must exceed sixty percent(60%) of their entire converted area. This list is based off of the findings put forth Plant Water Requirements for Plants Not on this List from the Regional Water Authority, Water Use Classification of Landscape Species (WUCOLS IV), and other California districts that Water requirements given here are for established plants, are showing success with similar programs. for any other plant not found on this list, you must find this information using outside sources. Please consult a The attached list includes the Plant Coverage Area in square feet for nursery/landscape professional, gardening reference book each plant at its mature size. Regardless of maturity at the time of or other reliable resource to understand species post-inspection, the River Friendly Landscape Program requirements, length of time plant needs to get established Administrators will determine the canopy coverage of the and the water each plant requires. Examine soil type, retrofitted landscape using the coverage value for a mature plant. weather and site conditions to determine the frequency of supplemental irrigation during the dry non-rainy seasons. The City of Sacramento does not endorse or require the use of any Typically, no extra water is required during the rainy or all plants on this list. Participants must use drought-tolerant, seasons. Please direct any questions to the contact below. very low to medium water-use plants to meet the 6 0 percent living plant coverage requirement for converted areas. High water use Plant Types plants and turf grass will not be eligible for a rebate and using them will void your entire rebate application. Plant species not on this list Gc Ground Cover must be submitted and approved by the City of Sacramento prior to P Perennial Pm Palm and Cycad the start of the project. S Shrub Water Requirement Su Succulent T Tree Plant water needs based on WUCOLS classifications for C California Native region 2, Central California. G Ornamental Grass VL – Very Low L – Low M – Moderate V Vine City of Sacramento – River Friendly Landscape Program Very Low to Medium Water-Use Plant List Hydrozones Resources & References – Hydrozoning is a key component of a water-efficient Avoid Invasive Plants, http://www.plantright.org/regions/central- irrigation system. Factors that determine a hydrozone valley include infiltration rate of the soil, soil type, slope, sun exposure and water needs of the plants. A good hydrozone California Invasive Plant Council, http://www.cal-ipc.org/ divides a landscape irrigation system based on individual plant requirements, plant height and planting density. City of Roseville, Cash for Grass Program Plant List Select plant species with similar water requirements and Eco Landscape California, http://www.ecolandscape.org/index.html group together within a hydrozone. Similarly irrigation type should be uniform in each hydrozone and should be served Regional Water Authority, Be Water Smart, by one valve. For example, plant material irrigated by multi- http://www.bewatersmart.info/ stream rotor nozzle should be on a separate schedule than Regional Water Authority, Water-Smart Homeowner's Guide Plant plant material irrigated by drip. List, http://www.rwah2o.org/rwa/ Calculating Coverage Area for Plants Not on this List: River Friendly Landscaping, The calculations used to find Plant Coverage Area at http://www.msa.saccounty.net/sactostormwater/RFL/ maturity for plants not on this list are obtained by determining the area of a circle using the plant spread Santa Clara Valley Water District, Landscape Rebate Program (width) as the diameter. To find the area of a circle, you must square the diameter and multiply by 0.7854. The Sunset Western Garden Book and http://www.sunset.com/garden/ values will always be rounded to the nearest full number (0.1-0.4 is rounded down and 0.5-0.9 is rounded up) Water Use Classification of Landscape Species (WUCOLS) IV, 2014, http://ucanr.edu/sites/WUCOLS/ Diameter x Diameter x 0.7854 = Plant Coverage Example: 5 x 5 x 0.7854 = 19.6 (rounded up to 20) Water Wise Gardening in the Gold Country, http://www.rwa.watersavingplants.com/ Contact Us: For any questions or concerns you may have about this list or the program, email us at [email protected] River Friendly Landscape Plant List Ground Cover Gc P Pm S Su T N V Botanical Name Common Name Water Req. Coverage Value (CV) Gc N Ambrosia pumila San Diego ragweed VL 7 Gc N Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Green Supreme' Green Supreme manzanita M 177 Gc N Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Point Reyes' Pt. Reyes manzanita M 177 Gc N Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Radiant' Radiant manzanita M 177 Gc N Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Wood's Compact' Wood's compact manzanita M 177 Gc N Artemisia californica 'Canyon Gray' Canyon Gray sagebrush L 38 Gc N Artemisia californica 'Montara' Montara sagebrush L 38 Gc N Ceanothus maritimus 'Pt. Sierra' Pt Sierra ceanothus L 50 Gc N Ceanothus maritimus 'Valley Violet' Valley Violet ceanothus L 50 Gc N Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var griseus 'Carmel Creeper' Carmel Creeper ceanothus M 64 Gc Cotoneaster dammeri 'Coral Beauty' bearberry cotoneaster L 79 Gc Cotoneaster dammeri 'Lowfast' bearberry cotoneaster L 133 Gc Cotoneaster horizontalis rock cotoneaster L 177 Gc Gazania spp. gazania M 3 Gc Lantana hybrids hybrid lantana L 50 Gc N Lessingia filaginifolia 'Silver Carpet' (Corethrogyne) California beach aster M 7 Gc Osteospermum spp. African daisy L 13 Gc Phlox subulata moss pink M 3 Gc Rubus calycinoides crinkled creeper M 3 Ornamental Grass Gc P Pm S Su T N V Botanical Name Common Name Water Req. Coverage Value (CV) Gc N Bouteloua gracilis and cvs. blue grama L 1 Gc N Festuca californica and cvs. California fescue M 2 Gc Festuca glauca blue fescue L 1 Gc Helictotrichon sempervirens and cvs blue oat grass L 5 Gc N Melica californica oniongrass VL 0.33 Gc N Melica imperfecta coast range onion grass VL 7 Gc N Melica torreyana Torrey's melic VL 0.79 Gc Muhlenbergia capillaris and cvs. hairy awn muhly L 28 Gc Muhlenbergia dubia pine muhly L 5 Gc N Muhlenbergia rigens deer grass L 16 Gc Pennisetum setaceum fountain grass L 15 Gc Pennisetum x advena (P. setaceum hybrids) purple/burgundy fountain grass L 20 Gc N Sporobolus airoides alkalai sacaton VL 20 Gc N Sporobolus wrightii big sacaton VL 13 Palm Gc P Pm S Su T N V Botanical Name Common Name Water Req. Coverage Value (CV) Pm T Archontophoenix cunninghamiana king palm M 177 Pm T Brahea armata blue hesper palm L 254 Pm T N Brahea edulis Guadalupe palm L 177 Pm T Butia odorata (B. capitata) pindo palm L 177 Pm S Chamaerops humilis Mediterranean fan palm L 314 Pm S Cycas revoluta sago palm M 79 Pm T Phoenix dactylifera date palm L 177 Pm T Syagrus romanzoffiana (Arecastrum romanzoffiana) queen palm M 314 Pm T Trachycarpus fortunei windmill palm M 79 Pm T N Washingtonia filifera California fan palm M 314 River Friendly Landscape Plant List Perennial Gc P Pm S Su T N V Botanical Name Common Name Water Req. Coverage Value (CV) P Achillea clavennae silvery yarrow L 0.34 P Achillea filipendulina fern leaf yarrow L 0.20 Gc P Achillea millefolium (non-native hybrids) yarrow (non-native hybrids) L 3 Gc P N Achillea millefolium (CA native cultivars) yarrow L 3 P Agapanthus Lily-of-the-Nile M 3 P Agapanthus Peter Pan M 1 P Agapanthus praecox spp. orientalis & cvs agapanthus M 5 P Agastache rupestris licorice mint L 2 P S Agave americana (and thick-leaved relatives)(CA native and non-native) agave VL 79 P Anemone X hybrida Japanese anemone M 3 P Aspidistra elatior (shade) cast iron plant L 3 P Aster spp., cvs. and hybrids (genus now split to many!) aster M 2 P Bergenia crassifolia winter blooming bergenia L 2 P Beschorneria albiflora trunking beschorneria M Based on specific plant selection P Beschorneria yuccoides Mexican lily L 13 P Bidens ferulifolia Apache beggarticks L 7 P Bulbine frutescens stalked bulbine L 7 P Carex morrowii cvs (Ice Dance etc) (SHADE) Morrow's sedge M 2 P Carex oshimensis cvs. (shade in CV) Japanese sedge L 7 P Centaurea cineraria dusty miller (cineraria) L 1 P S Crassula spp. crassula L 7 P Cyrtomium falcatum Japanese holly fern M 1 P Dianella revoluta cvs. flax lily L 7 P Diascia spp. twinspur M 3 P Dicliptera suberecta hummingbird plant L 2 P Dietes bicolor and cvs fortnight lily L 5 P Dietes iridioides and cvs. fortnight lily L 7 P N Dudleya spp. dudleya, live forever VL 3 P S Echeveria spp. hens and chickens L 0.35 P Echinacea spp. cone flower M 3 P Echinopsis spp. (Trichocereus spp.) torch cactus L 2 P Erigeron karvinskianus fleabane L 2 P Erigeron x moerheimii pink Santa Barbara daisy L 7 P N Eriogonum crocatum saffron buckwheat L 3 P N Eriogonum grande rubescens San Miguel Island buckwheat L 2 P S N Eriogonum spp. (CA native and non-native spp.) buckwheat L 13 P N Eriophyllum confertiflorum golden yarrow L 2 P Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve' Bowles Mauve wallflower L 28 P N Erysimum concinnum wallflower L Based on specific plant selection P N Eschscholzia californica (annual in the desert) California poppy VL 1 P Euphorbia amygdaloides wood spurge M 0.79 P Euphorbia 'Ascot Rainbow' Ascot Rainbow spurge M Based on specific plant selection P Euphorbia 'Breathless' cvs.