Alameda County
Oakland sits in the Bay Terraces/Lower Santa Clara Valley ecoregion. Below is a real report for a public address here: 196 native plants belong at this spot, matched to its soil, elevation, rainfall and county native ranges. Your own yard will differ: two homes a mile apart can sit on completely different ground.
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Bay Terraces/Lower Santa Clara Valley
EPA Level IV ecoregion · 6t
One or two from each plant type, each with its wildlife value from 1 to 100. Every plant is native to Alameda County, sold by California native‑plant nurseries, and screened against the Cal‑IPC invasive list.
KeystoneArbutus menziesii
Pacific Madrone is an evergreen tree whose leaves feed the caterpillars of 50 native moths and butterflies, which in turn feed nesting birds.
Pacific Madrone is an evergreen tree whose leaves feed the caterpillars of 50 native moths and butterflies, which in turn feed nesting birds.
Symphoricarpos albus
Common Snowberry is a shrub whose leaves feed the caterpillars of 52 native moths and butterflies.
Common Snowberry is a shrub whose leaves feed the caterpillars of 52 native moths and butterflies.
KeystoneAcmispon glaber
Deerweed is a caterpillar food plant of the Palos Verdes blue, an at-risk butterfly.
Deerweed is a caterpillar food plant of the Palos Verdes blue, an at-risk butterfly.
Eriogonum nudum
Naked Buckwheat feeds the caterpillars of 69 species of native moths and butterflies, which eat its leaves.
Naked Buckwheat feeds the caterpillars of 69 species of native moths and butterflies, which eat its leaves.
Achillea millefolium
Yarrow is an evergreen perennial whose seeds feed birds and stay on the plant into winter.
Yarrow is an evergreen perennial whose seeds feed birds and stay on the plant into winter.
Festuca rubra
Red Fescue is an evergreen grass whose seeds feed birds.
Red Fescue is an evergreen grass whose seeds feed birds.
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