San Diego County
San Diego sits in the Diegan Coastal Hills and Valleys ecoregion. Below is a real report for a public address here: 180 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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Diegan Coastal Hills and Valleys
EPA Level IV ecoregion · 85f
One or two from each plant type, each with its wildlife value from 1 to 100. Every plant is native to San Diego County, sold by California native‑plant nurseries, and screened against the Cal‑IPC invasive list.
KeystoneAcer negundo
Box Elder feeds the caterpillars of 118 native moths and butterflies in California, which eat its leaves.
Box Elder feeds the caterpillars of 118 native moths and butterflies in California, which eat its leaves.
Eriogonum parvifolium
Seacliff Buckwheat is a caterpillar food plant of the at-risk El Segundo blue and Smith's blue butterflies.
Seacliff Buckwheat is a caterpillar food plant of the at-risk El Segundo blue and Smith's blue butterflies.
KeystoneArctostaphylos glandulosa
Eastwood's Manzanita feeds the caterpillars of 87 species of native moths and butterflies, and those caterpillars feed nesting birds.
Eastwood's Manzanita feeds the caterpillars of 87 species of native moths and butterflies, and those caterpillars feed nesting birds.
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.
KeystoneSolidago velutina
Three-nerve Goldenrod feeds the caterpillars of 56 native moths and butterflies, and those caterpillars feed nesting birds.
Three-nerve Goldenrod feeds the caterpillars of 56 native moths and butterflies, and those caterpillars feed nesting birds.
Elymus condensatus
Giant Wild Rye is an evergreen grass whose seeds birds eat.
Giant Wild Rye is an evergreen grass whose seeds birds eat.
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