Santa Clara County
Native plants for San Jose
San Jose sits in the Bay Terraces/Lower Santa Clara Valley ecoregion. Below is a real report for a public address here — 176 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.
This address
Bay Terraces/Lower Santa Clara Valley
EPA Level IV ecoregion · 6t
- Elevation
- 139 ft
- USDA Hardiness
- Zone 9b
- Annual rainfall
- 15.7 in
- Mean temperature
- 60°F
- Soil
- Urban land (developed / fill soil)
- Drains to
- San Francisco Bay → Pacific Ocean
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