Sonoma County
Santa Rosa sits in the Napa-Sonoma-Russian River Valleys ecoregion. Below is a real report for a public address here: 198 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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Napa-Sonoma-Russian River Valleys
EPA Level IV ecoregion · 6l
One or two from each plant type, each with its wildlife value from 1 to 100. Every plant is native to Sonoma 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.
KeystoneLupinus formosus
Summer Lupine is a caterpillar food plant of the Mission blue, an at-risk butterfly.
Summer Lupine is a caterpillar food plant of the Mission blue, an at-risk butterfly.
KeystoneCeanothus gloriosus
Point Reyes Ceanothus is an evergreen ground cover whose leaves feed the caterpillars of 141 native moths and butterflies in California.
Point Reyes Ceanothus is an evergreen ground cover whose leaves feed the caterpillars of 141 native moths and butterflies in California.
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