LAUSD Approved Native Plant List.xlsx

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1	Bontanical Name	Common Name	HABITAT: Confirmed and likely birds, butterflies, and insects that each tree supports	LAUSD Notes

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3	Alnus rhombifolia	White Alder	2 confirmed, 134 likely	High water use. See Bioswale list.
4	Calocedrus decurrens	Incense Cedar	5 likely
5	Celtis reticulata	Western or Net-Leaf Hackberry	8 likely	Small fruits feed native birds through winter. Can be limbed up for Tree form.
6	Cercis occidentalis	Western Redbud	11 likley	See Bioswale List
7	Chilopsis linearis hybrids	Desert Willow	1 confirmed, 1 likely	Burgundy Lace, Warren Jones, other cultivars. Does better away from the coast.
8	Chitalpa tashkenensis	Chitalpa
9	Fraxinus dipetala	Foothill Ash	35 likely
10	Garrya elliptica	Coast Silktassel	Unknown	Best away from the coast. Good screen.
11	Heteromeles arbutifolia	Toyon	4 confirmed, 4 unlikely
12	Juglans californica	Southern California Black Walnut	1 confirmed, 25 likely
13	Lyonothamnus floribundus	Catalina Ironwood	1 confirmed
14	Lyonothamnus floribundus asplenifolius	Santa Cruz Island Ironwood	1 unknown
15	Pinus edulis	Pinyon Pine	13 unlikely	Not for L.A. basin or at coast.
16	Pinus monophylla	Single Leaf Pinyon Pine	88 likely
17	Pinus torreyana	Torrey Pine	1 confirmed, 20 likely
18	Platanus racemosa	Western or California Sycamore	3 confirmed, 8 likely	Very high water use. See Bioswale list. Highly allergenic. Use sparingly.
19	Prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii	Catalina Cherry	76 likely	Native to the Channel Islands. Because it hybridizes freely with the mainland sub-species P. ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia, do not plant near open space or wild areas.
20	Quercus agrifolia	Coast Live Oak	41 confirmed, 122 likely
21	Quercus chrysolepis	Canyon Live Oak	14 confirmed, 165 likely
22	Quercus douglasii	Blue Oak	11 confirmed, 159 likely
23	Quercus durata	Leather Oak	2 confirmed, 166 likely
24	Quercus engelmannii	Engelmann Oak	1 confirmed, 111 likely
25	Quercus lobata	Valley Oak	17 confirmed, 151 likely
26	Quercus tomentellaIs	lsand Oak	1 confirmed, 30 likely
27	Quercus wislizenii	Interior live Oak	14 confirmed, 158 likely
28	Umbellularia californica	California Bay Laurel	1 confirmed, 3 likely
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30	Bioswale Natives
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32	Trees
33	Acer macrophyllum	Big Leaf Maple	2 confirmed, 85 likely
34	Alnus rhombifolia	White Alder	2 confirmed, 134 likely
35	Platanus racemosa	Western Sycamore	3 confirmed, 8 likely
36	Salix exigua	Sandbar Willow	10 confirmed, 215 likely
37	Salix gooddingii	Black Willow	177 likely
38	Salix laevigata	Red Willow	2 confirmed, 216 likely
39	Salix lasiolepis	Arroyo Willow	13 confirmed, 211 likely
40	Salix lucida	Spring Willow	4 confirmed, 220 likely
41	Sambucus mexicana	Blue Elderberry	23 likely	probably not seasonal flooding tolerant
42	Umbellaria californica	California Bay	1 confirmed, 3 likely
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44	Shrubs
45	Artemisia douglasiana	mugwort	3 confirmed, 28 likely	Spreads by rhizomes.
46	Baccharis douglasii	marsh baccharis	1 confirmed, 27 likely
47	Baccharis emoryi	Emory baccharis	18 likely	Tolerates sand.
48	Baccharis salicifolia	mule fat	2 confirmed, 27 likely
49	Pluchea sericea	Arrowweed	1 confirmed, 2 likely	Spreads by rhizomes.
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51	Perennials
52	Achillea millefolium	Common yarrow
53	Epipactis gigantea	Stream Orchid		Goes dormant in dry season.
54	Iris douglasiana	Douglas Iris
55	Mimulus cardinalis	Scarlet Monkeyflower
56	Potentilla egedii	Marsh Cinquefoil
57	Sisyrinchium bellum	Blue Eyed Grass
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59	Grasses and Grasslike Plants
60	Carex pansa*	California meadow Sedge
61	Carex praegracilis *	Field Sedge
62	Carex spissa *	San Diego Sedge
63	Carex subfusca	Rusty Sedge
64	Carex tumulicola	Berkeley Sedge
65	Juncus patens	California Grey Rush
66	Leymus condensatus 'Canyon Prince'	Canyon Prince Wild Rye
67	Leymus triticoides 'Gray Dawn'	Gray Dawn Wild Rye
68	Muhlenbergia capillaris	Gulf Muhly Grass
69	Muhlenbergia rigens	Deer Grass
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