Bird-Friendly Gardens

Any Full Sun Part Shade Full Shade Full Sun Only Part Shade Only Full Shade Only

Any Low Moderate Tall

Any Perennial Herbs Shrubs Trees Annual Herbs Grasses Vines Ferns Succulents

Common Name Scientific Name	Sun	Height	Type	Humboldt Native
Big Leaf Maple Acer macrophyllum		Tall 30 - 115 ft		✓
Box Elder Acer negundo		Tall 35 - 66 ft		✓
Red Alder Alnus rubra		Tall 50 - 98 ft		✓
Oregon Ash Fraxinus latifolia		Tall 35 - 82 ft		✓
Lodgepole Pine Pinus contorta		Tall 30 - 112 ft		✓
Black Cottonwood Populus trichocarpa		Tall 30 - 100 ft		✓
Choke Cherry Prunus virginiana		Tall 15 - 25 ft		✓
Garry's Oak Quercus garryana		Tall 20 - 90 ft		✓
Coastal Willow Salix hookeriana		Tall 26 - 33 ft		✓
Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium		Low 1 - 3 ft	P	✓
Western Columbine Aquilegia formosa		Low 2 - 3 ft	P	✓
Douglas' Sagewort Artemisia douglasiana		Tall ~ 8 ft	P	✓
Showy Milkweed Asclepias speciosa		Moderate 4 - 6 ft	P	✓
California Aster Corethrogyne filaginifolia		Low 1 - 3 ft	P	✓
Select Mattole Humboldt County Fuschsia Epilobium septentrionale 'select mattole'		Low ~ 1 ft	P
Santa Cruz Island Buckwheat Eriogonum arborescens		Tall 2 - 7 ft	P
Red-flowered Buckwheat Eriogonum grande rubescens		Low 1 - 2 ft	P
Coast Buckwheat Eriogonum latifolium		Low ~ 2 ft	P	✓
Sulphur Buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum		Tall < 7 ft	P	✓
Scarlet Monkeyflower Erythranthe cardinalis		Low 2 - 3 ft	P	✓
Seep Monkeyflower Erythranthe guttata		Moderate 2 - 5 ft	P	✓
Crevice Alumroot Heuchera micrantha		Low 1 - 3 ft	P	✓
Columbia Lily Lilium columbianum		Moderate 2 - 4 ft	P	✓
Humboldt's Lily Lilium humboldtii		Tall 6 - 8 ft	P
Kelley's Lily Lilium kelleyanum		Tall 4 - 7 ft	P	✓
Kellogg's Lily Lilium kelloggii		Tall 4 - 7 ft	P	✓
Shasta Lily Lilium pardalinum ssp. shastense		Low ~ 1 ft	P
Vollmer's Lily Lilium pardalinum ssp. vollmeri		Low ~ 1 ft	P	✓
Lemon Lily Lilium parryi		Tall 4 - 8 ft	P
Meadow Lupine Lupinus polyphyllus		Moderate 1 - 5 ft	P	✓
Coastal Monkeyflower Mimulus dentatus		Low 1 - 2 ft	P	✓
Musk Monkeyflower Mimulus moschatus		Low < 1 ft	P	✓
Coyote Mint Monardella villosa		Low ~ 2 ft	P	✓
Scabland Penstemon Penstemon deustus		Low ~ 1 ft	P	✓
Low Beardtongue Penstemon humuilis		Low ~ 1 ft	P	✓
Roezl's Penstemon Penstemon roezlii		Low 1 - 2 ft	P
California Bee Plant Scrophularia californica		Moderate 2 - 4 ft	P	✓
Maple Leaved Checkerbloom Sidalcea malachroides		Moderate 1 - 5 ft	P	✓
Checker Bloom Sidalcea malviflora		Low < 2 ft	P	✓
Spicate Checker Mallow Sidalcea oregana ssp. spicata		Moderate ~ 5 ft	P	✓
Ajuga Hedge Nettle Stachys ajugoides		Low < 1 ft	P	✓
Rough Hedgenettle Stachys rigida		Low 2 - 3 ft	P	✓
California Aster Symphyotrichum chilense		Low 1 - 3 ft	P	✓
Western Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia		Tall 15 - 35 ft		✓
Sunset Manzanita Arctostaphylos 'sunset'		Moderate 2 - 6 ft		✓
Kinnikinnick Arctostaphylos uva-ursi		Low ~ 2 ft		✓
Coyote Brush Baccharis pilularis		Tall 2 - 10 ft		✓
Oregon Grape Berberis aquifolium		Tall 4 - 7 ft		✓
Oregon Grape Berberis nervosa		Tall 1 - 7 ft		✓
California Lilac Ceanothus thyrsiflorus		Tall 2 - 30 ft		✓
Creek Dogwood Cornus sericea		Tall 4 - 13 ft		✓
Bush Monkeyflower Diplacus aurantiacus		Moderate 4 - 5 ft		✓
Red Bush Monkey Flower Diplacus (mimulus) puniceus		Low 1 - 2 ft
Coffeeberry Frangula californica		Tall 6 - 15 ft		✓
Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia		Tall 6 - 30 ft		✓
Climbing Penstemon Keckiella cordifolia		Tall 3 - 7 ft		✓
Twinberry Lonicera involucrata		Tall 2 - 16 ft		✓
Silver Lupine Lupinus albifrons		Moderate 3 - 5 ft		✓
Island Tree Mallow Malva assurgentiflora		Tall 3 - 13 ft
Sticky Monkeyflower Mimulus aurantiacus var. pubescens		Low < 3 ft
Red Bush Monkeyflower Mimulus aurantiacus var. puniceus		Low 1 - 2 ft
Western Chokecherry Prunus virginiana var. demissa		Tall ~ 20 ft		✓
Golden Currant Ribes aureum var. gracillimum		Moderate 3 - 6 ft
Stink Currant Ribes bracteosum		Tall 3 - 13 ft		✓
Spreading Gooseberry Ribes divaricatum		Tall 6 - 11 ft		✓
Red Flowering Currant Ribes sanguineum		Tall 7 - 13 ft		✓
California Wildrose Rosa californica		Tall 8 - 10 ft		✓
Nootka Rose Rosa nutkana		Tall 6 - 10 ft		✓
Western Raspberry Rubus leucodermis		Tall 1 - 7 ft		✓
Western Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus		Tall 4 - 8 ft		✓
Salmon Berry Rubus spectabilis		Tall 3 - 13 ft		✓
White Sage Salvia apiana		Moderate 3 - 5 ft
Cleveland Sage Salvia clevelandii		Moderate 3 - 5 ft
Purple Sage Salvia leucophylla		Moderate 2 - 5 ft
Black Sage Salvia mellifera		Moderate 3 - 6 ft
Black Elderberry Sambucus nigra		Tall 13 - 30 ft		✓
Snow Berry Symphoricarpos albus		Moderate 3 - 6 ft		✓
San Luis Obispo Dudleya Dudleya abramsii ssp. murina		Low < 1 ft
Bluff Lettuce Dudleya farinosa		Low < 1 ft		✓
Chalk Dudleya Dudleya pulverulenta		Low < 1 ft
California Poppy Eschscholzia californica		Low < 2 ft	A	✓
Sky Lupine Lupinus nanus		Low < 2 ft	A	✓
Henderson's Aster Symphyotrichum hendersonii		Moderate 2 - 5 ft	A	✓
Douglas Aster Symphyotrichum subspicatum		Low 2 - 3 ft	A	✓
Hairy Honeysuckle Lonicera hispidula		Moderate ~ 4 ft		✓