Butterfly-Friendly Gardens - Humboldt Native Plants

Invite these beautiful pollinators into your yard with food sources and host plants. Plant data from Calscape

Common Name Scientific Name	Height	Type	Humboldt Native
Vine Maple Acer circinatum	Tall 15 - 30 ft		✓
Big Leaf Maple Acer macrophyllum	Tall 30 - 115 ft		✓
Box Elder Acer negundo	Tall 35 - 66 ft		✓
California Buckeye Aesculus californica	Tall 13 - 39 ft		✓
Red Alder Alnus rubra	Tall 50 - 98 ft		✓
Oregon Ash Fraxinus latifolia	Tall 35 - 82 ft		✓
Tanoak Notholithocarpus densiflorus	Tall 49 - 131 ft		✓
Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis	Tall 40 - 230 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		✓
Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii	Tall 40 - 246 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	✓
Coast Onion Allium dichlamydeum	Low ~ 1 ft	P
Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea	Moderate 3 - 4 ft	P	✓
Coast Angelica Angelica hendersonii	Tall 3 - 7 ft	P	✓
Sea-watch Angelica lucida	Moderate ~ 5 ft	P	✓
Western Columbine Aquilegia formosa	Low 2 - 3 ft	P	✓
Elk's Clover Aralia californica	Tall 7 - 10 ft	P	✓
Sea Thrift Armeria maritima	Low ~ 1 ft	P	✓
Douglas' Sagewort Artemisia douglasiana	Tall ~ 8 ft	P	✓
Narrow Leaf Milkweed Asclepias fascicularis	Low 2 - 3 ft	P	✓
Showy Milkweed Asclepias speciosa	Moderate 4 - 6 ft	P	✓
White Globe Lily Calochortus albus	Low 1 - 3 ft	P
Tolmie's Star Tulip Calochortus tolmiei	Low ~ 1 ft	P	✓
Beach evening-primrose Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia	Low ~ 1 ft	P	✓
Soap Plant Chlorogalum pomeridianum	Low ~ 3 ft	P
Cobweb Thistle Cirsium occidentale	Tall 2 - 10 ft	P
Indian Lettuce Claytonia sibirica	Low ~ 2 ft	P	✓
Yerba Buena Clinopodium douglasii	Low < 1 ft	P	✓
California Aster Corethrogyne filaginifolia	Low 1 - 3 ft	P	✓
Western Houndstongue Cynoglossum grande	Low 1 - 3 ft	P	✓
Bleeding Heart Dicentra formosa	Low 1 - 2 ft	P	✓
Firecracker Brodiaea Dichelostemma ida-maia	Low ~ 2 ft	P	✓
Sticky Cinquefoil Drymocallis glandulosa	Low ~ 2 ft	P	✓
Select Mattole Humboldt County Fuschsia Epilobium septentrionale 'select mattole'	Low ~ 1 ft	P
Seaside Daisy Erigeron glaucus	Low < 1 ft	P	✓
Santa Cruz Island Buckwheat Eriogonum arborescens	Tall 2 - 7 ft	P
Arrowleaf Buckwheat Eriogonum compositum	Low ~ 2 ft	P	✓
Tall Buckwheat Eriogonum elatum	Moderate 2 - 5 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	✓
Common Woolly Sunflower Eriophyllum lanatum	Low 1 - 3 ft	P	✓
Scarlet Monkeyflower Erythranthe cardinalis	Low 2 - 3 ft	P	✓
Seep Monkeyflower Erythranthe guttata	Moderate 2 - 5 ft	P	✓
Beach Strawberry Fragaria chiloensis	Low < 1 ft	P	✓
Woodland Strawberry Fragaria vesca	Low < 1 ft	P	✓
Oregon Geranium Geranium oreganum	Low 1 - 3 ft	P	✓
Large Leaved Avens Geum macrophyllum	Low 1 - 2 ft	P	✓
Oregon Gumweed Grindelia stricta	Moderate 3 - 5 ft	P	✓
grindelia stricta Grindelia stricta v. platyphylla	Low 1 - 2 ft	P	✓
Bigelow's Sneezeweed Helenium bigelovii	Moderate ~ 4 ft	P	✓
Crevice Alumroot Heuchera micrantha	Low 1 - 3 ft	P	✓
Seaside Bird's Foot Trefoil Hosackia gracilis	Low < 2 ft	P	✓
Douglas Iris Iris douglasiana	Low 1 - 3 ft	P	✓
Central Coast Iris Iris longipetala	Low ~ 2 ft	P	✓
Ground Iris Iris macrosiphon	Low 1 - 2 ft	P	✓
Western Blue Flag Iris missouriensis	Low 1 - 2 ft	P
Toughleaf Iris Iris tenax	Low 1 - 2 ft	P
Longtube Iris Iris tenuissima	Low ~ 1 ft	P	✓
Common Rush Juncus patens	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
Prairie Flax Linum lewisii	Low 2 - 3 ft	P	✓
Meadow Lupine Lupinus polyphyllus	Moderate 1 - 5 ft	P	✓
Riverbank Lupine Lupinus rivularis	Moderate 1 - 5 ft	P	✓
False Lily Of The Valley Maianthemum dilatatum	Low ~ 1 ft	P	✓
Coastal Monkeyflower Mimulus dentatus	Low 1 - 2 ft	P	✓
Musk Monkeyflower Mimulus moschatus	Low < 1 ft	P	✓
Mountain Coyote Mint Monardella odoratissima	Low ~ 1 ft	P
Coyote Mint Monardella villosa	Low ~ 2 ft	P	✓
Sorrel Oxalis oregana	Low < 1 ft	P	✓
Siskiyou Beardtongue Penstemon anguineus	Low 1 - 3 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
Rydberg's Penstemon Penstemon rydbergii	Low 1 - 3 ft	P	✓
Kellogg's Yampah Perideridia kelloggii	Moderate ~ 5 ft	P	✓
Arctic Sweet Coltsfoot Petasites frigidus	Low < 2 ft	P	✓
Varileaf Phacelia Phacelia heterophylla	Moderate ~ 4 ft	P	✓
Tall Coastal Plantain Plantago subnuda	Low ~ 2 ft	P	✓
Beach Knotweed Polygonum paronychia	Low < 3 ft	P	✓
Pacific Silverweed Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica	Low ~ 1 ft	P	✓
Mosquito Bills Primula hendersonii	Low ~ 1 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	✓
Meadow Goldenrod Solidago elongata	Moderate 1 - 5 ft	P	✓
Coast Goldenrod Solidago spathulata	Low < 2 ft	P	✓
Desert Globemallow Sphaeralcea ambigua	Moderate 3 - 5 ft	P
Mountain Apricot Mallow Sphaeralcea ambigua v. ambigua	Low 2 - 3 ft	P
Apricot Mallow Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa	Low 2 - 3 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	✓
Leafy Aster Symphyotrichum foliaceum	Low ~ 2 ft	P	✓
Foothill Meadow Rue Thalictrum fendleri	Moderate 3 - 6 ft	P	✓
Giant Vetch Vicia gigantea	Tall 3 - 7 ft	P	✓
Dog violet Viola adunca	Low ~ 1 ft	P	✓
Evergreen Violet Viola sempervirens	Low ~ 1 ft	P	✓
Narrow Leaf Mule Ears Wyethia angustifolia	Low ~ 3 ft	P	✓
Western Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia	Tall 15 - 35 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		✓
Spice Bush Calycanthus occidentalis	Tall 3 - 13 ft
California Lilac Ceanothus thyrsiflorus	Tall 2 - 30 ft		✓
Creek Dogwood Cornus sericea	Tall 4 - 13 ft		✓
Black Hawthorn Crataegus douglasii	Tall ~ 15 ft		✓
Bush Monkeyflower Diplacus aurantiacus	Moderate 4 - 5 ft		✓
Red Bush Monkey Flower Diplacus (mimulus) puniceus	Low 1 - 2 ft
Seaside Woolly Sunflower Eriophyllum staechadifolium	Moderate 2 - 5 ft		✓
Coffeeberry Frangula californica	Tall 6 - 15 ft		✓
Salal Gaultheria shallon	Tall 1 - 7 ft		✓
Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia	Tall 6 - 30 ft		✓
Cream Bush Holodiscus discolor	Tall 3 - 16 ft		✓
Climbing Penstemon Keckiella cordifolia	Tall 3 - 7 ft		✓
Twinberry Lonicera involucrata	Tall 2 - 16 ft		✓
Silver Lupine Lupinus albifrons	Moderate 3 - 5 ft		✓
Crab Apple Malus fusca	Tall 15 - 40 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
California Wax Myrtle Morella californica	Tall 6 - 33 ft		✓
Oso Berry Oemleria cerasiformis	Tall 5 - 20 ft		✓
Mock Orange Philadelphus lewisii	Tall 5 - 12 ft		✓
Pacific Ninebark Physocarpus capitatus	Tall 3 - 8 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		✓
Douglas's Spirea Spiraea douglasii	Tall 5 - 7 ft		✓
Snow Berry Symphoricarpos albus	Moderate 3 - 6 ft		✓
Huckleberry Vaccinium ovatum	Tall 2 - 8 ft		✓
Menzies' Fiddleneck Amsinckia menziesii	Moderate 1 - 4 ft	A	✓
Farewell to Spring Clarkia amoena	Low 2 - 3 ft	A	✓
Punch Bowl Godetia Clarkia bottae	Low ~ 3 ft	A	✓
Red Ribbons Clarkia concinna	Low ~ 1 ft	A	✓
Purple Clarkia Clarkia purpurea	Low ~ 3 ft	A	✓
Diamond Clarkia Clarkia rhomboidea	Low ~ 3 ft	A	✓
Miner's Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata	Low ~ 1 ft	A	✓
Chinese Houses Collinsia heterophylla	Low < 2 ft	A	✓
California Poppy Eschscholzia californica	Low < 2 ft	A	✓
Blue Field Gilia Gilia capitata	Low < 3 ft	A	✓
Tricolor Gilia Gilia tricolor	Low < 1 ft	A	✓
California Goldfields Lasthenia californica	Low ~ 1 ft	A	✓
Common Tidy Tips Layia platyglossa	Low 1 - 2 ft	A
Sky Lupine Lupinus nanus	Low < 2 ft	A	✓
Spring Madia Madia elegans	Low ~ 1 ft	A	✓
Five-Spot Nemophila maculata	Low ~ 1 ft	A
Baby Blue Eyes Nemophila menziesii	Low ~ 1 ft	A	✓
Indian Tobacco Nicotiana quadrivalvis	Tall 4 - 7 ft	A
Bolander's Phacelia Phacelia bolanderi	Low < 3 ft	A	✓
Coast Phacelia Phacelia californica	Low 1 - 2 ft	A	✓
Lacy Phacelia Phacelia tanacetifolia	Moderate 2 - 4 ft	A
Cream Cups Platystemon californicus	Low ~ 1 ft	A	✓
Cardinal Catchfly Silene californica	Low ~ 2 ft	A	✓
Henderson's Aster Symphyotrichum hendersonii	Moderate 2 - 5 ft	A	✓
Douglas Aster Symphyotrichum subspicatum	Low 2 - 3 ft	A	✓
California Vanilla Grass Anthoxanthum occidentale	Low ~ 3 ft		✓
Pacific Reedgrass Calamagrostis nutkaensis	Low ~ 3 ft		✓
Tufted Hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa	Low ~ 3 ft		✓
California Fescue Festuca californica	Moderate 1 - 4 ft		✓
Idahoe Fescue Festuca idahoensis	Low 1 - 3 ft		✓
Red Fescue Festuca rubra	Low 1 - 3 ft		✓
California Melicgrass Melica californica	Moderate 1 - 4 ft		✓
Deergrass Muhlenbergia rigens	Moderate 4 - 5 ft
Purple Needle Grass Stipa pulchra	Low ~ 3 ft		✓
California Pipevine Aristolochia californica	Tall 1 - 20 ft		✓
Morning Glory Calystegia purpurata	Low ~ 2 ft		✓
Virgin’s Bower Clematis ligusticifolia	Tall 1 - 30 ft		✓
Hairy Honeysuckle Lonicera hispidula	Moderate ~ 4 ft		✓
Wild Cucumber Marah oregana	Tall 13 - 24 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
Rose Flowered Stonecrop Sedum laxum	Low < 1 ft		✓
Broad-leaved Stonecrop Sedum spathulifolium	Low < 1 ft		✓