Plants For Redwood Forest

A closeup photo of Polypodium californicum, California Polypody, so you can see the detail of the fronds. - grid24_12
Polypodium californicum California Polypody

A creeping perennial fern that grows in moist rock crevices. Almost always associated with seeps in the coastal areas and in the middle Sierras. Usually in part-shade, sometimes in the fairly deep sha... Learn more.

Polystichum munitum Western Sword Fern - grid24_12
Polystichum munitum Western Sword Fern

A fern with 3' dark green fronds. A very refined, very tight clump that looks like a palm tree top cut off. We saw them growing on Cone Mountain above Big Sur at 4000' under Ponderosa Pines, Tan bark ... Learn more.

Prunus emarginata Bitter Cherry - grid24_12
Prunus emarginata Bitter Cherry

I've seen Prunus emarginata in only two spots now. One was around Grants Grove at @7800 ft in the Sierras, under Pines in seeps and draws on the north slopes and above Cambria in a seep at about 2000 ... Learn more.

Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir - grid24_12
Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir

A conifer that will get to 80'. It needs regular garden water. It likes afternoon shade in the hot interior, full sun at higher elevations or near coast. A large tree or large hedge. This tree has sup... Learn more.

Quercus wislizenii Interior Live Oak leaves can be entire or have some spines. This tree is native to the higher elevations of the coast ranges and much of the Sierras. - grid24_12
Quercus wislizenii Interior Live Oak

An evergreen tree that can reach 50' (Your grandkids might see it.), and as broad. It has glossy, dark-green leaves. Native to lower and middle elevations of the coast ranges, Sierra Nevada of Calif. ... Learn more.

Coffeeberries on coffeeberry - grid24_12
Rhamnus californica Coffeeberry

Coffeeberry is an evergreen shrub that grows fast to 6-8, sometimes as high as 10 ft.. Coffeeberry is native from the Oregon Coast ranges through most of California into Arizona and Baja. Coffeeberry... Learn more.

Rhamnus purshiana Chittam Bark - grid24_12
Rhamnus purshiana Chittam Bark

Cascara is a dark green bush or semi-deciduous tree that grows from northern California to British Columbia to Montana. This buckthorn grows under heavy chaparral or forest conditions, north slope. ... Learn more.

Ribes californicum Hillside Gooseberry - grid24_12
Ribes californicum Hillside Gooseberry

Ribes californicum, Hillside Gooseberry is a deciduous shrub with white-purple flowers in Feb.-Mar.. Hillside Gooseberry is native to the coast ranges. The Southern  California form is Ribes cali... Learn more.

Ribes divaricatum, Spreading Gooseberry, here produces delicate magenta (sepals) and white (petals) flowers, in small clusters along the stem.  - grid24_12
Ribes divaricatum Spreading Gooseberry

Deciduous shrub to 5'. The thorniest of the gooseberries. A stream side bush or moist coastal understory plant. Spreading Gooseberry can be used as a bramble in the shade for the wildlife or to make a... Learn more.

Ribes menziesii, Canyon Gooseberry, flowering in the forested area of Adelaide, central California.  - grid24_12
Ribes menziesii Canyon Gooseberry

Ribes menziesii, Canyon Gooseberry is a deciduous shrub to 6'. with small maroon-purple-white flowers. This species has many forms that are native to the coast ranges of Calif. and the Sierras into ... Learn more.

Rosa gymnocarpa Wood Rose - grid24_12
Rosa gymnocarpa Wood Rose

Wood Rose is a delicate sub-shrub that arches up to 3'. Normally 2'. A bristly slender shrub with fairly large fragrant pink flowers. This looks like a little formal perennial in cultivation. In the ... Learn more.

Rosa pinetorum Whiskey Rose - grid24_12
Rosa pinetorum Whiskey Rose

A beautiful rose that we've seen only twice in the wild, once in the town of Quincy on a north facing slope(can you say COLD) under interior live oak and bays, and once at the edge of a redwood forest... Learn more.

Rubus leucodermis Western Raspberry - grid24_12
Rubus leucodermis Western Raspberry

An arching dec. shrub-vine. Thorny with whitish stems, green leaves and red to black raspberry-like berries. I\'ve only seen western Raspberry in the redwoods/Douglas Fir around Willits. It was a bram... Learn more.

What a nice looking plant. nThimbleberry makes a mini-thicket where there is moisture and cool sun to part-shade. - grid24_12
Rubus parviflorus Thimbleberry

Thimbleberry is a woodsy berry that grows in forests where there is shade and moisture. Looks similar to the Ribes san. glut. and often grows near it. I've seen it in the Sierras at 5000-8000' and in... Learn more.

A closeup photo of Rubus spectabilis, Salmon Berry. the leaves of which can be used for tea.  - grid24_12
Rubus spectabilis Salmon Berry

A large thornless bramble with raspberries. Native from Northern California Coastal ranges up through Alaska. Learn more.

Rubus ursinus, Pacific blackberry in the wild - grid24_12
Rubus ursinus Pacific blackberry

Rubus ursinus, Pacific blackberry, is a  native blackberry that ranges from Baja to British Columbia and into Idaho. In southern California this blackberry doesn't always set fruit. It appears like ... Learn more.

 
Salix melanopsis Longleaf Willow

A 10' deciduous bush that is native from Cal.to Wyo. and Alberta. We have a customer that has it on Bear Mountain, 7500' in Kern Co.. Streamside in a 20" rainfall area. Companion plants were Ribes nev... Learn more.

Yerba Buena, Satureja douglasii is a beautiful green groundcover  in part shade with rocks. - grid24_12
Satureja douglasii Yerba Buena

Yerba Buena, satureja douglasii (syn. clinopodium douglasii) is a creeping flat perennial that can spread to 3' but is easily held to 1'. Yerba Buena is found in woods near the coast and coast range... Learn more.

Scrophularia californica,  California Figwort flowers - grid24_12
Scrophularia californica California Figwort

Scrophularia californica, California Figwort is a two to four foot perennial with three foot spikes of red flowers. It is native along the coast and southern Sierras, from L.A. to B.C.. It is not a... Learn more.

Sequoia sempervirens Coast Redwood - grid24_12
Sequoia sempervirens Coast Redwood

A conifer that grows very fast to 60' in twenty years. It has dark green leaves . Give regular water and plenty of room. It will grow in very dry areas if it gets lots of water along with good drainag... Learn more.

Sidalcea oregana (Oregon checkerbloom) flowers - grid24_12
Sidalcea oregana Checker

A 4\" high perennial with pink flowers, and green foliage. A rock garden plant that you\'ll find along the edges of meadows, north moist rocky slopes and seasonal seep/snow pockets in many western sta... Learn more.

Sisyrinchium bellum, Blue Eyed Grass is a frequent resident of open areas from the coast inland to where the housing starts getting reasonable. In some places Blue Eyed grass is native, with no extra water, on hillsides as far 50 miles inland. In moist spots this iris can be found in much of California, even bordering the desert. It used to be all over the parking lot at the  Topanga  RCD, Los Angeles. - grid24_12
Sisyrinchium bellum Blue-Eyed Grass

Blue-eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium bellum is a 1 foot tall perennial with 1 inch blue flowers in Jan.-June. It is widely distributed in California on open, grassy slopes, Redwood forests. Blue Eyed Grass ... Learn more.

Sisyrinchium elmerii is a very small yellow eyed grass. Little yellow eye. - grid24_12
Sisyrinchium elmeri Small Yellow Eyed Grass

A 1-3" perennial, light green leaves with 1/2" yellow flowers. Its only use is in a bonsai pot to mimic irises or other creek plants. It also might work well in a minature rock garden. Learn more.

Spiraea douglasii Western Spiraea - grid24_12
Spiraea douglasii Western Spiraea

Spiraea douglasii, is a fast-growing, 4-5' deciduous shrub. Its rose flowers grow in lovely clusters and emerge in June-September. This spiraea is native to moist places, usually in forests, below 60... Learn more.

California Hedgenettle
Stachys bullata - grid24_12
Stachys bullata Hedge Nettle

California Hedgenettle, Stachys bullata, is native to the coast ranges from San Francisco to Los Angeles. From April through August 1/2"pink flowers emerge on a 1-2' interrupted spike that make excell... Learn more.

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