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Audubon experts recommend 37 native plants for Santa Cruz, CA, 95003.

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Cascade Oregon-Grape

EVERGREEN / SHRUBS / VINES

Cascade Oregon-Grape

Mahonia nervosa

Woodpeckers
Orioles
Crows & Jays
+3

May attract

Woodpeckers
Orioles
Crows & Jays
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Waxwings

Provides

Fruit

 
Chaparral Bush-Mallow

SHRUBS

Chaparral Bush-Mallow

Malacothamnus fasciculatus

Sparrows
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Orioles
+3

May attract

Sparrows
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Orioles
Wood Warblers
Waxwings
 
Christmashorns

ANNUALS/PER.

Christmashorns

Delphinium nudicaule

Hummingbirds

May attract

Hummingbirds

Provides

Nectar

 
Cobwebby Thistle

ANNUALS/PER.

Cobwebby Thistle

Cirsium occidentale

Hummingbirds
Wood Warblers
Sparrows
+12

May attract

Hummingbirds
Wood Warblers
Sparrows
Thrushes
Wrens

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Nectar

Seeds

 
Common Yarrow

ANNUALS/PER.

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Crows & Jays
Vireos
Waxwings
+8

May attract

Crows & Jays
Vireos
Waxwings
Finches
Orioles

Provides

Fruit

Nuts

 
Coyote Mountainbalm

ANNUALS/PER.

Coyote Mountainbalm

Monardella villosa

Orioles
Vireos
Waxwings
+4

May attract

Orioles
Vireos
Waxwings
Wood Warblers
Sparrows

Provides

Nectar

 
Coyotebrush

SHRUBS / VINES

Coyotebrush

Baccharis pilularis

Vireos
Chickadees & Titmice
Finches
+8

May attract

Vireos
Chickadees & Titmice
Finches
Crows & Jays
Wood Warblers

Provides

Fruit

Nuts

 
Creambush

SHRUBS

Creambush

Holodiscus discolor

Crows & Jays
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Chickadees & Titmice
+3

May attract

Crows & Jays
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Chickadees & Titmice
Woodpeckers
Finches

Provides

Fruit

Nuts

 
Creeping Snowberry

SHRUBS / VINES

Creeping Snowberry

Symphoricarpos mollis

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Chickadees & Titmice
+10

May attract

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Chickadees & Titmice
Wrens
Thrushes

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Eastern Mojave Wild Buckwheat

SHRUBS

Eastern Mojave Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum

Sparrows
Vireos
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
+3

May attract

Sparrows
Vireos
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Wood Warblers
Orioles
 
Eastwood's Manzanita

EVERGREEN / SHRUBS

Eastwood's Manzanita

Arctostaphylos glandulosa

Woodpeckers
Orioles
Crows & Jays
+10

May attract

Woodpeckers
Orioles
Crows & Jays
Wrens
Mockingbirds & Thrashers

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Evergreen Blueberry

EVERGREEN / SHRUBS

Evergreen Blueberry

Vaccinium ovatum

Vireos
Orioles
Woodpeckers
+10

May attract

Vireos
Orioles
Woodpeckers
Wrens
Wood Warblers

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

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