Eastern Marin County Creekside Native Plant List

Appropriate for sunny conditions

Appropriate for partial sun/shade conditions

Appropriate for shade conditions

Plant Low on Bank (in or near water)

Plant in the Middle of the Bank

Plant High on Bank (away from water)

Ground

California Polypody (Polypidium californicum: 0-2’)

Miner’s Lettuce (Montia perfoliata: 0-1')

Covers

Miner’s Lettuce (Montia perfoliata: 0-1')

Piggy-back Plant (Tolmiea menziesii: 1-2’)

Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana: 1-2')

Wild Ginger (Asarum caudatum: 0-2’)

Woodland Strawberry (Fragaria vesca: 0-18")

Perennials

Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatus: 0-3’)

Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa: 1/2-2’)

Alum Root (Heucher micrantha: 3-6')

Scarlet Monkey Flower (Mimulus cardinalis: 1-3’)

Deerweed (Lotus scoparius: 1-2’)

Douglas’s Iris (Iris douglasiana: 3-6')

Douglas’s Iris (Iris douglasiana: 1-3')

False Solomons’s-Seal (Smilacina stellata: 1-3’)

Hedge-Nettle (Stachys chamissonis: 2-3’)

Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa: 2-3’)

Redwood Violet (Viola sempervirens: 1-2')

Wake Robin (Trillium ovatum: _-2’)

Ferns &

Chain Fern (Woodwardia fimbriata: 3-6’)

California Blackberry (Rubus ursinus: 6-20’)

Honeysuckle (Lonicera hispidula: 6-18’)