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Native plants of Yuba County

100 plant species are recorded as native to California in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Yuba County by USDA PLANTS. 78 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Yuba County, California

Native species
100 Typical California county: 333 (median of 58 counties)
Garden-ready natives
78 Typical California county: 239
Share by type (all 100 native species)
Percent of the 100 native species in each growth type
Tree 33% (33)
Shrub 18% (18)
Wildflower (forb) 31% (31)
Grass or grass-like 17% (17)
Fern 1% (1)

Trees make up the largest share of the native list (33%), followed by wildflowers (31%).

Recorded native ranges can include long-established populations that spread from gardens; check your state’s native plant society list for local guidance. How native status is decided.

ZIP codes mainly in this county fall in USDA hardiness zones 9a to 9b (2023 map).

The native plant list

Cold hardiness is estimated from each plant’s PLANTS minimum temperature. How we estimate it.

Garden-ready natives 78

Native species with PLANTS growing records (height, light, moisture, minimum temperature). “—” means PLANTS has no value.

Garden-ready native plants of Yuba County, California
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
American pokeweed Phytolacca americana Wildflower (forb) 7.3 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
American speedwell Veronica americana Wildflower (forb) 10 in Shade-tolerant High Zone 3b
American water horehound Lycopus americanus Wildflower (forb) 1.8 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 3b
awlfruit sedge Carex stipata Grass or grass-like 3.5 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3b
basin wildrye Leymus cinereus Grass or grass-like 5 ft Sun High Zone 3a
beaked hazelnut Corylus cornuta Tree 15 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 2b
bigleaf maple Acer macrophyllum Tree 60 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 6a
bitter cherry Prunus emarginata Tree 80 ft Sun Medium Zone 5a
blue oak Quercus douglasii Tree 60 ft Sun Low Zone 8a
broadlipped twayblade Listera convallarioides Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 3b
bunchleaf penstemon Penstemon heterophyllus Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 9a
California black oak Quercus kelloggii Tree 85 ft Sun Medium Zone 7a
California buckeye Aesculus californica Tree 25 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 7b
California buckthorn Frangula californica Tree 5 ft Sun Medium Zone 8a
California flannelbush Fremontodendron californicum Tree 10 ft Sun Low Zone 9b
California foothill pine Pinus sabiniana Tree 80 ft Sun Low Zone 8b
California laurel Umbellularia californica Tree 80 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 6a
California melicgrass Melica californica Grass or grass-like 4 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 8a
California oatgrass Danthonia californica Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 9a
California sycamore Platanus racemosa Tree 75 ft Sun Medium Zone 8a
California yerba santa Eriodictyon californicum Shrub 8 ft Sun Low Zone 7a
canyon live oak Quercus chrysolepis Tree 90 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 8b
chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum Shrub 10 ft Sun Medium Zone 10b
chokecherry Prunus virginiana Tree 25 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
cluster rose Rosa pisocarpa Shrub 3 ft Sun — Zone 5a
common rush Juncus effusus Grass or grass-like 6.6 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
deerbrush Ceanothus integerrimus Shrub 13 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
doublehorn calicoflower Downingia bicornuta Wildflower (forb) 10 in Sun Medium Zone 12a
Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii Tree 200 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
dwarf rose Rosa gymnocarpa Shrub 3 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
fivespot Nemophila maculata Wildflower (forb) 6 in Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 12b
Fremont cottonwood Populus fremontii Tree 90 ft Sun High Zone 6a
gray alder Alnus incana Tree 25 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
hardstem bulrush Schoenoplectus acutus Grass or grass-like 9.8 ft Sun High Zone 3b
hollyleaved barberry Mahonia aquifolium Shrub 8 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 3a
incense cedar Calocedrus decurrens Tree 100 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 4b
Jeffrey pine Pinus jeffreyi Tree 180 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
Klamath plum Prunus subcordata Tree 25 ft Sun Low Zone 4b
knotgrass Paspalum distichum Grass or grass-like 11 in Sun High Zone 6a
Lemmon's needlegrass Achnatherum lemmonii Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Low Zone 4b
Lewis' mock orange Philadelphus lewisii Shrub 12 ft Sun Low Zone 8a
mountain blue penstemon Penstemon laetus Wildflower (forb) 2.5 ft Sun Medium Zone 8b
narrowleaf willow Salix exigua Tree 10 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
oceanspray Holodiscus discolor Shrub 12 ft Sun High Zone 8a
Oregon ash Fraxinus latifolia Tree 70 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 6b
Pacific bleeding heart Dicentra formosa Wildflower (forb) 1.5 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5a
Pacific dogwood Cornus nuttallii Tree 50 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4b
Pacific madrone Arbutus menziesii Tree 80 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 8b
Pacific ninebark Physocarpus capitatus Shrub 8 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
Pacific yew Taxus brevifolia Tree 40 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5b
panicled bulrush Scirpus microcarpus Grass or grass-like 5.5 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa Tree 223 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
red huckleberry Vaccinium parvifolium Shrub 12 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 6a
redosier dogwood Cornus sericea Tree 12 ft Sun High Zone 3b
rockloving erigeron Erigeron petrophilus Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 8a
Rocky Mountain maple Acer glabrum Tree 30 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 3a
Saskatoon serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia Tree 15 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 1a
seep monkeyflower Mimulus guttatus Wildflower (forb) 2.5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 3b
sicklekeel lupine Lupinus albicaulis Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 12a
Sierra gooseberry Ribes roezlii Shrub 5 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 4b
skunkbush sumac Rhus trilobata Shrub 4 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 2a
slender clarkia Clarkia gracilis Wildflower (forb) 2.5 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 12b
slender flatsedge Cyperus bipartitus Grass or grass-like 5 ft Sun Medium Zone 10b
sugar pine Pinus lambertiana Tree 229 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4b
sulphur-flower buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum Shrub 1 ft Sun Low Zone 8a
swordleaf rush Juncus ensifolius Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
tanoak Notholithocarpus densiflorus Tree 125 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 8a
tapertip rush Juncus acuminatus Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
thinleaf huckleberry Vaccinium membranaceum Shrub 4.5 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 3b
twinberry honeysuckle Lonicera involucrata Shrub 10 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 3a
valley oak Quercus lobata Tree 100 ft Sun Medium Zone 8a
western azalea Rhododendron occidentale Shrub 10 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 8b
western columbine Aquilegia formosa Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5a
western swordfern Polystichum munitum Fern 3.5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
white alder Alnus rhombifolia Tree 65 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
whitethorn ceanothus Ceanothus cordulatus Shrub 8 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
yellow flatsedge Cyperus flavescens Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 11b
yellow rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus Shrub 3 ft Sun Low Zone 5a

Other native species recorded here 22

PLANTS has no growing records for these, so light, moisture, height and zone filters cannot include them. Many are wild species seldom sold by nurseries.

  • arroyo willow Salix lasiolepis
  • blite goosefoot Chenopodium capitatum
  • Cuman ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya
  • ditch rabbitsfoot grass Polypogon interruptus
  • fringed willowherb Epilobium ciliatum
  • largeleaf sandwort Moehringia macrophylla
  • low spearwort Ranunculus pusillus
  • Menzies' fiddleneck Amsinckia menziesii
  • Mexican lovegrass Eragrostis mexicana
  • muskflower Mimulus moschatus
  • needleleaf navarretia Navarretia intertexta
  • oneflowered broomrape Orobanche uniflora
  • prairie threeawn Aristida oligantha
  • silverleaf nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium
  • slender phlox Microsteris gracilis
  • stream orchid Epipactis gigantea
  • summer coralroot Corallorhiza maculata
  • tall annual willowherb Epilobium brachycarpum
  • tufted lovegrass Eragrostis pectinacea
  • warty spurge Euphorbia spathulata
  • western rattlesnake plantain Goodyera oblongifolia
  • yellowseed false pimpernel Lindernia dubia

Compared with California

The typical county is the median of the 58 California counties with PLANTS county records; the statewide figure counts every species native anywhere in the state. More species is not better or worse: counties differ in size, habitat and how thoroughly they have been surveyed.

Native species counts, Yuba County and California
MeasureYuba CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 100 333 1,108
Garden-ready natives 78 239 720
Tree 33 — 111
Shrub 18 — 140
Wildflower (forb) 31 — 559
Grass or grass-like 17 — 253
Vine 0 — 16
Fern 1 — 29

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Source & data date

Source
USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
Citation
USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
Data date
Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
Zones
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2023) ZIP table: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed November 3, 2026. Plant zones on this site are our estimate, not the official map.
Scope
Yuba County (county FIPS 06115), California. 100 native species from PLANTS county distribution records; garden-ready = species with a PLANTS characteristics record.
Method
A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources

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