This list shows 91 groundcover plants that are native to your location, and are carried in nurseries. Plants are ordered by their popularity in gardening applications.
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1. Woodland Strawberry
Fragaria vesca
2. California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
3. Crevice Alumroot
Heuchera micrantha
4. Seaside Fleabane
Erigeron glaucus
5. Feathery False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum racemosum
6. California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum
7. Idaho Fescue
Festuca idahoensis
8. Evergreen Huckleberry
Vaccinium ovatum
9. Western Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
10. Coyote Mint
Monardella villosa
11. California Fescue
Festuca californica
12. California Hummingbird Sage
Salvia spathacea
13. Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
14. Hooker’s Manzanita
Arctostaphylos hookeri
15. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
16. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
17. Sea Thrift
Armeria maritima
18. Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
19. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
20. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
21. Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
22. Bigflower Tellima
Tellima grandiflora
23. Beach Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
24. Common Woolly Sunflower
Eriophyllum lanatum
25. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
26. California Wildrose
Rosa californica
27. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
28. Redwood Sorrel
Oxalis oregana
29. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
30. Sand Dune Sedge
Carex pansa
31. Baldhip Rose
Rosa gymnocarpa
32. Creeping Snowberry
Symphoricarpos mollis
33. Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
34. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
35. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
36. Douglas’ Meadowfoam
Limnanthes douglasii
37. Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
38. California Polypody
Polypodium californicum
39. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
40. Western Fescue
Festuca occidentalis
41. Carmel Ceanothus
Ceanothus griseus
42. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
43. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
44. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
45. Checkerbloom
Sidalcea malviflora
46. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
47. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
48. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
49. Yerba Buena
Micromeria douglasii
50. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
51. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
52. Monterey Ceanothus
Ceanothus rigidus
53. Seacliff Buckwheat
Eriogonum parvifolium
54. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
55. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
56. Broadleaf Lupine
Lupinus latifolius
57. Sandmat Manzanita
Arctostaphylos pumila
58. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
59. Oneleaf Onion
Allium unifolium
60. Chick Lupine
Lupinus microcarpus
61. Wartleaf Ceanothus
Ceanothus papillosus
62. Eastwood’s Manzanita
Arctostaphylos glandulosa
63. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
64. California Seapink
Armeria maritima subsp. californica
65. Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja exserta
66. Feathery False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum racemosum subsp. amplexicaule
67. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
68. Fiberoptic Grass
Isolepis cernua
69. Splitawn Sedge
Carex tumulicola
70. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
71. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
72. Powdery Liveforever
Dudleya farinosa
73. Canyon Liveforever
Dudleya cymosa
74. Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
75. Seashore Bentgrass
Agrostis pallens
76. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
77. Sea Lettuce
Dudleya caespitosa
78. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
79. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
80. Woolly Yerba Santa
Eriodictyon tomentosum
81. Indian Lettuce
Claytonia parviflora
82. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis subsp. consanguinea
83. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
84. Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
85. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
86. Thimbleberry
Rubus nutkanus
87. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
88. Rancheria Clover
Trifolium albopurpureum
89. Coastal Sand Verbena
Abronia latifolia
90. Whitetip Clover
Trifolium variegatum
91. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
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