The Native Plant Garden, designed and planted by siblings Lynne and Paul Abels, demonstrates not only the beauty and versatility of native plants, but shows three zones of habitat–woodland, prairie, and dunes. Below is a list of what is planted so far. Look for labels and more detailed information, in production, soon.
Common Name | Scientific Name | Wiyot Name |
Beach Strawberry | Fragaria chiloensis | Lashuhlwat |
Bearberry or Kinnikinnick | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Ghusuwulhwat |
Bee Plant or Figwort | Scrophularia californica | |
Bleeding Heart | Dicentra formosa | |
Blue-eyed Grass | Sisyrinchium bellum | |
Bog Lupine | Lupinus polyphyllus | |
Bolander’s Phacelia | Phacelia bolanderi | |
California Fuschia or Margarita Fuchsia | Epilobium canum | Butseburougulh (earring) |
California Hairgrass | Deschampsia cespitosa ss. holciformis | |
California Purple Needle Grass | Stipa pulchra | |
Ceanothus | Ceanothus sp. | |
Checkerbloom or Checker Mallow | Sidalcea malviflora | |
Chinese Houses | Collinsia heterophylla | |
Coast Boykinia | Boykinia occidentalis | |
Coast Goldenrod or Dune Goldenrod | Solidago spathulata | |
Coast Phacelia | Phacelia californica | |
Coffeeberry | Frangula californica | |
Common Woolly Sunflower | Eriophyllum lanatum | |
Coyote Bush | Baccharis pilularis | |
Deer Fern | Blechnum spicant | |
Deer Grass | Muhlenbergia rigens | |
Douglas Iris | Iris douglasiana | |
Evergreen Huckleberry | Vaccinium ovatum | Vou’gulhat |
False Lily-of-the-valley | Maianthemum dilatatum | |
Farewell-to-spring | Clarkia amoena | |
Five-fingered Fern | Adiantum aleuticum | siswaqi’ |
Globe Gilia | Gilia capitata | |
Gum Plant | Grindelia stricta | |
Idaho Fescue | Festuca idahoensis | |
Ithuriel’s Spear | Triteleia laxa | |
Large Fairybells | Prosartes smithii | |
Leopard Lily | Lilium pardalinum | |
Maritime California Poppy | Escholzia californica ssp. maritimus | |
Ninebark | Physocarpus capitatus | |
Pacific Silverweed | Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica | |
Pacific Stonecrop | Sedum spathulifolium | |
Pig-a-back Plant | Tolmiea menziesii | |
Pink Flowering Currant | Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum | Huwutshi |
Powdery Liveforever or Bluff Lettuce | Dudleya farinosa | |
Purple Clarkia | Clarkia purpurea ssp. purpurea | |
Red Columbine | Aquilegia formosa | |
Red Twig Dogwood | Cornus sericea | |
Seapink or Thrift | Armeria maritima ssp. californica | |
Seaside Buckwheat | Eriogonum latifolium | |
Seaside Daisy | Erigeron glaucus | |
Seaside Wooly Sunflower | Eriophyllum staechadifolium | |
Seep Monkeyflower | Erythranthe guttatus | |
Shaggy Alum Root or Crevice Alum Root | Heuchera micrantha | |
Shore Pine | Pinus contorta ssp. contorta | Wulaguluplhik |
Short Oregon Grape | Berberis nervosa | |
Showy Milkweed | Asclepias speciosa | |
Silk Tassel | Garrya elliptica | |
Snowberry | Symphoricarpos alba | |
Spikenard or Elk Clover | Aralia californica | |
Sticky Monkey Flower | Diplacus aurantiacus | |
Stream Orchid | Epipactis gigantea | |
Tall Oregon grape | Berberis aquifolium | |
Tufted hairgrass | Deschampsia cespitosa | |
West Coast Goldenrod | Solidago elongata | |
Western Azalea | Rhododendron occidentale | |
Western Trillium | Trillium ovatum | |
Wild Ginger | Asarum caudatum | |
Yerba Buena | Clinopodium douglasii |