Common Name |
Scientific Name |
LB/AC |
PLS/SQFT |
% PLS |
Seed/LB |
Lifeform |
Duration |
Legume |
Pollinator Value |
Benefits to Pollinators |
Pollinators |
Flowering Month |
Height (Ft.) |
Commercially Available |
California Brome | Bromus carinatus | 25 | 41 | 91.66 | 78375 | 10_TrueGrass | Perennial<3Yr | Yes | None Known | | Wind | Feb-Mar | 1-5 | Yes |
Western Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | 1 | 47 | 76.61 | 2700000 | 08_Forb | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | Very High | Adult Food; Larval Food; Nesting and Structure (Bees) | Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Nesting and Structure (Bees); Larval Host (Moth) | Apr-Aug | 1-3 | Yes |
California Buckwheat | Eriogonum fasciculatum | 25 | 17 | 6.5 | 450000 | 02_Shrub | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | Very High | Adult Food; Larval Food | Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth) | Apr-Sep | 2-6.5 | Yes |
Golden Yarrow | Eriophyllum confertiflorum | 3 | 46 | 24.49 | 2750000 | 03_SubShrub | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | High | Adult Food; Larval Food | Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Larval Host (Moth) | Feb-Aug | 1.5-2.3 | Yes |
Deerweed | Acmispon glaber | 8 | 48 | 82.93 | 315800 | 03_SubShrub | Perennial>3Yr | No | High | Adult Food; Larval Food | Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth) | Mar–Aug | 1.6-3 | Yes |