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 |
Western Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | 0 | 24 | 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 |
Common Fiddleneck | Amsinckia menziesii | 5 | 19 | 72 | 230000 | 08_Forb | Annual | Yes | High | Adult Food; Larval Food | Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Larval Host (Moth) | Mar-May | 1-4 | Yes |
California Brome | Bromus carinatus | 10 | 16 | 91.66 | 78375 | 10_TrueGrass | Perennial<3Yr | Yes | None Known | | Wind | Feb-Mar | 1-5 | Yes |
California Poppy | Eschscholzia californica | 1 | 6 | 85.51 | 300000 | 08_Forb | Annual | Yes | Very High | Adult Food; Larval Food | Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Moth) | Feb-Sep | 0.2-2 | Yes |
California Goldfields | Lasthenia californica | 0 | 20 | 52.61 | 3250000 | 08_Forb | Annual | Yes | High | Adult Food; Larval Food | Native Bees; Honey Bees; Butterflies; Larval Host (Moth) | Feb–Jun | 1.5-1.3 | Yes |
Purple Needlegrass | Stipa pulchra | 10 | 14 | 75.27 | 78375 | 10_TrueGrass | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | None Known | | Wind | Mar–May | 3.3 | Yes |
Small Fescue | Festuca microstachys | 2 | 21 | 83.16 | 551334 | 10_TrueGrass | Annual | Yes | | | | Apr-Jun | 2.5 | Yes |