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 |
Giant Needlegrass | Stipa coronata | 10 | 19 | 81 | 100000 | 10_TrueGrass | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | | | | Apr-Jun | 3.5-7 | Yes |
California Brome | Bromus carinatus | 10 | 19 | 83.3 | 100000 | 10_TrueGrass | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | None Known | | Wind | Feb-Mar | 1-5 | Yes |
Blue Wildrye | Elymus glaucus | 10 | 19 | 80.61 | 100000 | 10_TrueGrass | Perennial<3Yr | Yes | None Known | | Wind | May–Jul | 1-5 | Yes |
California Buckwheat | Eriogonum fasciculatum | 5 | 3 | 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 |
California Matchweed | Gutierrezia californica | 1 | 20 | 25 | 3450000 | 03_SubShrub | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | Low | Larval Food | Larval Host (Moth) | May-Oct | 1-2 | Yes |
Deerweed | Acmispon glaber | 2 | 12 | 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 |
Nodding Needlegrass | Nassella cernua | 5 | 22 | 96.5 | 200000 | 10_TrueGrass | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | None Known | | Wind | Feb-Jul | 1.7-3.3 | Yes |