Native Plants That Attract Hummingbirds

Compiled by Jennifer Kalt (3/97)

• Aquilegia formosa (crimson columbine)
• Castilleja spp. (Indian paintbrush)
• Delphinium nudicaule (red or orange larkspur)
• Dichelostemma ida-maia (firecracker plant)
• Epilobium canum (wild or hummingbird "fuchsia")
• Epilobium septentrionale (Humboldt "fuchsia")
• Ipomopsis aggregata (scarlet gilia or sky rocket)
• Keckiella corymbosa (red-flowered rock penstemon)
• Lonicera spp. (honeysuckle)
• Mimulus aurantiacus (Sticky monkey flower)
• Mimulus cardinalis (cardinal or scarlet monkeyflower)
• Pedicularis densiflora (Indian warrior)
• Penstemon spp. (penstemon or beardtongue)
• Rhamnus californica (coffee berry)
• Rhamnus purshiana (cascara sagrada)
• Rhododendron spp. (rhododendron)
• Rhododendron occidentale (western azalea)
• Ribes spp. (currents and gooseberries)
• Silene californica (catchfly or campion)
• Stachys spp. (hedge nettle)

Native Shrubs and Small Trees that Attract Wildlife

Compiled by Judy Hinman (9-00)

• Alnus rubra (red alder)
• Amelanchier alnifolia (serviceberry)
• Arctostaphylos spp. (manzanita)
• Berberis nervosa (dwarf Oregon-grape)
• Cornus nuttallii (Pacific dogwood)
• Corylus cornuta (California hazel)
• Gaultheria shallon (salal)
• Lithocarpus densiflorus (tanoak)
• Myrica californica (Pacific wax myrtle)
• Oemleria cerasiformis (Indian-plum)
• Prunus emarginata (bitter cherry)
• Prunus virginiana (chokecherry)
• Rhamnus californica (California coffeeberry)
• Rhamnus purshiana (cascara buckthorn)
• Rubus spp. (blackberries, but not Himalaya-berry)
• Salix sp. (willows)
• Sambucus mexicana (blue elderberry)
• Sambucus racemosa (red elderberry)
• Symphoricarpos albus (snowberry)
• Vaccinium ovatum (evergreen huckleberry)
• Vaccinium parvifolium (red huckleberry)

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