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Park Shadelands Native Plant Garden

(Why Native Plants?)

Did you know 95% of songbirds only feed their young caterpillars and larvae? These insects can generally only survive on native plants. Listen to Doug Tallamy discuss how Native Gardens can save our birds.

bird feeding young
LHS CA poppy

Artemesia californica- California Sage

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Lupinus albifrons-
Silver Lupine

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Mimulus aurantiacus-Sticky Monkey Flower

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Phacelia californica-
California Phacelia

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Black Sage
(Salvia melliflera

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Ken-ichi Uedia inaturalist

Arroyo Lupine-       
Lupinus succulentus

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Ken-ichi Uedia inaturalist

Baby Blue-eyes-
Nemophila menziesii

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California fuschia-Epilobium canum

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Coyote Bush-
Baccharis pilularis

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