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Lawrence Hall of Science Roundabout

Why Native Plants?

Did you know 95% of songbirds only feed their young insects. Horticultural (imported and hybrid) plants do not host enough insects to support them.

bird feeding young
LHS CA poppy

California Poppy                      (Eschscholzia californica)

Tidy Tips
(Layia platyglossa)

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Sticky Monkey Flower-Mimulus aurantiacus

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Farewell to Spring- 

Clarkia rubicunda

clarkia rubicunda pink flower berkeley hills lawrence hall

Ken-ichi Uedia inaturalist

Black Sage
(Salvia melliflera

black sage purple flower berkeley hills lawrence hall

Ken-ichi Uedia inaturalist

Arroyo Lupine-       
Lupinus succulentus

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Ken-ichi Uedia inaturalist

Lacey Phacelia-Phacelia tanacetifolia

Lacey phacelia Phacelia tanacetifolia purple flower berkeley hills lawrence hall of scienc

Ken-ichi Uedia inaturalist

Pacific Aster-      Symphyotricum radulinus

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