The common cattail is native to the San Joaquin Valley.
California's San Joaquin Valley, one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world, extends from Redding in the north to just south of Bakersfield in the south. It is rich in native plants. The California Native Plant Society recommends viewing areas near Lodi, Manteca, Stockton and Thornton as good for appreciating indigenous flora. Native plants often have more than one common name, so the botanical name is always best for accurate identification. Does this Spark an idea?
Annual Plants
The CNPS lists 449 native annual plants in the San Joaquin Valley. The top six annual plants most frequently sighted include Parish's money flower (Mimulus parishii), seep or common yellow monkey flower (Mimulus guttatus), succulent or arroyo lupine (Lupinus succulentus), miniature or bicolored lupine (Lupinus bicolor), common or coastal tidy tips (Layia platyglossa) and baby blue eyes (Nemophila menziesii).
Perennial Plants
The CNPS lists 247 perennial plants in the San Joaquin Valley. The top six perennial plants most frequently sighted include common yarrow (Achillea millefolium), deergrass (Muhlenbergia rigens), common California aster (Aster chilensis), Pacific aster (Symphyotrichum chilense), common or broadleaf cattail (Typhia latifolia) and California goldenrod (Solidago californica).
Shrubs
The CNPS lists 55 shrubs in the San Joaquin Valley. The top six most frequently sighted shrubs include the common island or bush monkey flower (Mimulus aurantiacus), blue elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. Caerulea), California wild rose (Rosa californica), golden currant (Ribes aureum) and California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) and blue elderberry (Sambuscus mexicana), which can grow as large as a small tree.
Trees
The CNPS lists 22 native trees in the San Joaquin Valley. The top six most frequently sighted trees include the coast or California live oak (Quercus agrifolia), California buckeye or California horse chestnut (Aesculus California), white alder (Alnus rhombifolia), western or California sycamore (Platanus racemosa), Fremont cottonwood (Populus frmontii) and Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia).
Ferns
The CNPS lists 17 ferns in the San Joaquin Valley. The top two most frequently sighted ferns include the common ladyfern (Athyrium filix-femina) and the scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale).
Vine
There is one vine that is native to the San Joaquin Valley: Hasse's vetch (Vicia hassei).
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