You can read more about it at the Las Pilitas Nursery website and USDA Conservation Plant Characteristics, see pictures of it on CalPhotos, Flickr, and Picasa, and find out where to buy it at the California Native Plant Link Exchange.Ĭalifornia Walnut (Juglans californica) in the American River Parkway. Oregon ash is a 35- to 70-foot-tall, deciduous tree (in the olive family) that prefers sun or partial shade. Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia) in the American River Parkway. You can read more about it at the Las Pilitas Nursery website, see pictures of it on CalPhotos, Flickr, and Picasa, and find out where to buy it at the California Native Plant Link Exchange. Western redbud is a 15-foot-tall, deciduous, purple-flowering tree or tall shrub (in the pea family) that prefers full sun. In February, pink buds cover the bare trunk of a Western redbud (Cercis occidentalis) in a garden in Marysville.

You can read more about it at the Las Pilitas Nursery website and USDA Conservation Plant Characteristics, see pictures of it on CalPhotos, Flickr, and Picasa, and find out where to buy it at the California Native Plant Link Exchange. California buckeye is a 20- to 40-foot-tall, deciduous, white-flowering tree (in the soapberry family) that prefers full sun and good drainage. You can read more about it at the Las Pilitas Nursery website and USDA Conservation Plant Characteristics, see pictures of it on CalPhotos, Flickr, and Picasa, and find out where to buy it at the California Native Plant Link Exchange.Ĭalifornia buckeye (Aesculus californica) in the California State University Sacramento arboretum.

Bigleaf maple is a 30- to 100-foot-tall, deciduous maple tree (in the soapberry family) that prefers shade and can be found in riparian areas. 1 Chico's native trees are described below.īigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) on the Feather River North Fork, near Strawberry Valley. At least 13 trees are native to the land within Chico's city limits, including a rare walnut tree.

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