Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
Small gray sparrow with dark hood and white outer tail feathers. Winter visitor to Bay Area gardens; feeds on ground for seeds. Essential prey species for raptors and offers winter ecosystem support.
Plants that support Dark-eyed Junco
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Big Sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata
perennial herb
Seeds
California Fescue
Festuca californica
grass
Seeds
California Melic
Melica californica
grass
Seeds
California Wild Rose
Rosa californica
shrub
Fruit
California bottlebrush grass
Elymus californicus
grass
Seeds
Chile Tarweed
Madia sativa
annual
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Coastal Wood Fern
Dryopteris arguta
fern
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Creeping Wildrye
Elymus triticoides
grass
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Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens
grass
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Dwarf Juniper
Juniperus communis 'Point Saint George'
shrub
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Eve Case Coffeeberry
Frangula 'Eve Case'
shrub
Fruit
Little Nootka Grass
Calamagrostis 'Little Nootka'
perennial herb
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Macnab Cypress
Hesperocyparis macnabiana
perennial herb
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Purple Needlegrass
Stipa pulchra
grass
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Rainbow Manzanita
Arctostaphylos rainbowensis
perennial herb
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Red maids
Calandrinia ciliata
annual
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Roundfruit Sedge
Carex globosa
grass
Seeds
Small Flowered Melica
Melica imperfecta
grass
Seeds
Western Sword Fern
Polystichum munitum
fern
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American Black
Solanum americanum
perennial herb
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California Bay Laurel
Umbellularia californica
tree
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California Juniper
Juniperus californica
tree
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California skullcap
Scutellaria californica
perennial herb
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Canyon Duet Coral Bells
Heuchera 'Canyon Duet'
perennial herb
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Castlegar's Hawthorn
Crataegus castlegarensis
perennial herb
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Climbing Bedstraw
Galium porrigens var. porrigens
perennial herb
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Coastal Moonshine
Deinandra corymbosa
annual
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Frying Pans
Eschscholzia lobbii
perennial herb
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Golden Inside-out Flower
Vancouveria chrysantha
perennial herb
Foliage
Green Supreme Manzanita
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Green Supreme'
perennial herb
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Harford's Sedge
Carex harfordii
grass
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Hollyleaf Buckthorn
Rhamnus crocea
shrub
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Hybrid Dogwood
Cornus 'Eddie's White Wonder'
tree
Fruit
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum
fern
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Leafy Reed Grass
Calamagrostis foliosa
perennial herb
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Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum jordanii
fern
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Manzanita 'Emerald Carpet'
Arctostaphylos 'Emerald Carpet'
shrub
Fruit
Manzanita (Vine Hill)
Arctostaphylos densiflora
shrub
Fruit
Miner's Lettuce*
Claytonia perfoliata subsp. intermontana
annual
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Mt. Diablo Helianthella
Helianthella castanea
perennial herb
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Nested Polypody
Polypodium calirhiza
fern
Foliage
Onion grass
Melica bulbosa
grass
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Oregon Grape
Mahonia aquifolium
perennial herb
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Pacific Coast Hybrid Irises
Iris 'Pacific Coast Hybrid'
perennial herb
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Pacific Poison Oak
Toxicodendron diversilobum
shrub
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Pacific Woodrush
Luzula comosa var. comosa
grass
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Redwood Sorrel
Oxalis oregana
perennial herb
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Roger's Red Grape
Vitis 'Roger's Red'
perennial herb
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San Diego Sedge
Carex spissa
perennial herb
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Shasta Snow Wreath
Neviusia cliftonii
perennial herb
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Sierra False Bindweed
Calystegia malacophylla subsp. Pedicellata
perennial herb
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Slender Hairgrass
Deschampsia elongata
grass
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Spice Bush (Silk Tassel)
Garrya elliptica
shrub
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Stretchberry
Forestiera pubescens
tree
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Sugarbush
Rhus ovata
perennial herb
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Torrey's melicgrass
Melica torreyana
grass
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Western Azalea
Rhododendron occidentale
shrub
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White Monkeyflower
Diplacus bifidus 'White'
perennial herb
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