Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Sleek blue-green and white swallow with forked tail. Aerial insectivore that skims low over gardens and water. Nest boxes attract breeding birds that consume hundreds of mosquitoes and gnats daily.
Plants that support Tree Swallow
60 plants
California Grape
Vitis californica
vine
Fruit
California Meadow Sedge (lawn sub)
Carex pansa
grass
Shelter
California Nutmeg
Torreya californica
perennial herb
Nesting
Foothill Sedge
Carex tumulicola
grass
Shelter
Lace Lipfern
Myriopteris gracillima
perennial herb
Foliage
Leafy Reed Grass
Calamagrostis foliosa
perennial herb
Shelter
Mexican Elder
Sambucus mexicana
shrub
Fruit
Oregon ash
Fraxinus latifolia
tree
Nesting
Pacific Reed Grass
Calamagrostis nutkaensis
grass
Nesting
Red Willow
Salix laevigata
shrub
Nesting
Western Spicebush
Calycanthus occidentalis
shrub
Shelter
California Dichondra
Dichondra donelliana
perennial herb
Foliage
California Fescue
Festuca californica
grass
Shelter
California bottlebrush grass
Elymus californicus
grass
Seeds
California oatgrass
Danthonia californica
grass
Foliage
Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
grass
Foliage
Canyon Duet Coral Bells
Heuchera 'Canyon Duet'
perennial herb
Foliage
Castlegar's Hawthorn
Crataegus castlegarensis
perennial herb
Nesting
Cliff Sword Fern
Polystichum imbricans subsp. imbricans
fern
Shelter
Climbing Bedstraw
Galium porrigens var. porrigens
perennial herb
Foliage
Coast Rush
Juncus hesperius
perennial herb
Shelter
Coastal Lipfern*
Myriopteris intertexta
fern
Shelter
Common Viburnum
Viburnum ellipticum
shrub
Fruit
Creeping Wildrye
Elymus triticoides
grass
Shelter
Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens
grass
Nesting
Fescue
Festuca 'Siskiyou Blue'
grass
Nesting
Five-finger Fern
Adiantum aleuticum
fern
Shelter
Gabilan Manzanita
Arctostaphylos gabilanensis
perennial herb
Nesting
Giant Chain Fern
Woodwardia fimbriata
fern
Nesting
Groundcover Rose*
Rosa spithamea
shrub
Foliage
Harford's Sedge
Carex harfordii
grass
Foliage
Hybrid Dogwood
Cornus 'Eddie's White Wonder'
tree
Fruit
Indian Rhubarb
Darmera peltata
perennial herb
Foliage
Klamath Hawthorn
Crataegus gaylussacia
perennial herb
Fruit
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum
fern
Shelter
Licorice Fern
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
perennial herb
Shelter
Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum jordanii
fern
Shelter
Manzanita 'Emerald Carpet'
Arctostaphylos 'Emerald Carpet'
shrub
Fruit
Morro Manzanita
Arctostaphylos morroensis
perennial herb
Nesting
Nested Polypody
Polypodium calirhiza
fern
Foliage
Paradise Manzanita
Arctostaphylos pajaroensis 'Paradise'
perennial herb
Shelter
Petrolia Pink Springbeauty
Claytonia sibirica 'Petrolia Pink'
perennial herb
Pollen
Purple Haze California Aster
Aster chilensis 'Purple Haze'
perennial herb
Nectar
Rincon Manzanita
Arctostaphylos stanfordiana ssp. decumbens
perennial herb
Nectar
Roundfruit Sedge
Carex globosa
grass
Shelter
Salvia Bee's Bliss
Salvia 'Bee's Bliss'
shrub
Shelter
Serpentine Reed Grass
Calamagrostis ophitidis
perennial herb
Shelter
Slender Club-rush
Isolepis cernua
grass
Foliage
Slough sedge
Carex obnupta
perennial herb
Shelter
Small Flowered Melica
Melica imperfecta
grass
Foliage
Smooth scouring-rush
Equisetum laevigatum
perennial herb
Foliage
Snowball Ceanothus
Ceanothus rigidus 'Snowball'
perennial herb
Shelter
Swamp Carex
Carex senta
grass
Nesting
Thingrass
Agrostis pallens
grass
Foliage
Toro Manzanita
Arctostaphylos montereyensis
perennial herb
Shelter
Valley Oak
Quercus lobata
tree
Nesting
Western Sword Fern
Polystichum munitum
fern
Nesting
Western Virgin's Bower
Clematis ligusticifolia
vine
Seeds
Western Waterleaf
Hydrophyllum occidentale
perennial herb
Foliage
Yellow-eyed-grass
Sisyrinchium californicum
perennial herb
Foliage