White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Striking sparrow with bold black-and-white striped crown and pink bill. Winter migrant abundant in Bay Area scrub and gardens. Forages on ground for seeds; enables hawk-sparrow predator-prey cycles.
Plants that support White-crowned Sparrow
40 plants
Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
grass
Seeds
Big Squirreltail
Elymus multisetus
grass
Seeds
Blue Wildrye
Elymus glaucus
grass
Seeds
California Barley
Hordeum brachyantherum subsp. brachyantherum
grass
Seeds
California Fescue
Festuca californica
grass
Seeds
California Melic
Melica californica
grass
Seeds
California bottlebrush grass
Elymus californicus
grass
Seeds
Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
grass
Seeds
Chile Tarweed
Madia sativa
annual
Seeds
Creeping Wildrye
Elymus triticoides
grass
Seeds
Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens
grass
Seeds
Foothill needlegrass
Stipa lepida
grass
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Giant Wild Rye
Leymus condensatus 'Canyon Prince'
grass
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Giant Wildrye*
Elymus condensatus
grass
Seeds
Leafy Reed Grass
Calamagrostis foliosa
perennial herb
Seeds
Miner's Lettuce*
Claytonia perfoliata subsp. intermontana
annual
Seeds
Nodding Needlegrass*
Stipa cernua
grass
Seeds
Onion grass
Melica bulbosa
grass
Seeds
Purple Three Awn
Aristida purpurea
grass
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Red maids
Calandrinia ciliata
annual
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Santa Barbara Sedge
Carex barbarae
grass
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Serpentine Reed Grass
Calamagrostis ophitidis
perennial herb
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Slenderbeak sedge
Carex athrostachya
perennial herb
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Smallbract Sedge
Carex subbracteata
grass
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Smutgrass*
Bromus laevipes
grass
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Thingrass
Agrostis pallens
grass
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Anglestem Buckwheat
Eriogonum angulosum
annual
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Big Sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata
perennial herb
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California Coffeeberry
Frangula californica
shrub
Fruit
Coastal Moonshine
Deinandra corymbosa
annual
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Conejo Buckwheat
Eriogonum crocatum
perennial herb
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Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
shrub
Shelter
Fairy Fans
Clarkia breweri
annual
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Iodine-bush
Allenrolfea occidentalis
shrub
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Little Nootka Grass
Calamagrostis 'Little Nootka'
perennial herb
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Roundfruit Sedge
Carex globosa
grass
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Sierra Tidy Tips
Layia pentachaeta ssp. albida
perennial herb
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Slender Hairgrass
Deschampsia elongata
grass
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Sugarbush
Rhus ovata
perennial herb
Fruit
Torrey's melicgrass
Melica torreyana
grass
Seeds