California Native Plant Society (original) (raw)
Giving voice to plants in one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots.
Salt Point State Park with thrift seapink (Armeria maritima), seashore lupine (Lupinis littoralis), and bluff lettuce (Dudleya farinosa); Image: Alexis LaFever-Jackson
What We Do
We’re on a mission to save California’s native plants and places using both head and heart. CNPS brings together science, education, conservation, and gardening to power the native plant movement. Read on to see what’s happening now.
Great Valley phacelia (Phacelia ciliata), Common monolopia (Monolopia lanceolata), and California poppy (Eschscholzia californica); Image: Nick Jensen
Our Vision for DEIJ
Why We Do It
Plants are the foundation of our ecosystems.
Saving plants
saves places.
Supports the
web of life.
Saves the California
we love.
Recent News & Stories
With a California Rare Plant Rank of 1B.2, soft salty bird’s-beak is an unusual plant with an unusual name. Find out more about it!
This week we're drinking in stories of hope and perseverance—the Pit River Nation's long quest to protect Sáttítla; the persistence of a rare buckwheat; the dawning recognition of an ancient species; how nature heals and inspires; and so much more.
Take a journey through the Santa Cruz Mountains, where foggy redwood forests give way to sandhills and wind-lashed coastal scrub intermingles with ribbons of riparian forests.