Guide to Estimating Irrigation Water Needs of Landscape Plantings

Species Evaluation List--1999
REGIONAL EVALUATIONS
TYPE BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME 1 2 3 4 5 6 INVASIVE
T Sorbus hupehensis mountain ash ? ? / / ? /
T Sparmannia africana African linden H / M ? / ?
S Spartium junceum Spanish broom VL VL VL L VL / L
P Spathiphyllum spp. spathiphyllum / / H / / /
T Spathodea campanulata African tulip tree / / M / / /
P Sphaeralcea spp. desert/globe mallow L L L L / L
S Spiraea spp. spiraea M M M M M M
P Sporobolus airoides alkalai dropseed L ? ? ? ? L
P Sprekelia formosissima Aztec lily L L L L L L
P Stachys albotomentosa betony ? ? L ? ? ?
P Stachys byzantina lamb's ears L L M M / M
T Stenocarpus sinuatus firewheel tree / / M M / /
P Stenocereus thurberi (Lemaireocereus) organ pipe cactus / / VL L / L
P Stenomesson variegatum stenomesson M ? ? ? ? ?
V Stephanotis floribunda Madagascar jasmine / / M M / M
T Stewartia pseudocamellia Japanese stewartia M / / / / /
V Stigmaphyllon ciliatum butterfly vine M / M ? ? ?
P Stipa cernua nodding feather grass VL ? L L L L
P Stipa gigantea giant needle grass M ? L L L L
P Stipa lepida foothill stipa VL VL L L L L
P Stipa pulchra feather grass VL L VL L L L
P Stipa stipa spinosa desert bunch grass ? ? L L L L
P Stipa tenuissima Mexican feather grass L ? L L L L
P Stokesia laevis stokes aster M M M M M M
T Strelitzia nicolai giant bird of paradise M / M M / M
S Strelitzia reginae bird of paradise M M M M / M
S Streptosolen jamesonii marmalade bush / / M H / /
T Styrax japonicum Japanese snowbell M M / / M /
S Styrax officinale californicum California storax L L L L M /
S Styrax officinale redivivus snowdrop bush L L / ? ? /
P S Sutera spp. sutera M ? L ? ? ?
S Swainsonia galegifolia winter sweet pea M ? ? ? ? ?
T Syagrus romanzoffiana queen palm L M M M M M
S Symphoricarpus albus snowberry L L L L ? /
S Symphoricarpus orbiculatus coralberry M ? ? ? ? /
S Symphoricarpus mollis creeping snowberry L L ? ? ? /
S Symphyandra spp. ring bellflower M ? M ? ? ?
S Syringa X chinensis Chinese lilac M M / ? ? /
S Syringa X hyacinthiflora Canadian lilac M M / ? ? /
S Syringa patula Korean lilac M M / ? ? /
S Syringa X persica Persian lilac L L / ? M /
S Syringa vulgaris lilac L L / M M /
S Syzygium paniculatum Australian brush cherry M M M M / /
S Syzygium smithii Smith's brush cherry ? ? M M / ?
S Tabebuia chrysotricha golden trumpet tree ? / M M / M
T Tabebuia impetiginosa (ipe) pink/lavender trumpet tree / / M M / /
T Tagetes lemmoni mountain marigold L L L L M M
S P Tagetes lucida Mexican tarragon M M M M M M
P Talinium calcynium flame flower L ? ? ? ? ?
P Tamarix spp. tamarisk VL VL L L L L L L
T S Tanacetum coccinium (Pyrethrum painted daisy M / L ? ? ?
roseum)
P Tanacetum haradjanii tansy L ? L ? ? ?
Tanacetum herderi (See Hippolyta
herderi)
P Tanacetum parthenium
feverfew L L M M M M
(Chrysanthemum parthenium)
T Taxodium distichum bald cypress M M M M / /
T Taxodium mucronatum Montezuma cypress M M M M / /
T S Taxus baccata English yew M M M M M /
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