Plant Species at Sage Hill

Sage Hill supports a diverse community of native plants that reflect the natural landscapes once common across Los Angeles. From coastal sage scrub shrubs and seasonal wildflowers to native grasses and oak woodland species, these plants form the foundation of the site’s ecology.

Together, they provide habitat and food for birds, pollinators, reptiles, mammals, and other wildlife, while also serving as living examples for teaching and research. The gallery below highlights several of the plant species that grow at Sage Hill today, offering a closer look at the remarkable biodiversity that persists within UCLA’s urban campus.

Vascular Plants Species List

This plant list brings together information from historical records and modern observations. Sources include early herbarium collections, academic studies such as Alice M. Vogel’s thesis and the 1997 Coastal Sage Biological Assessment, UCLA’s Campus Plants resources, and recent community science observations from iNaturalist.

Some records date back to the 1920s–1960s, when the northwest portion of campus—then known as “Faculty Hill” or “Faculty Ridge”—was still undeveloped. While we cannot determine exactly which of those species grew within the area now called Sage Hill, they are included here to provide a fuller picture of the site’s historical plant diversity.