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Aesculus
Aesculus
glabra
var.
arguta
(Texas Buckeye )
Aesculus
pavia
(Red Buckeye)
Aesculus
sylvatica
(Painted Buckeye )
Alnus
Alnus
alnobetula
subsp.
sinuata
(Sitka Alder )
Alnus
incana
subsp.
tenuifolia
(Thinleaf Alder )
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
× 'Austin Griffiths'
(Austin Griffiths Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
andersonii
(Santa Cruz Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
manzanita
'St. Helena'
(St. Helena Manzanita)
Argyrocytisus
Argyrocytisus
battandieri
(Pineapple Broom )
Caragana
Caragana
arborescens
(Siberian Peashrub )
Ceratonia
Ceratonia
siliqua
(Carob )
Cercis
Cercis
canadensis
'Forest Pansy'
(Forest Pansy Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
var.
alba
(White Flowered Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
var.
mexicana
(Mexican Redbud)
Cercis
chinensis
'Avondale'
(Avondale Chinese Redbud)
Cercis
siliquastrum
(Judus Tree )
Chrysolepis
Chrysolepis
chrysophylla
(Golden Chinkapin )
Corylus
Corylus
avellana
(Hazelnut )
Corylus
avellana
'Rote Zeller'
(Rote Zeller Hazelnut)
Crinodendron
Crinodendron
hookerianum
(Chilean Lantern Tree)
Franklinia
Franklinia
alatamaha
(Franklin Tree )
Hamamelis
Hamamelis
virginiana
(Common Witchhazel)
Lagerstroemia
Lagerstroemia
fauriei
(Japanese Crepe Myrtle)
Lagerstroemia
indica
(Common Crape Myrtle )
Maackia
Maackia
chinensis
(Chinese Maackia)
Notholithocarpus
Notholithocarpus
densiflorus
(Tanoak )
Pittosporum
Pittosporum
tobira
(Japanese Mock Orange )
Quillaja
Quillaja
saponaria
(Soap-bark Tree )
Robinia
Robinia
neomexicana
(New Mexican Locust )
Styrax
Styrax
japonicus
(Japanese Snowbell)
Styrax
japonicus
'Evening Light'
(Evening Light Japanese Snowbell)
Umbellularia
Umbellularia
californica
(Oregon Myrtle )
Yucca
Yucca
rostrata
(Big Bend Yucca )
