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Plant Identification: Examining Leaves
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Broadleaf Plant Search
Abeliophyllum
Abeliophyllum
distichum
(White Forsythia )
Adansonia
Adansonia
digitata
(Baobab)
Aesculus
Aesculus
chinensis
(Chinese Horsechestnut)
Baccharis
Baccharis
pilularis
(Coyote Bush )
Bauhinia
Bauhinia
variegata
(Orchid Tree )
Catalpa
Catalpa
bignonioides
(Southern Catalpa )
Catalpa
×
erubescens
'Purpurea'
(Purple Catalpa)
Catalpa
speciosa
(Northern Catalpa )
Ceanothus
Ceanothus
integerrimus
(Deer Brush)
Cladrastis
Cladrastis
kentukea
(American Yellowwood)
Crataegus
Crataegus
germanica
(Medlar)
Dasiphora
Dasiphora
fruticosa
(Shrubby Cinquefoil )
Davidia
Davidia
involucrata
(Dove Tree )
Exochorda
Exochorda
racemosa
(Common Pearlbush)
Fontanesia
Fontanesia
philliraeoides
subsp.
fortunei
(Fontanesia)
Fraxinus
Fraxinus
sieboldiana
(Siebold Ash, )
Lagerstroemia
Lagerstroemia
(hybrid)
(Hybrid Crape Myrtle)
Lagerstroemia
chekiangensis
(Crape Myrtle)
Lagerstroemia
fauriei
(Japanese Crepe Myrtle)
Lagerstroemia
indica
(Common Crape Myrtle )
Loropetalum
Loropetalum
chinense
(Chinese Fringe-flower)
Maackia
Maackia
amurensis
(Amur Maackia)
Maackia
chinensis
(Chinese Maackia)
Magnolia
Magnolia
denudata
(Yulan Magnolia)
Magnolia
macrophylla
(Bigleaf Magnolia)
Magnolia
salicifolia
(Willowleaf Magnolia )
Menziesia
Menziesia
ciliicalyx
var.
multiflora
(Mock Azalea )
Purshia
Purshia
tridentata
(Bitterbrush )
Pyrus
Pyrus
salicifolia
'Pendula'
(Weeping Willow-leaved Pear)
Robinia
Robinia
neomexicana
(New Mexican Locust )
Robinia
pseudoacacia
(Black Locust)
Robinia
pseudoacacia
'Frisia'
(Frisia Black Locust)
Salix
Salix
magnifica
(Magnolia-leaf Willow )
Stewartia
Stewartia
serrata
(Sawtooth Stewartia)
Styphnolobium
Styphnolobium
japonicum
(Japanese Pagodatree )
Styphnolobium
japonicum
Millstone™
(Millstone Japanese Pagodatree)
Styphnolobium
japonicum
'Pendula'
(Weeping Scholar-tree )
Toona
Toona
sinensis
(Chinese Toon )
