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Broadleaf Plant Search

Alnus

Alnus cordata (Italian Alder)
Alnus glutinosa (Common Alder )
Alnus glutinosa 'Laciniata' (Cutleaf Alder )
Alnus icana subsp. tenuifolia (Thinleaf Alder )
Alnus japonica (Japanese Alder)
Alnus rhombifolia (White Alder)
Alnus rubra (Red Alder )
Alnus rubra f. pinnatisecta (Cutleaf Red Alder)
Alnus viridis subsp. sinuata (Sitka Alder )

Carpinus

Carpinus japonica (Japanese Hornbeam)

Castanea

Castanea dentata (American Chestnut)
Castanea mollissima (Chinese Chestnut)
Castanea sativa (European Chestnut )

Corylus

Corylus americana (American Hazel )
Corylus avellana (Hazelnut )
Corylus avellana 'Contorta' (Contorted Filbert )
Corylus avellana 'Red Dragon' (Red Dragon Hazelnut)
Corylus avellana 'Rote Zeller' (Rote Zeller Hazelnut)
Corylus colurna (Turkish Hazel)
Corylus cornuta var. californica (Western Hazel )

Notholithocarpus

Notholithocarpus densiflorus (Tanoak )
Notholithocarpus densiflorus var. echinoides (Shrub Tanoak )

Populus

Populus balsamifera (Balsam Poplar)

Rhus

Rhus aromatica (Fragrant Sumac)

Salix

Salix caprea 'Kilmarnock' (Kilmarnock Willow)

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Patrick Breen,
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Patrick.Breen@oregonstate.edu
 

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