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Broadleaf Plant Search
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
andersonii
(Santa Cruz Manzanita )
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)
Hibiscus
Hibiscus
syriacus
(Rose of Sharon )
Notholithocarpus
Notholithocarpus
densiflorus
(Tanoak )
Quillaja
Quillaja
saponaria
(Soap-bark Tree )
Styrax
Styrax
japonicus
(Japanese Snowbell)
Styrax
japonicus
'Evening Light'
(Evening Light Japanese Snowbell)