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  • Additional Information
    • Plant Identification: Examining Leaves
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Broadleaf Plant Search

Albizia

Albizia julibrissin (Silk Tree )
Albizia julibrissin 'Summer Chocolate' (Summer Chocolate Silk Tree)

Amorpha

Amorpha nana (Dwarf Wild Indigo )

Campsis

Campsis radicans (Trumpet Vine )

Caragana

Caragana arborescens (Siberian Peashrub )
Caragana arborescens 'Lorbergii' (Lorberg Peashrub )

Delonix

Delonix regia (Royal Poinciana)

Gleditsia

Gleditsia macracantha (Large Spined Honeylocust)

Grevillea

Grevillea robusta (Silky Oak )

Maackia

Maackia chinensis (Chinese Maackia)

Olneya

Olneya tesota (Ironwood)

Robinia

Robinia neomexicana (New Mexican Locust )
Robinia pseudoacacia (Black Locust)
Robinia pseudoacacia 'Frisia' (Frisia Black Locust)

Santolina

Santolina chamaecyparissus (Lavender Cotton)
Santolina virens (Green Lavender Cotton )

Spathodea

Spathodea campanulata (African Tulip Tree)

Styphnolobium

Styphnolobium japonicum (Japanese Pagodatree )
Styphnolobium japonicum Millstone™ (Millstone Japanese Pagodatree)
Styphnolobium japonicum 'Pendula' (Weeping Scholar-tree )

Toona

Toona sinensis (Chinese Toon )

Wisteria

Wisteria floribunda (Japanese Wisteria)
Wisteria sinensis (Chinese Wisteria)

Contact Info

Patrick Breen,
CPN (Certified Plant Nerd)
Patrick.Breen@oregonstate.edu
 

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