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Alnus
Alnus
alnobetula
subsp.
sinuata
(Sitka Alder )
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
'White Lanterns'
(White Lanterns Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
columbiana
(Hairy Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
patula
(Green Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi
(Kinnikinnik )
Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi
'Massachusetts'
(Massachusetts Kinnikinnik )
Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi
'Point Reyes'
(Point Reyes Kinnikinnik )
Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi
'San Bruno Mountain'
(San Bruno Mountain Kinnikinnik )
Gaultheria
Gaultheria
shallon
(Salal)
Lonicera
Lonicera
hispidula
(Pink Honeysuckle )
Malus
Malus
fusca
(Western Crabapple )
Menziesia
Menziesia
ferruginea
(Rusty Menziesia )
Oxalis
Oxalis
oregana
(Oregon Oxalis )
Prunus
Prunus
subcordata
(Klamath Plum )
Rhododendron (defines evaluations)
Rhododendron
macrophyllum
(Western Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
occidentale
(Western Azalea)
Rhododendron
occidentale
'Irene Koster'
(Irene Koster (Western) Azalea)
Ribes
Ribes
nevadense
(Mountain Pink Currant )
Ribes
sanguineum
(Flowering Currant )
Ribes
sanguineum
'Pokey's Pink'
(Pokey's Pink Flowering Currant)
Rosa
Rosa
gymnocarpa
(Little Wood Rose )
Rosa
pisocarpa
(Clustered Rose)
Rosa
rubiginosa
(Sweetbriar Rose )
Rosa
woodsii
(Woods' Rose)
Rubus
Rubus
armeniacus
(Himalayan Blackberry )
Rubus
parviflorus
(Thimbleberry )
Spiraea
Spiraea
douglasii
(Douglas Spirea )
Spiraea
splendens
(Mountain Spirea)
Symphoricarpos
Symphoricarpos
albus
(Common Snowberry)
Symphoricarpos
mollis
(Spreading Snowberry)
Symphoricarpos
rotondifolius
(Roundleaf Snowberry)
