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Aesculus
Aesculus
chinensis
(Chinese Horsechestnut)
Aesculus
flava
(Yellow Buckeye )
Aesculus
glabra
(Ohio Buckeye )
Aesculus
glabra
var.
arguta
(Texas Buckeye )
Aesculus
sylvatica
(Painted Buckeye )
Artocarpus
Artocarpus
altilis
(Breadfruit)
Carya
Carya
illinoinensis
(Pecan)
Carya
laciniosa
(Shellbark Hickory)
Carya
ovata
(Shagbark Hickory)
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
nicholii
(Narrow-leaved Peppermint Eucalyptus )
Eucalyptus
pauciflora
subsp.
niphophila
(Alpine Snow Gum )
Eucalyptus
rodwayi
(Swamp Peppermint Eucalyptus )
Grevillea
Grevillea
robusta
(Silky Oak )
Idesia
Idesia
polycarpa
(Iigiri Tree )
Liquidambar
Liquidambar
formosana
(Formosan Sweetgum)
Liquidambar
styraciflua
Emerald Sentinel®
(Emerald Sentinel Sweetgum)
Liquidambar
styraciflua
Gold Dust®
(Gold Dust Sweetgum)
Liquidambar
styraciflua
'Rotundiloba'
(Rotundiloba Sweetgum)
Liriodendron
Liriodendron
tulipifera
(Tuliptree )
Nothofagus
Nothofagus
antarctica
(Southern Beech )
Pittosporum
Pittosporum
tobira
(Japanese Mock Orange )
Platanus
Platanus
acerifolia
(London Planetree )
Platanus
mexicana
(Mexican Sycamore)
Platanus
occidentalis
(American Sycamore or Planetree )
Platanus
racemosa
(California Sycamore )
Platycarya
Platycarya
strobilacea
(Platycarya)
Populus
Populus
fremontii
(Fremont Cottonwood )
Punica
Punica
granatum
(Pomegranate)
Searsia
Searsia
lancea
(African Sumac )
Stewartia
Stewartia
koreana
(Korean Stewartia)
Stewartia
monadelpha
(Tall Stewartia)
Stewartia
pseudocamellia
(Japanese Stewartia)
Stewartia
rostrata
(Rostrata Stewartia)
Stewartia
serrata
(Sawtooth Stewartia)
Tilia
Tilia
americana
(American Linden )
Tilia
americana
'Continental Appeal'
(Continental Appeal Linden )
Tilia
cordata
(Littleleaf Linden)
Tilia
cordata
Greenspire®
(Greenspire Littleleaf Linden)
Tilia
×
euchlora
(Crimean Linden)
Tilia
×
europaea
(European Linden )
Tilia
mongolica
(Mongolian Linden)
Tilia
tomentosa
(Silver Linden)
Umbellularia
Umbellularia
californica
(Oregon Myrtle )
Washingtonia
Washingtonia
filifera
(California Fan Palm )
Zanthoxylum
Zanthoxylum
americanum
(Prickly Ash )
Ziziphus
Ziziphus
jujuba
(Jujube )
