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Ailanthus
Ailanthus
altissima
(Tree of Heaven )
Albizia
Albizia
julibrissin
(Silk Tree )
Albizia
julibrissin
'Summer Chocolate'
(Summer Chocolate Silk Tree)
Caragana
Caragana
arborescens
(Siberian Peashrub )
Carya
Carya
illinoinensis
(Pecan)
Delonix
Delonix
regia
(Royal Poinciana)
Fraxinus
Fraxinus
quadrangulata
(Blue Ash)
Gleditsia
Gleditsia
macracantha
(Large Spined Honeylocust)
Gleditsia
triacanthos
(Honeylocust)
Gleditsia
triacanthos
var.
inermis
(Thornless Honeylocust)
Gymnocladus
Gymnocladus
dioica
(Kentucky Coffeetree)
Juglans
Juglans
californica
(California Walnut )
Juglans
nigra
(Black Walnut)
Koelreuteria
Koelreuteria
paniculata
(Golden Raintree )
Koelreuteria
paniculata
'Fastigiata'
(Upright Golden Raintree)
Maackia
Maackia
chinensis
(Chinese Maackia)
Phellodendron
Phellodendron
sachalinense
(Sakhalin Corktree )
Pistacia
Pistacia
chinensis
(Chinese Pistache )
Platycarya
Platycarya
strobilacea
(Platycarya)
Pterocarya
Pterocarya
fraxinifolia
(Caucasian Wingnut)
Pterocarya
stenoptera
(Chinese Wingnut)
Robinia
Robinia
neomexicana
(New Mexican Locust )
Robinia
pseudoacacia
(Black Locust)
Robinia
pseudoacacia
'Frisia'
(Frisia Black Locust)
Sapindus
Sapindus
drummondii
(Western Soapberry)
Sorbus
Sorbus
aucuparia
(European Mountain Ash)
Sorbus
scopulina
(Greene Mountain Ash )
Sorbus
sitchensis
(Sitka Mountain Ash )
Styphnolobium
Styphnolobium
japonicum
(Japanese Pagodatree )
Styphnolobium
japonicum
Millstone™
(Millstone Japanese Pagodatree)
Styphnolobium
japonicum
'Pendula'
(Weeping Scholar-tree )
Toona
Toona
sinensis
(Chinese Toon )
Zanthoxylum
Zanthoxylum
piperitum
(Japanese Prickly Ash)
