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Actinidia
Actinidia
kolomikta
(Kolomikta Actinidia )
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
columbiana
(Hairy Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
confertiflora
(Santa Rosa Island Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
densiflora
(Sonoma Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
densiflora
'Howard McMinn'
(Howard McMinn Manzanita)
Azadirachta
Azadirachta
indica
(Neem )
Castanea
Castanea
dentata
(American Chestnut)
Castanea
mollissima
(Chinese Chestnut)
Castanea
sativa
(European Chestnut )
Chaenomeles
Chaenomeles
speciosa
(Flowering Quince)
Cornus
Cornus
alternifolia
(Pagoda Dogwood)
Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster
lucidus
(Hedge Cotoneaster)
Cydonia
Cydonia
oblonga
(Quince)
Diospyros
Diospyros
virginiana
(Common Persimmon )
Eriobotrya
Eriobotrya
japonica
(Loquat)
Fraxinus
Fraxinus
ornus
(Flowering Ash)
Fraxinus
sieboldiana
(Siebold Ash, )
Ginkgo
Ginkgo
biloba
(Ginkgo )
Gymnocladus
Gymnocladus
dioica
(Kentucky Coffeetree)
Halesia
Halesia
carolina
(Carolina Silverbell )
Leucothoe
Leucothoe
fontanesiana
(Drooping Leucothoe)
Leucothoe
fontanesiana
'Girard's Rainbow'
(Girard's Rainbow Leucothoe)
Leucothoe
racemosa
(Sweetbells Leucothoe )
Lindera
Lindera
benzoin
(Spicebush )
Magnolia
Magnolia
lotungensis
(Eastern Joy Lotus Tree)
Malus
Malus
fusca
(Western Crabapple )
Malus
hupehensis
(Tea Crabapple)
Notholithocarpus
Notholithocarpus
densiflorus
(Tanoak )
Notholithocarpus
densiflorus
var.
echinoides
(Shrub Tanoak )
Poncirus
Poncirus
trifoliata
(Trifoliate Orange )
Poncirus
trifoliata
'Flying Dragon'
(Flying Dragon Trifoliate Orange)
Prunus
Prunus
americana
(Wild Plum )
Prunus
armeniaca
(Apricot)
Prunus
mume
'Trumpet'
(Trumpet Japanese Flowering Apricot)
Prunus
subcordata
(Klamath Plum )
Pyracantha
Pyracantha
(Firethorn)
Sapindus
Sapindus
drummondii
(Western Soapberry)
Shepherdia
Shepherdia
argentea
(Silver Buffaloberry )
Styphnolobium
Styphnolobium
japonicum
(Japanese Pagodatree )
Styphnolobium
japonicum
Millstone™
(Millstone Japanese Pagodatree)
Styrax
Styrax
obassia
(Fragrant Snowbell)
Ternstroemia
Ternstroemia
gymnanthera
(Japanese Ternstroemia)
