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Woody Plants of Oregon
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Broadleaf Plant Search
Atriplex
Atriplex
hymenelytra
(Desert Holly)
Azara
Azara
microphylla
(Boxleaf Azara)
Azara
microphylla
'Variegata'
(Variegated Boxleaf Azara)
Berberis
Berberis
×
gladwynensis
'William Penn'
(William Penn Barberry)
Berberis
replicata
(Evergreen Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
(Japanese Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
'Aurea'
(Golden Japanese Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
Golden Nugget™
(Golden Nugget Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
'Kobold'
(Kobold Japanese Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
Sunsation™
(Sunsation Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
var.
atropurpurea
(Purple (Red) Leafed Japanese Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
var.
atropurpurea
'Crimson Pigmy'
(Crimson Pigmy Japanese Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
var.
atropurpurea
'Golden Ring'
(Golden Ring Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
var.
atropurpurea
'Rose Glow'
(Rose Glow Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
var.
atropurpurea
Royal Burgundy™
(Royal Burgundy Barberry)
Caragana
Caragana
arborescens
(Siberian Peashrub )
Caragana
arborescens
'Lorbergii'
(Lorberg Peashrub )
Celastrus
Celastrus
scandens
(American Bittersweet )
Cercocarpus
Cercocarpus
betuloides
(Birchleaf Mountain-mahogany )
Dirca
Dirca
palustris
(Leatherwood )
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus
umbellata
(Autumn Elaeagnus )
Frangula
Frangula
alnus
(Alder Buckthorn )
Frangula
alnus
'Asplenifolia'
(Asplenifolia Alder Buckthorn)
Lindera
Lindera
benzoin
(Spicebush )
Punica
Punica
granatum
(Pomegranate)
Rhus
Rhus
chinensis
(Chinese Sumac )
Rhus
glabra
(Smooth Sumac )
Rhus
typhina
(Staghorn Sumac)
Stachyurus
Stachyurus
praecox
(Early Spiketail)
Tasmannia
Tasmannia
lanceolata
(Mountain Pepper)
Ternstroemia
Ternstroemia
gymnanthera
(Japanese Ternstroemia)
Thevetia
Thevetia
peruviana
(Yellow Oleander )
Zanthoxylum
Zanthoxylum
americanum
(Prickly Ash )
Zanthoxylum
piperitum
(Japanese Prickly Ash)
Zanthoxylum
planispinum
(Winged Prickly Ash)
