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Acer
Acer
glabrum
(Rocky Mountain Maple )
Acer
glabrum
var.
douglasii
(Douglas Maple )
Acer
henryi
(Henry's Maple)
Acer
pensylvanicum
(Striped Maple )
Acer
sempervirens
(Cretan Maple)
Acer
shirasawanum
(Shirasawa Maple)
Acer
shirasawanum
'Aureum'
(Golden Fullmoon Maple)
Acer
spicatum
(Mountain Maple )
Acer
tataricum
subsp.
ginnala
(Amur Maple)
Acer
tataricum
subsp.
ginnala
'Emerald Elf'
(Emerald Elf Amur Maple)
Acer
triflorum
(Three Flowered Maple)
Aesculus
Aesculus
glabra
var.
arguta
(Texas Buckeye )
Aesculus
sylvatica
(Painted Buckeye )
Baccharis
Baccharis
pilularis
(Coyote Bush )
Buddleia
Buddleia
globosa
(Orange Butterfly Bush )
Carpinus
Carpinus
orientalis
(Oriental Hornbeam)
Cercocarpus
Cercocarpus
betuloides
(Birchleaf Mountain-mahogany )
Cercocarpus
minutiflorus
(Smooth Mountain-mahogany)
Corylopsis
Corylopsis
(Winterhazel)
Corylopsis
pauciflora
(Buttercup Winterhazel)
Corylopsis
spicata
(Spike Winterhazel)
Enkianthus
Enkianthus
campanulatus
(Redvein Enkianthus)
Forsythia
Forsythia
×
intermedia
(Border Forsythia)
Hamamelis
Hamamelis
×
intermedia
(Witchhazel)
Hamamelis
×
intermedia
'Arnold Promise'
(Arnold Promise Witchhazel)
Hamamelis
×
intermedia
'Primivera'
(Primivera Witchhazel)
Hamamelis
vernalis
(Vernal Witchhazel )
Hamamelis
virginiana
(Common Witchhazel)
Kerria
Kerria
japonica
(Japanese Kerria )
Kerria
japonica
'Kin Kan'
(Kin Kan Japanese Kerria)
Kerria
japonica
'Picta'
(Variegated Japanese Kerria, )
Kerria
japonica
'Pleniflora'
(Double Japanese Kerria)
Menziesia
Menziesia
ferruginea
(Rusty Menziesia )
Myrica
Myrica
gale
(Sweetgale )
Notholithocarpus
Notholithocarpus
densiflorus
(Tanoak )
Parrotiopsis
Parrotiopsis
jacquemontiana
(No English common name )
Quillaja
Quillaja
saponaria
(Soap-bark Tree )
Stewartia
Stewartia
serrata
(Sawtooth Stewartia)
Zanthoxylum
Zanthoxylum
americanum
(Prickly Ash )
