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Acer
Acer
sempervirens
(Cretan Maple)
Acer
triflorum
(Three Flowered Maple)
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
insularis
(Island Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
montaraensis
(Montara Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
pajaroensis
(Pajaro Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
pajaroensis
'Bretts Beauty'
(Brett's Beauty Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
tomentosa
(Wolly Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
viridissima
'White Cloud'
(White Cloud McMinn's Manzanita )
Carpenteria
Carpenteria
californica
(Bush Anemone)
Ceanothus
Ceanothus
integerrimus
(Deer Brush)
Chionanthus
Chionanthus
retusus
(Chinese Fringetree)
Crinodendron
Crinodendron
hookerianum
(Chilean Lantern Tree)
Frangula
Frangula
californica
(Coffeeberry )
Frangula
californica
'Mound San Bruno'
(Mound San Bruno Coffeeberry )
Leycesteria
Leycesteria
formosa
(Pheasant-eye )
Myrica
Myrica
gale
(Sweetgale )
Notholithocarpus
Notholithocarpus
densiflorus
var.
echinoides
(Shrub Tanoak )
Paxistima
Paxistima
canbyi
(Mountain Lover )
Pieris
Pieris
formosa
var.
forrestii
(Chinese Pieris )
Pyracantha
Pyracantha
(Firethorn)
Quercus
Quercus
arizonica
(Arizona Oak )
Quercus
chrysolepis
(Canyon Live Oak)
Quercus
durata
(Leather Oak)
Quercus
myrsinifolia
(Chinese Evergreen Oak )
Quillaja
Quillaja
saponaria
(Soap-bark Tree )
Rhaphiolepis
Rhaphiolepis
umbellata
'Minor'
(Dwarf Yeddo Rhaphiolepis)
Toxicodendron
Toxicodendron
diversilobum
(Poison Oak)
Vaccinium
Vaccinium
corymbosum
(Highbush Blueberry)
Vaccinium
crassifolium
(Creeping Blueberry )
Viburnum
Viburnum
nudum
(Possumhaw )
Zanthoxylum
Zanthoxylum
americanum
(Prickly Ash )