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Broadleaf Plant Search

Agave

Agave colorata (Mescal Ceniza )
Agave parryi (Parry's Agave)
Agave shawii (Shaw's Agave)

Atriplex

Atriplex hymenelytra (Desert Holly)

Azara

Azara microphylla (Boxleaf Azara)
Azara microphylla 'Variegata' (Variegated Boxleaf Azara)

Baccharis

Baccharis pilularis (Coyote Bush )

Berberis

Berberis buxifolia 'Nana' (Dwarf Magellan Barberry )
Berberis × gladwynensis 'William Penn' (William Penn Barberry)
Berberis julianae (Wintergreen Barberry)
Berberis pruinosa (Pruinosa Barberry)
Berberis replicata (Evergreen Barberry)
Berberis × stenophylla 'Nana' (Dwarf Rosemary Barberry)
Berberis triacanthophora (Threespine Barberry )
Berberis verruculosa (Warty Barberry)

Brachyglottis

Brachyglottis greyi (Daisy Bush)

Celtis

Celtis pallida (Desert Hackberry )

Cercocarpus

Cercocarpus minutiflorus (Smooth Mountain-mahogany)

Elaeagnus

Elaeagnus umbellata (Autumn Elaeagnus )

Mahonia

Mahonia aquifolium (Oregon Grape )
Mahonia aquifolium 'Compacta' (Compact Oregon Grape)
Mahonia lomariifolia (Chinese Mahonia )
Mahonia × media 'Arthur Menzies' (Arthur Menzies Mahonia)
Mahonia pinnata (California Barberry )
Mahonia pinnata subsp. insularis (Island Barberry)
Mahonia repens (Creeping Mahonia)

Morella

Morella californica (Pacific Waxmyrtle )

Notholithocarpus

Notholithocarpus densiflorus (Tanoak )

Quillaja

Quillaja saponaria (Soap-bark Tree )

Viburnum

Viburnum rhytidophyllum (Leatherleaf Viburnum)

Yucca

Yucca brevifolia (Joshua Tree)

Contact Info

Patrick Breen,
CPN (Certified Plant Nerd)
Patrick.Breen@oregonstate.edu
 

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