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  • Latin Names
  • Common Names
  • Woody Plants of Oregon
  • Woody Plant Search
    • Woody Broadleaf Search
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  • Additional Information
    • Plant Identification: Examining Leaves
    • Scientific Plant Names
    • Glossary of technical terms
    • USDA Hardiness Zone Maps of the United States
    • Sunset's Climate Zones
    • References
    • Oregon Master Gardener Training: Identifying Woody Plants

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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)

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 lomariifolia (Chinese Mahonia )
Mahonia × media 'Arthur Menzies' (Arthur Menzies Mahonia)
Mahonia pinnata (California Barberry )
Mahonia pinnata subsp. insularis (Island Barberry)

Quillaja

Quillaja saponaria (Soap-bark Tree )

Viburnum

Viburnum rhytidophyllum (Leatherleaf Viburnum)

Yucca

Yucca brevifolia (Joshua Tree)

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Patrick Breen,
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Patrick.Breen@oregonstate.edu
 

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