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Woody Plants of Oregon
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Additional Information
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Ardisia
Ardisia
japonica
(Japanese Ardisia )
Ceanothus
Ceanothus
gloriosus
(Point Reyes Ceanothus )
Ceanothus
griseus
var.
horizontalis
(Carmel Creeper Ceanothus)
Ceanothus
griseus
var.
horizontalis
'Yankee Point'
(Yankee Point Ceanothus)
Celastrus
Celastrus
scandens
(American Bittersweet )
Cornus
Cornus
sericea
subsp.
sericea
'Kelseyi'
(Kelsey Dogwood )
Euonymus
Euonymus
fortunei
(Wintercreeper Euonymus )
Euonymus
fortunei (some selections)
(Wintercreeper Euonymus)
Gaultheria
Gaultheria
miqueliana
(Miquel's Spicywintergreen )
Grevillea
Grevillea
aquifolium
(Holly Grevillea)
Grevillea
lanigera
(Woolly Grevillea)
Lonicera
Lonicera
hispidula
(Pink Honeysuckle )
Mahonia
Mahonia
repens
(Creeping Mahonia)
Paxistima
Paxistima
canbyi
(Mountain Lover )
Paxistima
myrsinites
(Oregon Boxwood )
Prunus
Prunus
laurocerasus
'Mt. Vernon'
(Mt. Vernon Laurel)
Prunus
prostrata
(Rock Cherry )
Rhus
Rhus
aromatica
'Gro-Low'
(Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac)
Rubus
Rubus
laciniatus
(Evergreen Blackberry )
Rubus
ursinus
(Trailing Blackberry )
Salix
Salix
caprea
'Kilmarnock'
(Kilmarnock Willow)
Sorbus
Sorbus
poteriifolia
(Mountain Ash)
Spiraea
Spiraea
betulifolia
(Birch-leaf Spirea )
Toxicodendron
Toxicodendron
diversilobum
(Poison Oak)
Vaccinium
Vaccinium
angustifolium
(Lowbush Blueberry)
Vaccinium
angustifolium
'Burgundy'
(Burgundy Lowbush Blueberry)
Vaccinium
crassifolium
(Creeping Blueberry )