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Acer
Acer
circinatum
(Vine Maple)
Acer
circinatum
'Monroe'
(Monroe Vine Maple)
Acer
circinatum
'Pacific Fire'
(Pacific Fire Vine Maple)
Acer
circinatum
'Pacific Sprite'
(Pacific Sprite Vine Maple)
Acer
japonicum
(Fullmoon Maple)
Acer
japonicum
'Aconitifolium'
(Fernleaf Fullmoon Maple)
Acer
palmatum
(Japanese Maple)
Acer
palmatum
'Beni komachi'
(Beni komachi Japanese Maple)
Acer
palmatum
'Bloodgood'
(Bloodgood Japanese Maple)
Acer
palmatum
'Pixie'
(Pixie Japanese Maple)
Acer
palmatum
'Sharp's Pygmy'
(Sharp's Pygmay Japanese Maple)
Acer
palmatum
'Shindeshojo'
(Shindeshojo Japanese Maple)
Acer
palmatum
var.
dissectum
(Dissected Japanese Maple)
Acer
palmatum
var.
dissectum atropurpureum
'Ever Red'
(Ever Red Dissected Japanese Maple)
Acer
rubrum
(Red Maple )
Acer
rubrum
October Glory®
(October Glory Red Maple)
Acer
rubrum
Red Sunset®
(Red Sunset Red Maple)
Acer
saccharinum
(Silver Maple)
Acer
saccharinum
'Laciniatum'
(Cutleaf Silver Maple)
Aesculus
Aesculus
×
carnea
(Red Flowering Horsechestnut)
Aesculus
×
carnea
'O'Neill Red'
(O'Neill Red Horsechestnut )
Aesculus
chinensis
(Chinese Horsechestnut)
Aesculus
pavia
(Red Buckeye)
Aesculus
sylvatica
(Painted Buckeye )
Ceiba
Ceiba
speciosa
(Floss Silk Tree)
Corylus
Corylus
avellana
'Red Dragon'
(Red Dragon Hazelnut)
Corylus
avellana
'Rote Zeller'
(Rote Zeller Hazelnut)
Crinodendron
Crinodendron
hookerianum
(Chilean Lantern Tree)
Fagus
Fagus
grandifolia
(American Beech)
Fraxinus
Fraxinus
americana
(White Ash )
Hibiscus
Hibiscus
syriacus
(Rose of Sharon )
Juglans
Juglans
cinerea
(Butternut)
Parrotia
Parrotia
persica
(Persian Parrotia )
Platanus
Platanus
acerifolia
(London Planetree )
Platanus
occidentalis
(American Sycamore or Planetree )
Platanus
racemosa
(California Sycamore )
Populus
Populus
fremontii
(Fremont Cottonwood )
Populus
grandidentata
(Bigtooth Aspen)
Ulmus
Ulmus
americana
(American Elm)
Ulmus
davidiana
var.
japonica
Emerald Sunshine®
(Emerald Sunshine Elm)
Ulmus
davidiana
var.
japonica
(Japanese Elm)
Ulmus
glabra
'Camperdownii'
(Camperdown Scotch Elm)
Ulmus
×
hollandica
(Dutch Elm )
