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Broadleaf Plant Search
Ailanthus
Ailanthus
altissima
(Tree of Heaven )
Arbutus
Arbutus
unedo
(Strawberry Tree )
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
andersonii
(Santa Cruz Manzanita )
Celtis
Celtis
occidentalis
(Common Hackberry)
Corylus
Corylus
avellana
'Rote Zeller'
(Rote Zeller Hazelnut)
Crataegus
Crataegus
'Autumn Glory'
(Autumn Glory Hawthorn)
Crataegus
ambigua
(Russian Hawthorn)
Crataegus
columbiana
(Columbia Hawthorn)
Crataegus
crus-galli
(Cockspur Hawthorn)
Crataegus
douglasii
(Douglas Hawthorn )
Crataegus
laevigata
(English Hawthorn )
Crataegus
laevigata
'Pauls Scarlet'
(Paul's Scarlet Hawthorn)
Crataegus
×
lavallei
(Lavalle Hawthorn)
Crataegus
monogyna
(Singleseed Hawthorn )
Crataegus
phaenopyrum
(Washington Hawthorn)
Crataegus
punctata
(Dotted Hawthorn )
Crataegus
viridis
(Green Hawthorn,)
Crataegus
viridis
'Winter King'
(Winter King Hawthorn )
Diospyros
Diospyros
virginiana
(Common Persimmon )
Frangula
Frangula
californica
(Coffeeberry )
Malus
Malus
'Indian Summer'
(Indian Summer Crabapple)
Malus
fusca
(Western Crabapple )
Morella
Morella
rubra
(Red Bayberry )
Photinia
Photinia
serratifolia
(Chinese Photinia )
Prunus
Prunus
Snow Fountains®
(Snow Fountains Weeping Cherry )
Prunus
americana
(Wild Plum )
Prunus
armeniaca
(Apricot)
Prunus
emarginata
(Bitter Cherry )
Prunus
laurocerasus
(Cherry Laurel )
Prunus
lusitanica
(Portuguese Cherry Laurel .)
Prunus
mume
'Trumpet'
(Trumpet Japanese Flowering Apricot)
Prunus
subcordata
(Klamath Plum )
Prunus
virginiana
var.
virginiana
(Common Chokecherry)
Prunus
×
yedoensis
(Yoshino Cherry )
Rhus
Rhus
chinensis
(Chinese Sumac )
Sambucus
Sambucus
cerulea
(Blue Elderberry )
Sambucus
nigra
(Common Elderberry )
Sambucus
nigra
Black Beauty™
(Black Beauty Elderberry )
Sambucus
racemosa
(Red Elderberry)
Sorbus
Sorbus
alnifolia
(Korean Mountain Ash )
Sorbus
aucuparia
(European Mountain Ash)
Sorbus
scopulina
(Greene Mountain Ash )
Sorbus
sitchensis
(Sitka Mountain Ash )
Sorbus
yunan
(Sorbus yunan (no English common name))
Stewartia
Stewartia
rostrata
(Rostrata Stewartia)
Ulmus
Ulmus
americana
(American Elm)
Viburnum
Viburnum
awabuki
(Sweet Viburnum)
Viburnum
lentago
(Nannyberry )
Zanthoxylum
Zanthoxylum
americanum
(Prickly Ash )
Zanthoxylum
piperitum
(Japanese Prickly Ash)
Ziziphus
Ziziphus
jujuba
(Jujube )
