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Acer
Acer
henryi
(Henry's Maple)
Aesculus
Aesculus
californica
(California Buckeye )
Aesculus
chinensis
(Chinese Horsechestnut)
Aesculus
glabra
var.
arguta
(Texas Buckeye )
Aesculus
hippocastanum
(Horsechestnut)
Aesculus
hippocastanum
'Baumannii'
(Double Horsechestnut )
Alnus
Alnus
alnobetula
subsp.
sinuata
(Sitka Alder )
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
andersonii
(Santa Cruz Manzanita )
Castanea
Castanea
dentata
(American Chestnut)
Castanea
mollissima
(Chinese Chestnut)
Castanea
sativa
(European Chestnut )
Cercocarpus
Cercocarpus
betuloides
(Birchleaf Mountain-mahogany )
Crataegus
Crataegus
germanica
(Medlar)
Davidia
Davidia
involucrata
(Dove Tree )
Franklinia
Franklinia
alatamaha
(Franklin Tree )
Fraxinus
Fraxinus
ornus
(Flowering Ash)
Fraxinus
sieboldiana
(Siebold Ash, )
Gleditsia
Gleditsia
triacanthos
(Honeylocust)
Gleditsia
triacanthos
var.
inermis
(Thornless Honeylocust)
Halesia
Halesia
carolina
(Carolina Silverbell )
Hovenia
Hovenia
dulcis
(Japanese Raisintree )
Maytenus
Maytenus
boaria
(Mayten )
Notholithocarpus
Notholithocarpus
densiflorus
(Tanoak )
Oxydendrum
Oxydendrum
arboreum
(Sourwood )
Populus
Populus
angustifolia
(Narrowleaf Cottonwood )
Populus
grandidentata
(Bigtooth Aspen)
Pyrus
Pyrus
calleryana
(Callery Pear)
Pyrus
calleryana
Chanticleer®
(Chanticleer Pear)
Pyrus
fauriei
Korean Sun™
(Korean Sun Pear)
Pyrus
salicifolia
'Pendula'
(Weeping Willow-leaved Pear)
Quillaja
Quillaja
saponaria
(Soap-bark Tree )
Salix
Salix
magnifica
(Magnolia-leaf Willow )
Stewartia
Stewartia
koreana
(Korean Stewartia)
Stewartia
monadelpha
(Tall Stewartia)
Stewartia
pseudocamellia
(Japanese Stewartia)
Stewartia
rostrata
(Rostrata Stewartia)
Stewartia
serrata
(Sawtooth Stewartia)
Styrax
Styrax
japonicus
(Japanese Snowbell)
Styrax
japonicus
'Evening Light'
(Evening Light Japanese Snowbell)
Toona
Toona
sinensis
(Chinese Toon )
Ulmus
Ulmus
glabra
'Camperdownii'
(Camperdown Scotch Elm)
