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Acer
Acer
saccharum
(Sugar Maple)
Acer
sempervirens
(Cretan Maple)
Acer
triflorum
(Three Flowered Maple)
Acer
truncatum
(Purpleblow Maple )
Ailanthus
Ailanthus
altissima
(Tree of Heaven )
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
insularis
(Island Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
montaraensis
(Montara Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
pajaroensis
(Pajaro Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
pajaroensis
'Bretts Beauty'
(Brett's Beauty Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
tomentosa
(Wolly Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
viridissima
'White Cloud'
(White Cloud McMinn's Manzanita )
Carpenteria
Carpenteria
californica
(Bush Anemone)
Cercidiphyllum
Cercidiphyllum
japonicum
(Katsura )
Chionanthus
Chionanthus
retusus
(Chinese Fringetree)
Crinodendron
Crinodendron
hookerianum
(Chilean Lantern Tree)
Davidia
Davidia
involucrata
(Dove Tree )
Diospyros
Diospyros
virginiana
(Common Persimmon )
Fraxinus
Fraxinus
americana
(White Ash )
Fraxinus
pennsylvanica
(Green Ash)
Fraxinus
sieboldiana
(Siebold Ash, )
Gleditsia
Gleditsia
triacanthos
(Honeylocust)
Gleditsia
triacanthos
var.
inermis
(Thornless Honeylocust)
Leycesteria
Leycesteria
formosa
(Pheasant-eye )
Morella
Morella
rubra
(Red Bayberry )
Olea
Olea
europaea
(Common olive )
Paxistima
Paxistima
canbyi
(Mountain Lover )
Pieris
Pieris
formosa
var.
forrestii
(Chinese Pieris )
Pieris
japonica
var.
yakushimanum
'Prelude '
(Prelude Pieris )
Platanus
Platanus
racemosa
(California Sycamore )
Pyracantha
Pyracantha
(Firethorn)
Pyrus
Pyrus
salicifolia
'Pendula'
(Weeping Willow-leaved Pear)
Quercus
Quercus
arizonica
(Arizona Oak )
Quercus
douglasii
(Blue Oak )
Quercus
durata
(Leather Oak)
Quercus
marilandica
(Blackjack Oak )
Quercus
myrsinifolia
(Chinese Evergreen Oak )
Quercus
wislizeni
(Interior Live Oak )
Quillaja
Quillaja
saponaria
(Soap-bark Tree )
Rhaphiolepis
Rhaphiolepis
umbellata
'Minor'
(Dwarf Yeddo Rhaphiolepis)
Styrax
Styrax
obassia
(Fragrant Snowbell)
Toona
Toona
sinensis
(Chinese Toon )
Vaccinium
Vaccinium
corymbosum
(Highbush Blueberry)
Vaccinium
crassifolium
(Creeping Blueberry )
Viburnum
Viburnum
nudum
(Possumhaw )
Zanthoxylum
Zanthoxylum
americanum
(Prickly Ash )
