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Broadleaf Plant Search

Alnus

Alnus icana subsp. rugosa (Speckled Alder )

Betula

Betula nana (Dwarf Birch )
Betula nigra Fox Valley™ (Fox Valley River Birch)
Betula pendula 'Youngii' (Young's Weeping Birch)

Carpinus

Carpinus caroliniana (American Hornbeam)
Carpinus coreana (Korean Hornbeam)
Carpinus fangiana (Monkey Tail Hornbeam)

Corylus

Corylus americana (American Hazel )
Corylus avellana (Hazelnut )
Corylus avellana 'Contorta' (Contorted Filbert )
Corylus avellana 'Red Dragon' (Red Dragon Hazelnut)
Corylus avellana 'Rote Zeller' (Rote Zeller Hazelnut)

Garrya

Garrya flavescens (Yellowleaf Silktassel )

Juglans

Juglans californica (California Walnut )
Juglans microcarpa (Texas Walnut )

Myrica

Myrica pensylvanica (Northern Bayberry )

Quercus

Quercus berberidifolia (California Scrub Oak )
Quercus hypoleucoides (Silverleaf Oak)
Quercus myrsinifolia (Chinese Evergreen Oak )
Quercus prinoides (Dwarf Chinquapin Oak )
Quercus turbinella (Scrub Live Oak)

Salix

Salix caprea 'Kilmarnock' (Kilmarnock Willow)
Salix integra 'Hakuro Nishiki' (Dapple Willow )
Salix pentandra (Laurel Willow )
Salix purpurea (Purpleosier )
Salix purpurea 'Nana' (Dwarf Purpleoiser Willow )

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Patrick Breen,
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Patrick.Breen@oregonstate.edu
 

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