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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)
Carpinus orientalis (Oriental 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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