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Arbutus
Arbutus
menziesii
(Pacific Madrone )
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
'White Lanterns'
(White Lanterns Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
columbiana
(Hairy Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
patula
(Green Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi
(Kinnikinnik )
Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi
'Massachusetts'
(Massachusetts Kinnikinnik )
Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi
'Point Reyes'
(Point Reyes Kinnikinnik )
Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi
'San Bruno Mountain'
(San Bruno Mountain Kinnikinnik )
Artemisia
Artemisia
ludoviciana
(Prairie Sage )
Artemisia
tridentata
(Big Sagebrush)
Baccharis
Baccharis
pilularis
(Coyote Bush )
Ceanothus
Ceanothus
integerrimus
(Deer Brush)
Cercocarpus
Cercocarpus
ledifolius
(Curlleaf Mountain-mahogany)
Chrysolepis
Chrysolepis
chrysophylla
(Golden Chinkapin )
Chrysothamnus
Chrysothamnus
viscidiflorus
(Green Rabbitbrush )
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus
angustifolia
(Russian-olive)
Ericameria
Ericameria
nauseosa
(Gray Rabbitbrush )
Frangula
Frangula
californica
(Coffeeberry )
Frangula
californica
'Mound San Bruno'
(Mound San Bruno Coffeeberry )
Frangula
purshiana
(Cascara )
Myrica
Myrica
gale
(Sweetgale )
Notholithocarpus
Notholithocarpus
densiflorus
var.
echinoides
(Shrub Tanoak )
Oemleria
Oemleria
cerasiformis
(Indian Plum )
Purshia
Purshia
tridentata
(Bitterbrush )
Quercus
Quercus
chrysolepis
(Canyon Live Oak)
Quercus
garryana
(Oregon White Oak )
Quercus
garryana
var.
breweri
(Brewer's Oak)
Quercus
vacciniifolia
(Huckleberry Oak)
Rhododendron (defines evaluations)
Rhododendron
macrophyllum
(Western Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
occidentale
(Western Azalea)
Rhododendron
occidentale
'Irene Koster'
(Irene Koster (Western) Azalea)
Ribes
Ribes
sanguineum
'Pokey's Pink'
(Pokey's Pink Flowering Currant)
Umbellularia
Umbellularia
californica
(Oregon Myrtle )
Vaccinium
Vaccinium
parvifolium
(Red Huckleberry )
Vaccinium
uliginosum
(Bog Blueberry)
