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Ilex
Ilex
paraguariensis
(Yerba Matá )
Ilex
verticillata
(Winterberrry )
Ilex
verticillata
'Red Sprite'
(Red Sprite Winterberry )
Ilex
verticillata
'Winter Red'
(Winter Red Winterberry )
Ilex
verticillata
'‘Sunsplash’'
(Sunsplash Winterberry )
Leycesteria
Leycesteria
formosa
(Pheasant-eye )
Lonicera
Lonicera
hispidula
(Pink Honeysuckle )
Malus
Malus
'Indian Summer'
(Indian Summer Crabapple)
Malus
'Prairifire'
(Prairifire Crabapple)
Malus
'Snowdrift'
(Snowdrift Crabapple)
Malus
atrosanguinea
(Carmine Crabapple)
Malus
floribunda
(Japanese Flowering Crabapple)
Malus
fusca
(Western Crabapple )
Malus
×
robusta
(Cherry Crabapple)
Malus
sargentii
(Sargent Crabapple )
Malus
transitoria
(Transitoria Crabapple )
Maytenus
Maytenus
boaria
(Mayten )
Morella
Morella
rubra
(Red Bayberry )
Morus
Morus
alba
(White Mulberry )
Oplopanax
Oplopanax
horridus
(Devil's Club)
Paxistima
Paxistima
canbyi
(Mountain Lover )
Photinia
Photinia
×
fraseri
(Fraser Photinia)
Photinia
glabra
(Japanese Photinia)
Photinia
serratifolia
(Chinese Photinia )
Photinia
villosa
(Oriental Photinia)
Physocarpus
Physocarpus
capitatus
(Western Ninebark )
Physocarpus
opulifolius
(Common Ninebark)
Physocarpus
opulifolius
'Dart's Gold'
(Dart's Gold Ninebark )
Physocarpus
opulifolius
'Luteus'
(Luteus Ninebark )
Prunus
Prunus
'Dream Catcher'
(Dream Catcher Flowering Cherry)
Prunus
'First Lady'
(First Lady Flowering Cherry)
Prunus
Snow Fountains®
(Snow Fountains Weeping Cherry )
Prunus
americana
(Wild Plum )
Prunus
armeniaca
(Apricot)
Prunus
armeniaca
'Goldcot'
(Goldcot Apricot)
Prunus
avium
(Sweet Cherry)
Prunus
×
blireiana
(Blireiana Plum)
Prunus
cerasifera
(Cherry Plum)
Prunus
emarginata
(Bitter Cherry )
Prunus
fruticosa
(Steppe Cherry )
Prunus
glandulosa
(Dwarf Flowering Almond)
Prunus
ilicifolia
(Hollyleaf Cherry )
Prunus
laurocerasus
(Cherry Laurel )
Prunus
laurocerasus
'Mt. Vernon'
(Mt. Vernon Laurel)
Prunus
lusitanica
(Portuguese Cherry Laurel .)
Prunus
maackii
(Amur Chokecherry )
Prunus
mume
(Japanese Apricotc )
Prunus
mume
'Peggy Clarke'
(Peggy Clarke Japanese Flowering Apricot)
Prunus
mume
'Trumpet'
(Trumpet Japanese Flowering Apricot)
Prunus
prostrata
(Rock Cherry )
Prunus
serrula
(Birchbark Cherry )
Prunus
subcordata
(Klamath Plum )
Prunus
virginiana
var.
demissa
(Western Chokecherry)
Prunus
virginiana
var.
virginiana
(Common Chokecherry)
Prunus
×
yedoensis
(Yoshino Cherry )
Pyracantha
Pyracantha
(Firethorn)
Pyracantha
coccinea
(Scarlet Firethorn)
Pyracantha
koidzumii
(Formosan Firethorn)
Rhus
Rhus
aromatica
(Fragrant Sumac)
Rhus
aromatica
'Gro-Low'
(Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac)
Rhus
chinensis
(Chinese Sumac )
Rhus
glabra
(Smooth Sumac )
Rhus
trilobata
(Skunkbush Sumac )
Rhus
typhina
(Staghorn Sumac)
Rhus
typhina
'Laciniata'
(Laceleaf Staghorn Sumac)
Ribes
Ribes
aureum
(Golden Currant )
Ribes
cereum
(Wax Currant)
Ribes
malvaceum
(Chaparral Currant)
Ribes
roezlii
(Sierra Gooseberry )
Rosa
Rosa
acicularis
(Wild Prickly Rose)
Rosa
gymnocarpa
(Little Wood Rose )
Rosa
multiflora
(Multiflora Rose)
Rosa
pisocarpa
(Clustered Rose)
Rosa
rubiginosa
(Sweetbriar Rose )
Rosa
rugosa
(Rugosa Rose)
Rosa
woodsii
(Woods' Rose)
Rubus
Rubus
calycinoides
(Crinkle-leaf Creeper )
Rubus
leucodermis
(Blackcap)
Rubus
lineatus
(Silky-leaved Berry)
Rubus
odoratus
(Flowering Raspberry )
Rubus
parviflorus
(Thimbleberry )
Rubus
spectabilis
(Salmonberry)
Rubus
tricolor
(Creeping Bramble )
Rubus
ursinus
(Trailing Blackberry )
Sambucus
Sambucus
canadensis
(American Elderberry)
Sambucus
cerulea
(Blue Elderberry )
Sambucus
nigra
(Common Elderberry )
Sambucus
nigra
Black Beauty™
(Black Beauty Elderberry )
Sambucus
nigra
'Laciniata'
(Fern-leaved Elderberry )
Sambucus
racemosa
(Red Elderberry)
Sorbus
Sorbus
alnifolia
(Korean Mountain Ash )
Sorbus
aria
(Whitebeam Mountain Ash)
Sorbus
aucuparia
(European Mountain Ash)
Sorbus
aucuparia
Cardinal Royal™
(Cardinal Royal Mountain Ash)
Sorbus
scopulina
(Greene Mountain Ash )
Sorbus
sitchensis
(Sitka Mountain Ash )
Sorbus
yunan
(Sorbus yunan (no English common name))
Stachyurus
Stachyurus
praecox
(Early Spiketail)
Stewartia
Stewartia
rostrata
(Rostrata Stewartia)
Ulmus
Ulmus
americana
(American Elm)
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