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glandulifera
(Konara Oak)
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glauca
(Japanese Blue Oak)
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myrsinifolia
(Chinese Evergreen Oak )
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suber
(Cork Oak)
Quercus
wislizeni
(Interior Live Oak )
Rhus
Rhus
chinensis
(Chinese Sumac )
Salix
Salix
'Golden Curls'
(Golden Curls Corkscrew Willow )
Salix
babylonica
(Weeping Willow)
Salix
integra
'Hakuro Nishiki'
(Dapple Willow )
Salix
matsudana
'Tortuosa'
(Corkscrew Willow )
Salix
pentandra
(Laurel Willow )
Ulmus
Ulmus
ACCOLADE™
(Accolade Elm)
Ulmus
× 'Frontier'
(Frontier Elm)
Ulmus
'Homestead'
(Homestead Elm)
Ulmus
× Triumph™
(Triumph Elm)
Ulmus
americana
(American Elm)
Ulmus
davidiana
(David Elm)
Ulmus
davidiana
var.
davidiana
none
Ulmus
davidiana
var.
japonica
Emerald Sunshine®
(Emerald Sunshine Elm)
Ulmus
davidiana
var.
japonica
(Japanese Elm)
Ulmus
glabra
'Camperdownii'
(Camperdown Scotch Elm)
Ulmus
×
hollandica
(Dutch Elm )
Ulmus
parvifolia
(Lacebark Elm )
Ulmus
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ALLÉE®
(Allee Lacebark Elm)
Ulmus
parvifolia
Bosque™
(Bosque Lacebark Elm)
Ulmus
parvifolia
'Hakkaido'
(Hakkaido Lacebark Elm )
Ulmus
parvifolia
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(Seiju Dwarf Elm )
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pumila
(Siberian Elm)
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Zanthoxylum
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(Prickly Ash )
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piperitum
(Japanese Prickly Ash)
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Ziziphus
Ziziphus
jujuba
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