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Trees and Shrubs
Below is a list of trees and shrubs on display at The Brenton Arboretum. Scientific and common names are included. Scientific names highlighted in green are linked to detailed information and photos. New cultivation information is continually added. If you want specific information about a specific plant contact us at the Arboretum.
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Alder |
European Black Alder |
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Speckled Alder |
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Ash |
Northern Blaze™ White Ash |
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Autumn Purple® White Ash |
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'Rosehill' White Ash |
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Windy City™ White Ash |
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White Ash |
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Biltmore White Ash |
Fraxinus americana |
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'Fallgold' Black Ash |
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‘Patmore’ Green Ash |
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‘Summit’ Green Ash |
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Green Ash |
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Blue Ash |
Fraxinus quadrangulata |
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Aspen |
Bigtooth Aspen |
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Quaking Aspen |
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Prairie Gold® Aspen |
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Bigtooth Aspen |
Populus grandidentata |
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Baldcypress |
Baldcypress |
Taxodium distichum |
Shawnee Brave® |
Taxodium distichum 'Mickelson' |
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Weeping-Tip |
Taxodium distichum ‘Pendens’ |
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Thuja occidentalis ‘Brandon’ |
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Thuja occidentalis |
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Thuja occidentalis ‘Pyramidalis’ |
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Thuja occidentalis ‘Shermanii’ |
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Thuja occidentalis ‘Sunkist’ |
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Thuja occidentalis 'Techny' |
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Thuja plicata 'Green Giant' |
Thuja plicata 'Green Giant' |
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Basswood |
Tilia americana ‘Redmond’ |
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American Basswood or Linden |
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Amur Linden |
Tilia amurensis |
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Littleleaf Linden |
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Shamrock® Littleleaf Linden |
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Greenspire® Littleleaf Linden |
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None Given |
Tilia laetevirens |
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'Harvest Gold' Mongolian Linden |
Tilia mongolica 'Harvest Gold' |
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Few-ribbed Linden |
Tilia paucicostata |
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Silver Linden |
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Satin Shadow™ Silver Linden |
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Sterling Silver® Silver Linden |
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Beech |
American Beech |
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Birch |
Yellow Birch |
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Swamp Birch |
Betula glandulifera |
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Sweet Cherry Birch |
Betula lenta |
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‘Whitespire Sr. Gray Birch |
Betula populifolia ‘Whitespire Sr.’ |
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Heritage® River Birch |
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Paper Birch |
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Bladdernut |
Bladdernut |
Staphylea trifolia |
Buckeye |
Yellow Buckeye |
Aesculus flava |
‘Homestead’ Buckeye |
Aesculus ´‘Homestead’ |
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Ohio Buckeye |
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Bottlebrush Buckeye |
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Red Buckeye |
Aesculus pavia |
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Buffalo Berry |
Buffalo Berry |
Shepherdia argentea |
Butternut |
Butternut |
Juglans cinerea |
Buttonbush |
Buttonbush |
Cephalanthus occidentalis |
Catalpa |
Northern Catalpa |
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Cedar |
Eastern Red Cedar |
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Cherry |
Pin Cherry |
Prunus pensylvanica |
Sargent Cherry |
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‘Accolade’ Sargent Cherry |
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Black Cherry |
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Chestnut |
Timburr American |
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American Chestnut |
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'Abundance' Chinese Chestnut |
Castanea mollissima 'Abundance' |
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Chinese Chestnut |
Castanea mollissima |
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Chokeberry |
Glossy Black Chokeberry |
Aronia melanocarpa |
Chokecherry |
Common Chokecherry |
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Coffeetree |
Kentucky Coffeetree |
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Coralberry |
Coralberry |
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Corktree |
Amur Corktree |
Phellodendron amurense |
Cottonwood |
Eastern Cottonwood |
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‘Siouxland’ |
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Crabapple |
Flowering Crab apple |
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‘Adams’ Flowering Crab apple |
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Camelot® Flowering Crab apple |
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'Cardinal' Flowering Crab apple |
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Coralburst® |
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‘David’ Flowering Crab apple |
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Harvest Gold® |
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‘Indian Magic’ |
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Red Jewel® |
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Royal Raindrops® |
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Lancelot® |
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‘Louisa’ Flowering |
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Molten Lava® |
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Pink Princess™ |
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Pink Sparkles® |
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‘Prairifire’ Flowering Crab apple |
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‘Purple Prince’ Flowering Crab apple |
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‘Sinai Fire’ Flowering Crab apple |
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Sugar Tyme® |
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'Donald Wyman' |
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'Red Splendor' |
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Japanese Flowering Crab apple |
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Iowa Crab apple |
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Iowa Crab apple |
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Sargent Flowering Crab apple |
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Toringo Crab apple |
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Royal Raindrops® |
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Golden Raindrops® |
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Redbud Crab apple |
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Redbud Crab apple |
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Currant |
Green Mound' Alpine Currant |
Ribes alpinum |
Deutzia |
Slender Deutzia |
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Dogwood |
Pagoda Dogwood |
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Silky Dogwood |
Cornus amomum ssp obliqua |
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Rough-leaved Dogwood |
Cornus drummondii |
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‘Golden Glory’ |
Cornus mas ‘Golden Glory’ |
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Red-Osier Dogwood |
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Elderberry |
American Elderberry |
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Red Elderberry |
Sambucus pubens |
Elm |
‘Cathedral’ Elm |
Ulmus ‘Cathedral’ |
‘Homestead Elm |
Ulmus ‘Homestead’ |
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Commendation™ Elm |
Ulmus ‘Morton Stalwart’ |
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‘New Horizon’ Elm |
Ulmus ‘New Horizon’ |
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‘Patriot’ Elm |
Ulmus ‘Patriot’ |
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Triumph Elm |
Ulmus ´ ‘Morton Glossy’ |
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Danada Charm™ Elm |
Ulmus ´‘Morton Red Tip’ |
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‘Jefferson’American Elm |
Ulmus americana ‘Jefferson’ |
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‘New Harmony’American Elm |
Ulmus americana ‘New Harmony’ |
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‘Princeton’ American Elm |
Ulmus americana ‘Princeton’ |
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‘Valley Forge’ American Elm |
Ulmus americana ‘Valley Forge’ |
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Bergmann's Elm |
Ulmus bergmanniana |
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None given |
Ulmus bergmanniana |
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‘Frontier’ Hybrid Elm |
Ulmus carpinifolia xUlmus parvifolia ‘Frontier’ |
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Chenmou Elm |
Ulmus chenmouii |
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David Elm |
Ulmus davidiana |
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Discovery Elm |
Ulmus davidiana var. japonica 'Discovery' |
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Anhui Elm |
Ulmus gaussenii |
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Gansu Elm |
Ulmus glaucescens |
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Japonica Elm |
Ulmus japonica |
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Ulmus japonica |
Vanguard™ Elm |
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Ulmus japonica ´ Ulmus wilsoniana ‘Morton’ |
Accolade™ Elm |
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Hebei Elm |
Ulmus lamellosa |
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Russian Elm |
Ulmus laevis |
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Large-fruited Elm |
Ulmus macrocarpa |
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Tibetan Elm |
Ulmus macrocarpa var. dorsettii |
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Small-fruited Elm |
Ulmus microcarpa |
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Lacebark Elm |
Ulmus parvifolia |
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Allee® Lacebark Elm |
Ulmus parvifolia ‘Emer II’ |
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‘Hallelujah’ Lacebark Elm |
Ulmus parvifolia ‘Hallelujah’ |
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Cork Bark Elm |
Ulmus propinqua |
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None Given |
Ulmus propinqua var. suberosa |
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None Given |
Ulmus prunifolia |
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False Corkbark Elm |
Ulmus pseudopropinqua |
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Henry Tree |
Ulmus pumila xjaponica xdavidiana |
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Slippery Elm |
Ulmus rubra |
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Szechuan Elm |
Ulmus szechuanica |
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Rock Elm |
Ulmus thomasii |
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None Given |
Ulmus taihangshanensis |
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Wilson Elm |
Ulmus wilsoniana |
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‘Prospector’ Wilson Elm |
Ulmus wilsoniana ‘Prospector’ |
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False cypress |
Sawara Falsecypress |
Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Filifera’ |
Filbert |
Turkish Filbert |
Corylus colurna |
Fir |
Balsam Fir |
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White (Concolor) Fir |
Abies concolor |
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Fraser Fir |
Abies fraseri |
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Nikko Fir |
Abies homolepis |
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Douglas Fir |
Pseudotsuga menziesii |
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Forsythia |
White Forsythia |
Abeliophyllum distichum |
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'Bronxensis' |
Forsythia viridissima 'Bronxensis' |
Fringetree |
White Fringetree |
Chionanthus virginicus |
Ginko |
Ginkgo |
Ginkgo biloba |
Autumn Gold' Ginkgo |
Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold' |
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Emperor™ Ginkgo |
Ginkgo biloba ‘Woodstock’ |
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Goldenraintree |
Goldenraintree |
Koelreuteria paniculata |
Hackberry |
Hackberry |
Celtis occidentalis |
Hawthorn |
Cockspur Hawthorn |
Crataegus crus-galli |
Downy Hawthorn |
Crataegus mollis |
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Fleshy Hawthorn |
Crataegus succulenta |
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Hazelnut |
American Hazelnut |
Corylus americana |
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Beaked Hazelnut |
Corylus cornuta |
Hemlock |
Eastern Hemlock |
Tsuga canadensis |
Hickory |
Bitternut Hickory |
Carya cordiformis |
Pignut Hickory |
Carya glabra |
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Shellbark Hickory |
Carya laciniosa |
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Shagbark Hickory |
Carya ovata |
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Mockernut Hickory |
Carya tomentosa |
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Honeysuckle |
Bush Honeysuckle |
Diervilla lonicera |
Yellow Honeysuckle |
Lonicera prolifera |
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'Emerald Mound' European Fly Honeysuckle |
Lonicera xylosteum |
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Hophornbeam |
American Hophornbeam |
Ostrya virginiana |
Hoptree |
Hoptree |
Ptelea trifoliata |
Hornbeam |
European Hornbeam |
Carpinus betulus |
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American Hornbeam |
Carpinus caroliniana |
Horsechesnut |
Baumann’s Horsechestnut |
Aesculus hippocastanum 'Baumannii' |
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Horsechestnut |
Aesculus hippocastanum |
Hydrangea |
‘Hills of Snow’ |
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Grandiflora’ |
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Oakleaf Hydrangea |
Hydrangea quercifolia |
Indigo Bush |
Indigo Bush |
Amorpha fruticosa |
Juniper |
Common Juniper |
Juniperus communis var. depressa |
Creeping Juniper |
Juniperus horizontalis |
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Japanese Garden Juniper |
Juniperus procumbens |
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‘Medora’ Rocky Mountain Juniper |
‘Medora’ Juniperus scopulorum |
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‘Pathfinder’ Rocky Mountain Juniper |
Juniperus scopulorum ‘Pathfinder’ |
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‘Sutherland’ |
Juniperus scopulorum ‘Sutherland’ |
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Welch Rocky Mountain Juniper |
Juniperus scopulorum ‘Welchii’ |
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‘Wichita Blue’ |
Juniperus scopulorum |
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‘Hillspire’ Eastern Redcedar |
Juniperus virginiana ‘Hillspire’ |
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‘Taylor’ Eastern Redcedar |
Juniperus virginiana ‘Taylor’ |
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Japanese Kerria |
Kerria japonica |
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Katsuratree |
Katsuratree |
Cercidiphyllum japonicum |
Larch |
European Larch |
Larix decidua |
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Japanese Larch |
Larix kaempferi |
Lilac |
Superba' Littleleaf Lilac |
Syringa microphylla 'Superba' |
Pekin Lilac |
Syringa pekinensis |
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'Miss Kim' Manchurian Lilac |
Syringa pubescens |
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Japanese Tree Lilac |
Syringa reticulata |
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‘Ivory Silk’ |
Syringa reticulata ‘Ivory Silk’ |
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Locust |
Skyline® Thornless
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Gleditsia triacanthos |
Sunburst® Thornless |
Gleditsia triacanthos |
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Black Locust |
Robinia pseudoacacia |
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Magnolia |
Cucumbertree Magnolia |
Magnolia acuminata |
Maple |
Freeman Maple |
Acer ´freemanii |
‘Marmo’ Freeman Maple |
Acer Χfreemanii ‘Marmo |
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Autumn Blaze® |
Acer Χfreemanii ‘Jeffersred’ |
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Hedge Maple |
Acer campestre |
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State Street® Miyabe Maple |
Acer miyabei ‘Morton’ |
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Boxelder |
Acer negundo |
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‘Greencolumn’ Black Maple |
Acer nigrum ‘Greencolumn’ |
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Black Maple |
Acer nigrum |
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Red Maple |
Acer rubrum |
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Red Sunset® Red Maple |
Acer rubrum ‘Franksred’ |
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Burgundy Belle® Red Maple |
Acer rubrum 'Magnificent Magenta' |
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'Northwood' Red Maple |
Acer rubrum 'Northwood' |
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‘Silver Queen’ Silver Maple |
Acer saccharinum ‘Silver Queen’ |
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'Silver Cloud' Silver Maple |
Acer saccharinum 'Silver Cloud' |
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Silver Maple |
Acer saccharinum |
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Sugar Maple |
Acer saccharum |
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Fall Fiesta™ Sugar Maple |
Acer saccharum 'Bailsta' |
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‘Caddo’ Sugar Maple |
Acer saccharum ‘Caddo’ |
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Green Mountain® |
Acer saccharum Green Mountain® |
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‘Commemoration’ |
Acer saccharum ‘Commemoration’ |
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‘John Pair’ Sugar Maple |
Acer saccharum ‘John Pair’ |
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‘Legacy’ Sugar Maple |
Acer saccharum ‘Legacy’ |
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Crescendo™ Sugar Maple |
Acer saccharum ‘Morton’ |
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Fall Red™ Black Sugar Maple |
Acer saccharum nigrum ‘Platti’ |
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Mountainash |
European Mountainash |
Sorbus aucuparia |
Mulberry |
Japanese Mulberry |
Morus australis |
New |
New Jersey Tea |
Ceanothus americanus |
Ninebark |
Golden Ninebark |
Physocarpus opulifolius |
Center Glow™ |
Physocarpus opulifolius |
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Golden Ninebark |
Physocarpus opulifolius |
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Oak |
White Oak |
Quercus alba |
| Swamp White Oak | Quercus bicolor | |
Bebb Oak |
Q. alba xQ. macrocarpa |
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Scarlet Oak |
Quercus coccinea |
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Northern Pin Oak |
Quercus ellipsoidalis |
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Shingle Oak |
Quercus imbricaria |
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Liaotong Oak |
Quercus liaotungensis |
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Bur Oak |
Quercus macrocarpa |
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Blackjack Oak |
Quercus marilandica |
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Chinkapin Oak |
Quercus muehlenbergii |
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Pin Oak |
Quercus palustris |
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Dwarf Chinkapin Oak |
Quercus prinoides |
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Chestnut Oak |
Quercus prinus |
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English Oak |
Quercus robur |
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| Red Oak | Quercus rubra | |
Schuettes Oak |
Q. bicolor xQ. macrocarpa |
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Shumard Oak |
Quercus shumardii |
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Post Oak |
Quercus stellata |
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Black Oak |
Quercus velutina |
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Osage-orange |
Osage-orange |
Maclura pomifera |
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‘White Shield’ Osage-orange |
Maclura pomifera 'White Shield' |
Pagodatree |
Japanese Pagodatree |
Styphnolobium japonicum |
Pawpaw |
Pawpaw |
Asimina triloba |
Pear |
Bretschneider Pear |
Pyrus bretschneideri |
‘Autumn Blaze’ Pear |
Pyrus calleryana ‘Autumn Blaze’ |
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‘Mountain Frost’ |
Pyrus ussuriensis ‘Mountain Frost’ |
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Prairie Gem™ |
Pyrus ussuriensis ‘MorDak’ |
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Pecan |
Pecan |
Carya illinoinensis |
Peony |
‘Leda’ Tree Peony |
Paeonia suffruticosa ‘Leda’ |
Persimmon |
Persimmon |
Diospyros virginiana |
Pine |
Jack Pine |
Pinus banksiana |
Lacebark Pine |
Pinus bungeana |
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Swiss Stone Pine |
Pinus cembra |
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Limber Pine |
Pinus flexilis |
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Mugo Pine |
Pinus mugo |
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‘Arnolds Sentinel’ |
Pinus nigra ‘Arnolds Sentinel’ |
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‘Green Temple’ |
Pinus nigra ‘Compacta’ |
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Ponderosa Pine |
Pinus ponderosa |
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Red Pine |
Pinus resinosa |
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Eastern White Pine |
Pinus strobus |
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‘Columnar’ Eastern White Pine |
Pinus strobus ‘Fastigiata’ |
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Scots Pine |
Pinus sylvestris |
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Chinese Pine |
Pinus tabuliformis |
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Virginia Scrub Pine |
Pinus virginiana |
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Plum |
American Red Plum |
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Canada Plum |
Prunus nigra |
Popular |
White Popular |
Populus tomentosa ´ alba |
Prickly-ash |
Prickly-ash |
Zanthoxylum americanum |
Redbud |
‘Silver Cloud’ |
Cercis canadensis ‘Silver Cloud’ |
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Eastern Redbud |
Cercis canadensis |
Redwood |
Dawn Redwood |
Metasequoia glyptostroboides |
Sandcherry |
Western Sandcherry |
Prunus besseyi |
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Eastern Sandcherry |
Prunus pumila |
Sassafras |
Sassafras |
Sassafras albidum |
Serviceberry |
'Autumn Brilliance' |
Amelanchier grandiflora |
Saskatoon Serviceberry |
Amelanchier alnifolia |
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Downy Serviceberrry |
Amelanchier arborea |
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Low Serviceberry |
Amelanchier humilis |
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Inland Serviceberry |
Amelanchier interior |
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Allegheny Serviceberry |
Amelanchier laevis |
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Sand Serviceberry |
Amelanchier sanguinea |
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Smoketree |
Common Smoketree |
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Purple Smoketree |
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Royal Purple' |
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‘Young Lady’ Smoketree |
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American Smoketree |
Cotinus obovatus |
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Snowberry |
Snowberry |
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Spirea |
Meadowsweet Spirea |
Spiraea alba |
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'Shirobana' Japanese Spirea |
Spiraea japonica 'Shirobana' |
Spruce |
Norway Spruce |
Picea abies |
Black Hills Spruce |
Picea glauca ‘Densata’ |
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White Spruce |
Picea glauca |
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Serbian Spruce |
Picea omorika |
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Colorado Spruce |
Picea pungens |
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St. John's Wort |
Shrubby St. John's Wort |
Hypericum prolificum |
Sumac |
Fragrant Sumac |
Rhus aromatica |
Gro-low' Fragrant Sumac |
Rhus aromatica 'Gro-low' |
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Shining Sumac |
Rhus copallina |
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Smooth Sumac |
Rhus glabra |
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Staghorn Sumac |
Rhus typhina |
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Sweetgum |
'Moraine' American Sweetgum |
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Moraine' |
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American Sweetgum |
Liquidambar styraciflua |
Sycamore |
London Planetree |
Platanus acerifolia |
Encore™ Planetree |
Platanus ´acerifolia |
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‘Bloodgood’ London Planetree |
Platanus ´acerifolia ‘Bloodgood’ |
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American Sycamore |
Platanus occidentalis |
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Tuliptree |
Tuliptree, Tulip popular or Yellow popular |
Liriodendron tulipifera |
Tupelo |
Black Tupelo |
Nyssa sylvatica |
Viburnum |
Burkwood Viburnum |
Viburnum burkwoodii |
‘Mohawk’ Burkwood Viburnum |
Viburnum ´burkwoodii ‘Mohawk’ |
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Judd Viburnum |
Viburnum ´juddii |
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Arrowwood Viburnum |
Viburnum dentatum |
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Nannyberry Viburnum |
Viburnum lentago |
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Kentucky Viburnum |
Viburnum molle |
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Blackhaw Viburnum |
Viburnum prunifolium |
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Downy Viburnum |
Viburnum rafinesquianum |
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Cranberrybush Viburnum |
Viburnum trilobum |
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Wahoo |
Wahoo |
Euonymus atropurpureus |
Walnut |
Black Walnut |
Juglans nigra |
Willow |
'Prairie Cascade' Willow |
Salix 'Prairie Cascade' |
Golden Weeping Willow |
Salix alba ‘Trisitis’ |
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Peach Leaved Willow |
Salix amygdaloides |
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Bebb Willow |
Salix bebbiana |
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Pussy Willow |
Salix discolor |
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Prairie Willow |
Salix humilis |
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Sandbar Willow |
Salix interior |
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Shining Willow |
Salix lucida |
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Black Willow |
Salix nigra |
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Slender Willow |
Salix petiolaris |
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Rigid Willow |
Salix rigida |
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Silky Willow |
Salix sericea |
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Winterberry |
Winterberry |
Ilex verticillata |
Witchhazel |
Vernal Witchhazel |
Hamamelis vernalis |
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Common Witchhazel |
Hamamelis virginiana |
Wolfberry |
Wolfberry |
Symphoricarpos occidentalis |
Yellowhorn |
Yellowhorn |
Xanthoceras sorbifolium |
Yellowwood |
American Yellowwood |
Cladrastis kentukea |
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