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Aceraceae
Acer barbatum - Florida maple
Acer buergeranum - trident maple
Acer campestre - hedge maple
Acer circinatum - vine maple
Acer ginnala - Amur maple
Acer glabrum - Rocky Mountain maple
Acer grandidentatum - bigtooth maple
Acer griseum - paperbark maple
Acer macrophyllum - bigleaf maple

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Acer miyabei - Miyabe maple
Acer negundo - boxelder

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Acer nigrum - black maple
Acer palmatum - Japanese maple
Acer pensylvanicum - striped maple
Acer platanoides - Norway maple
Acer pseudoplatanus - sycamore maple
Acer rubrum - red maple

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Acer saccharinum - silver maple

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Acer saccharum - sugar maple

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Acer spicatum - mountain maple
Acer tataricum - Tatarian maple
Acer truncatum - Shantung maple
Agavaceae
Dracaena draco - dragontree
Yucca baccata - banana yucca
Yucca brevifolia - Joshua tree
Yucca elata - soaptree yucca
Yucca filamentosa - yucca
Yucca schidigera - Mojave yucca
Yucca torreyi - Torrey's yucca
Anacardiaceae
Cotinus coggygria - European smoketree
Cotinus obovatus - American smoketree
Malosma laurina - laurel sumac
Pachycormus discolor - torote blanco
Pistacia chinensis - Chinese pistache
Rhus aromatica - fragrant sumac
Rhus copallinum - shining sumac
Rhus glabra - smooth sumac
Rhus typhina (hirta) - staghorn sumac
Rhus integrifolia - lemonade sumac
Rhus kearneyi - Kearney's sumac
Rhus lancea - African sumac
Rhus lanceolata - prairie sumac
Rhus microphylla - littleleaf sumac
Rhus ovata - sugar sumac
Rhus trilobata - skunkbush sumac
Rhus virens - New Mexico evergreen sumac
Schinus molle - peppertree
Schinus terebinthifolius - Brazilian peppertree
Toxicodendron diversilobum - Pacific poisonoak
Toxicodendron pubescens - poison-oak
Toxicodendron radicans - poison-ivy
Toxicodendron vernix - poison sumac
Annonaceae
Annona glabra - pond apple
Asimina parviflora - dwarf pawpaw
Asimina triloba - pawpaw
Apocynaceae
Nerium oleander - oleander
Vinca minor - periwinkle
Aquifoliaceae
Ilex amelanchier - sarvis holly
Ilex cassine - dahoon
Ilex coriacea - large gallberry
Ilex cornuta - Chinese holly
Ilex crenata - Japanese holly
Ilex decidua - deciduous holly
Ilex glabra - inkberry
Ilex montana - mountain holly
Ilex myrtifolia - myrtle holly
Ilex opaca - American holly
Ilex verticillata - winterberry holly
Ilex vomitoria - yaupon
Ilex xattenuata - Foster's holly
Araliaceae
Aralia spinosa - Devil's walking stick
Hedera helix - English ivy
Oplopanax horridus - Devilsclub
Arecaceae
Acoelorrhaphe wrightii - Everglades palm
Cocos nucifera - coconut palm
Phoenix canariensis - Canary Island date palm
Phoenix roebelenii - pygmy date palm
Rhapidophyllum hystrix - needle palm
Roystonea elata - royal palm
Sabal minor - bush palmetto
Sabal palmetto - cabbage palmetto
Serenoa repens - saw palmetto
Syagrus romanzoffiana - queen palm
Washingtonia filifera - California fan palm
Washingtonia robusta - Mexican fan palm
Aristolochiaceae
Aristolochia macrophylla - Dutchman's pipe
Asteraceae
Ambrosia ambrosioides - canyon ragweed
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia - San Diego bursage
Ambrosia deltoidea - triangleleaf bursage
Artemisia californica - coastal sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata - big sagebrush
Baccharis halimifolia - eastern baccharis
Baccharis pteronioides - yerba de pasmo
Baccharis salicifolia - mule fat
Baccharis sarothroides - desertbroom
Borrichia arborescens - tree seaside tansy
Encelia californica - California brittlebrush
Encelia farinosa - brittlebush
Ericameria laricifolia - turpentine bush
Ericameria linearifolia - narrowleaf goldenbush
Ericameria nauseosa - gray rabbitbrush
Ericameria palmeri - Palmer's goldenbush
Iva frutescens - marsh-elder
Iva hayesiana - San Diego povertyweed
Parthenium argentatum - guayule
Pluchea sericea - arrow-weed
Berberidaceae
Berberis thunbergii - Japanese barberry
Mahonia aquifolium - tall Oregon-grape
Mahonia fremontii - Fremont barberry
Mahonia haematocarpa - red barberry
Mahonia nervosa - dwarf Oregon-grape
Mahonia repens - creeping mahonia
Nandina domestica - heavenly bamboo
Betulaceae
Alnus cordata - Italian alder
Alnus glutinosa - European black alder
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa - speckled alder
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia - thinleaf alder
Alnus oblongifolia - Arizona alder
Alnus rhombifolia - white alder
Alnus rubra - red alder

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Alnus serrulata - hazel alder
Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata - Sitka alder
Betula alleghaniensis - yellow birch

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Betula lenta - sweet birch

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Betula nana - bog birch
Betula nigra - river birch
Betula occidentalis - water birch
Betula papyrifera - paper birch

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Betula pendula - European weeping birch
Betula populifolia - gray birch
Betula uber - roundleaf birch
Carpinus caroliniana - hornbeam
Corylus americana - American hazel
Corylus cornuta - beaked hazel
Ostrya virginiana - hophornbeam
Bignoniaceae
Bignonia capreolata - crossvine
Campsis radicans - trumpet creeper
Catalpa bignonioides - southern catalpa
Catalpa speciosa - northern catalpa
Chilopsis linearis - desert-willow
Jacaranda mimosifolia - jacaranda
Tecoma stans - yellow bells
Boraginaceae
Ehretia anacua - sandpaper tree
Burseraceae
Bursera fagaroides - fragrant bursera
Bursera hindsiana - copal
Bursera microphylla - elephant tree
Bursera simaruba - gumbo-limbo
Buxaceae
Buxus sempervirens - boxwood
Pachysandra terminalis - Japanese pachysandra
Cactaceae
Carnegiea gigantea - saguaro cactus
Cereus hildmannianus - Andes organ pipe
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa - buckhorn cholla
Cylindropuntia arbuscula - pencil cholla
Cylindropuntia bigelovii - Teddy bear cholla
Cylindropuntia fulgida - chain cholla
Cylindropuntia spinosior - cane cholla
Ferocactus wislizeni - barrelcactus
Opuntia engelmannii - Engelmann's pricklypear
Opuntia polycantha - Mojave pricklypear
Opuntia rufida - blind pricklypear
Pachycereus pringlei - cardón
Pachycereus schottii - senita cactus
Stenocereus thurberi - organpipe cactus
Calycanthaceae
Calycanthus floridus - common sweetshrub
Calycanthus occidentalis - sweet shrub
Capparaceae
Cleome isomeris - bladderpod spiderflower
Koeberlinia spinosa - allthorn
Caprifoliaceae
Abelia xgrandiflora - glossy abelia
Diervilla lonicera - northern bush-honeysuckle
Kolkwitzia amabilis - beautybush
Lonicera canadensis - American fly honeysuckle
Lonicera involucrata - twinberry
Lonicera japonica - Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii - Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera morrowii - Morrow honeysuckle
Lonicera utahensis - red twinberry
Lonicera xbella - Belle's honeysuckle
Sambucus nigra spp. canadensis - American elderberry
Sambucus nigra spp. cerulea - blue elderberry
Sambucus racemosa - red elderberry
Symphoricarpos albus - snowberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus - coralberry
Viburnum acerifolium - mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum carlesii - Koreanspice viburnum
Viburnum dentatum - arrowwood
Viburnum dilatatum - linden viburnum
Viburnum ellipticum - western viburnum
Viburnum lantana - wayfaringtree viburnum
Viburnum lantanoides - hobblebush
Viburnum lentago - nannyberry
Viburnum nudum - possumhaw viburnum
Viburnum opulus var. americanum - highbush-cranberry
Viburnum opulus var. opulus - European cranberrybush viburnum
Viburnum plicatum - doublefile viburnum
Viburnum prunifolium - blackhaw
Viburnum rhytidophyllum - leatherleaf viburnum
Viburnum rufidulum - rusty blackhaw
Viburnum xburkwoodii - Burkwood viburnum
Weigela florida - old fashioned weigela
Casuarinaceae
Casuarina equisetifolia - Australian pine
Celastraceae
Celastrus orbiculatus - Oriental bittersweet
Celastrus scandens - American bittersweet
Euonymus alatus - winged euonymus
Euonymus americanus - strawberry bush
Euonymus atropurpureus - eastern wahoo
Euonymus europaeus - spindletree
Euonymus fortunei - wintercreeper
Euonymus kiautschovicus - spreading euonymus
Paxistima myrsinites - false box
Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum japonicum - katsuratree
Chenopodiaceae
Atriplex canescens - four-wing saltbush
Atriplex confertifolia - shadscale
Chrysobalanaceae
Chrysobalanus icaco - cocoplum
Cistaceae
Cistus spp. - rockrose
Clethraceae
Clethra alnifolia - summersweet clethra
Clusiaceae
Hypericum spp. - Saint Johnswort
Combretaceae
Bucida buceras - black olive
Conocarpus erectus - buttonwood
Laguncularia racemosa - white mangrove
Cornaceae
Cornus alternifolia - alternate-leaf dogwood
Cornus amomum - silky dogwood
Cornus canadensis - bunchberry
Cornus drummondii - roughleaf dogwood
Cornus florida - flowering dogwood

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Cornus kousa - kousa dogwood
Cornus mas - Cornelian cherry dogwood
Cornus nuttallii - Pacific dogwood
Cornus racemosa - gray dogwood
Cornus sericea - red-osier dogwood
Cornaceae (Nyssaceae)
Nyssa aquatica - water tupelo

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Nyssa biflora - swamp tupelo
Nyssa ogeche - Ogeechee tupelo
Nyssa sylvatica - blackgum

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Cyrillaceae
Cliftonia monophylla - buckwheat tree
Cyrilla racemiflora - swamp cyrilla
Ebenaceae
Diospyros texana - Texas persimmon
Diospyros virginiana - common persimmon

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Elaeagnaceae
Elaeagnus angustifolia - Russian-olive
Elaeagnus pungens - thorny-olive
Elaeagnus umbellata - autumn-olive
Shepherdia canadensis - buffaloberry
Shepherdia rotundifolia - roundleaf buffaloberry
Ericaceae
Andromeda polifolia - bog rosemary
Arbutus arizonica - Arizona madrone
Arbutus menziesii - Pacific madrone
Arbutus xalapensis - Texas madrone
Arctostaphylos columbiana - hairy manzanita
Arctostaphylos densiflora - Vine Hill manzanita
Arctostaphylos glauca - bigberry manzanita
Arctostaphylos patula - green manzanita
Arctostaphylos pungens - pointleaf manzanita
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - kinnikinick
Arctostaphylos viscida - whiteleaf manzanita
Cassiope mertensiana - white mountain heather
Chamaedaphne calyculata - leatherleaf
Epigaea repens - trailing arbutus
Eubotrys racemosa - swamp sweetbells
Gaultheria procumbens - teaberry
Gaultheria shallon - salal
Gaylussacia spp. - huckleberry
Kalmia angustifolia - sheep laurel
Kalmia latifolia - mountain laurel
Kalmia microphylla - alpine laurel
Kalmia polifolia - bog laurel
Ledum groenlandicum - Labrador tea
Leucothoe axillaris - coast leucothoe
Lyonia ferruginea - staggerbush
Lyonia ligustrina - maleberry
Lyonia lucida - fetterbush lyonia
Menziesia ferruginea - false azalea
Oxydendrum arboreum - sourwood
Pieris floribunda - mountain pieris
Pieris japonica - Japanese pieris
Rhododendron albiflorum - white rhododendron
Rhododendron atlanticum - dwarf azalea
Rhododendron austrinum - Florida azalea
Rhododendron calendulaceum - flame azalea
Rhododendron canescens - swamp azalea
Rhododendron catawbiense - Catawba rhododendron
Rhododendron macrophyllum - Pacific rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum - great rhododendron
Rhododendron occidentale - western azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides - pink azalea
Vaccinium arboreum - sparkleberry
Vaccinium corymbosum - highbush blueberry
Vaccinium elliottii - Elliott's blueberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon - cranberry
Vaccinium membranaceum - big huckleberry
Vaccinium ovatum - evergreen huckleberry
Vaccinium oxycoccos - small cranberry
Vaccinium pallidum - lowbush blueberry
Vaccinium parvifolium - red huckleberry
Vaccinium stamineum - deerberry
Vaccinium vitis-idaea - lingonberry
Euphorbiaceae
Croton alabamensis - Alabama croton
Jatropha cuneata - limberbush
Triadica sebifera - Chinese tallow tree
Vernicia fordii - tungoil tree
Fabaceae
Acacia berlandieri - guajillo
Acacia constricta - whitethorn acacia
Acacia farnesiana - sweet acacia
Acacia greggii - catclaw acacia
Albizia julibrissin - mimosa
Amorpha fruticosa - desert false indigo
Caesalpinia pulcherrima - pride-of-Barbados
Calliandra eriophylla - fairy duster
Caragana arborescens - pea tree
Cercis canadensis - eastern redbud
Cercis orbiculata - western redbud
Cladrastis kentukea - yellowwood
Cytisus scoparius - Scotch broom
Delonix regia - flamboyant tree
Ebenopsis ebano - Texas ebony
Erythrina corallodendron - coral tree
Gleditsia aquatica - waterlocust
Gleditsia triacanthos - honeylocust

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Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky coffeetree
Laburnum xwatereri - goldenchain tree
Lysiloma watsonii - desertfern
Mimosa aculeaticarpa - catclaw mimosa
Olneya tesota - desert ironwood
Parkinsonia aculeata - Jerusalem thorn
Parkinsonia florida - blue paloverde
Parkinsonia microphylla - yellow paloverde
Prosopis glandulosa - honey mesquite
Prosopis pubescens - screwbean mesquite
Prosopis velutina - velvet mesquite
Psorothamnus schottii - Schott indigobush
Psorothamnus spinosus - desert smoke tree
Pueraria montana - kudzu
Robinia hispida - bristly locust
Robinia neomexicana - New Mexican locust
Robinia pseudoacacia - black locust

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Sesbania punicea - rattlebox
Styphnolobium (Sophora) affine (affinis) - Texas sophora
Styphnolobium (Sophora) japonicum (japonica) - Japanese pagoda tree
Sophora secundiflora - mescal bean
Ulex europaeus - common gorse
Wisteria floribunda - Japanese wisteria
Wisteria sinensis - Chinese wisteria
Fagaceae
Castanea dentata - American chestnut
Castanea mollissima - Chinese chestnut