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Possible matches:
Abutilon palmeri - Palmer's Indian mallow
Acacia berlandieri - guajillo
Acacia constricta - whitethorn acacia
Acacia farnesiana - sweet acacia
Acacia greggii - catclaw acacia
Adenostoma sparsifolium - redshanks
Ailanthus altissima - tree-of-Heaven
Albizia julibrissin - mimosa
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
Alnus serrulata - hazel alder
Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata - Sitka alder
Ambrosia ambrosioides - canyon ragweed
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia - San Diego bursage
Ambrosia deltoidea - triangleleaf bursage
Amelanchier alnifolia - Pacific serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea - downy serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis - Alleghany serviceberry
Amelanchier utahensis - Utah serviceberry
Amorpha fruticosa - desert false indigo
Andromeda polifolia - bog rosemary
Annona glabra - pond apple
Aralia spinosa - Devil's walking stick
Araucaria araucana - monkeypuzzle tree
Araucaria heterophylla - Norfolk pine
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
Aristolochia macrophylla - Dutchman's pipe
Artemisia californica - coastal sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata - big sagebrush
Asimina parviflora - dwarf pawpaw
Asimina triloba - pawpaw
Atriplex canescens - four-wing saltbush
Atriplex confertifolia - shadscale
Baccharis halimifolia - eastern baccharis
Baccharis pteronioides - yerba de pasmo
Baccharis salicifolia - mule fat
Baccharis sarothroides - desertbroom
Berberis thunbergii - Japanese barberry
Berchemia scandens - supplejack
Betula alleghaniensis - yellow birch
Betula lenta - sweet birch
Betula nana - bog birch
Betula nigra - river birch
Betula occidentalis - water birch
Betula papyrifera - paper birch
Betula pendula - European weeping birch
Betula populifolia - gray birch
Betula uber - roundleaf birch
Borrichia arborescens - tree seaside tansy
Bougainvillea spp. - bougainvillea
Bucida buceras - black olive
Buddleja davidii - butterfly-bush
Bursera fagaroides - fragrant bursera
Bursera hindsiana - copal
Bursera microphylla - elephant tree
Bursera simaruba - gumbo-limbo
Caesalpinia pulcherrima - pride-of-Barbados
Calliandra eriophylla - fairy duster
Callistemon spp. - bottlebrush tree
Camellia japonica - Japanese camellia
Caragana arborescens - pea tree
Carpinus caroliniana - hornbeam
Carya alba - mockernut hickory
Carya aquatica - water hickory
Carya cordiformis - bitternut hickory
Carya glabra - pignut hickory
Carya illinoinensis - pecan
Carya laciniosa - shellbark hickory
Carya ovalis - red hickory
Carya ovata - shagbark hickory
Carya pallida - sand hickory
Castanea dentata - American chestnut
Castanea mollissima - Chinese chestnut
Castanea pumila - Alleghany chinkapin
Castela emoryi - crucifixion thorn
Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey tea
Ceanothus cordulatus - whitethorn ceanothus
Ceanothus impressus - Santa Barbara ceanothus
Ceanothus integerrimus - deerbrush
Ceanothus sanguineus - redstem ceanothus
Ceanothus spinosus - greenbark ceanothus
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus - blueblossom
Ceanothus velutinus - snowbrush
Cedrus deodara - Deodar cedar
Celastrus orbiculatus - Oriental bittersweet
Celastrus scandens - American bittersweet
Celtis africana - white stinkwood
Celtis ehrenbergiana - spiny hackberry
Celtis laevigata var. laevigata - sugarberry
Celtis laevigata var. reticulata - netleaf hackberry
Celtis occidentalis - hackberry
Cercis canadensis - eastern redbud
Cercis orbiculata - western redbud
Cercocarpus ledifolius - curlleaf mountain-mahogany
Cercocarpus montanus - mountain-mahogany
Chaenomeles speciosa - common floweringquince
Chamaebatiaria millefolium - fernbush
Chamaedaphne calyculata - leatherleaf
Chilopsis linearis - desert-willow
Chimaphila maculata - striped pipsissewa
Chimaphila umbellata - prince's pine
Chionanthus virginicus - fringetree
Chrysobalanus icaco - cocoplum
Chrysolepis chrysophylla - golden chinkapin
Cinnamomum camphora - camphortree
Citrus spp. - citrus
Cladrastis kentukea - yellowwood
Clematis drummondii - virgin's bower
Cleome isomeris - bladderpod spiderflower
Clethra alnifolia - summersweet clethra
Cliftonia monophylla - buckwheat tree
Coccoloba uvifera - seagrape
Coleogyne ramosissima - blackbrush
Comptonia peregrina - sweetfern
Condalia globosa - bitter condalia
Conocarpus erectus - buttonwood
Cornus alternifolia - alternate-leaf dogwood
Corylopsis glabrescens - fragrant winterhazel
Corylopsis pauciflora - buttercup winterhazel
Corylopsis sinensis - Chinese winterhazel
Corylus americana - American hazel
Corylus cornuta - beaked hazel
Cotinus coggygria - European smoketree
Cotinus obovatus - American smoketree
Cotoneaster spp. - cotoneaster
Crataegus spp. - hawthorn
Croton alabamensis - Alabama croton
Cryptomeria japonica - Japanese cryptomeria
Cunninghamia lanceolata - common Chinafir
Cyrilla racemiflora - swamp cyrilla
Cytisus scoparius - Scotch broom
Dasiphora fruticosa - shrubby cinquefoil
Davidia involucrata - dove tree
Delonix regia - flamboyant tree
Dendromecon rigida - tree poppy
Diospyros texana - Texas persimmon
Diospyros virginiana - common persimmon
Dodonaea viscosa - hopbush
Ebenopsis confinis - ejoton
Ebenopsis ebano - Texas ebony
Ehretia anacua - sandpaper tree
Elaeagnus angustifolia - Russian-olive
Elaeagnus pungens - thorny-olive
Elaeagnus umbellata - autumn-olive
Encelia californica - California brittlebrush
Epigaea repens - trailing arbutus
Ericameria laricifolia - turpentine bush
Ericameria linearifolia - narrowleaf goldenbush
Ericameria nauseosa - gray rabbitbrush
Ericameria palmeri - Palmer's goldenbush
Eriogonum cinereum - coastal buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum - flat-top buckwheat
Erythrina corallodendron - coral tree
Eubotrys racemosa - swamp doghobble
Eucalyptus caesia - gungurru
Eucalyptus camaldulensis - river red gum
Eucalyptus cladocalyx - sugar gum
Eucalyptus globulus - blue gum
Eucalyptus nitens - shining gum
Eucalyptus polyanthemos - silver dollar gum
Eucalyptus sideroxylon - red ironbark
Eucalyptus torelliana - cadagi
Eucalyptus woodwardii - lemon-flowered gum
Euphorbia misera - cliff spurge
Eysenhardtia orthocarpa - kidneywood
Eysenhardtia texana - Texas kidneywood
Fagus grandifolia - American beech
Fagus sylvatica - European beech
Faidherbia albida - winter thorn
Fallugia paradoxa - Apache plume
Ficus aurea - strangler fig
Ficus carica - common fig
Ficus macrophylla - Moreton Bay fig
Firmiana simplex - Chinese parasoltree
Forestiera acuminata - eastern swampprivet
Fothergilla gardenii - dwarf fothergilla
Fouquieria columnaris - boojum tree
Fouquieria splendens - ocotillo
Frangula alnus - glossy buckthorn
Frangula californica - California buckthorn
Frangula caroliniana - Carolina buckthorn
Frangula purshiana - Cascara buckthorn
Franklinia alatamaha - Franklin tree
Gambelia juncea - baja bush snapdragon
Gaultheria procumbens - teaberry
Gaultheria shallon - salal
Gaylussacia spp. - huckleberry
Gelsemium sempervirens - false jessamine
Ginkgo biloba - ginkgo
Gleditsia aquatica - waterlocust
Gleditsia triacanthos - honeylocust
Gordonia lasianthus - loblolly bay
Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky coffeetree
Halesia diptera - two-wing silverbell
Halesia tetraptera - silverbell
Hamamelis vernalis - vernal witch-hazel
Hamamelis virginiana - witch-hazel
Hamamelis xintermedia - witch-hazel
Hedera helix - English ivy
Heteromeles arbutifolia - toyon
Hibiscus syriacus - rose-of-sharon
Holodiscus discolor - oceanspray
Holodiscus dumosus - bush oceanspray
Hovenia dulcis - Japanese raisintree
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 purpurea - Oriental holly
Ilex verticillata - winterberry holly
Ilex vomitoria - yaupon
Ilex xattenuata - Foster's holly
Illicium floridanum - Florida anise tree
Itea virginica - sweetspire
Iva hayesiana - San Diego povertyweed
Jacaranda mimosifolia - jacaranda
Jatropha cuneata - limberbush
Juglans californica - California black walnut
Juglans cinerea - butternut
Juglans hindsii - Hind's black walnut
Juglans major - Arizona walnut
Juglans microcarpa - little walnut
Juglans nigra - black walnut
Juglans regia - English walnut
Kalmia latifolia - mountain laurel
Koeberlinia spinosa - allthorn
Koelreuteria paniculata - goldenraintree
Krameria grayi - white ratany
Laburnum xwatereri - goldenchain tree
Lagunaria patersonii - Norfolk Island hibiscus
Larix lyallii - subalpine larch
Laurus nobilis - laurel
Lavatera assurgentiflora - island mallow
Ledum groenlandicum - Labrador tea
Leitneria floridana - corkwood
Leucaena retusa - littleleaf leadtree
Leucothoe axillaris - coast leucothoe
Lindera benzoin - spicebush
Liquidambar styraciflua - sweetgum
Liriodendron tulipifera - yellow-poplar
Lithocarpus densiflorus - tanoak
Lycium andersonii - Anderson boxthorn
Lycium brevipes - Baja desert-thorn
Lycium fremontii - Fremont's desert-thorn
Lyonia ferruginea - staggerbush
Lyonia ligustrina - maleberry
Lyonia lucida - fetterbush lyonia
Lysiloma candidum - palo blanco
Lysiloma watsonii - desertfern
Maclura pomifera - osage-orange
Magnolia acuminata - cucumbertree
Magnolia ashei - Ashe magnolia
Magnolia fraseri - Fraser magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora - southern magnolia
Magnolia macrophylla - bigleaf magnolia
Magnolia pyramidata - pyramid magnolia
Magnolia stellata - star magnolia
Magnolia tripetala - umbrella magnolia
Magnolia virginiana - sweetbay magnolia
Magnolia xsoulangiana - saucer magnolia
Mahonia aquifolium - tall Oregon-grape
Mahonia fremontii - Fremont barberry
Mahonia haematocarpa - red barberry
Mahonia nervosa - dwarf Oregon-grape
Mahonia nevinii - Nevine's barberry
Mahonia repens - creeping mahonia
Malosma laurina - laurel sumac
Malus fusca - Oregon crabapple
Malus spp. - apple
Melia azedarach - Chinaberry
Menziesia ferruginea - false azalea
Mimosa aculeaticarpa - catclaw mimosa
Morella californica - Pacific waxmyrtle
Morella cerifera - waxmyrtle
Morella inodora - odorless bayberry
Morella pensylvanica - northern bayberry
Morus alba - white mulberry
Morus microphylla - Texas mulberry
Morus rubra - red mulberry
Myrica gale - sweetgale
Nandina domestica - heavenly bamboo
Nicotiana rustica - Aztec tobacco
Nyssa aquatica - water tupelo
Nyssa biflora - swamp tupelo
Nyssa ogeche - Ogeechee tupelo
Nyssa sylvatica - blackgum
Oemleria cerasiformis - Indian-plum
Olneya tesota - desert ironwood
Oplopanax horridus - Devilsclub
Osteomeles anthyllidifolia - Hawaii hawthorne
Ostrya virginiana - hophornbeam
Oxydendrum arboreum - sourwood
Pachycormus discolor - torote blanco
Pachysandra terminalis - Japanese pachysandra
Parkinsonia aculeata - Jerusalem thorn
Parkinsonia florida - blue paloverde
Parkinsonia microphylla - yellow paloverde
Parrotia persica - Persian ironwood
Parthenium argentatum - guayule
Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus tricuspidata - Boston ivy
Persea borbonia - redbay
Persea palustris - swampbay
Petrophytum caespitosum - rockmat
Photinia melanocarpa - black chokeberry
Photinia pyrifolia - chokeberry
Photinia xfraseri - red tips
Physocarpus capitatus - ninebark
Physocarpus malvaceus - mallow ninebark
Physocarpus monogynus - mountain ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius - common ninebark
Pieris floribunda - mountain pieris
Pieris japonica - Japanese pieris
Pistacia chinensis - Chinese pistache
Planera aquatica - water elm
Platanus hybrida - London plane tree
Platanus occidentalis - American sycamore
Platanus racemosa - California sycamore
Platanus wrightii - Arizona sycamore
Pluchea sericea - arrow-weed
Podocarpus macrophyllus - shrubby yew
Poncirus trifoliata - trifoliate orange
Populus alba - European white poplar
Populus angustifolia - narrowleaf cottonwood
Populus balsamifera ssp. balsamifera - balsam poplar
Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa - black cottonwood
Populus deltoides - eastern cottonwood
Populus fremontii - Fremont cottonwood
Populus grandidentata - bigtooth aspen
Populus heterophylla - swamp cottonwood
Populus nigra 'Italica' - Lombardy poplar
Populus tremuloides - quaking aspen
Prosopis glandulosa - honey mesquite
Prosopis pubescens - screwbean mesquite
Prosopis velutina - velvet mesquite
Prunus americana - American plum
Prunus angustifolia - Chickasaw plum
Prunus avium - sweet cherry
Prunus caroliniana - Carolina laurelcherry
Prunus cerasifera - purple leaf plum
Prunus cerasus - sour cherry
Prunus emarginata - bitter cherry
Prunus fremontii - desert apricot
Prunus ilicifolia - hollyleaf cherry
Prunus laurocerasus - cherrylaurel
Prunus maritima - beach plum
Prunus mexicana - Mexican plum
Prunus pensylvanica - fire cherry
Prunus persica - peach
Prunus sargentii - Sargent cherry
Prunus serotina - black cherry
Prunus serrulata - Kwanzan cherry
Prunus subcordata - Klamath plum
Prunus subhirtella - Higan cherry
Prunus virginiana - choke cherry
Prunus xyedoensis - Yoshino cherry
Pseudocydonia sinensis - Chinese-quince
Psilostrophe cooperi - paper-daisy
Psorothamnus schottii - Schott indigobush
Psorothamnus spinosus - desert smoke tree
Ptelea trifoliata - hoptree
Pueraria montana - kudzu
Punica granatum - pomegranate
Purshia tridentata - bitterbrush
Pyracantha coccinea - scarlet firethorn
Pyrus calleryana - Callery pear
Pyrus communis - common pear
Quercus acutissima - sawtooth oak
Quercus agrifolia - coast live oak
Quercus alba - white oak
Quercus arizonica - Arizona white oak
Quercus berberidifolia - scrub oak
Quercus bicolor - swamp white oak
Quercus chrysolepis - canyon live oak
Quercus coccinea - scarlet oak
Quercus douglasii - blue oak
Quercus emoryi - Emory oak
Quercus engelmannii - Engelmann oak
Quercus falcata - southern red oak
Quercus gambelii - Gambel oak
Quercus garryana - Oregon white oak
Quercus grisea - gray oak
Quercus hemisphaerica - Darlington oak
Quercus hypoleucoides - silverleaf oak
Quercus ilicifolia - bear oak
Quercus imbricaria - shingle oak
Quercus incana - bluejack oak
Quercus kelloggii - California black oak
Quercus laevis - turkey oak
Quercus laurifolia - laurel oak
Quercus lobata - valley oak
Quercus lyrata - overcup oak
Quercus macrocarpa - bur oak
Quercus margarettae - sand post oak
Quercus marilandica - blackjack oak
Quercus michauxii - swamp chestnut oak
Quercus minima - running oak
Quercus muehlenbergii - chinkapin oak
Quercus nigra - water oak
Quercus oblongifolia - Mexican blue oak
Quercus pagoda - cherrybark oak
Quercus palustris - pin oak
Quercus phellos - willow oak
Quercus prinus - chestnut oak
Quercus robur - English oak
Quercus rubra - northern red oak
Quercus rugosa - netleaf oak
Quercus shumardii - Shumard oak
Quercus sinuata - Durand white oak
Quercus stellata - post oak
Quercus suber - cork oak
Quercus texana - Nuttall oak
Quercus tomentella - island live oak
Quercus turbinella - shrub live oak
Quercus velutina - black oak
Quercus virginiana - live oak
Quercus wislizeni - interior live oak
Quillaja saponaria - soapbark
Rhamnus cathartica - common buckthorn
Rhamnus crocea - redberry
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
Rhus aromatica - fragrant sumac
Rhus copallinum - shining sumac
Rhus glabra - smooth sumac
Rhus integrifolia - lemonade sumac
Rhus kearneyi - Kearney's sumac
Rhus lancea - African sumac
Rhus lanceolata - prairie sumac
Rhus lentii - lentisco
Rhus microphylla - littleleaf sumac
Rhus ovata - sugar sumac
Rhus trilobata - skunkbush sumac
Rhus typhina (hirta) - staghorn sumac
Rhus virens - New Mexico evergreen sumac
Ribes acerifolium - mapleleaf currant
Ribes aureum - golden currant
Ribes bracteosum - stink currant
Ribes cereum - wax currant
Ribes rotundifolium - Appalachian gooseberry
Ribes sanguineum - red-flowering currant
Ribes viburnifolium - evergreen currant
Ribes viscosissimum - sticky currant
Robinia hispida - bristly locust
Robinia neomexicana - New Mexican locust
Robinia pseudoacacia - black locust
Rosa minutifolia - small-leaved rose
Rosa multiflora - multiflora rose
Rosa rugosa - rugosa rose
Rubus allegheniensis - Alleghany blackberry
Rubus argutus - prickly Florida blackberry
Rubus armeniacus (discolor) - Himalaya blackberry
Rubus flagellaris - dewberry
Rubus idaeus - raspberry
Rubus laciniatus - evergreen blackberry
Rubus leucodermis - whitebark raspberry
Rubus occidentalis - black raspberry
Rubus odoratus - purple flowering raspberry
Rubus parviflorus - thimbleberry
Rubus phoenicolasius - wine raspberry
Rubus spectabilis - salmonberry
Rubus ursinus - wild blackberry
Salix alba - white willow
Salix babylonica - weeping willow
Salix bebbiana - Bebb's willow
Salix discolor - pussy willow
Salix exigua - sandbar willow
Salix gooddingii - Goodding's willow
Salix lasiolepis - arroyo willow
Salix matsudana - corkscrew willow
Salix nigra - black willow
Salix purpurea - purpleosier willow
Salix scouleriana - Scouler willow
Salix sitchensis - Sitka willow
Sapindus saponaria - soapberry
Sassafras albidum - sassafras
Schinus molle - peppertree
Schinus terebinthifolius - Brazilian peppertree
Sciadopitys verticillata - umbrella pine
Senna hebecarpa - American senna
Sequoia sempervirens - redwood
Sequoiadendron giganteum - giant sequoia
Sesbania punicea - rattlebox
Sideroxylon lanuginosum - gum bumelia
Sideroxylon lycioides - buckthorn bumelia
Smilax bona-nox - saw greenbrier
Smilax glauca - catbrier
Smilax herbacea - carrion-flower
Smilax laurifolia - laurel greenbrier
Smilax rotundifolia - common greenbrier
Smilax tamnoides - bristly greenbrier
Solanum dulcamara - bitter nightshade
Sophora secundiflora - mescal bean
Sorbus alnifolia - Korean mountain-ash
Sorbus americana - American mountain-ash
Sorbus aucuparia - European mountain-ash
Sorbus decora - showy mountain-ash
Sorbus scopulina - Greene's mountain-ash
Sorbus sitchensis - Sitka mountain-ash
Sphaeralcea ambigua - desert globemallow
Spiraea alba var. alba - narrowleaf spirea
Spiraea alba var. latifolia - meadowsweet
Stewartia spp. - stewartia
Styphnolobium (Sophora) affine (affinis) - Texas sophora
Styphnolobium (Sophora) japonicum (japonica) - Japanese pagoda tree
Styrax americanus - American snowbell
Styrax japonicus - Japanese snowbell
Swietenia mahagoni - West Indies mahogany
Symplocos tinctoria - common sweetleaf
Tamarix aphylla - athel tamarisk
Tamarix chinensis - saltcedar
Tamarix gallica - tamarisk
Tamarix parviflora - smallflower tamarisk
Taxodium ascendens - pondcypress
Taxodium distichum - baldcypress
Tilia americana - American basswood
Tilia cordata - littleleaf linden
Tilia petiolaris - silver linden
Torreya taxifolia - Florida torreya
Toxicodendron diversilobum - Pacific poisonoak
Toxicodendron pubescens - poison-oak
Toxicodendron radicans - poison-ivy
Toxicodendron vernix - poison sumac
Triadica sebifera - Chinese tallow tree
Ulex europaeus - common gorse
Ulmus alata - winged elm
Ulmus americana - American elm
Ulmus crassifolia - cedar elm
Ulmus parvifolia - Chinese elm
Ulmus procera - English elm
Ulmus pumila - Siberian elm
Ulmus rubra - slippery elm
Ulmus thomasii - rock elm
Umbellularia californica - California-laurel
Ungnadia speciosa - Mexican buckeye
Vaccinium arboreum - sparkleberry
Vaccinium corymbosum - highbush blueberry
Vaccinium elliottii - Elliott's blueberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon - cranberry
Vaccinium membranaceum - big huckleberry
Vaccinium ovalifolium - ovalleaf huckleberry
Vaccinium ovatum - evergreen huckleberry
Vaccinium oxycoccos - small cranberry
Vaccinium pallidum - lowbush blueberry
Vaccinium parvifolium - red huckleberry
Vaccinium stamineum - deerberry
Vaccinium vitis-idaea - lingonberry
Vauquelinia californica - Arizona rosewood
Vernicia fordii - tungoil tree
Viguiera laciniata - San Diego sunflower
Vitis aestivalis - summer grape
Vitis rotundifolia - muscadine grape
Wisteria floribunda - Japanese wisteria
Wisteria sinensis - Chinese wisteria
Xanthorhiza simplicissima - yellowroot
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis - pricklyash
Zelkova serrata - Japanese zelkova
Ziziphus obtusifolia - lotebush
