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Acer glabrum
Douglasii
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Douglas Maple
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Greene's Maple
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New Mexico Maple
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Rock Maple
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Rocky Maple
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Rocky Mountain Maple
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Torrey Maple
Acorus calamus
Sweet Flag
2 Cultivars/Varieties
Alnus serrulata
Hazel Alder
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Smooth Alder
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Tag Alder
Artemisia ludoviciana
Western Mugwort
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White Sage
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White Sagebrush
1 Cultivar/Variety
Asarum canadense
Canadian Wild Ginger
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Wild Ginger
Asclepias syriaca
Common Milkweed
Baptisia tinctoria
Rattleweed
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Wild Indigo
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Yellow Wild Indigo
Carex grayi
Gray’s Sedge
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Buttonbush
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Golden Cassia
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Large-Flowered Sensitive Pea
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Locust Weed
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Partridge Pea
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Prairie Senna
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Senna
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Sleeping Plant
Cornus sericea 'Flaviramea'
Yellow Twig Dogwood
Cytisus scoparius
Scotch Broom
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Scottish Broom
1 Cultivar/Variety
Elaeagnus pungens
Silverthorn
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Thorny Elaeagnus
2 Cultivars/Varieties
Eragrostis curvula
Weeping Love Grass
Hamamelis virginiana
Common Witchhazel
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Common Witch Hazel
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Witch Hazel
Hedera colchica
Colchica Ivy
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Persian Ivy
4 Cultivars/Varieties
Hesperaloe parviflora
Coral Yucca
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Hummingbird Yucca
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Redflower False Yucca
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Red Yucca
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Samandoque
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Yellow Yucca
Ilex verticillata 'Southern Gentleman'
Illicium anisatum
Japanese Anise Tree
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Star Anise
2 Cultivars/Varieties
Illicium floridanum
Anise Tree
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Florida Anise Tree
5 Cultivars/Varieties
Juniperus chinensis 'Hetzii Glauca'
Hetz Blue Juniper
1 Cultivar/Variety
Juniperus conferta 'Blue Pacific'
Blue Pacific Juniper
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Blue Pacific Shore Juniper
Juniperus sabina var. davurica 'Expansa'
Parson's Juniper
Linnaea × grandiflora 'Edward Goucher'
'Edward Goucher' Glossy Abelia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'
Adagio Miscanthus
Miscanthus transmorrisonensis
Evergreen Eulalia
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Taiwanese Miscanthus
1 Cultivar/Variety
Myrica pensylvanica
Northern Bayberry
Polygonatum
Solomon's Seal
Populus deltoides
Common Cottonwood
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Cottonwood
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Eastern Cottonwood
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Eastern Poplar
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Poplar
3 Cultivars/Varieties
Pyracantha coccinea
Scarlet Firethorn
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Scarlet Pyracantha
3 Cultivars/Varieties
Rhus aromatica
Fragrant Sumac
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Lemon Sumac
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Sumac
1 Cultivar/Variety
Rubus canadensis
Smooth Blackberry
Salix nigra
Black Willow
Tamarix ramosissima
Five Stamen Tamarix
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Salt Cedar
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Tamarisk
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Tamrix
