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Abeliophyllum distichum
Korean Abelia
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White Forsythia
Acer buergerianum
Trident Maple
3 Cultivars
Acer campestre
Hedge Maple
2 Cultivars
Acer capillipes
Japanese Stripped-Bark Maple
Acer cappadocicum
Cappadocian Maple
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Coliseum Maple
1 Cultivar
Acer cissifolium
Ivy-Leaved Maple
Acer crataegifolium
Hawthorn Maple
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Uri Maple
Acer diabolicum
Devil Maple
Acer floridanum
Florida Maple
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Southern Sugar Maple
Acer ginnala
Amur Maple
1 Cultivar
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
Acer griseum
Paperbark Maple
Acer japonicum
Fullmoon Maple
3 Cultivars
Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium'
Fernleaf Full Moon Maple
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Fernleaf Maple
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Full Moon Maple
1 Cultivar
Acer leucoderme
Chalk Maple
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Whitebarked Maple
Acer maximowiczianum
Nikko Maple
Acer mono
Painted Maple
Acer nigrum
Black Maple
Acer nikoense
Nikko Maple
Acer nipponicum
Nippon Maple
Acer palmatum
Japanese Maple
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Japanese Maple Cultivars
7 Cultivars
Acer palmatum 'Sango-kaku'
Coral Bark Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum var. dissectum
Japanese Lanceleaf Maple
10 Cultivars
Acer platanoides
Norway Maple
Acer platanoides 'Stand Fast'
Stand Fast Maple
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Stand Fast Norway Maple
Acer rubrum
Red Maple
Acer rufinerve
Redvein Maple
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Snakebark Maple
Acer saccharum
Leucoderme
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Northern Sugar Maple
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Sugar Maple
Acer sieboldiamum
Sielbold Maple
Acer spicatum
Mountain Maple
Acer tegmentosum
Manchu Striped Maple
Acer truncatum
Purple Blow Maple
1 Cultivar
Actinidia chinensis
Chinese Gooseberry
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Kiwi
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Kiwi Fruit
Aesculus californica
California Buckeye
1 Cultivar
Aesculus flava
Big Buckeye
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Sweet Buckeye
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Yellow Buckeye
Aesculus glabra
Fetid Buckeye
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Ohio Buckeye
Aesculus parviflora
Bottlebrush Buckeye
1 Cultivar
Aesculus x 'Arnoldiana'
Arnold Buckeye
Alnus hirsuta
Manchurian Alder
1 Cultivar
Amelanchier
Serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia
Saskatoon Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea var. arborea
Downy Serviceberry
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Serviceberry
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Shadblow
Amelanchier arborea var. laevis
Allegheny Serviceberry
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Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
Serviceberry
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Shadbush
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Shadbush Serviceberry
1 Cultivar
Amelanchier laevis
Allegheny Serviceberry
1 Cultivar
Amelanchier x grandiflora
Apple Serviceberry
8 Cultivars
Amorpha fruticosa
Bastard Indigo
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Indigo Bush
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Indigo Bush Amorpha
1 Cultivar
Ampelopsis arborea
Buckvine
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Cow Itch
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Pepper Vine
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