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Acer floridanum
Florida Maple
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Southern Sugar Maple
Aesculus hippocastanum
Common Horsechestnut
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European Horsechestnut
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Horsechestnut
2 Cultivars
Amelanchier arborea var. laevis
Allegheny Serviceberry
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Serviceberry
Callistemon viminalis ‘Red Cascade’
'Red Cascade' Weeping Bottle Brush
Carpinus caroliniana
American Hornbeam
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Blue Beech
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Ironwood
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Musclewood
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Water Beech
Carya glabra
Broom Hickory
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Pignut Hickory
Cedrela sinsensis
Chinese Cedrela
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Chinese Toon
1 Cultivar
Celtis laevigata
Southern Hackberry
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Sugarberry
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Sugar Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
Hackberry
Cercis canadensis 'NCCC1' PPAF
Carolina Sweetheart™ Redbud
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Eastern Redbud
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Judas Tree
Cornus kousa
Chinese Dogwood
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Kousa Dogwood
10 Cultivars
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Green Ash
2 Cultivars
Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo
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Maidenhair Tree
1 Cultivar
Liquidambar formosana
Chinese Sweetgum
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Formosan Sweetgum
Nyssa sylvatica
Black Gum
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Black Tupelo
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Sour Gum
6 Cultivars
Ostrya virginiana
Eastern Hop Hornbeam
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Hop Hornbeam
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Hop Horn Beam
Persea borbonia
Redbay
Quercus alba
White Oak
Quercus coccinea
Black Oak
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Red Oak
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Scarlet Oak
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Spanish Oak
Quercus falcata
Southern Red Oak
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Water Oak
Quercus frainetto
Hungarian Oak
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Italian Oak
1 Cultivar
Quercus hemisphaerica
Darlington oak
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Laurel Oak
1 Cultivar
Quercus muehlenbergii
Chinkapin Oak
Quercus nigra
Possum Oak
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Water Oak
Quercus palustris
Pin Oak
Quercus phellos
Willow Oak
Quercus robur
English Oak
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Truffle Oak
2 Cultivars
Quercus robur 'Fastigiata'
Columnar English Oak
1 Cultivar
Quercus rubra
Northern Red Oak
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Red Oak
2 Cultivars
Quercus shumardii
Shumard Oak
Quercus variabilis
Chinese Cork Oak
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Oriental Oak
Quercus velutina
Black Oak
Styphnolobium japonicum
Chinese Scholar Tree
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Japanese Pagoda
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Japanese Pagoda Tree
2 Cultivars
Tilia americana var. heterophylla
Beetree Linden
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White Basswood
Tilia cordata
Littleleaf Linden
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Small Leaf Lime Tree
1 Cultivar
Tilia tomentosa
Silver Linden
2 Cultivars
Ulmus americana
American Elm
3 Cultivars
Ulmus parvifolia
Chinese Elm
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Lacebark Elm
Zelkova serrata
Japanese Zelkova
8 Cultivars
