date palmPhoenix dactyliferaTree, Palm or cycad- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
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date palmPhoenix dactyliferaTree, Palm or cycad- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Dawson's magnoliaMagnolia dawsonianaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
deodar cedarCedrus deodara & ssp. & cvs.Tree, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
desert figFicus brandegeei (palmeri)Tree- NC×
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
desert hackberryCeltis pallidaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
desert ironwoodOlneya tesotaTree, California native- NC×
- CV×
- SC×
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Desert Museum palo verdeParkinsonia 'Desert Museum' (Cercidium)Tree, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDL
Desert Smoke TreeDalea spinosaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
desert sweet acaciaVachellia farnesiana var. farnsiana (Acacia farnesiana farnesiana)Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LDL
desert willowChilopsis linearis & ssp. & cvs.Tree, Shrub, Tree, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
dombeyaDombeya spp.Shrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Douglas firPseudotsuga menziesiiTree, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
dove treeDavidia involucrataTree- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
dragon treeDracaena dracoTree- NCL
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
dwarf Chusan palmTrachycarpus wagnerianusTree, Palm or cycad- NCM
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
eastern black walnutJuglans nigraTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
eastern dogwoodCornus floridaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
eastern redbudCercis canadensisTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
eastern white oakQuercus albaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
eastern white pinePinus strobusTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD×
Eddie's white wonder dogwoodCornus 'Eddie's White Wonder'Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
edible figFicus carica ssp. & cvs.Tree- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
edible pearPyrus communisTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
eldarica pinePinus brutia ssp. eldaricaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
elderberrySambucus spp. & cvs. (CA native and non-native spp.)Shrub, Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
elephant treeOperculicarya decaryiTree- NC×
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
elephant treePachycormus discolorTree- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD×
- LDL
Emerald Sunshine elmUlmus propinqua 'Emerald Sunshine'Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Emory oakQuercus emoryiTree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
empress treePaulownia tomentosaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
Engelmann sprucePicea engelmanniiTree, California native- NC×
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
English laurelPrunus laurocerasusShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
English oakQuercus roburTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
English walnutJuglans regia ssp. & cvs.Tree- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
English yewTaxus baccataShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
escarpment live oakQuercus fusiformisTree- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
eucryphiaEucryphia x intermediaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
eumong/shoestring acaciaAcacia stenophyllaTree- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
European ashFraxinus excelsiorTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
European beechFagus sylvaticaTree- NCM
- CVH
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
European hackberryCeltis australisTree- NCL
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HDM
- LDM
European hornbeamCarpinus betulusTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
European larchLarix deciduaTree- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
European mountain ashSorbus aucupariaTree- NC×
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HDM
- LD×
European white birchBetula pendulaTree- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Everglades palmAcoelorraphe wrightiiTree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
evergreen ashFraxinus uhdeiTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
evergreen coral treeErythrina falcataTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
evergreen dogwoodCornus capitataTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
evergreen dogwoodCornus omeiense 'Summer Passion'Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
evergreen mapleAcer paxiiTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
evergreen pearPyrus kawakamiiTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
evergreen pittosporumPittosporum crassifoliumShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
false cypressChamaecyparis spp. (CA native and non-native species)Shrub, Tree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCH
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
feather bushLysiloma watsoniiTree- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
fernleaf mapleAcer japonicumTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD×
fiddleleaf figFicus lyrataTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
fierce lancewoodPseudopanax feroxShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
filbertCorylus maximaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
firAbies spp. (CA native and non-native)Tree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
fishtail wine palmCaryota maxima (Caryota urens)Tree, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV×
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
flame treeBrachychiton acerifoliusTree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
flax leaf paper barkMelaleuca linariifoliaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
flooded gumEucalyptus rudisTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
flooded/rose gumEucalyptus grandisTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Florida figFicus floridaTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
florida x kousa hybridsCornus x rutgersensisTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
flowering ashFraxinus ornusTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
flowering cherryPrunus spp. cherryTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
flowering peachPrunus spp. peachTree- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
flowering plumPrunus spp. plumTree- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
foothill ashFraxinus dipetalaTree, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
foothill pinePinus sabinianaTree, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
forest Boer bloomSchotia latifoliaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
forest oakAllocasuarina torulosaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Forman's malleeEucalyptus formaniiTree- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
Formosa sugar palmArenga engleriShrub, Tree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
foxtail palmWodyetia bifurcataTree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Fragrant AshFraxinus cuspidataTree- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fragrant Himalayan champacaMagnolia champaca (Michelia champaca)Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
fragrant snowbellStyrax obassiaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
frangipaniPlumeria spp. and cvs.Shrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LDM
franklin treeFranklinia alatamaha (Gordonia alatamaha)Shrub, Tree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Freeman mapleAcer X freemaniiTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Frontier elmUlmus 'Frontier'Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
full moon mapleAcer shirasawanumTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Gambel oakQuercus gambeliiTree- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HDL
- LD×
ghost gumCorymbia papuana (Eucalyptus papuana)Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
giant Burmese timber bambooDendrocalamus asperTree, Bamboo- NC×
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
giant dogwoodCornus controversaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
giant fishtail palmCaryota gigas (obtusa)Tree, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV×
- SCH
- SI×
- HD×
- LD?
giant sequoiaSequoiadendron giganteumTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
giant thevetiaThevetia thevetioides (Cascabela thevetioides)Shrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
gimletEucalyptus salubrisTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
glossy privetLigustrum lucidumTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
gold medallion treeCassia leptophyllaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
golden chain treeLaburnum x watereriTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
golden larchPseudolarix kaempferi ''Golden Larch''Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
golden leadball treeLeucaena retusaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LDL
golden rain treeKoelreuteria paniculataTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
golden trumpet treeHandroanthus chrysotrichus (Tabebuia chrysotricha)Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Golden Wonder SennaCassia splendida 'Golden'Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Goodding's black willowSalix gooddingiiTree, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HDH
- LD?
gordoniaGordonia axillarisTree- NCH
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Gowen cypressHesperocyparis goveniana (Cupressus goveniana)Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
granite honey-myrtleMelaleuca ellipticaShrub, Tree- NCVL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
graythornZiziphus obtusifoliaTree, California native- NC×
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Greek strawberry treeArbutus andrachneTree, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
green ashFraxinus pennsylvanica cvs.Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
green wattleAcacia decurrensTree- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Greg lead treeLeucaena greggiTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Griffith ashFraxinus griffithiiTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Guadalupe Island cypressHesperocyparis guadalupensis (Cupressus guadalupensis)Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
Guadalupe palmBrahea edulisTree, Palm or cycad, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
guajilloAcacia berlandieri (Senegalia berlandieri)Shrub, Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDL
Guatemalan hollyOlmediella betschleranaTree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
gum myrtleAngophora costata (Angophora cordifolia)Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Hairy Mountain MahoganyCercocarpus breviflorusTree- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
hardy eucryphiaEucryphia glutinosaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
harlequin glory bowerClerodendrum trichotomumShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hawthornCrataegus spp. & cvs. (Native and non-native species)Tree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
hawthorn mapleAcer crataegifoliumTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
heartleaf robinsonellaRobinsonella cordataTree- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
heath melaleucaMelaleuca ericifoliaTree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hedge mapleAcer campestreTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Hercules's clubAralia spinosaShrub, Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Heritage oakQuercus x HeritageTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
Himalayan mapleAcer oblongumTree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Himalayan pinePinus wallichianaTree- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
holly leaf cherryPrunus ilicifoliaTree, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
holly oakQuercus ilexTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
honey locustGleditsia triacanthosTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
honey mesquiteProsopis glandulosa var. torreyanaTree, California native- NC×
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Hong Kong orchid treeBauhinia x blakeanaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDL
- LDM
Houpu magnoliaMagnolia officinalisTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Huangshan magnoliaMagnolia cylindricaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hybrid brachychitonBrachychiton x hybridusTree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
hybrid magnoliasMagnolia hybridsTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
in the mountains micheliaMagnolia maudiaeTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Indian banyanFicus benghalensisTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Indian laurel fig/ laurel figFicus microcarpa (Ficus retusa nitida)Tree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
interior live oakQuercus wislizeniTree, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDM
- LD×
Irish yewTaxus baccata 'Fastigiata'Shrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
ironwoodLyonothamnus spp. & cvs.Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
island oakQuercus tomentellaTree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Italian alderAlnus cordataTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Italian cypressCupressus sempervirens ssp. & cvs.Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
Italian stone pinePinus pineaTree- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
jacarandaJacaranda mimosifolia ssp. & cvs.Tree- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
Jack treeSinojackia xylocarpaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese apricotPrunus mumeTree- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese black pinePinus thunbergiiTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Japanese blueberry treeElaeocarpus decipiensTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese cryptomeriaCryptomeria japonica ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCH
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese dogwoodCornus kousaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Japanese emperor oakQuercus dentataTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese hornbeamCarpinus japonicaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese larchLarix kaempferiTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese mapleAcer palmatumTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
- NCH
- CVH
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Japanese pagoda treeStyphnolobium japonicum (Sophora japonica)Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Japanese persimmonDiospyros kakiTree- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese red pinePinus densifloraTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Japanese silver treeNeolitsea sericaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese snowbellStyrax japonicusTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HDM
- LD×
Japanese stewartiaStewartia pseudocamelliaTree- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Japanese umbrella pineSciadopitys verticillataTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Japanese white pinePinus parvifloraTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD×
Japanese yewTaxus cuspidataTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Jeffrey pinePinus jeffreyiTree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Jelecote pinePinus patulaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Judas treeCercis siliquastrumShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
juniperJuniperus spp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Kaffir bloom coral treeErythrina caffraTree- NCM
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Kaffir plumHarpephyllum caffrumTree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Karoo Boer bloomSchotia afra var. angustifoliaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Kashmir cypressCupressus cashmerianaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Katsura treeCercidiphyllum japonicumTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Kentia palmHowea forsterianaTree, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Kentucky coffee treeGymnocladus dioicaTree- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Khasia Hills fan palmTrachycarpus martianusTree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NC×
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
kidneywoodEysenhardtia polystachyaTree- NC×
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
king palmArchontophoenix cunninghamianaTree, Palm or cycad- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
knobcone pinePinus attenuataTree, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
knobcone-Monterey pinePinus x attenuradiataTree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Korean arbovitaeThuja koraiensisTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Korean hornbeamCarpinus coreanaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Korean pinePinus koraiensisTree- NC?
- CV×
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Korean striped bark mapleAcer tschonoskii 'Koreanum'Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
KowhaiSophora microphyllaShrub, Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
'Krauter Vesuvius' Purple PlumPrunus cerasiferaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Photo credits, 190 images from Wikimedia Commons
- date palm: EJ Burns, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Dawson's magnolia: Wendy Cutler from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- deodar cedar: Paul Evans from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- desert fig: איתן פרמן 14:23, 31 May 2006 (UTC), Public domain
- desert hackberry: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- desert ironwood: Rufous-crowned Sparrow, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Desert Museum palo verde: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Desert Smoke Tree: Lauren McLaurin, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- desert sweet acacia: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- desert willow: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dombeya: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Douglas fir: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dove tree: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dragon tree: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dwarf Chusan palm: Simon Thomas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- eastern black walnut: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- eastern dogwood: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- eastern redbud: Greg Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- eastern white oak: Marty Aligata, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- eastern white pine: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Eddie's white wonder dogwood: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- edible fig: Silverije, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- edible pear: Keith Weller, Public domain
- eldarica pine: Georges Jansoone, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- elderberry: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- elephant tree: User:Qwertzy2, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- elephant tree: Tomás Castelazo, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Emerald Sunshine elm: 禁樹なずな, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Emory oak: User:pompilid, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- empress tree: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Engelmann spruce: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- English laurel: Karduelis, Public domain
- English oak: Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Public domain
- English walnut: surrealpenguin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- English yew: Sitomon, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- escarpment live oak: Rei at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- eucryphia: Cristian Ordenes, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- eumong/shoestring acacia: Don A.W. Carlson, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- European ash: Willow, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- European beech: Malene Thyssen, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- European hackberry: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- European hornbeam: Willow, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- European larch: Sciadopitys from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- European mountain ash: Eeno11, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- European white birch: Percita at Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Everglades palm: Mmcknight4, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- evergreen ash: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- evergreen coral tree: Penarc, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- evergreen dogwood: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- evergreen dogwood: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- evergreen maple: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- evergreen pear: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- evergreen pittosporum: Original uploader was en:User:Pseudopanax at en.wikipedia, Public domain
- false cypress: John B. from Highland Park, NJ, United States, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- feather bush: Prahlad balaji, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- fernleaf maple: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fiddleleaf fig: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- fierce lancewood: Kahuroa, Public domain
- filbert: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- fir: Crusier, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fishtail wine palm: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- flame tree: Tatters ✾ from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- flax leaf paper bark: Eug, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- flooded gum: HelloMojo at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- flooded/rose gum: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Florida fig: Thyrome, CC0 (licence)
- florida x kousa hybrids: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- flowering ash: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- flowering cherry: Benjamin Gimmel, BenHur, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- flowering peach: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- flowering plum: lumoplank, CC0 (licence)
- foothill ash: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- foothill pine: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- forest Boer bloom: John Crain, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- forest oak: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Forman's mallee: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Formosa sugar palm: Tangopaso, Public domain
- foxtail palm: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Fragrant Ash: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- fragrant Himalayan champaca: P Jeganathan, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fragrant snowbell: Chhe (talk), Public domain
- frangipani: Renesis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- franklin tree: Francine Riez, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Freeman maple: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Frontier elm: Ptelea, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- full moon maple: André Abrahami, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Gambel oak: Quinn Dombrowski from Chicago, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- ghost gum: Prince Roy, Taipei, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- giant Burmese timber bamboo: Dvellakat, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant dogwood: Daderot, Public domain
- giant fishtail palm: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant sequoia: Mike Murphy (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant thevetia: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- gimlet: Sydney Oats, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- glossy privet: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- gold medallion tree: Ligia Prado, Public domain
- golden chain tree: Salix, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- golden larch: This photo has been taken by Matthieu Sontag (User:Mirgolth) and released und..., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden leadball tree: Clarence A. Rechenthin. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Texas State Office, Public domain
- golden rain tree: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- golden trumpet tree: José Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Golden Wonder Senna: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Goodding's black willow: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- gordonia: Robyn Jay from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Gowen cypress: JOE BLOWE from Oakland, Usa, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- granite honey-myrtle: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- graythorn: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Greek strawberry tree: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- green ash: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- green wattle: J Brew, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Greg lead tree: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Griffith ash: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Guadalupe Island cypress: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Guadalupe palm: © Citron, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- guajillo: Clarence A. Rechenthin @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database, Public domain
- Guatemalan holly: Lecheminlu, Public domain
- gum myrtle: Margaret Donald from Sydney, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Hairy Mountain Mahogany: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- hardy eucryphia: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- harlequin glory bower: Wendy Cutler from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- hawthorn: Nadiatalent, Public domain
- hawthorn maple: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- heartleaf robinsonella: Jacob Rehage, CC0 (licence)
- heath melaleuca: Melburnian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hedge maple: David Perez, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Hercules's club: User:Richardelainechambers, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Heritage oak: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Himalayan maple: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Himalayan pine: Sudan Shrestha, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- holly leaf cherry: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- holly oak: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- honey locust: Kevmin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- honey mesquite: Don A.W. Carlson, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Hong Kong orchid tree: Shoshie8, CC0 (licence)
- Houpu magnolia: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Huangshan magnolia: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hybrid brachychiton: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0 au (licence)
- hybrid magnolias: Magnolia_Watsoni.JPG: WibblyWibby derivative work: Wikiklaas (talk), Public domain
- in the mountains michelia: K. Kendall from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Indian banyan: Ahoerstemeier, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Indian laurel fig/ laurel fig: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- interior live oak: Benny White, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Irish yew: Athantor, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- ironwood: Stickpen, Public domain
- island oak: Photographed and uploaded by :en:Geographer (talk | contribs), CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Italian alder: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Italian cypress: Taoujouti Abdelmouhaïmen, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Italian stone pine: Dubas from Oviedo, España, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- jacaranda: Kahuroa, Public domain
- Jack tree: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese apricot: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese black pine: Original: Yuniko, this edit: MPF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese blueberry tree: Lichinga, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Japanese cryptomeria: Yosemite, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese dogwood: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Japanese emperor oak: user:Salvor, Public domain
- Japanese hornbeam: Bruce Marlin, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese larch: Tanaka Juuyoh, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Japanese maple: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese pagoda tree: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese persimmon: Sphl, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese red pine: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese silver tree: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese snowbell: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese stewartia: Richard Bonnett, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Japanese umbrella pine: Ty19080914, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Japanese white pine: belvedere04, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Japanese yew: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Jeffrey pine: Jhodlof, Public domain
- Jelecote pine: tereso30, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Judas tree: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- juniper: Júlio Reis (Tintazul), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Kaffir bloom coral tree: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Kaffir plum: Rotational, Public domain
- Karoo Boer bloom: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Kashmir cypress: Materialscientist, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Katsura tree: 663highland, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Kentia palm: Black Diamond Images, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Kentucky coffee tree: MONGO, Public domain
- Khasia Hills fan palm: Oroussei, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- kidneywood: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- king palm: Bruce Paton, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- knobcone pine: w:User:Geographer, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- knobcone-Monterey pine: Honymand, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Korean arbovitae: Crusier, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Korean hornbeam: j. lindsay, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Korean pine: Original: Olga Ukhvatkina; edit: MPF, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Korean striped bark maple: Anneli Salo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Kowhai: Andy McKay, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- 'Krauter Vesuvius' Purple Plum: AnRo0002, CC0 (licence)
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Zones: NC North-Central Coastal, CV Central Valley, SC South Coastal, SI South Inland, HD High and Intermediate Desert, LD Low Desert. Ratings: VL very low water, L low, M moderate, H high, ? not rated for that zone, × not suited to that zone. Ratings are the University of California WUCOLS IV list.
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