Kumaon palmTrachycarpus takilTree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV×
- SCH
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
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Kumaon palmTrachycarpus takilTree, Palm or cycad
lacebark pinePinus bungeanaTree- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lacey oakQuercus glaucoidesTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lantern treeCrinodendron hookerianumTree- NC?
- CVM
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
laurel leaf cocculusCocculus laurifoliusShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
leatherleaf acaciaAcacia craspedocarpaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
leatherwoodEucryphia lucida (billardieri)Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
lemon flowered gumEucalyptus woodwardiiTree- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
lemon scented gumCorymbia citriodora (Eucalyptus citriodora)Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
lemon scented tea treeLeptospermum petersoniiShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
lemon scented tea treeLeptospermum polygalifoliumShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Leslie Roy MesquiteProsopis x 'Leslie Roy' PP23,360Tree- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Leyland cypressX Cupressocyparis leylandii ssp. & cvs.Tree, California native- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD?
liaotung oakQuercus liaotungensisTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lily tree magnoliaMagnolia ernestii (Michelia wilsonii)Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lily-of-the-valley treeCrinodendron pataguaTree, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
limber pinePinus flexilis ssp. & cvs.Tree, California native- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
little cabbage treeCussonia paniculataTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD?
little elephant treeBursera microphyllaTree, California native- NC×
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
little leaf cordiaCordia parvifoliaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
little leaf lindenTilia cordataTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
little leaf palo verdeParkinsonia microphylla (Cercidium microphyllum)Tree, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
lob lolly bayGordonia lasianthusTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
loblolly pinePinus taedaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
locustRobinia x ambiguaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
loebner magnoliaMagnolia x loebneriShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lombardy poplarPopulus nigra 'Italica'Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LDH
London planePlatanus x hispanica and cvs. (Platanus x acerfolia)Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LDH
long flowered marlockEucalyptus macrandraTree- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
long leaf yellow woodPodocarpus henkeliiTree- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
loquatEriobotrya japonicaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIVL
- HD×
- LDM
lotungensis magnoliaMagnolia lotungensis (Parakmeria lotungensis)Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
MacNab cypressHesperocyparis macnabiana (Cupressus macnabiana)Tree, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Madagascan ocotilloAlluaudia proceraTree, Succulent- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
madroneArbutus menziesiiTree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
magnolia (cavalieri)Magnolia cavaleriei var. platypetala (Michelia platypetala)Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
maiden hair treeGinkgo bilobaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Majesty palmRavenea rivularisTree, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
male bambooDendrocalamus strictusTree, Bamboo- NC×
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Manchurian striped mapleAcer tegmentosumTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
manna gumEucalyptus viminalisTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
manzanita cvs. e.g., Dr Hurd, St. HelenaArctostaphylos manzanita & ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
map plantPisonia umbelliferaTree- NC?
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Marina arbutusArbutus 'Marina'Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
markhamiaMarkhamia lutea (hildebrandtii)Tree- NC?
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
mastic treePistacia lentiscusShrub, Tree- NCVL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
mesa oakQuercus engelmanniiTree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Mexican bauhiniaBauhinia divaricata (B.mexicana)Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican blue oakQuercus oblongifoliaTree- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican buckeyeUngnadia speciosaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Mexican ebonyHavardia mexicana (Pithecellobium mexicana)Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
Mexican fan palmWashingtonia robustaTree, Palm or cycad- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Mexican palo verde/ Jerusalem thornParkinsonia aculeataTree- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Mexican redbudCercis mexicanaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican sycamorePlatanus mexicanaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Meyer's YewTaxus 'Meyeri'Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
mindinao gumEucalyptus degluptaTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
miyabe mapleAcer miyabeiTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
mochi treeIlex integraTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
mock orangePittosporum tobira and cvs.Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Modesto ashFraxinus velutina 'Modesto'Tree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Modoc cypressHesperocyparis bakeri (Cupressus bakeri)Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Mohave poplarPopulus 'Mohavensis'Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
Mondale Pine, Afghan PinePinus eldaricaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
monkey puzzle treeAraucaria araucanaTree- NCL
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
monkey's hand treeChiranthodendron pentadactylonTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Monks Pepper, Chaste TreeVitex agnus-castus 'Montrose Purple'Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Monroe Vine MapleAcer circinatum 'Monroe'Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCH
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Monterey cypressHesperocyparis macrocarpa (Cupressus macrocarpa)Tree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Monterey pinePinus radiataTree, California native- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Monterrey oakQuercus polymorphaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Montezuma cypressTaxodium mucronatumTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Montezuma pinePinus montezumaeTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HDM
- LDM
Moreton Bay chestnutCastanospermum australeTree- NCL
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Moreton Bay figFicus macrophyllaTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
mountain ashSorbus hupehensisTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD×
- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
mountain mapleAcer glabrumTree, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD×
mountain white gumEucalyptus dalrympleanaTree- NCL
- CV×
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
myrtle beechNothofagus cunninghamianaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
nageiaNageia nagi (Podocarpus nagi)Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
naked coral treeErythrina coralloidesTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Narihira bambooSemiarundinaria fastuosaShrub, Tree, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
narrow leaf lilly pillySyzygium smithii (Acmena smithii)Tree- NC×
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Natal coral treeErythrina humeanaTree- NC×
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
necklace podSophora tomentosaShrub, Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
necklace treeSophora affinisTree- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
neemAzadirachta indicaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Netleaf OakQuercus rugosaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Nettle SpurgeJatropha spp. & cvs.Shrub, Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
New Caledonian pineAraucaria columnaris (A. cookii)Tree- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
New Horizon elmUlmus 'New Horizon'Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
New Mexico Privet, Desert OliveForestiera neomexicanaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDM
- LD?
New South Wales macrozamiaMacrozamia mooreiShrub, Tree, Palm or cycad- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
New Zealand cabbage treeCordyline australisTree- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
New Zealand Christmas treeMetrosideros excelsa (Metrosideros tomentosa)Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
New Zealand laurelCorynocarpus laevigataTree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
New Zealand tea treeLeptospermum scopariumShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Nichol's willow leaf peppermintEucalyptus nicholiiTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Nikau palmRhopalostylis sapidaTree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV×
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Norfolk Island palmRhopalostylis baueriTree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV×
- SCH
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Norfolk Island pineAraucaria heterophyllaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
northern pin oakQuercus ellipsoidalisTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Norway mapleAcer platanoidesTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Norway sprucePicea abiesTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Nutall's scrub oakQuercus dumosaShrub, Tree, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD×
oak of TaborQuercus ithaburensisTree- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Oklahoma RedbudCercis reniformis texensis 'Oklahoma'Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
oliveOlea europaea ssp. & cvs.Tree, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
omeo gumEucalyptus neglectaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
oracle oakQuercus x morehusTree, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Orange GumEucalyptus pravaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
orange, lemon etc.Citrus spp.Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Oregon ashFraxinus latifoliaTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Oregon white oakQuercus garryanaTree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
oriental bush cherryPrunus japonicaShrub, Tree- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
oriental sprucePicea orientalisTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD×
oronoAzara dentataTree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
ovens wattleAcacia pravissimaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
oyama magnoliaMagnolia sieboldiiShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pachypodiumPachypodium lamereiTree- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LDM
Pacific Sunset MapleAcer truncatum x platanoides 'Warrenred'Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
pagoda dogwoodCornus alternifoliaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
palmettoSabal spp.Shrub, Tree, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
palo blancaLysiloma candidaShrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LDL
palo blancoAcacia willardiana (Mariosousa heterophylla)Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
palo brea treeParkinsonia praecox (Cercidium praecox)Tree- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
Paperbark CherryPrunus serrulaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
paperbark mapleAcer griseumTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pearl acaciaAcacia podalyriifoliaShrub, Tree- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
pecanCarya illinoensisTree- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Peking willowSalix matsudanaTree- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HDH
- LD?
- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
peppermint treeAgonis flexuosa & ssp. & cvs.Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Pere David's mapleAcer davidiiTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD×
Persian witch hazelParrotia persicaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
Peruvian pepper treeSchinus polygamusTree- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
pigmy date palmPhoenix roebeleniiShrub, Tree, Palm or cycad- NCL
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
pin oakQuercus palustrisTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
pindo palmButia odorata (Butia capitata)Tree, Palm or cycad- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
pine-leafed bottlebrushCallistemon pinifoliusShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
pineapple guavaAcca sellowiana (Feijoa sellowiana)Shrub, Tree, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
pink cedarAcrocarpus fraxinifoliusTree- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pink melaleucaMelaleuca nesophilaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
pink tips/white bottlebrushCallistemon salignusShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD?
pink/lavender trumpet treeHandroanthus impetiginosus (Tabebuia impetiginosa )Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
pinyon pinePinus edulisTree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD×
pistachioPistacia vera (edible)Tree- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Piute cypressHesperocyparis nevadensis (Cupressus nevadensis)Tree, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
plume albiziaAlbizia distachyaTree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Plunkett malleeEucalyptus curtisiiTree- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pom-pom treeDais cotinifoliaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
pomegranatePunica granatumTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
ponderosa pinePinus ponderosaTree, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SC×
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
ponytail palmBeaucarnea recurvata (Nolina recurvata)Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
poplar boxEucalyptus populneaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Portugal laurelPrunus lusitanicaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Portuguese oakQuercus fagineaTree- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
prairie flameleaf sumacRhus lanceolataTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
prickly-leaved paperbackMelaleuca styphelioidesTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
primrose treeLagunaria patersoniiTree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
prosopis hybridsProsopis hybrids and cvs.Tree- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Prospector elmUlmus wilsoniana 'Prospector'Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pukaMeryta sinclairiiTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
purple orchid treeBauhinia variegata (purpurea)Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Purple Robe Black LocustRobinia x ambigua 'Purple Robe'Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
quaking aspenPopulus tremuloidesTree, California native- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
queen palmSyagrus romanzoffiana (Arecastrum romanzoffianum)Tree, Palm or cycad- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Queensland bottle treeBrachychiton rupestrisTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
Queensland kauriAgathis robustaTree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Queensland lace barkBrachychiton discolorTree- NCM
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Queensland pittosporumPittosporum rhombifoliumTree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Queensland umbrella treeSchefflera actinophylla (Brassaia actinophylla)Shrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LDM
QuinceCydonia oblongaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Raywood ashFraxinus angustifolia 'Raywood' (F. oxycarpa)Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
red alderAlnus rubra (Alnus oregona)Tree, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
red buckeyeAesculus paviaShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
red cap gumEucalyptus erythrocorysTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
red flowering gumCorymbia ficifolia (Eucalyptus ficifolia)Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
red gumEucalyptus camaldulensisTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
red horsechestnutAesculus x carneaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
red iron barkEucalyptus sideroxylonTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
red lotus treeManglietia insignisTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
red mapleAcer rubrumTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
red oakQuercus rubraTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
red orchid bushBauhinia galpiniiShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
red push pistachePistacia x 'Red Push'Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
red shanks/ribbonwoodAdenostoma sparsifoliumShrub, Tree, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
red willowSalix laevigataTree, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HDH
- LD?
Photo credits, 187 images from Wikimedia Commons
- Kumaon palm: trsraman, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- lacebark pine: Integral, CC BY-SA 2.0 kr (licence)
- Lacey oak: Manuel Duran Guzman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lantern tree: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- laurel leaf cocculus: Júlio Reis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- leatherleaf acacia: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- leatherwood: nestmaker, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- lemon flowered gum: HelloMojo at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- lemon scented gum: Bidgee, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- lemon scented tea tree: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lemon scented tea tree: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Leslie Roy Mesquite: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Leyland cypress: W.Baumgartner, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- liaotung oak: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lily tree magnolia: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- lily-of-the-valley tree: sheriff_woody_pct, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- limber pine: doug, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- little cabbage tree: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- little elephant tree: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- little leaf cordia: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- little leaf linden: ImreKiss, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- little leaf palo verde: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lob lolly bay: Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- loblolly pine: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- locust: Wendy Cutler from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- loebner magnolia: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Lombardy poplar: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- London plane: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- long flowered marlock: HelloMojo at en.wikipedia, Public domain
- long leaf yellow wood: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- loquat: Illusive255, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lotungensis magnolia: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- MacNab cypress: Themodoccypress, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Madagascan ocotillo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- madrone: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- magnolia (cavalieri): Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- maiden hair tree: EecherplazGinkgo06.jpg: Cayambe derivative work: Ginkgotree (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Majesty palm: Stickpen, Public domain
- male bamboo: LRBurdak, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Manchurian striped maple: www.fitofoto.eu, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- manna gum: HelloMojo at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- manzanita cvs. e.g., Dr Hurd, St. Helena: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- map plant: Kahuroa, Public domain
- Marina arbutus: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- markhamia: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- mastic tree: Enrique Cardillo, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- mesa oak: Awinch1001, CC0 (licence)
- Mexican bauhinia: Dhivya dhivi DJ, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican blue oak: AZoaktree, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican buckeye: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican ebony: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Mexican fan palm: stekkelpak, CC0 (licence)
- Mexican palo verde/ Jerusalem thorn: Neelix, Public domain
- Mexican redbud: אורנה לוטן, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Mexican sycamore: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Meyer's Yew: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- mindinao gum: by *amelia*, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- miyabe maple: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mochi tree: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mock orange: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Modesto ash: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Modoc cypress: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Mohave poplar: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mondale Pine, Afghan Pine: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- monkey puzzle tree: Vicente Fernández Rioja, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- monkey's hand tree: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Monks Pepper, Chaste Tree: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Monroe Vine Maple: Tony Perodeau, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Monterey cypress: Awinch1001, CC0 (licence)
- Monterey pine: dalvenjah on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Monterrey oak: Herodotptlomeu, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Montezuma cypress: 0+000, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Montezuma pine: Respindola23, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Moreton Bay chestnut: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Moreton Bay fig: User DO'Neil on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mountain ash: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- mountain maple: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mountain white gum: © Citron, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- myrtle beech: Diucón, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- nageia: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- naked coral tree: Hernán García Crespo from DF, Mexico, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Narihira bamboo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- narrow leaf lilly pilly: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Natal coral tree: Fritz Georg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- necklace pod: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- necklace tree: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- neem: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Netleaf Oak: Bodofzt, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Nettle Spurge: Neelix at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- New Caledonian pine: my LifeShow from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- New Horizon elm: Ptelea, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- New Mexico Privet, Desert Olive: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- New South Wales macrozamia: AYArktos, Public domain
- New Zealand cabbage tree: Kahuroa, Public domain
- New Zealand Christmas tree: Ed323 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- New Zealand laurel: Dominik Maximilián Ramík, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- New Zealand tea tree: Bjankuloski06, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Nichol's willow leaf peppermint: HelloMojo at en.wikipedia, Public domain
- Nikau palm: Kahuroa, Public domain
- Norfolk Island palm: Kahuroa, Public domain
- Norfolk Island pine: bertknot from scarborough, australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- northern pin oak: Sulfur at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Norway maple: Rabensteiner, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Norway spruce: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee (licence)
- Nutall's scrub oak: Toyonbro, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- oak of Tabor: Offer.s.z, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Oklahoma Redbud: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- olive: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- omeo gum: Ian Brooker and David Kleinig, CC BY 3.0 au (licence)
- oracle oak: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Orange Gum: Jayn Hobba, CC BY 3.0 au (licence)
- orange, lemon etc.: Ellen Levy Finch (Elf), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Oregon ash: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Oregon white oak: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- oriental bush cherry: Vincent Ignace, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- oriental spruce: Karduelis, Public domain
- orono: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ovens wattle: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- oyama magnolia: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pachypodium: Daderot at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Pacific Sunset Maple: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- pagoda dogwood: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- palmetto: William Bumgarner (en.wp:Zsinj), Public domain
- palo blanca: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- palo blanco: Tomas Castelazo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- palo brea tree: Arianza1, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Paperbark Cherry: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- paperbark maple: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- pearl acacia: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pecan: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Peking willow: Montrealais at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- peppermint tree: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Pere David's maple: Abrahami, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Persian witch hazel: Waheed butt, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Peruvian pepper tree: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- pigmy date palm: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- pin oak: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- pindo palm: Juan Manuel Barreneche, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- pine-leafed bottlebrush: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- pineapple guava: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- pink cedar: Trees ForTheFuture, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- pink melaleuca: Jvhertum, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pink tips/white bottlebrush: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pink/lavender trumpet tree: Giles Laurent, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- pinyon pine: jotor at Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- pistachio: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Piute cypress: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- plume albizia: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Plunkett mallee: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- pom-pom tree: Rotational, Public domain
- pomegranate: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ponderosa pine: Mitch from Costa Mesa, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- ponytail palm: juancruzado, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- poplar box: Ethel Aardvark at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Portugal laurel: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Portuguese oak: Carlosblh, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- prairie flameleaf sumac: Dedda71, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- prickly-leaved paperback: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- primrose tree: Tatiana Gerus, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- prosopis hybrids: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Prospector elm: NEXT-EXIT, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- puka: Kahuroa, Public domain
- purple orchid tree: Peter1968 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Purple Robe Black Locust: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- quaking aspen: Scott Catron, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- queen palm: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Queensland bottle tree: Amos T Fairchild, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Queensland kauri: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Queensland lace bark: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Queensland pittosporum: RuthP, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Queensland umbrella tree: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Quince: Fir0002 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Raywood ash: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- red alder: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- red buckeye: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- red cap gum: User:JarrahTree, CC BY 2.5 au (licence)
- red flowering gum: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- red gum: Javier martin, Public domain
- red horsechestnut: Rüdiger Wölk, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- red iron bark: Bidgee, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- red lotus tree: MichalPL, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- red maple: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- red oak: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- red orchid bush: Tatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- red push pistache: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- red shanks/ribbonwood: Noah Elhardt, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- red willow: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
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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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Sources
- WUCOLS IV plant list, University of California, snapshot of the live databaseRead August 23, 2026 on ucanr.edu/sites/WUCOLS
- Appendix C reference evapotranspiration table behind the six zonesRead August 23, 2026 on water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/Water-Use-And-Efficiency/MWELO-Rulemaking/Final-MWELO-Text-and-Appendices_20250103.pdf