red-barked dogwoodCornus albaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
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red-barked dogwoodCornus albaTree
red-flowered malleeEucalyptus erythronemaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
redvein mapleAcer rufinerveTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Regal prince oakQuercus x Regal PrinceTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NC×
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
river she-oakCasuarina cunninghamianaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
river tea treeMelaleuca bracteata 'Revolution Green'Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
river/red birchBetula nigraTree- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
rock palmBrahea nitidaTree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Rocky Mountain juniperJuniperus scopulorum spp. & cvs.Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
romeron pineRetrophyllum rospigliosiiTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
rose appleSyzygium jambosTree- NC×
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
rough-leaf dogwoodCornus drummondiiTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Roxburgh figFicus auriculataTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NCH
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
royal poincianaDelonix regiaTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LDM
rubber plantFicus elasticaShrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Russian oliveElaeagnus angustifoliaShrub, Tree- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
rusty leaf figFicus rubiginosa (Ficus microphylla)Tree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Saharan CypressCupressus duprezianaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
salmon gumEucalyptus salmonophloiaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
salt cedarTamarix aphyllaTree- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Salt River malletEucalyptus sargentiiTree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
San Jose hesper palmBrahea brandegeeiTree, Palm or cycad- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
San Pedro Martir cypressHesperocyparis montana (Cupressus montana)Tree, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Sandbar WillowSalix exiguaShrub, Tree, California native- NCH
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LD?
sandpaper treeEhretia anacuaTree- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
sapphire dragon treePaulownia kawakamiiTree- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
Saratoga laurelLaurus 'Saratoga'Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Sargent cherryPrunus sargentiiTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
Sargent cypressHesperocyparis sargentii (Cupressus sargentii)Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Sargent's magnoliaMagnolia sargentianaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
saucer magnoliaMagnolia x soulangeanaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
saw leaf zelkovaZelkova serrataTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
sawtooth oakQuercus acutissimaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
scarlet oakQuercus coccineaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
scarlet wisteria treeSesbania punicea (Sesbania tripetii)Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
schimaSchima wallichii spp. liukiuensisTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Scotch elmUlmus glabraTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Scotch pinePinus sylvestrisTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
screwbean mesquiteProsopis pubescensTree, California native- NC×
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Senegal date palmPhoenix reclinataTree, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
senna/cassia (spectabilis/excelsa)Senna spectabilis (Cassia excelsa, Cassia spectabilis)Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Serbian sprucePicea omorikaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD×
seven sons treeHeptacodium miconioidesTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
shaving brush treePseudobombax ellipticumTree- NC?
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Shore PinePinus contorta var. contortaTree, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD×
showy banksiaBanksia speciosaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Shumard red oakQuercus shumardiiTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Siberian elmUlmus pumilaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Sierra Sun®Caesalpinia x 'MNSTAMEPA' PP20584Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
silk oakGrevillea robustaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
silk tree, Mimosa treeAlbizia julibrissinTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
silver dollar gumEucalyptus polyanthemosTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
silver gimletEucalyptus campaspeTree- NC?
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LDM
silver lindenTilia tomentosaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
silver mapleAcer saccharinumTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
silver mountain gumEucalyptus pulverulentaTree- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
silver treeLeucadendron argenteumTree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
silver wattleAcacia dealbataTree- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
silverbellHalesia monticolaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Silverleaf OakQuercus hypoleucoidesTree- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
single leaf pinyon pinePinus monophyllaTree, California native- NCL
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD×
small-leaved gumEucalyptus parvulaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
smoke treeCotinus coggygria ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD×
Smooth Barked CypressCupressus glabraTree- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HDL
- LD?
snow drop treeHalesia carolinaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
snow flake treeTrevesia palmata 'Micholitzii'Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
soapbark treeQuillaja saponariaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
soapberrySapindus saponariaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Sonoran palo verdeParkinsonia 'Sonorae'Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIVL
- HD×
- LDL
sour gum/tupeloNyssa sylvaticaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
South African tree wisteriaBolusanthus speciosusTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
southern live oakQuercus virginianaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
southern magnoliaMagnolia grandiflora ssp. & cvs.Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDH
southwest redbudCercis reniformisTree- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Spanish firAbies pinsapoTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
spiny fiber palmTrithrinax acanthocomaTree, Palm or cycad- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
spotted gumCorymbia maculata (Eucalyptus maculata)Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
sprenger's magnoliaMagnolia sprengeri 'Diva'Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
square-stemmed bambooChimonobambusa quadrangularisShrub, Tree, Bamboo- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
staghorn sumacRhus typhinaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LD×
Steedman's gumEucalyptus steedmaniiTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
stone gate palmTrachycarpus princepsTree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
strawberry guavaPsidium littorale var. longipes (Psidium cattleianum)Shrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
strawberry treeArbutus unedo & ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sugar gumEucalyptus cladocalyxTree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
sugar mapleAcer saccharumTree- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
sugar pinePinus lambertianaTree, California native- NC×
- CVL
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
summer hollyComarostaphylis diversifolia (Arctostaphylos diversifolia)Shrub, Tree, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
sunshine treeErythrina arborescensTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
swamp honey-myrtleMelaleuca squameaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
swamp mahoganyEucalyptus robustaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
swamp malleeEucalyptus spathulataTree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
swamp paper barkMelaleuca rhaphiophyllaTree- NC?
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Swamp She-OakCasuarina glaucaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LDM
swamp white oakQuercus bicolorTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
sweet acaciaVachellia farnesiana (Acacia farnesiana)Tree- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LDL
sweet bayLaurus nobilis ssp. & cvs.Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
sweet bay magnoliaMagnolia virginianaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sweet gumLiquidambar styracifluaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
sweet shadeHymenosporum flavumTree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Swiss stone pinePinus cembraTree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sycamore mapleAcer pseudoplatanusTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Sydney blue gumEucalyptus salignaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sydney golden wattleAcacia longifoliaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Sykes coral treeErythrina x sykesiiTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Taiwanese parasol treeTrochodendron aralioidesTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
tall baeckiaBaeckea virgataShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
tanbark oakNotholithocarpus densiflorus (Lithocarpus densiflorus)Tree, California native- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
tarataPittosporum eugenioidesTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
tatar mapleAcer tataricumTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI?
- HD×
- LD?
tawhiwhiPittosporum tenuifolium ssp. & cvs.Tree- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Tecate cypressHesperocyparis forbesii (Cupressus forbesii)Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
tenazaHavardia pallens (Pithecellobium pallens)Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Texas ebonyEbenopsis ebano (Pithecellobium flexicaule)Tree- NC×
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDL
Texas kidneywoodEysenhardtia texanaTree- NC×
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Texas madroneArbutus texanaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Texas mountain laurelSophora secundiflora ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDL
Texas oliveCordia boissieriTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Texas persimmonDiospyros texanaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Texas pistachePistacia mexicana (P. texensis, texana)Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Texas red oakQuercus buckleyiTree- NCM
- CVL
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Texas red oakQuercus texanaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
Texas RedbudCercis canadensis var. texensisTree- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Texas sycamorePlatanus occidentalis 'Glabrata'Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
thinleaf alderAlnus incanaTree- NC?
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Thornless South American MesquiteProsopis x 'Phoenix®'Tree- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Tibetan sugar palmArenga micranthaShrub, Tree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
tipu treeTipuana tipuTree- NCM
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
titokiAlectryon excelsusTree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
toogBischofia javanicaTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Torrey pinePinus torreyanaTree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
totaraPodocarpus totaraTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
totem poles (lilac melaleuca)Melaleuca decussataShrub, Tree- NCVL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Traveller Weeping RedbudCercis canadensis 'Traveller'Tree- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
tree araliaKalopanax pictusTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
tree banksiaBanksia integrifoliaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
tree of heavenAilanthus altissimaTree- NCVL
- CVVL
- SC×
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
triangle palmDypsis decaryiTree, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
trident mapleAcer buergerianumTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Triumph elmUlmus 'Triumph'Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
tulip treeLiriodendron tulipiferaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
tulipwoodHarpullia arboreaTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Turkish hazelCorylus colurnaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Turkish oakQuercus cerrisTree- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
twisted acaciaAcacia schaffneriTree- NC×
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LDL
umbrella catalpaCatalpa bungeiTree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
umbrella palmHedyscepe canterburyanaTree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
valley oakQuercus lobataTree, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
veitch magnoliaMagnolia x veitchiiTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
velvet mesquiteProsopis velutinaTree- NC×
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Victorian boxPittosporum undulatumTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
vine mapleAcer circinatumShrub, Tree, California native- NCM
- CVH
- SCH
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Vulcan magnoliaMagnolia x 'Vulcan'Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Washoe pinePinus ponderosa var. washoensis (Pinus washoensis)Tree, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Wate's golden pinePinus virginiana 'Wate's Golden'Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
water birchBetula occidentalisTree, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
weeping acaciaAcacia pendulaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDL
weeping bottle brushCallistemon viminalis & ssp. & cvs.Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
weeping cabbage palmLivistona decipiensTree, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
weeping Chinese banyanFicus benjaminaShrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LDM
weeping willowSalix babylonicaTree- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HDH
- LD?
Western Black WillowSalix lasiandra (lucida ssp. lasiandra)Tree, California native- NCH
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LD×
western catalpaCatalpa speciosaTree- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Western ChokecherryPrunus virginiana var. demissaTree, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western cottonwoodPopulus fremontiiTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LDH
western crabappleMalus fuscaTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western hackberryCeltis reticulataTree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
western red cedarThuja plicataTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
western redbudCercis occidentalisTree, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white alderAlnus rhombifoliaTree, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HDH
- LD×
white ashFraxinus americanaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
white bark cottonwoodPopulus monticolaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white barked Himalayan birchBetula utilis var. jacquemontiiTree- NCH
- CVH
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
white feather honey myrtleMelaleuca decoraTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white floss silk treeCeiba insignis (Chorisia insignis)Tree- NCM
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white ironbarkEucalyptus leucoxylonTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
white mulberryMorus albaTree- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
white sapoteCasimiroa edulisTree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
whitebark magnoliaMagnolia hypoleucaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
whitethorn acaciaAcacia constrictaShrub, Tree- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
wild coffeeDiospyros whyteanaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Willow AcaciaAcacia salicinaTree- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
willow oakQuercus phellosTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
willow pittosporumPittosporum angustifolium (Pittosporum phillyraeoides)Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
windmill palmTrachycarpus fortuneiTree, Palm or cycad- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
winter hazelCorylopsis paucifloraShrub, Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
winter hazelCorylopsis spicataTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
winter's barkDrimys winteriTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Wollemi pineWollemia nobilisTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
wong-lanMagnolia doltsopa (Michelia doltsopa)Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
woolly butia palmButia eriospathaTree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Photo credits, 191 images from Wikimedia Commons
- red-barked dogwood: Opioła Jerzy (Poland), CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- red-flowered mallee: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- redvein maple: Liné1, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Regal prince oak: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- river she-oak: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- river tea tree: Daderot, Public domain
- river/red birch: Baummapper, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (licence)
- rock palm: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Rocky Mountain juniper: USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Herman, D.E. et al. 1996. North Dakota tree handb..., Public domain
- romeron pine: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- rose apple: JonRichfield, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rough-leaf dogwood: photo by John Knouse, Public domain
- Roxburgh fig: കാക്കര, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- royal poinciana: Averette, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rubber plant: VuThiAnh, CC0 (licence)
- Russian olive: Photo by Dave Powell, USDA, Forest Service, Public domain
- rusty leaf fig: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Saharan Cypress: Gruban at Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- salmon gum: Vivi Lins, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- salt cedar: Anthere, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Salt River mallet: Ian Brooker and David Kleinig, CC BY 3.0 au (licence)
- San Jose hesper palm: Megan Hansen, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- San Pedro Martir cypress: Alan Rockefeller https://www.inaturalist.org/people/alan_rockefeller, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Sandbar Willow: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- sandpaper tree: Carlos Abrego, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- sapphire dragon tree: Groogle, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Saratoga laurel: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sargent cherry: Usien, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sargent cypress: ThemodoccypressCreator:Joey Malone, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sargent's magnolia: Wendy Cutler, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- saucer magnolia: Piotr Kuczynski, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- saw leaf zelkova: ja:User:Miya, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sawtooth oak: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- scarlet oak: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- scarlet wisteria tree: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- schima: Wibowo Djatmiko (Wie146), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Scotch elm: Ronnie Nijboer, CC0 (licence)
- Scotch pine: Hello, I am Bruce on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- screwbean mesquite: user:pompilid, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Senegal date palm: Kahuroa, Public domain
- senna/cassia (spectabilis/excelsa): Leandro R. M. de Marco, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Serbian spruce: mikepirie, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- seven sons tree: Daderot, Public domain
- shaving brush tree: Maria do Carmo M. Iannacone, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Shore Pine: Dankarl, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- showy banksia: Eric Hunt, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Shumard red oak: en:User:Neonfreon, Public domain
- Siberian elm: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sierra Sun®: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- silk oak: RickP 08:32, 14 April 2006 (UTC), CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- silk tree, Mimosa tree: Cmapm, Public domain
- silver dollar gum: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- silver gimlet: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- silver linden: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- silver maple: renee_mcgurk, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- silver mountain gum: Daderot, Public domain
- silver tree: Abu Shawka, CC0 (licence)
- silver wattle: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- silverbell: Chrumps, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Silverleaf Oak: Dylan W. Schwilk, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- single leaf pinyon pine: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- small-leaved gum: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC0 (licence)
- smoke tree: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Smooth Barked Cypress: sharloch from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- snow drop tree: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- snow flake tree: Margaret Donald from Sydney, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- soapbark tree: CARLOS SALGADO MELLA, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- soapberry: Hiobson, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Sonoran palo verde: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sour gum/tupelo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- South African tree wisteria: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- southern live oak: Marcus Q on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- southern magnolia: DavetheMage, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- southwest redbud: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Spanish fir: Por los caminos de Málaga, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- spiny fiber palm: Henrique Mallmann, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- spotted gum: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- sprenger's magnolia: Liné1, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- square-stemmed bamboo: SSR2000, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- staghorn sumac: The original uploader was Muggwort17 at English Wikipedia., Public domain
- Steedman's gum: Ian Brooker and David Kleinig, CC BY 3.0 au (licence)
- stone gate palm: Danerikk, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- strawberry guava: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- strawberry tree: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sugar gum: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0 au (licence)
- sugar maple: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- sugar pine: Mitch from Costa Mesa, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- summer holly: Anthony Valois, Public domain
- sunshine tree: Woudloper, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- swamp honey-myrtle: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- swamp mahogany: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- swamp mallee: Melburnian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- swamp paper bark: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Swamp She-Oak: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- swamp white oak: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- sweet acacia: Judgefloro, Public domain
- sweet bay: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sweet bay magnolia: Photo by and (c)2008 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man). Co-attribution must be given to..., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sweet gum: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- sweet shade: Jan Smith from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Swiss stone pine: Tigerente at German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sycamore maple: Christian Pirkl, CC BY-SA 3.0 at (licence)
- Sydney blue gum: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, Public domain
- Sydney golden wattle: josh jackson, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Sykes coral tree: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Taiwanese parasol tree: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tall baeckia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tanbark oak: Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- tarata: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tatar maple: Димитър Найденов / Dimìtar Nàydenov, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- tawhiwhi: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Tecate cypress: Billy, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- tenaza: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Texas ebony: wlcutler, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Texas kidneywood: Clarence A. Rechenthin. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Texas State Office., Public domain
- Texas madrone: Kamvysi Eirini, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Texas mountain laurel: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Texas olive: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Texas persimmon: homeredwardprice, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Texas pistache: iNaturalist user: tereso30, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Texas red oak: georgiakharper, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Texas red oak: Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Texas Redbud: 7oanna, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Texas sycamore: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- thinleaf alder: MüBe, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Thornless South American Mesquite: Rcoirini, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Tibetan sugar palm: W.A. Djatmiko (Wie146), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tipu tree: Felagund, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- titoki: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- toog: Geographer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Torrey pine: en:User:Geographer, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- totara: Tomas Sobek, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- totem poles (lilac melaleuca): Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Traveller Weeping Redbud: NPS Photo, Public domain
- tree aralia: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tree banksia: Ixitixel, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tree of heaven: Darkone (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- triangle palm: Mmcknight4, Public domain
- trident maple: Hurricanefan24, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Triumph elm: Ptelea at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- tulip tree: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- tulipwood: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Turkish hazel: Hladac, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Turkish oak: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- twisted acacia: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- umbrella catalpa: HorsePunchKid, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- umbrella palm: Kahuroa, Public domain
- valley oak: Miguel Vieira from Walnut Creek, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- veitch magnolia: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- velvet mesquite: Sue in az, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Victorian box: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- vine maple: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Vulcan magnolia: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Washoe pine: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Wate's golden pine: Joshua Davis (jdavis.info) on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- water birch: Robert H. Mohlenbrock, Public domain
- weeping acacia: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- weeping bottle brush: Pëter 1968 User:Peter Greenwell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- weeping cabbage palm: Mark Marathon, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- weeping Chinese banyan: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- weeping willow: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Western Black Willow: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- western catalpa: Mark Wagner, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Western Chokecherry: Maxime Laterreur, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- western cottonwood: Amy Gaiennie, NPS, Public domain
- western crabapple: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- western hackberry: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- western red cedar: abdallahh from Montréal, Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- western redbud: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- white alder: US NPS Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Public domain
- white ash: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- white bark cottonwood: Gerda Arendt, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- white barked Himalayan birch: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- white feather honey myrtle: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- white floss silk tree: Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- white ironbark: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- white mulberry: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- white sapote: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- whitebark magnolia: Chhe (talk), Public domain
- whitethorn acacia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wild coffee: Marco Schmidt, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Willow Acacia: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- willow oak: Berean Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- willow pittosporum: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- windmill palm: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- winter hazel: Wouter Hagens, Public domain
- winter hazel: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- winter's bark: Eric Hunt, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Wollemi pine: AndyScott, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- wong-lan: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- woolly butia palm: Erik Terdal from Tulsa, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 (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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