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Afghan pine
Pinus eldarica
Aleppo pine
Pinus halepensis
American hophornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
Arizona cypress
Hesperocyparis arizonica
Australian willow
Geijera parviflora
Austrian black pine
Pinus nigra
Blue Atlas cedar
Cedrus atlantica 'glauca'
Bottle tree
Brachychiton populneus
Bronze loquat
Eriobotrya deflexa
Bur oak
Quercus macrocarpa
California buckeye
Aesculus californica
California incense cedar
Calocedrus decurrens
California laurel
Umbellularia californica
California pepper
Schinus molle
Canary Island pine
Pinus canariensis
Carob tree
Ceratonia siliqua
Chestnut leaf oak
Quercus castaneifolia
Chinese flame tree
Koelreuteria bipinnata
Dawn redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Emerald Sunshine elm
Ulmus propinqua 'Emerald Sunshine'
European hackberry
Celtis australis
Evergreen pear
Pyrus kawakamii
Frontier elm
Ulmus parvifolia 'Frontier'
Hedge maple
Acer campestre
Holly oak
Quercus ilex
Italian stone pine
Pinus pinea
Japanese flowering crabapple
Malus floribunda
Jeffrey pine
Pinus jeffreyi
Littleleaf linden
Tilia cordata
Loquat
Eriobotrya japonica
Maidenhair tree
Ginkgo biloba
Oregon ash
Fraxinus latifolia
Palo Verde 'Desert Museum'
Cercidium x 'Desert Museum'
Persian ironwood
Parrotia persica
Pink Dawn Chitalpa
Chitalpa tashkentensis 'Pink Dawn'
Ponderosa pine
Pinus ponderosa
Prairifire crabapple
Malus hybrid 'Prairifire'
Princeton Sentry ginkgo
Ginkgo biloba 'Princeton Sentry'
Prospector elm
Ulmus wilsoniana 'Prospector'
Pyramidal European hornbeam
Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata'
Red oak
Quercus rubra
River birch
Betula nigra
Saucer magnolia
Magnolia soulangeana
Scarlet oak
Quercus coccinea
Southern magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
Texas Red Oak
Quercus buckleyi
Triumph elm
Ulmus japonica x wilsoniana 'Triumph'
Tulip tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Turkey oak
Quercus cerris
Upright English oak
Quercus robur 'Fastigiata'
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