GROUPS 
The following lists include trees and plants grouped according to various characters and 
for certain special purposes. 
TREES AND PLANTS NATIVE TO 
CALIFORNIA 
CONIFERS. 
Abies concolor (White Fir) 
Abies grandis (Grand Fir) 
Chamaecyparls lawsoniana ( Lawson Cypress) 
Cupressus macrocarpa (Monterey Cypress) 
Libocedrus decurrens (Incense Cedar) 
Picea sitchensis (Menzies Spruce) 
Pinus coulter! (Coulter Pine) 
Pinus jeffreyi (Jeffrey Pine) 
Pinus parryana (Parry Pine) 
Pinus ponderosa (Yellow Pine) 
Pinus radiata (Monterey Pine) 
Pinus sabiniana (Gray Pine) 
Pinus torreyana (Torrey Pine) 
Pseudotsuga douglasi (Douglas Spruce) 
Pseudotsuga macrocarpa (Rig Cone Spruce) 
Sequoia gigantea (Big Tree) 
Sequoia sempervirens (Redwood) 
Sequoia sempervirens glauca (Blue Redwood) 
Thuya gigantea (Giant Arbor Vitae) 
Torreya californica (California Nutmeg) 
Tsuga mertensiana (Mountain Hemlock) 
BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREENS. 
Arbutus menziesi (Madrone) 
Carpenteria californica 
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus (Wild Lilac) 
Garrya elliptica 
Mahonia aqulfolium (Oregon Grape) 
Photinia arbutifolia (Christinas Berry) 
Prunus ilicifolia (Evergreen Cherry) 
Prunus ilicifolia integrifolia (Catalina Cherry) 
Quercus agrifolia (lave Oak) 
Rhamnus purshiana californica (Wild Coffee) 
Rhamnus purshiana tomentella 
Umbellularia californica (Wild Laurel) 
DECIDUOUS TREES. 
Acer macrophyllum (Oregon Maple) 
Acer negundo californicum (Rox Elder) 
Aesculus californica (Buckeye) 
Juglans californica (Walnut) 
Platanus racemosa (Sycamore) 
Quercus douglasi (White Oak) 
Quercus garryana (Oregon Oak) 
Quercus kelloggi (California Black Oak) 
Quercus lobata (Weeping or Valley Oak) 
DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. 
Ribes sanguineum (Currant) 
Spiraea californica 
Symphoricarpos occidentals (Snowberry) 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Washingtonia filifera robusta (Fan Palm) 
Yucca whipplei 
Pentstemon cordifolius 
Romneya coulter! (Matilija Poppy) 
STREET TREES 
BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREENS 
Acacia dealbata (Silver Wattle) 
Acacia decurrens (Black Wattle) 
Acacia melanoxylon (Black Acacia) 
Acacia neriifolia (A. fioribunda) 
Alectryon excelsum (New Zealand Oak) 
Angophora intermedia 
Camphora officinalis (Camphor Tree) 
Casuarina cunninghami (She Oak; Beefwood) 
Eucalyptus (for roadsides) 
Grevillea robusta (Australian Silk Oak) 
Schinus molle (Pepper) 
Sterculia diversifolia (Bottle Tree) 
DECIDUOUS TREES 
Acer (Maple)—all kinds 
Aesculus hippocastanum (White Horse Chestnut)* 
Betula alba (European Birch) 
Betula alba pendula laciniata 
(Cut-Leaved Weeping Birch) 
Catalpa bignonioides 
Catalpa speciosa 
Cedrela sinensis 
Fraxinus americana (American White Ash) 
Fraxinus excelsior (European Ash) 
Ginkgo biloba (Maiden Hair Tree) 
Liquidambar styraciflua 
Liriodendron tullpifera (Tulip Tree) 
Melia azedarach umbraculiformis (Texas Umbrella) 
Platanus orientalis (European Sycamore) 
Populus deltoides carolinensis (Carolina Poplar) 
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak) 
Pistacia chlnensis (Chinese Pistachio) 
Robinia pseudacacia (Black Locust) 
Robinia pseudacacia decaisneana 
(Pink Flowering Locust) 
Sterculia platanifolia 
Tilia platyphyllos (European Linden) 
Tilia tomentosa (Silver-Leaved Linden) 
Ulmus (Elm)—all kinds 
Zelkova acuminata (Japanese Elm) 
TREES AND SHRUBS BEARING ORNAMENTAL 
RED OR ORANGE BERRIES 
CON IFERS. 
Taxus baccata (English Yew) 
Taxus baccata fastigiata (Irish Yew) 
BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREENS. 
Arbutus menziesi (Madrone) 
Arbutus unedo (Strawberry Tree) 
Aucuba japonica 
Cneorum tricoccum 
Cornus capitata (Evergreen Dogwood) 
Cotoneaster all species 
Eugenia uniflora 
Euonymus japonicus and its varieties 
Ilex aquifolium (English Holly) 
Myrtus ugni 
Nandina domestica 
Photinia arbutifolia (Christmas Berry) 
Pistacia lentiscus 
Pyracantha coccinea (Evergreen Hawthorn) 
Pyracantha coccinea lalandi 
Pyracantha crenulata 
Ruscus aculeatus 
Schinus molle (Pepper Tree) 
Viburnum odoratissimum 
DECIDUOUS TREES. 
Celtis occidentalis 
Crataegus cordata (Washington Thorn) 
Crataegus crus-galli (Cockspur) 
Crataegus monogyna pauli 
(Paul’s Double Scarlet Thorn) 
Crataegus oxyacantha (English Hawthorn) 
Crataegus rubra splendens 
Crataegus tomentosa 
Sorbus aucuparia. (European Mountain Ash) 
Sorbus aucuparia pendula 
DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 
Berberis thunbergl 
Berberis vulgaris (Common Barberry) 
Berberis vulgaris atropurpurea 
Elaeagnus longipes 
Prunus tomentosa 
Symphoricarpos vulgaris 
Viburnum opulus 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Asparagus cooperi 
Asparagus plumosus 
Asparagus sprengeri 
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