Shrubs Classified as to Height 
TALL (Over 6 feet) 
Acer ginnala, Ginnala Maple 
Acer glabrum, Mountain Maple 
Acer tataricum, Tartar. Maple. 
Alnus, Mountain Alder 
Amelanchier, Serviceberry 
Amorpha fruticosa, Indigobush 
Aralia spinosa, Hercules Club 
Betula, Rocky Mtn. Birch 
Caragana arb. Siberian Pea 
Crataegus, Thicket Hawthorn 
Crataegus, Colorado Hawthorn 
Crataegus, Cockspur Hawthorn 
Crataegus, Downy Hawthorn 
Crataegus, English Hawthorn 
Crataegus, Paul’s Scarlet Haw 
Elaeagnus, Russian Olive 
Euonymus atro. Wahoo 
EHuonymus euro. Burning Bush 
Euonymus. Yeddo Euonymus 
Euonymus planipes, Euonymus 
Fontanesia fortunei 
Forsythia fortunei, Goldenbells 
Forsythia, Showy Forsythia 
Hippophaea, Sea-Buckthorn 
Kolkwitzia, Beauty Bush 
Ligustrum, English Privet 
Ligustrum, Thompson Privet 
Ligustrum, Regal Privit 
Lonicera, Late Honeysuckle 
Lonicera, Morrow Honeysuckle 
Lonicera, Red Bush Honeysuckle 
Lonicera, Zabell’s Honeysuckle 
Maclura, Osage Orange 
Philadelphus, Big Mockorange 
Physocarpus, Common Ninebark 
Prunus, Purpleleaf Plum 
Prunus, Chokecherry 
Prunus, Bird or Pin Cherry 
Prunus, Nanking Cherry 
Prunus, Double-flowering Plum 
Ptelea, Hop Tree or Wafer Ash 
Rhamnus, Common Buckthorn 
Rhamnus, Chadwick Buckthorn 
Rhamnus, Dahurian Buckthorn 
Rhus cotinus, Smoke Tree 
Rhus glabra, Smooth Sumac 
Rhus typhina, Staghorn Sumac 
Rosa Hugonis, Hugonis Rose 
Rosa rubrifolia, Redleaf Rose 
Sambucus, Cutleaf Elder 
Salix irrorata, Bluestem Willow 
Shepherdia, Silver Buffaloberry 
Sorbus, Western Mountain Ash 
Staphylea, Bladdernut 
Syringa, Japanese Lilac 
Syringa, Persian Lilac 
Syringa villosa, Late Lilac 
Syringa, Common Lilac 
Syringa, French Hybrid Lilacs 
Syringa, Hungarian Lilacs 
Tamarix hispida, Tamarix 
Viburnum, Cranberry Bush 
Viburnum, Wayfaring Tree 
Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry 
Viburnum, Sargent’s Cranberry 
Viburnum prunifolium, Blackhaw 
Viburnum, Snowball 
MEDIUM (3 to 6 feet) 
Buddleia, Butterfly Bush 
Cercocarpus, Mtn. Mahogany 
Colutea, Bladder Senna 
Cornus stolon, Red-twig Dogwood 
Cornus, Goldentwig Dogwood 
Cotoneaster acutifolia, Peking C. 
Cydonia, Flowering Quince 
Euonymus, Winged Euonymus 
Exochorda, Pearl Bush 
Forestiera, Mountain Privet 
Forsythia ovata, Korean 
Hibiscus, Mallow Marvel 
Holodiscus, Rock Spirea 
Lonicera, Sakhalin Honeysuckle 
Lycium, Matrimony Vine 
Philadelphus, Boquet Blanc M.O. 
Lemoine Mockorange, Virginal 
Mockorange. 
Physocarpus, Dwarf Ninebark 
Prunus besseyi, Sandcherry 
Prunus, Flowering Almond 
Rhamnus,Glossy Buckthorn 
Rhodotypos, Jetbead 
Rhus, Rocky Mountain Sumac, 
Cutleaf and Threeleaf Sumac. 
Ribes, Black Currant 
Ribes cereum, Squaw Currant 
Ribes aureum, Golden Currant 
Robinia, Rose Acacia 
Rosa, Austrian Copper Rose 
Rosa, Persian Yellow Rose 
Rosa setigera, Prairie Rose 
Rubus, Thimbleberry 
Sorbaria, False Spirea 
Spirea, Snow Garland Spirea 
Spirea, Double Bridal Wreath 
Spirea, Reeves Spirea 
Spirea, Korean Spirea 
Spirea, Bridal Wreath Spirea 
Symphoricarpus, Snowberry 
Symphoricarpus, Coralberry 
Viburnum dentatum, Arrowwood 
LOW (under 3 feet) 
Amorpha canescens, Leadplant 
Amorpha nana, Dwarf Indigo 
Berberis, Columnberry, Japan- 
ese, Redleaf, Menter and Ko- 
rean Barberry 
Caragana, Dwarf Pea Shrub 
Forsythia, Weeping Goldenbells 
Ligustrum, Lodense Privet 
Lonicera, Lilac Honeysuckle 
Lonicera hekrotti 
Physocarpus, Low Ninebark 
Potentilla, Shrubby Cinquefoil 
Ribes alpinum, Mtn. Currant 
Ribes, Rocky Mtn. Gooseberry 
Rosa blanda, Meadow Rose 
Rosa nitida, Bristly Rose 
Rosa sayi, Native Wild Rose 
Salix purpurea, Dwarf Willow 
Sorbaria, Ash-Leaf Spirea 
Spirea, Frobell’s Spirea 
Symphoricarpus, Chenault, 
Spreading and Mountain 
Snowberry. 
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