Common Name
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Botanical Name
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Description
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Common Hackberry
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Celtis Occidentalis
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Upright growth habit, may exceed 40-50ft
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Netleaf Hackberry
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Celtis Reticulata
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Canyon/wash small tree
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Honey Mesquite
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Prosopis Glandulosa
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Good Desert Tree
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Mimosa
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Albizia Julibrissin
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Not long-lived
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Glossy Privet
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Ligustrum Lucidum
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May suffer in full sun
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Japanese Pagoda
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Sophora Japonica
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Heat tolerant
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Photinia
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Photinia Fraseri
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Sensitive to iron deficiency
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Singleleaf Ash
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Fraxinum Anomala
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Native to canyons and stream beds
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Hawthorne
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Crataegus Sp.
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Requires moderate watering
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Sweet Gum
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Liquidambar Styraciflua
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Not good in alkaline soils
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Tuilip Tree (Poplar)
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Liriodendron Tulipifera
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Requires slightly acidic soil
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Golden Raintree
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Koelreuteria Paniculata
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Well adapted to St. George
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Acacia
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Acacia sp.
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Not adapted to colder areas
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Bird of Paradise
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Heliconia sp.
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Small blooming ornamental
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Loquat
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Loquat deFlexia
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Not good in full sun
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Loquat
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Loquat Japonica
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Produces edible fruit
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