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- Boston Ivy; Parthenocissus tricuspidata
- Stem squarish
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- Boston Ivy; Parthenocissus tricuspidata
- Leaves are alternate, simple, slender stalked, broad ovate
- 4" to 8" wide
- 3-lobed with acuminate coarsely serrate lobes
- glossy dark green, glabrous above
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- Spirea "Billiard"; Spiraea xbillardii
- Upright shrub 4' to 6' tall
- shows a propensity to sucker.
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- Spirea "Billiard"; Spiraea xbillardii
- Alternate, simple, lanceolate, serrated leaves
- upright habit
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- Clavey’s Dwarf Honeysuckle; Lonicera xylosteum 'Claveyi'
- Rounded mound with spreading, arching branches
- 3' to 6' height
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- Clavey’s Dwarf Honeysuckle, Lonicera xylosteum 'Claveyi'
- Leaves alternate, simple, evergreen
- Ovate-rounded
- 1' to 2 1/2" long, 3/4" to 1 1/4 inch wide
- Finely toothed to entire
- dark green and rough above, paler (grayish) beneath
- Petiole 1/8" long
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Weigela 'Tango'; Weigela florida
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- Weigela 'Tango'; Weigela florida
- Bronzy purple tinge to foliage
- Opposite, simple, ellptic to ovate-oblong, or obovate.
- 2" to 4 1/2" long, 3/4" to 1 1/2" wide
- Acuminate
- Rounded to cuneate at base
- Medium green and glabrous above except on midrib
- Petiole 1/8" to 1/4" long
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- Wayfaringtree Viburnum; Viburnum lantana
- Upright growing shrub
- 10' to 15' in height
- Multi-stemmed with stout spreading branches, usually rounded in outline, often leggy
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- Wayfaringtree Viburnum; Viburnum lantana
- Leaves opposite, simple, ovate to oblong-ovate
- 2" to 5" long, 1 1/2" to 4" wide
- Acute or obtuse, cordate to rounded at base
- Closely denticulate, dark green
- Petiole 1/2" to 1 1/2" long
- Very uniform serrations
- Strong reticulate venation pattern is a good identification feature.
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- Fragrant Sumac; Rhus aromatica
- 2' to 6' high, possibly larger
- Extremely variable in size.
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- Fragrant Sumac; Rhus aromatica
- Alternate, trifoliate
- leaflets subsessile, ovate
- the terminal leaflet 1.5" to 3" long, acute or acuminate, cuneate and often obovate.
- Lateral leaflets are oblique and rounded at base, about one half as large as terminal.
- all leaflets coarsley toothed, glossy medium to dark green.
- Petiole 1 to 1 1/2" long
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- Cardinal Dogwood; Cornus sericea (Var. coloradensis)
- Slender upright, Brownish stems
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- Cardinal Dogwood; Cornus sericea Var. coloradensis
- Smaller leaves
- Opposite, simple, ovate to oblong-lanceolate
- 2" to 5" long, 1 to 2 1/2" wide
- Acuminate
- Rounded at base
- Medium to dark green above, glaucous beneath.
- Petiole 1/2" to 1" long
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- Endless Summer Hydrangea; Hydrangea macrophylla
- 3' to 5' tall and wide.
- Rounded shrub of many erect, usually unbranched, thick stems
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- Endless Summer Hydrangea; Hydrangea macrophylla
- Opposite, simple, obovate to elliptic or broad ovate
- 4" to 8" long, two thirds as wide.
- Short acuminate
- Coarsly serrate with triangular obtusish teeth
- Lustrous medium to dark green above, fleshy texture and greasy to the touch.
- Petiole is stout, 1/2" to 1 1/4" long
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- Mapleleaf Viburnum; Viburnum acerifolium
- low, sparsely branched shrub
- 4' to 6' tall, 4' wide
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- Mapleleaf Viburnum; Viburnum acerifolium
- Opposite, simple, suborbicular to ovate, 3-lobed, (sometimes slightly lobed)
- 2" to 4" long, about as wide.
- Lobes acute to acuminate
- Rounded to cordate at base
- Coarsly dentate
- Dark green
- Petiole .5" to 1"
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