Encyclopedia of Stanford Trees, Shrubs & Vines
Names conformed to Sunset’s Western Garden Guide, 7th ed. (2001). Entries except when otherwise noted are from Ron Bracewell’s Trees of Stanford and Environs, Stanford Historical Society, ©2005. Shrubs, vines, and some commonly seen herbaceous perennials are being added to the encyclopedia. There is also a Species Lost list of cultivated trees once grown on campus but no longer present. Leaf silhouette sampler gallery.
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Botanical name index
| Common name index | Family
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[A]
Abelia × grandiflora
| Abies bracteata
| Abies cilicica
| Abies concolor
| Abies pinsapo
| Acacia Notes
| Acacia baileyana
| Acacia dealbata
| Acacia longifolia
| Acacia melanoxylon
| Acacia pravissima
| Acacia redolens
| Acacia retinodes
| Acacia verticillata
| Acer (Maple) Notes
| Acer buergerianum
| Acer campestre
| Acer circinatum
| Acer ginnala
| Acer griseum
| Acer macrophyllum
| Acer negundo
| Acer palmatum
| Acer platanoides
| Acer pseudoplatanus
| Acer rubrum
| Acer saccharinum
| Acmena smithii
| Adenostoma fasciculatum
| Aesculus californica
| Aesculus × carnea
| Aesculus hippocastanum
| Aesculus octandra
| Aesculus pavia
| Afrocarpus elongatus
| Agathis robusta
| Agave parryi (PDF)
| Agonis flexuosa
| Ailanthus altissima
| Albizia distachya
| Albizia julibrissin
| Alectryon excelsus
| Alnus cordata
| Alnus rhombifolia
| Aloe arborescens
| Amelancher utahensis
| Angophora costata
| Anisodontea × hypomandarum
| Araucaria araucana
| Araucaria bidwillii
| Araucaria cunninghamii
| Araucaria heterophylla
| Arbutus menziesii
| Arbutus unedo
| Arbutus × ‘Marina’
| Arctostaphylos densiflora
| Arctostaphylos ‘Emerald Carpet’
| Arctostaphylos glauca
| Arctostaphylos hookeri
| Arctostaphylos manzanita
| Arctostaphylos ‘Pacific Mist’
| Arctostaphylos tomentosa
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
| Artemisia californica
| Arundo donax
| Asparagus densiflorus (PDF)
| Azara microphylla
[B]
Baccharis pilularis
| Baeckea behrii
| Bambusa oldhamii
| Banksia Notes
| Banksia integrifolia
| Banksia speciosa
| Bauhinia variegata
| Beaucarnea recurvata
| Berberis aquifolium
| Berberis lomarifolia
| Berberis pinnata
| Berberis thunbergii
| Bergenia crassifolia (PDF)
| Betula jacquemontii
| Betula pendula
| Bougainvillea spp. (PDF)
| Brachychiton acerifolius
| Brachychiton discolor
| Brachychiton populneus
| Brachychiton populneus triloba
| Brachychiton rupestris
| Brahea armata
| Brahea edulis
| Brugmansia insignis
| Butia capitata
| Buxus microphylla japonica
| Buxus sempervirens
[C]
Caesalpinia gilliesii
| Caesalpinia pulcherrima
| Callistemon brachyandrus
| Callistemon citrinus
| Callistemon ‘Little John’
| Callistemon viminalis
| Calocedrus decurrens
| Calycanthus occidentalis
| Calystegia occidentalis
| Camellia japonica
| Camellia sasanqua
| Carissa grandiflora
| Carpenteria californica
| Carpinus betulus
| Carpinus caroliniana
| Carya illinoinensis
| Cassia eremophila
| Castanea sativa
| Castanospermum australe
| Casuarina cunninghamiana
| Casuarina equisetifolia
| Casuarina glauca
| Casuarina stricta
| Catalpa bignonioides
| Ceanothus arboreus
| Ceanothus cuneatus
| Ceanothus ‘Dark Star’
| Ceanothus griseus horizontalis
| Ceanothus oliganthus sorediatus
| Ceanothus ‘Ray Hartman’
| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
| Cedrus atlantica
| Cedrus deodara
| Cedrus libani atlantica
| Cedrus libani libani
| Ceiba speciosa
| Celtis australis
| Celtis occidentalis
| Celtis sinensis
| Ceratonia siliqua
| Cercidium floridum
| Cercis canadensis
| Cercis occidentalis
| Cercocarpus betuloides
| Chaenomeles cvs
| Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
| Chamaerops humilis
| Chilopsis linearis
| Chionanthus retusus
| Chionanthus virginicus
| Chorisia speciosa
| Cinnamomum camphora
| Cinnamomum glanduliferum
| Cistus × purpurens
| Citrus Notes
| Citrus medica var. sarcodactylus
| Clausena lansium
| Clematis armandii (PDF)
| Clematis lasiantha
| Clematis ligusticifolia
| Clerodendron ugandense | Clytostoma callistegioides
| Coleonema pulchrum
| Colucasia esculente | Coprosma × kirkii (PDF)
| Cordyline australis
| Cornus capitata
| Cornus florida
| Cornus glabrata
| Cornus nuttallii
| Cornus sericea
| Correa pulchella
| Corylus avellana
| Corylus colurna
| Corylus colurna × avellana
| Corylus cornuta californica
| Cotinus coggygria
| Cotoneaster dammeri
| Cotoneaster horizontalis
| Cotoneaster lacteus
| Cotoneaster pannosa
| Crataegus laevigata
| Crataegus monogyna
| Crataegus oxyacantha
| Crataegus phaenopyrum
| Cryptomeria japonica
| Cupaniopsis anacardioides
| Cupressus arizonica
| Cupressus funebris
| Cupressus cashmiriana
| Cupressus macrocarpa
| Cupressus sempervirens
| Cupressus torulosa
| Cyathea cooperi
| Cycas revoluta
| Cydonia oblonga
| Cytisus scoparius
[D]
Dasylirion wheeleri
| Davidia involucrata
| Dendromecon rigida
| Dicksonia antarctica
| Diospyros kaki
| Diospyros virginiana
| Dirka occidentalis
| Distictis buccinatoria
| Dodonaea viscosa
| Dombeya cacuminum
| Dracaena draco
[E]
Echium candicans
| Elaeagnus pungens
| Elaeocarpus decipiens
| Epilobium canum latifolium
| Erica arborea (PDF)
| Erigeron karvinskianus (PDF)
| Eriobotrya deflexa
| Eriobotrya japonica
| Eriodictyon californicum
| Eriophyllum confertiflorum
| Eriophyllum lanatum
| Erythrina coralloides
| Erythrina crista-galli
| Erythrina humeana
| Erythrina sp.
| Escallonia bifida
| Escallonia montevidensis
| Escallonia × exoniensis
Eucalyptus Notes | Eucalyptus acaciiformis | Eucalyptus aggregata | Eucalyptus albens | Eucalyptus albida | Eucalyptus blakelyi | Eucalyptus botryoides | Eucalyptus botryoides hybrid | Eucalyptus bridgesiana | Eucalyptus caesia | Eucalyptus camaldulensis | Eucalyptus cinerea | Eucalyptus citriodora | Eucalyptus cladocalyx | Eucalyptus conferruminata | Eucalyptus cornuta | Eucalyptus crebra | Eucalyptus cypellocarpa | Eucalyptus diversicolor | Eucalyptus dundasii | Eucalyptus dwyeri | Eucalyptus erythronema | Eucalyptus ficifolia | Eucalyptus globulus | Eucalyptus goniocalyx | Eucalyptus gunnii | Eucalyptus intertexta | Eucalyptus kruseana | Eucalyptus laeliae | Eucalyptus lehmannii | Eucalyptus leucoxylon | Eucalyptus linearis | Eucalyptus loxophleba | Eucalyptus macarthurii | Eucalyptus macrandra | Eucalyptus maculosa | Eucalyptus mannifera | Eucalyptus megacornuta | Eucalyptus melliodora | Eucalyptus morrisbyi | Eucalyptus nicholii | Eucalyptus ochrophloia | Eucalyptus oleosa ssp. oleosa | Eucalyptus paniculata | Eucalyptus parvifolia | Eucalyptus parvula | Eucalyptus patens | Eucalyptus pauciflora | Eucalyptus pellita | Eucalyptus platypus | Eucalyptus polyanthemos | Eucalyptus pulchella | Eucalyptus pulverulenta | Eucalypyus punctata | Eucalyptus redunca | Eucalyptus resinifera | Eucalyptus robusta | Eucalyptus rudis | Eucalyptus salubris | Eucalyptus sideroxylon | Eucalyptus squamosa | Eucalyptus stellulata | Eucalyptus urnigera | Eucalyptus viminalis | Eucalyptus viridis
Eucryphia × nymansensis | Euonymous fortunei | Euonymous japonica | Euonymous occidentalis | Euphorbia pulcherrima | Euryops pectnatus
[F]
Fagus sylvatica
| Fatsia japonica
| Feijoa sellowiana
| Ficus benjamina
| Ficus carica
| Ficus elastica
| Ficus pumila
| Fortunella margarita
| Fouquieria columnaris
| Fraxinus americana
| Fraxinus angustifolia
| Fraxinus excelsior
| Fraxinus latifolia
| Fraxinus ornus
| Fraxinus oxycarpa
| Fraxinus uhdei
| Fraxinus velutina
| Fremontodendron californicum
[G]
Gardenia augusta
| Garrya elliptica
| Geijera parviflora
| Genista monspessulana
| Ginkgo biloba
| Gleditsia triacanthos
| Grevillea robusta
| Grevillea ‘Noel’
| Grewia occidentalis
| Griselinia littoralis
| Gymnocladus dioica
[H]
Hakea laurina
| Hakea suaveolens
| Hardenbergia violacea
| Hebe cvs.
| Hedera canariensis (PDF)
| Hedera helix (PDF)
| Helianthemum scoparium
| Helichrysum petiolatum
| Heteromeles arbutifolia
| Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
| Holodiscus discolor
| Hydrangea macrophylla (PDF)
| Hydrangea quercifolia (PDF)
| Hymnosporum flavum
| Hypericum calycinum (PDF)
| Hypericum moseranum
[I]
Idria columnaris
| Ilex aquifolium
| Ilex cornuta
| Ilex × altaclarensis
[J]
Jacaranda mimosifolia
| Jasminum humile
| Jasminum polyanthum
| Jubaea chilensis
| Juglans californica hindsii
| Juglans neotropica
| Juglans regia
| Juniperus chinensis
| Juniperus communis
| Juniperus horizontalis
| Juniperus sabina
[K]
Keteleeria davidiana
| Kalopanax septemlobus
| Koelreuteria paniculata
| Koelreuteria bipinnata
[L]
Laburnum ‘Pendula’
| Laburnum wateri ‘Vossii’
| Lagerstroemia indica
| Lagerstroemia ‘Natchez’
| Lagunaria patersonii
| Lantana cvs. (PDF)
| Larix decidua
| Lavandula cvs. (PDF)
| Larix × eurolepis
| Laurus nobilis
| Leonotis leonurus
| Lepechinia calycina
| Leptospermum laevigatum
| Leptospermum scoparium
| Leucophyllum laevigatum
| Ligustrum japonicum
| Ligustrum lucidum
| Ligustrum ovalifolium
| Ligustrum sinensis
| Liquidambar orientalis
| Liquidambar styraciflua
| Liriodendron tulipifera
| Lithocarpus densiflorus
| Livistona chinensis
| Lobelia laxifolia
| Lonicera heckrotti
| Lonicera hispidula vacillans
| Lonicera japonica
| Loropetalum chinense
| Lyonothamnus floribundus asplenifolius
[M]
Magnolia grandiflora
| Magnolia liliflora
| Magnolia stellata
| Magnolia × soulangiana
| Magnolia virginiana
| Mahonia aquifolium
| Mahonia lomarifolia
| Malacothamnus arcuatus
| Malacothamnus fasciculatus
| Malus
| Mandevilla ‘Alice du Pont’
| Maytenus boaria
| Melaleuca (Paperbark) Notes
| Melaleuca armillaris
| Melaleuca elliptica
| Melaleuca linariifolia
| Melaleuca nesophila
| Melaleuca styphelioides
| Melia azedarach
| Meryta sinclairii
| Metasequoia glyptostroboides
| Metrosideros excelsa
| Michelia champaca
| Michelia doltsopa
| Michelia figo
| Mimulus aurantiacus
| Morella californica
| Morus alba
| Morus nigra
| Morus rubra
| Myoporum laetum
| Myrica californica
| Myrsine africana
| Myrsine australis
| Myrtus communis
[N]
Nandina domestica (PDF)
| Nerium oleander
| Nicotiana glauca
| Nolina matapensis
| Nolina microcarpa
| Nolina recurvata
| Nyssa sylvatica
[O]
Olea europaea
| Oemleria cerasiformis
| Osmanthus fragans
| Osmanthus heterophyllus
[P]
Parkinsonia aculeata
| Parrotia persica
| Passiflora × alatocaerulea (PDF)
| Passiflora jamesonii (PDF)
| Paulownia tomentosa
| Persea americana
| Philadelphus pubescens
| Phoenix canariensis
| Phoradendron villosum
| Phormium tenax (PDF)
| Photinia serratifolia
| Photinia serrulata
| Photinia × fraseri
| Phyllostachys nigra
| Phygelius capensis
| Physocarpus capitatus
| Picea abies
| Picea glauca
| Picea orientalis
| Picea pungens
| Pickeringia montana
| Pieris japonica
| Pinus (Pine) Notes
| Pinus brutia
| Pinus brutia ssp. eldarica
| Pinus bungeana
| Pinus canariensis
| Pinus chiapensis
| Pinus contorta
| Pinus coulteri
| Pinus densiflora
| Pinus edulis
| Pinus eldarica
| Pinus halepensis
| Pinus jeffreyi
| Pinus maximartinezii
| Pinus mugo
| Pinus muricata
| Pinus nigra
| Pinus patula
| Pinus pinea
| Pinus ponderosa
| Pinus radiata
| Pinus roxburghii
| Pinus sabiniana
| Pinus sylvestris
| Pinus thunbergii
| Pinus torreyana
| Pinus wallichiana
| Pistacia atlantica
| Pistacia chinensis
| Pittosporum crassifolium
| Pittosporum eugenioides
| Pittosporum tenuifolium
| Pittosporum tobira
| Pittosporum undulatum
| Platycladus orientalis
| Platanus × acerifolia
| Platanus orientalis
| Platanus racemosa
| Platycladus orientalis
| Plumbago auriculata
| Podocarpus gracilior
| Podocarpus macrophyllus
| Polygala × dalmaisiana
| Populus alba
| Populus balsamifera trichocarpa
| Populus × canadensis
| Populus fremontii
| Populus nigra
| Prosopis glandulosa
| Prunus armeniaca
| Prunus caroliniana
| Prunus cerasifera
| Prunus ilicifolia
| Prunus laurocerasus
| Prunus lusitanica
| Prunus lyonii
| Prunus serrulata
| Prunus subhirtella
| Prunus virginiana
| Prunus × blireiana
| Prunus × yedoensis
| Pseudobombax ellipticum
| Pseudotsuga menziesii
| Psidium cattleianum
| Psoralea pinnata
| Punica granatum
| Pyracantha coccinea
| Pyrus calleryana
| Pyrus kawakamii
[Q]
Quercus (Oak) Notes
| Quercus agrifolia
| Quercus cerris
| Quercus chrysolepis
| Quercus coccifera calliprinos
| Quercus coccinea
| Quercus diversifolia
| Quercus douglasii
| Quercus durata
| Quercus engelmannii
| Quercus greggii
| Quercus ilex
| Quercus kelloggii
| Quercus lobata
| Quercus macrocarpa
| Quercus marilandica
| Quercus mexicana
| Quercus nigra
| Quercus palustris
| Quercus parvula shreveii
| Quercus robur
| Quercus rubra
| Quercus suber
| Quercus virginiana
| Quercus wislizeni
| Quillaja saponaria
[R]
Rhamnus alaternus
| Rhamnus californica
| Rhamnus crocea
| Rhaphiolepis indica
| Rhododendron spp.
| Rhus diversiloba
| Rhus integrifolia
| Rhus ovata
| Rhus lancea
| Ribes aureum
| Ribes californicum
| Ribes divaricatum
| Ribes malvaceum
| Ribes menziesii
| Ribes sanguineum glutinosum
| Ribes viburnifolium
| Ribes speciosum
| Robinia pseudoacacia
| Robinia × ambigua
| Rotheca myricoides | Romneya coulteri
| Rosa banksiae (PDF)
| Rosa ‘Bonica’
| Rosa californica
| Rosa gymnocarpa
| Rosa spithamea
| Rosmarinus officinalis (PDF)
| Rubus discolor
| Rubus parviflorus
| Rubus ursinus
[S]
Salix alba tristis
| Salix babylonica
| Salix exigua
| Salix laevigata
| Salix lucida lasiandra
| Salix lasiolepis
| Salix matsudana
| Salvia leucantha (PDF)
| Sambucus callicarpa
| Sambucus mexicana
| Sambucus racemosa
| Santolina chamaecyparissus (PDF)
| Sapium sebiferum
| Sarcococca ruscifolia
| Schinus molle
| Schinus polygamus
| Schinus terebinthifolius
| Schizolobium parahybum
| Sequoia sempervirens
| Sequoia × stanfordiana
| Sequoiadendron giganteum
| Solanum americanum
| Solanum jasminoides (PDF)
| Solanum ratonnetii
| Solanum umbelliferum
| Sollya heterophylla (PDF)
| Sophora japonica
| Sparmannia africana
| Spartium junceum
| Spiraea nipponica
| Spiraea prunifolia
| Stenocarpus sinuatus
| Strelitzia reginae (PDF)
| Syagrus romanzoffiana
| Symphoricarpos albus
| Symphoricarpos mollis
| Syringa vulgaris
| Syzygium paniculatum
[T]
Tabebuia impetiginosa
| Talauma hodgsonii
| Tamarix juniperina
| Taxodium distichum
| Taxodium mucronatum
| Taxus baccata
| Taxus cuspidata
| Tecoma capensis (PDF)
| Tecomaria capensis (PDF)
| Teucrium chamaedrys
| Thuja occidentalis
| Thuja orientalis
| Thuja plicata
| Tibouchina urvilleana
| Tilia americana
| Tilia cordata
| Tilia platyphyllos
| Tipuana tipu
| Torreya californica
| Toxicodendron diversiloba
| Trachelospermum jasminoides (PDF)
| Trachycarpus fortunei
| Triadica sebifera
| Tristania conferta
| Tristaniopsis laurina
[U]
Ulmus americana
| Ulmus glabra
| Ulmus minor
| Ulmus parvifolia
| Ulmus pumila
| Ulmus ‘Frontier’
| Umbellularia californica
[V]
Viburnum suspensum
| Viburnum tinus
| Vinca major (PDF)
| Vinca minor (PDF)
| Vitis sp.
[W]
Washingtonia filifera
| Washingtonia robusta
| Westringia rosamariniformis
| Whipplea modesta
| Wisteria sinensis
| Wollemia nobilis
[X]
Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata
| Xylosma congestum
[Y]
Yucca aloifolia
| Yucca australis
| Yucca filifera
| Yucca recurvifolia
| Yucca schottii
| Yucca schidigera
| Yucca whipplei
[Z]
Zauschneria californica
| Zelkova serrata
| Ziziphus jujuba