The following index, alphabetized by common name, includes only species included in the FAQ care guidelines. Some species included in the FAQ have no common name known to me.

Acacia, perfume: Acacia farnesiana
Acacia, pine: Acacia pinetorium
Acacia, Small's: Acacia smallii
Acacia, sweet: Acacia farnesiana
Acacia, twisted: Acacia tortuosa
Acacia, Wright's: Acacia wrightii
Alder, black: Ilex verticillata
Andromeda, Chinese: Pieris formosa
Andromeda, dwarf: Pieris japonica 'Compacta'
Andromeda, Japanese: Pieris japonica
Apple, Cain: Arbutus unedo
Bamboo, Buddha's belly: Bambusa ventricosa
Banyan: Ficus microcarpa
Banyan, Australian: Ficus macrophylla
Barberry, Chenault: Berberis chenaultii
Barberry, dwarf purple: Berberis thunbergii 'Bagatelle'
Barberry, European: Berberis vulgaris
Barberry, Japanese: Berberis thunbergii
Barberry, Korean: Berberis koreana
Barberry, Mentor: Berberis x mentorensis
Barberry, paleleaf: Berberis candidula
Barberry, red: Berberis haematocarpa
Barberry, warty: Berberis verruculosa
Barberry, wintergreen: Berberis julianae
Beech, American: Fagus grandifolia
Beech, blue: Carpinus caroliniana
Beech, common: Fagus sylvatica
Beech, copper: Fagus sylvatica 'Atropurpurea' ('Atropunicea')
Beech, cut-leaf: Fagus sylvatica 'Asplenifolia'
Beech, European: Fagus sylvatica
Beech, fern-leaved: Fagus sylvatica heterophylla, Fagus sylvatica ' Lanciniata'
Beech, golden: Fagus sylvatica 'Zlatia'
Beech, Japanese black: Fagus japonica
Beech, Japanese white: Fagus crenata
Beech, lace leaf: Fagus sylvatica 'Lanciniata'
Beech, oak leaf: Fagus sylvatica 'Rohanii'
Beech, purple: Fagus sylvatica purpurea, Fagus sylvatica 'Riversii', Fagus sylvatica 'Spathiana'
Beech, purple fern-leaf: Fagus sylvatica 'Rohanii'
Beech, Siebold's: Fagus crenata
Beech, tricolor: Fagus sylvatica 'Tricolor'
Beech, water: Carpinus caroliniana
Beech, weeping: Fagus sylvatica pendula
Benjamin tree: Ficus benjamina
Birch, Arctic: Betula nana
Birch, black: Betula lenta
Birch, canoe: Betula papyrifera
Birch, cherry: Betula lenta
Birch, dwarf: Betula nana
Birch, European white: Betula pendula
Birch, gray: Betula populifolia
Birch, japanese white: Betula platyphylla Japonica
Birch, monarch: Betula maximowicziana
Birch, paper: Betula papyrifera
Birch, red: Betula nigra
Birch, river: Betula nigra
Birch, silver: Betula pendula
Birch, smooth-bark: Betula pubescens
Birch, sweet: Betula lenta
Birch, white: Betula papyrifera
Birch, yellow: Betula alleghaniensis
Blume, Japanese: Fagus crenata
Bo tree: Ficus religiosa
Box, common: Buxus sempervirens
Box, dwarf: Buxus microphylla 'Compacta'
Box, English: Buxus sempervirens
Box, Harland: Buxus harlandii
Box, Japanese: Buxus microphylla
Box, Kingsville: Buxus microphylla 'Compacta'
Box, Korean: Buxus microphylla 'Koreana'
Box, Morris Midget: Buxus microphylla 'Morris Midget'
Boxelder: Acer negundo
Burning bush: Euonymus alatus
Bush-cherry, Korean: Prunus tormentosa
Bush fruit, Chinese: Prunus tormentosa
Cane-apple: Arbutus unedo
Catclaw, Wright's: Acacia wrightii
Cedar, Andelyensis white: Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Andelyensis Conica'
Cedar, Atlantic: Cedrus atlantica
Cedar, Atlas: Cedrus atlantica
Cedar, blue Atlas: Cedrus atlantica
Cedar, Cyprian: Cedrus brevifolia
Cedar, Deodar: Cedrus deodara
Cedar, Indian: Cedrus deodara
Cedar, Japanese: Cryptomeria japonica
Cedar of Cypress: Cedrus brevifolia
Cedar of Lebanon: Cedrus libani
Cedar of Lebanon, dwarf: Cedrus libani 'Nana'
Cedar, Port Orford: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Cherry, Australian brush: Eugenia myrtifolia
Cherry, Barbados: Malpighia glabra, Malpighia punicifolia
Cherry, Brazil: Eugenia brasiliensis, Eugenia uniflora
Cherry, Surinam: Eugenia uniflora
Cherry, 'Teenie Geenie': Eugenia myrtifolia var. Globulus
Cherry, autumn: Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis'
Cherry, birch bark: Prunus serrula
Cherry, bird: Prunus padus
Cherry, black: Prunus serotina
Cherry, bush: Prunus sinensis
Cherry, Choji: Prunus apetala
Cherry, downy: Prunus tormentosa
Cherry, flowering: Prunus pissardii, Prunus serrulata
Cherry, Formosa: Prunus campanulata
Cherry, Hally Jolivette: Prunus 'Hally Jolivette'
Cherry, Higan: Prunus subhirtella
Cherry, Japanese: Prunus serrulata
Cherry, Japanese flowering: Prunus serrulata
Cherry, Japanese single bush: Prunus japonica
Cherry, Nanking: Prunus tormentosa
Cherry, Oriental: Prunus serrulata
Cherry, pink autumn: Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis rosea'
Cherry, pink flowering: Prunus 'Hally Jolivette'
Cherry, pink spring: Prunus subhirtella 'Fukubana'
Cherry, rosebud: Prunus subhirtella
Cherry, Sargent: Prunus sargentii
Cherry, Sato: Prunus lannesiana cv. 'Superba'
Cherry, St. Lucie: Prunus mahaleb
Cherry, sweet: Prunus avium
Cherry, Taiwan: Prunus campanulata
Cherry, Tormentosa: Prunus tormentosa
Cherry, weeping: Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula'
Cherry, wild: Prunus avium
Cherry, Yedo flowering: Prunus yedoensis
Cherry, dwarf flowering: Prunus cistena
Cherry, purple-leaf sand: Prunus cistena
Cherry, Yoshino: Prunus yedoensis
Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana
Chokecherry, Amur: Prunus maackii
Christ's thorn: Carissa macrocarpa
Corkbush: Euonymus alatus
Cotoneaster, common: Cotoneaster integerrima
Cotoneaster, congested: Cotoneaster congesta
Cotoneaster, cranberry: Cotoneaster apiculata
Cotoneaster, dwarf creeping: Cotoneaster microphyllus 'Cochleatus'
Cotoneaster, hedge: Cotoneaster lucida
Cotoneaster, many-flowered: Cotoneaster multiflorus
Cotoneaster, rockspray: Cotoneaster horizontalis
Cotoneaster, Skogholm: Cotoneaster dammeri
Cotoneaster, spreading: Cotoneaster divaricatus
Cotoneaster, thyme-leaf: Cotoneaster microphyllus 'Thymifolius'
Cotoneaster, variegated rockspray: Cotoneaster horizontalis 'Variegatus'
Chokeberry, purple: Malus floribunda
Crabapple, carmine: Malus x atrosanguinea
Crabapple, common: Malus sylvestris
Crabapple, cut-leaf: Malus transitoria
Crabapple, dwarf: Malus x micromalus, Malus sargentii
Crabapple, Hall's: Malus halliana
Crabapple, Japanese: Malus floribunda
Crabapple, Japanese flowering: Malus floribunda
Crabapple, Kaido: Malus x micromalus
Crabapple, Lemoine: Malus x purpurea
Crabapple, Manchurian: Malus baccata mandshurica
Crabapple, Nagasaki: Malus x 'Hime Ringo'
Crabapple, pink: Malus 'Oekonomiera'
Crabapple, prarie: Malus coronaria
Crabapple, purple: Malus 'Profusion,' Malus x purpurea
Crabapple, red: Malus 'Radient, ' Malus zumi 'Calocarpa'
Crabapple, redbud: Malus zumi 'Calocarpa'
Crabapple, Sargent's: Malus sargentii
Crabapple, showy: Malus floribunda
Crabapple, Siberian: Malus baccata, Malus baccata mandshurica
Crabapple, sweet: Malus coronaria
Crabapple, tea: Malus hupehensis
Crabapple, Toringo: Malus toringo
Crabapple, weeping: Malus 'Red Jade'
Crabapple, white: Malus 'White Angel'
Crabapple, yellow: Malus 'Dorothea'
Suishi-kaido: Malus halliana
Crape myrtle: Lagerstroemia indica
Crape myrtle, Chinese: Lagerstroemia indica
Crape myrtle, Queen's: Lagerstroemia speciosa
Creeper: Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
Cypress, Andelyensis: Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Andelyensis Conica'
Cypress, blue-moss: Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'
Cypress, Boulevard: Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'
Cypress, dwarf Hinoki: Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana'
Cypress, dwarf Sawara: Chamaecyparis pisifera compacta
Cypress, Ellwood: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Ellwoodii Improved'
Cypress, fernspray: Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Filicoides'
Cypress, Hinoki: Chamaecyparis obtusa
Cypress, Koster: Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Kosteri'
Cypress, Lawson: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Cypress, Nootka: Chamaecyparis nootkatensi
Cypress, Sawara: Chamaecyparis pisifera
Cypress, threadbranch: Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera'
Cypress, Tsukumo: Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Tsukumo'
Dilly-plant: Manilkara zapota
Euonymus, evergreen: Euonymus japonica
Euonymus, spreading: Euonymus kiautschovica
Euonymus, winged: Euonymus alatus
Euonymus, winterberry: Euonymus bungeana
Euonymus, wintercreeper: Euonymus fortunei
False-cypress: Chamaecyparis species
False-cypress, Japanese: Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana'
Fig, Australian: Ficus platypoda
Fig, banyan: Ficus retusa
Fig, common: Ficus carica
Fig, creeping: Ficus pumila
Fig, Florida: Ficus aurea
Fig, Green Island: Ficus microcarpa
Fig, laurel: Ficus ilicina
Fig, lofty: Ficus altissima
Fig, Moreton Bay: Ficus macrophylla
Fig, Natal: Ficus natalensis
Fig, peepful: Ficus religiosa
Fig, Port Jackson: Ficus rubiginosa
Fig, rusty leaved: Ficus rubiginosa
Fig, spotted: Ficus virens
Fig, trailing: Ficus sagitata variegata
Fig, weeping: Ficus benjamina
Fig, willow-leaf: Ficus salicifolia, Ficus neriifolia
Fir, Alpine: Abies lasiocarpa
Fir, balsam: Abies balsamea
Fir, Colorado: Abies concolor
Fir, cork: Abies lasiocarpa arizonica
Fir, dwarf cork: Abies lasiocarpa arizonica "Compacta"
Fir, giant: Abies grandis
Fir, grand: Abies grandis
Fir, Japanese: Abies firma
Fir, Korean: Abies koreana
Fir, Korean dwarf: Abies koreana "Compact Dwarf"
Fir, Momi: Abies firma
Fir, Nebrodi silver: Abies nebrodensis
Fir, Nikko: Abies homolepis
Fir, noble: Abies procera
Fir, Sakhalin: Abies sacalinensis
Fir, silver: Abies alba, Abies amablis, Abies concolor
Fir, white: Abies concolor
Gean: Prunus avium
Gean, double: Prunus avium 'Plena'
Grape, wild: Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
Hackmatack: Larix laricina
Hawthorn, black: Crataegus douglassii
Hawthorn, common: Crataegus monogyna
Hawthorn, dotted: Crataegus punctata
Hawthorn, double-flowered: Crataegus laevigata
Hawthorn, downy: Crataegus mollis
Hawthorn, English: Crataegus laevigata
Hawthorn, fleshy: Crataegus succulenta
Hawthorn, glossy: Crataegus nitida
Hawthorn, green: Crataegus viridis
Hawthorn, Lavelle: Crataegus x lavallei
Hawthorn, long-spine: Crataegus succulenta
Hawthorn, Japanese: Crataegus cuneata
Hawthorn, one-seed: Crataegus monogyna
Hawthorn, parsley-leaved: Crataegus marshalli
Hawthorn, redhaw: Crataegus sanguinea
Hawthorn, Russian: Crataegus ambigua
Hawthorn, succulent: Crataegus succulenta
Hawthorn, Southern: Crataegus viridis
Hawthorn, Washington: Crataegus phaenopyrum
Hawthorn, Winter King: Crataegus viridis
Hog-apple: Crataegus crus-galli
Holly, Japanese: Malpighia coccigera
Holly, miniature: Malpighia coccigera
Holly, Singapore: Malpighia coccigera
Holly, American: Ilex opaca
Holly, blue: Ilex x meserveae
Holly, box-leafed: Ilex crenata
Holly, Chinese dwarf: Ilex cornuta 'Rotunda'
Holly, common: Ilex aquifolium
Holly, Dahoon: Ilex cassine
Holly, English: Ilex aquifolium
Holly, European: Ilex aquifolium
Holly, Foster's: Ilex attenuata
Holly, Japanese: Ilex crenata
Holly, Japanese deciduous: Ilex serrata
Holly, Korean: Ilex dimorphophylla
Holly, Meserve: Ilex x meserveae
Holly, Okinawan: Ilex dimorphophylla
Holly, Perny: Ilex pernyi
Holly, Yaupon: Ilex vomitoria
Hornbeam, American: Carpinus caroliniana
Hornbeam, European: Carpinus betulus
Hornbeam, Japanese: Carpinus japonica, Carpinus laxiflora
Hornbeam, Korean: Carpinus coreana, Carpinus turkzaninowii
Hornbeam, Loose-flowered: Carpinus laxiflora
Hornbeam, Turkish: Carpinus turkzaninowii
Hornbeam, Yeddo: Carpinus tschonoskii
Hornbeam, Yedoensis: Carpinus tschonoskii
Huisache, Texas: Acacia smallii
Inkberry: Ilex glabra
Inu-biwa: Ficus erecta
Ironwood, European: Carpinus betulus
Ivy, English: Hedera helix
Ivy, Japanese: Hedera rhombea
Jaboticaba: Eugenia cauliflora
June snow: Serissa foetida
Juneberry, Amelanchier arborea
Juneberry, Japanese: Amelanchier asiatica
Ko-mayumi: Euonymus alatus form. ciliatodentatus
Larch, American: Larix laricina
Larch, contorted: Larix decidua 'Diane'
Larch, Dunkeld: Larix x eurolepis
Larch, European: Larix decidua
Larch, Japanese: Larix kaempferi
Larch, Siberian: Larix sibirica
Laurel, Indian: Ficus retusa
Laurelcherry, Carolina: Prunus caroliniana
Lily-of-the-valley bush, dwarf: Pieris japonica 'Compacta'
Madrone, Pacific: Arbutus menziesii
Maidenhair tree: Ginkgo biloba
Malpighia, pink: Malpighia penoulata
Manuka: Leptospermum scoparium
Maple, Amur: Acer ginnala
Maple, compact hedge: Acer campestre 'Compacta'
Maple, dwarf trident: Acer buergerianum 'Mino Yatsubusa'
Maple, field: Acer campestre
Maple, flowering: Abutilon sp.
Maple, Formosan trident: Acer buergerianum formosanum
Maple, hedge: Acer campestre
Maple, Montpelier: Acer monspessulanum
Maple, Pere David's: Acer davidii
Maple, snakebark: Acer davidii, Acer pennsylvanicum
Maple, striped: Acer pennsylvanicum
Maple, Taiwan trident: Acer buergerianum formosanum
Maple, trident: Acer buergerianum
Maple, vine: Acer circinatum
Mazzard: Prunus avium
Mazzard, double-flowered: Prunus avium 'Plena'
Mespilus, snowy: Amelanchier lamarckii
Mimosa: Albizia julibrissin
Mimosa: Acacia dealbata
Mimosa, golden: Acacia baileyana, Acacia farnesiana
Monkey puzzle tree: Araucaria araucana
Myrtle, Australian: Leptospermum scoparium
Naseberry: Manilkara zapota
Nia: Neea buxifolia
Olive, Black Bahama: Bucida buceras
Olive, spiny black:Bucida spinosa
Paper flower: Bougainvillea
Peashrub, weeping Siberian: Caragana arborescens cv.pendula
Pea tree, Chinese: Caragana arborescens
Pea tree, Siberian: Caragana arborescens
Pine, Norfolk Island: Araucaria heterophylla (also called Araucaria excelsa)
Pitanga: Eugenia uniflora
Plum, Japanese: Prunus japonica
Plum, Natal: Carissa grandiflora, Carissa macrocarpa
Plum, cherry: Prunus cerasifera
Plum, Chickasaw: Prunus angustifolia
Plum, double flowering purple: Prunus blireana
Plum, dwarf flowering: Prunus cistena
Plum, dwarf red-leaf: Prunus cistena
Plum, flatwoods: Prunus umbellata
Plum, hog: Prunus umbellata
Plum, Japanese: Prunus salicina
Plum, Myrobalan: Prunus cerasifera
Plum, purple-leaved: Prunus cerasifera 'Pissardii'
Popinac: Acacia farnesiana
Porcelain vine: Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
Possumhaw: Ilex decidua
Quince, Japanese: Chaenomeles japonica
Quince, Japanese flowering: Chaenomeles japonica
Quince, Maul's flowering: Chaenomeles japonica
Red fruit: Prunus tormentosa
Redshrub, Mongolian: Caragana chamlagu
Rose, desert: Adenium obesum
Rosemary, bog: Andromeda polifolia
Sapodilla: Manilkara zapota
Sarviceberry: Amelanchier arborea
Sarvistree: Amelanchier arborea
Serissa, Makino: Serissa crassiramea
Serviceberry, Allegheny: Amelanchier laevis
Serviceberry, apple: Amelanchier x grandiflora
Serviceberry, downy: Amelanchier arborea
Serviceberry, running: Amelanchier stolonifera
Serviceberry, Western: Amelanchier alnifolia
Shadbush: Amelanchier arborea
Silk tree: Albizia julibrissin
Snow Rose: Serissa foetida
Soapbuble tree: Abies balsamea
Spindle-tree: Euonymus alatus form. ciliatodentatus
Spindle-tree, European: Euonymus europaeus
Spindle-tree, Japanese: Euonymus japonica, Euonymus sieboldianus
Spindle, winged: Euonymus alatus
Strawberry Tree: Arbutus unedo
Tachi-mayumi: Euonymus sieboldianus cv. 'Fastigiatus'
Tamarack: Larix laricina
Tea bush, tea plant: Camellia sinensis
Tea, Fukien: Ehretia buxifolia (also called Carmona microphylla)
Tea, Phillipine: Ehretia buxifolia (also called Carmona microphylla)
Tea tree: Leptospermum attenuatum, Leptospermum flavens, Leptospermum flavescens, Leptospermum petersonii, Leptospermum scoparium
Tea tree, Australian: Leptospermum laevigatum, Leptospermum myrtaceae
Tea tree, New Zealand: Leptospermum scoparium
Thorn-apple, Russian: Crataegus ambigua
Thorn, cockspur: Crataegus crus-galli
Thorn, Newcastle: Crataegus crus-galli
Thorn, ornamental: Crataegus cuneata
Tree of a Thousand Stars: Serissa foetida
Ume-modoki: Ilex serrata
Uno de gato: Acacia wrightii
Warrior wood: Acacia koa
Wattle, Cootamundra: Acacia baileyana
Winterberry: Ilex glabra, Ilex verticillata
Winterberry, Japanese: Ilex serrata
Zumi: Malus toringo


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