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    Illustration of black oak leaf.

    Black Oak

    Quercus velutina
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    Bush Honeysuckles

    Lonicera maackii (Amur) and Lonicera x bella (bella)
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    Invasive

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    Callery Pear (Bradford Pear)

    Pyrus calleryana
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