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Some of the Many Plants at KBG, Arranged by Species

A | B-C | D-H | I-O | P | Q-S | T-Z

Ilex pernyi
Common name Holly
Native to central and western China
Aquifoliaceae family
Iris
Pacific Coast hybrids
Iridaceae family

Jamesia americana
Common name Cliffbush - Waxflower
Native to Utah to Wyoming
Hydrangeaceae family
Jasminum parkeri
Native to northwestern India
Oleaceae family
Juglans mandshurica
Common name Manchurian Walnut
Native to Manchuria, northern China
Juglandaceae family
Juniperus communis
Common name Mt. Juniper
Native to Alaska to California, east to Newfoundland
Pinaceae family
Juniperus communis 'compactus'
Common name Dwarf Juniper
Native to Pacific Northwest
Cupressaceae family
Juniperus horizontalis
Common name Creeping juniper
Native to Alaska, British Columbia, east to Maine
Pinaceae family
Juniperus scopulorum
Common name Native Juniper
Native to western US
Cupressaceae family
Kirengeshoma palmata
Common name Yatabe
Native to Japan, Korea
Saxifragaceae family
Kolkwitzia amabilis
Common name Beauty Bush
Native to central China
Caprifoliaceae family
Larix kaempferi
Common name Japanese Larch
Native to Japan
Pinaceae family
Larix occidentalis
Common name Larch
Native to northwestern US
Pinaceae family
Ledum glandulosum
Native to western North America
Ericaceae family
Ledum groenlandicum
Common name Labrador Tea
Native to North America, Greenland
Ericaceae family
Lewisia columbiana
Common name Lewisia
Native to Pacific Northwest
Portulacaceae family
Lewisia cotyledon
Common name Lewisia
Native to Trans. into Goat Rocks
Portulacaceae family

A raised bed in the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden meadow is "top-dressed" with red lava rock. It serves as a colorful backdrop and "rock mulch" for rock garden plants. Featured here in bloom is the fleshy-leaved Lewisia cotyledon from the Siskiyou Mountains in southern Oregon.
Leycesteria formosa
Common name Chinese Bamboo
Native to Himalayas, western China
Caprifoliaceae family
Lindera obtusiloba
Native to Korea
Lauraceae family
Lithocarpus densiflorus
Common name Tanbark Oak
Native to California and Oregon
Fagaceae family
  Lithocarpus densiflorus echinoides
Common name Dwarf Tanbark Oak
Native to California
Fagaceae family
Lithocarpus densiflorus f. attenuato-dentatus
Common name Mutant Tanbark Oak
Native to Yuba County, California
Fagaceae family
Lithocarpus henryi
Common name Shrubby Lithocarpus
Native to China
Fagaceae family
Lonicera sp.
Common name Bush Honeysuckle
Native to Unknown
Caprifoliaceae family
Magnolia denudate
Common name Lily Tree
Native to eastern and western China
Magnoliaceae family
Magnolia kobus
Native to Japan
Magnoliaceae family
Magnolia macrophylla
Common name Large leaved Magnolia
Native to southeastern US
Magnoliaceae family
Mahonia aquifolium
Common name Tall Oregon Grape
Native to Pacific Northwest
Berberidaceae family
Mahonia 'Arthur Menzies'
Common name Large leaved Mahonia
Native to Cultivar
Berberidaceae family
Mahonia lomarifolia
Common name Formosan Mahonia
Native to Yunnan, Taiwan
Berberidaceae family
Maianthemum dilatatum
Common name False Lily of the Valley
Native to Pacific Northwest
Liliaceae family
Matteucia strutheopteris
Common name Ostrich Fern
Native to eastern North America, eastern Asia, Europe
Dryopteridaceae family
Menziesia ciliicalyx
Native to Japan
Ericaceae family
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Common name Dawn Redwood
Native to China (fossils found here)
Taxodiaceae family
Michelia sinensis
Native to western China
Magnoliaceae family
Michelia yunnanensis
Native to Yunnan
Magnoliaceae family
Microcachrys tetragona
Native to western Tasmania, Podocarpaceae family
Mitchella repens
Common name Partridge Berry
Native to eastern US, Rubiaceae family
Nandina domestica
Common name Heavenly Bamboo
Native to India, central China, Japan
Berberidaceae family
Nothofagus antarctica
Native to Chile
Fagaceae family
Oemlaria cerasiformis
Common name Osoberry, Indian Plum
Native to West Coast US
Rosaceae family
Osteospermum jucundum
Common name South African Daisy
Native to southern Africa
Asteraceae family
Ostrya japonica
Common name Japanese Hop Hornbeam
Native to Japan
Carpinaceae family
Ourisia coccinea
Common name Ourisia
Native to Chile
Scrophulariaceae family
Oxalis adenophylla
Common name Sorrel, Shamrock
Native to Chile
Oxalidaceae family
Oxalis oregona
Common name Wood Sorrel
Native to Pacific Northwest
Oxalidaceae family

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