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Find the perfect pono plant for your landscape, search by color, growth form, and more!

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  • Luzula nivea

    snowy wood rush

    Designation: Pono Plant (low risk)
    Score: 4
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  • Luzula sylvatica

    greater woodrush

    Designation: High Risk
    Score: 7
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  • Lycium barbarum

    goji berry, matrimony vine, Barbary matrimony vine, Chinese boxthorn, Chinese wolfberry, Duke of Argyll's teaplant, Himalayan goji, Tibetan goji

    Designation: High Risk
    Score: 15
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  • Lycium chinense

    Chinese desert-thorn

    Designation: High Risk
    Score: 8
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  • Lygodium japonicum

    Japanese climbing fern

    Designation: High Risk
    Score: 23
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  • Lysiloma latisiliquum

    wild tamarind, false tamarind

    Designation: Pono Plant (low risk)
    Score: 2
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