List of Trees and Shrubs etc. that Look Right in California Landscapes, i.e. which Fit Aesthetically (and Ecologically) with Native California Dryland Vegetation

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Olive

All? evergreen oaks, esp. Q. suber and ilex

Most pines? But especially low/rounded/grayish ones like P. pinea and halepensis

Laurus nobilis

Arbutus spp. (unedo and andrachne and ‘Marina’)

Carob?

Apple!

Amelanchier

Crataegus!  Mespilus?  Eriobotrya japonica?

Cotoneaster and Pyracantha

Next list:  Trees and shrubs etc. that look wrong in above environs*

Eucalyptus

Most fruit trees

Liquidambar

*Note:  Many of the above look right in riparian environments along with native deciduous trees.