I’m definitely not missing what you are after. We might add such an option in the future. What I am doing here, is trying to give you some workarounds.
Option 1, is to create a shrub area group called “Shrubs” (or whatever). With this, the worst that would happen, is that the word “Shrubs” might appear twice in a schedule — a schedule that was generated instantly, mind you.
Option 2, if that bugs you so much, requires only that you create a Concept Shrub Area, and place the hatched areas as such. Then, when you generate the schedule, choose the option for Include Concept Plants, By Plant — this will be EXACTLY the output that you are after. See this power tip video.
To reiterate why the current functionality is as such — we felt it more important for the schedule to match what the Manager is showing, hence the groupings of Tree, Shrub, Shrub Area, and Groundcover. Yes, it’s a database, and it is conceivably as easy as adding an option to the schedule dialog box, “Shrub Areas As Shrubs”, or something like that. But then you do have the issue of possibly differing Size columns, as well as the issue of hatches and symbols intermixed if you choose the Symbol option. So it is hardly a perfect solution.
But, this forum is a great venue for other users to chime in, and as I said, it is certainly something we could add in the future.
—J