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Eastern & Central U.S. Trees

By Common Name

Alder, European Apple Apricot Arborvitae, Eastern
Ash
Blue
Green
White 		Aspen
Bigtooth
Quaking		 Baldcypress Basswood
American
Beech, American Birch
Paper
River 		Blackgum Boxelder
Buckeye
Ohio
Yellow 		Butternut Catalpa, Northern Cherry
Black
Sour
Chestnut
American
Chinese		 Chokecherry Coffeetree
Kentucky		 Cottonwood
Eastern
Plains
Crabapple
Prairie		 Dogwood, Flowering Douglasfir Elm
American
Chinese
Cork
Rock
Siberian
Slippery
Fir
Balsam
Fraser		 Ginkgo Goldenraintree Hackberry
Hawthorn
Cockspur
Downy
Washington 		Hemlock, Eastern Hickory
Bitternut
Mockernut
Pignut
Shagbark
Shellbark 		Holly, American
Honeylocust Hophornbeam
Eastern		 Hornbeam
American 		Horsechestnut
Juneberry Larch
Eastern
European

Linden
American
Littleleaf

Locust, Black
Magnolia
Cucumbertree
Saucer
Southern
Umbrella 		Maple
Ashleaf
Black
Norway
Red
Silver
Striped
Sugar		 Mimosa Mountainash
American
European
Mulberry
Red
White		 Oak
Black
Bur
Chestnut
Chinkapin
English
Live
Northern Red
Overcup
Pin
Post
Scarlet
Shingle
Southern Red
Swamp White
Water
White
Willow 		Osage-Orange Pagodatree
Japanese
Pawpaw Pecan Peach Pear
Persimmon

Pine
Austrian
Eastern White
Jack
Loblolly
Longleaf
Pitch
Ponderosa
Red
Scotch
Scots
Scrub
Shortleaf
Slash

Planetree, London Plum, American
Poplar
Lombardy Black
White

Redbud, Eastern

Redcedar, Eastern Russian-Olive
Sassafras Serviceberry
Downy		 Shadbush Silk-tree
Sourwood Spruce
Black
Colorado Blue
Norway
Red
White		 Sweetgum Sycamore
American
Tamarack
Tree-of-Heaven Tulip Poplar Tuliptree Tupelo, Black
Walnut
Black		 Whitecedar
Atlantic
Northern
Southern		 Willow
Black
Weeping		 Yellowwood
Yellow poplar  

By Scientific Name

Abies
balsamea
fraseri		 Acer
negundo
nigrum
pensylvanicum
platanoides
rubrum
saccharinum
saccharum 		Aesculus
glabra
hippocastanum
octandra		 Ailanthus altissima
Albizia julibrissin Alnus glutinosa Amelanchier
arborea		 Asimina triloba
Betula
nigra
papyrifera		 Carpinus
caroliniana		 Carya
cordiformis
glabra
illinoensis
laciniosa
ovata
tomentosa		 Castanea
dentata
mollissima
Catalpa speciosa Celtis occidentalis Cercis canadensis Chamaecyparis
thyoides
Cladrastis kentuckea Cladrastis lutea Cornus florida Crataegus
crusgalli
mollis
phaenopyrum
Diospyros
virginiana		 Elaeagnus
angustifolia		 Fagus grandifolia Fraxinus
americana
pennsylvanica
quadrangulata
Ginkgo biloba Gleditsia
triacanthos		 Gymnocladus
dioicus		 Ilex opaca
Juglans
cinerea
nigra		 Juniperus
Virginiana		 Koelreuteria
paniculata		 Larix
decidua
laricina
Liquidambar
styraciflua		 Liriodendron
tulipifera		 Maclura pomifera Magnolia
acuminata
grandiflora
x soulangiana
tripetala
Malus
ioensis
pumila		 Morus
alba
rubra		 Nyssa sylvatica Ostrya virginiana
Oxydendrum
arboreum		 Picea
abies
glauca
mariana
pungens
rubens 		Pinus
banksiana
echinata
elliottii
nigra
palustris
ponderosa
resinosa
rigida
strobus
sylvestris
taeda 		Platanus
occidentalis
x acerifolia
Populus
alba
deltoides
deltoides var. occidentalis
grandidentata
nigra var. italica
tremuloides 		Prunus
americana
armeniaca
cerasus
 persica
serotina
virginiana 		Pseudotsuga
menziesii		 Pyrus
Quercus
alba
bicolor
coccinea
falcata
imbricaria
lyrata
macrocarpa
muehlenbergii
nigra
palustris
phellos
prinus
robur
rubra
stellata
velutina
virginiana

Robinia
pseudoacacia

Salix
babylonica
nigra 		Sassafras albidum
Sophora japonica Sorbus
americana
aucuparia		 Styphnolobium japonicum Taxodium
distichum
Thuja occidentalis Tilia
americana
cordata		 Tsuga canadensis Ulmus
americana
parvifolia
pumila
rubra
thomasii

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