Tree and Shrub Identification
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Tree Index by Common Name
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Coniferous Trees
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| balsam fir | Abies balsamea |
| cedar, northern white or arborvitae | Thuja occidentalis |
| cedar, red or juniper | Juniperus virginiana |
| hemlock | Tsuga canadensis |
| pine, jack | Pinus banksiana |
| pine, red | Pinus resinosa |
| pine, white | Pinus strobus |
| spruce, black | Picea mariana |
| spruce, white | Picea glauca |
| tamarack or larch | Larix laricina |
Deciduous Trees
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| ash, black | Fraxinus nigra |
| ash, blue | Fraxinus quadrangulata |
| ash, green | Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. lanceolata |
| ash, mountain | Sorbus americana |
| ash, white | Fraxinus americana |
| aspen, large-tooth or popple | Populus grandidentata |
| aspen, quaking or popple | Populus tremuloides |
| balm of Gilead or balsam poplar | Populus balsamifera |
| basswood or linden | Tilia americana |
| beech | Fagus grandifolia |
| birch, paper | Betula papyrifera |
| birch, river or red | Betula nigra |
| birch, yellow | Betula lutea |
| bluebeech, musclewood or American hornbeam | Carpinus caroliniana |
| box elder | Acer negundo |
| butternut | Juglans cinerea |
| cherry, black | Prunus serotina |
| cherry, choke | Prunus virginiana |
| cherry, pin | Prunus pennsylvanica |
| coffee tree | Gymnocladus dioica |
| cottonwood, eastern | Populus deltoides |
| elm, American | Ulmus americana |
| elm, rock | Ulmus thomasii |
| elm, slippery | Ulmus rubra |
| hackberry | Celtis occidentalis |
| hawthorns | Crataegus sp. |
| hickory, bitternut | Carya cordiformis |
| hickory, shagbark | Carya ovata |
| ironwood or hop hornbeam | Ostrya virginiana |
| juneberry or serviceberry | Amelanchier canadensis |
| locust, black | Robinia pseudoacacia |
| locust, honey | Gleditsia triancanthos |
| maple, red | Acer rubrum |
| maple, silver | Acer saccharinum |
| maple, sugar | Acer saccharum |
| mulberry, red | Morus rubra |
| oak, black | Quercus velutina |
| oak, bur | Quercus macrocarpa |
| oak, chinkapin | Quercus muehlenbergii |
| oak, northern pin, hills or jack | Quercus ellipsoidalis |
| oak, red | Quercus rubra |
| oak, swamp white | Quercus bicolor |
| oak, white | Quercus alba |
| plum, wild | Prunus americana |
| sumac, poison | Toxicodendron vernix |
| walnut, black | Juglans nigra |
| willows | Salix sp. |
Last Revised: Monday July 30 2007
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