How To Identify The Common Native Trees of North America

red mulberry
Morus rubra 1
American beech
Fagus grandifolia 2
sugar maple
Acer saccharum 3
boxelder maple
Acer negundo 4
eastern redcedar
Juniperus virginiana 5
bigleaf maple
Acer macrophyllum 6
red maple
Acer rubrum 7
silver maple
Acer saccharinum 8
western redcedar
Thuja plicata 9
common Douglas-fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii 10
coast redwood
Sequoia sempervirens 11
giant sequoia
Sequoiadendron giganteum 12
coast juniper
Juniperus virginiana silicicola 13
white ash
Fraxinus americana 14
black locust
Robinia pseudoacacia 15
common pawpaw
Asimina triloba 16
American sycamore
Platanus occidentalis 17
black ash
Fraxinus nigra 18
paper birch
Betula papyrifera 19
shagbark hickory
Carya ovata 20
Shellbark Hickory
Carya laciniosa 21
eastern black walnut
Juglans nigra 22
eastern white pine
Pinus strobus 23
white oak
Quercus alba 24
California Ash
Fraxinus dipetala 25
blue oak
Quercus douglasii 26
coast live oak
Quercus agrifolia 27
black oak
Quercus velutina 28
bur oak
Quercus macrocarpa 29
cherrybark oak
Quercus pagoda 30
chestnut oak
Quercus montana 22
northern red oak
Quercus rubra 31
laurel oak
Quercus laurifolia 32
northern whitecedar
Thuja occidentalis 33
willows
Salix 34
Atlantic white cedar
Chamaecyparis thyoides 23
eastern cottonwood
Populus deltoides 35
incense-cedars
Calocedrus 36
scarlet oak
Quercus coccinea 37
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