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Common Native Trees of Nova Scotia

Common Native Trees of mainland Nova Scotia, Canada

northern white cedar 1
Thuja occidentalis
Jack Pine 2
Pinus banksiana
Red Pine 3
Pinus resinosa
Eastern White Pine 4
Pinus strobus
Eastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
balsam fir 5
Abies balsamea
Tamarack 6
Larix laricina
White Spruce 7
Picea glauca
Black Spruce 8
Picea mariana
Red Spruce 9
Picea rubens
Black Cherry 10
Prunus serotina
Choke Cherry 11
Prunus virginiana
American Mountain Ash 11
Sorbus americana
Sumacs 12
Rhus
Striped Maple 13
Acer pensylvanicum
red maple 14
Acer rubrum
Sugar Maple 1
Acer saccharum
Northern Red Oak 15
Quercus rubra
American beech 16
Fagus grandifolia
Yellow Birch 6
Betula alleghaniensis
Gray Birch 17
Betula populifolia
Speckled Alder
Alnus incana
butternut 18
Juglans cinerea
Ironwood 19
Casuarina equisetifolia
white ash 20
Fraxinus americana
black ash 6
Fraxinus nigra
Trembling Aspen 21
Populus tremuloides
Black Willow 18
Salix nigra

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