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Species of Connecticut

Includes rare, incidental, and introduced species.

Information and species will be continuously updated.

White Ash 1
Fraxinus americana
Paper Birch 2
Betula papyrifera
Gray Birch 3
Betula populifolia
black ash 4
Fraxinus nigra
sweet birch 5
Betula lenta
Green Ash 6
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Prunus alleghaniensis
American Plum 7
Prunus americana
Rum Cherry 8
Prunus serotina
Pin Cherry 5
Prunus pensylvanica
Choke Cherry 9
Prunus virginiana
American Chestnut 10
Castanea dentata
Populus heterophylla
Bigtooth Aspen 4
Populus grandidentata
Trembling Aspen 6
Populus tremuloides
Eastern Cottonwood 11
Populus deltoides
American Elm 12
Ulmus americana
Slippery Elm 13
Ulmus rubra
Hawthorns 14
Crataegus
Bitternut Hickory
Carya cordiformis
pignut hickory 15
Carya glabra
shagbark hickory 16
Carya ovata
Mockernut Hickory 17
Carya tomentosa
Box Elder 18
Acer negundo
Silver Maple 19
Acer saccharinum
Sugar Maple 20
Acer saccharum
Mountain Maple
Acer spicatum
White Oak 11
Quercus alba
Swamp White Oak 20
Quercus bicolor
northern red oak 21
Quercus rubra
Scarlet Oak 22
Quercus coccinea
chinkapin oak 23
Quercus muehlenbergii
Chestnut Oak 24
Quercus montana
post oak 24
Quercus stellata
Black Oak 25
Quercus velutina
Eastern Black Walnut
Juglans nigra
butternut 26
Juglans cinerea
Flowering Dogwood 27
Cornus florida
Eastern Redbud 28
Cercis canadensis
Hackberry 11
Celtis occidentalis
American Holly
Ilex opaca
American Beech 29
Fagus grandifolia
American hornbeam 30
Carpinus caroliniana
Winterberry Holly 31
Ilex verticillata
American Sweetgum 19
Liquidambar styraciflua
Tulip Tree 32
Liriodendron tulipifera
Red Mulberry 5
Morus rubra
American hophornbeam 33
Ostrya virginiana
Black Tupelo 34
Nyssa sylvatica
American Sycamore 35
Platanus occidentalis
Sassafras
Sassafras albidum
American Mountain Ash 9
Sorbus americana
Black Willow 5
Salix nigra
Pagoda Dogwood 5
Swida alternifolia
Basswood 14
Tilia americana
Silky Dogwood 36
Cornus amomum
Cornus racemosa 5
Red Osier Dogwood 37
Cornus sericea
American fly honeysuckle
Lonicera canadensis
swamp fly honeysuckle
Lonicera oblongifolia
Mountain Laurel 38
Kalmia latifolia
sheep laurel 39
Kalmia angustifolia
swamp laurel 40
Kalmia polifolia
Striped Maple 41
Acer pensylvanicum
Mountain Maple
Acer spicatum
RHOVIS 17
Rhododendron viscosum
staghorn sumac 42
Rhus typhina
shining sumac 43
Rhus copallina
maple-leaf viburnum 24
Viburnum acerifolium
hobble 17
Viburnum lantanoides
Smooth Sumac 15
Rhus glabra
Wild Raisin 44
Viburnum nudum
Wild Raisin 5
Viburnum lentago
arrowwood 9
Viburnum dentatum
AMECAN 24
Amelanchier canadensis
New Jersey Tea 33
Ceanothus americanus
Sweet Pepperbush 45
Clethra alnifolia
black chokeberry 24
Aronia melanocarpa
leatherleaf 46
Chamaedaphne calyculata
Witchhazel 47
Hamamelis virginiana
Sweet-fern 48
Comptonia peregrina
bush-honeysuckle 28
Diervilla lonicera
Labrador tea 9
Rhododendron groenlandicum
Common Spicebush 49
Lindera benzoin
LYOLIG
Lyonia ligustrina
bayberry 50
Morella pensylvanica
Mountain holly 51
Ilex mucronata
Shrubby Cinquefoil 52
Potentilla fruticosa
Meadowsweet 53
Spiraea alba
Bladdernut
Staphylea pinnata
American Elder 54
Sambucus nigra canadensis
Northern Highbush Blueberry 55
Vaccinium corymbosum
eastern leatherwood 26
Dirca palustris
buttonbush 56
Cephalanthus occidentalis

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