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Native Trees of Wasatch Front

This list includes ONLY native trees commonly found growing wild in the Wasatch Front: Pocatello, Preston, Logan, Ogden, Layton, Salt Lake City, Tooele, Sandy, Orem, and Provo. These mainly grow in Northern Utah, but can be found in the Western United States.

Fremont cottonwood 1
Populus fremontii
Populus × hinckleyana
black cottonwood 2
Populus trichocarpa
Ontario balsam poplar 3
Populus balsamifera
trembling aspen 4
Populus tremuloides
eastern cottonwood 5
Populus deltoides
lanceleaf cottonwood 4
Populus × acuminata
narrowleaf cottonwood 4
Populus angustifolia
bigtooth maple 6
Acer grandidentatum
boxelder 7
Acer negundo
mountain maple 8
Acer glabrum
Gambel oak 9
Quercus gambelii
Paper Birch 10
Betula papyrifera
water birch 11
Betula occidentalis
Mountain Alder
Alnus incana tenuifolia
netleaf hackberry 12
Celtis reticulata
Narrow-leaved Willow 4
Salix exigua exigua
Mountain Willow
Salix monticola
booth's willow 4
Salix boothii
Peachleaf Willow 13
Salix amygdaloides
bebb's willow 4
Salix bebbiana
drummond's willow
Salix drummondiana
Short-fruit Willow
Salix brachycarpa
Geyer's willow 4
Salix geyeriana
Gray Willow 14
Salix glauca
yellow willow 4
Salix lutea
Pacific Willow 4
Salix lasiandra
red willow 15
Salix laevigata
Arroyo Willow 16
Salix lasiolepis
Scouler's willow
Salix scouleriana
Salix wolfii
black willow 13
Salix nigra
Goodding's willow 12
Salix gooddingii
Black Hawthorn 4
Crataegus douglasii
Saskatoon 17
Amelanchier alnifolia
western choke cherry 18
Prunus virginiana demissa
Canadian buffalo-berry 19
Shepherdia canadensis
Greene's mountain ash 20
Sorbus scopulina
birchleaf mountain mahogany 21
Cercocarpus betuloides
Utah serviceberry 4
Amelanchier utahensis
American Plum 22
Prunus americana
Utah Juniper 23
Juniperus osteosperma
Utah Honeysuckle 24
Lonicera utahensis
Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir 25
Pseudotsuga menziesii glauca
Silverberry 4
Elaeagnus commutata
silver buffaloberry 26
Shepherdia argentea
Curl-leaf mountain-mahogany 4
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Subalpine Fir 27
Abies lasiocarpa
Rocky Mountain Juniper 28
Juniperus scopulorum
Ponderosa Pine 29
Pinus ponderosa
Great Basin Bristlecone Pine 30
Pinus longaeva
white fir 31
Abies concolor
desert willow 32
Chilopsis linearis
Limber Pine 33
Pinus flexilis
Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine 34
Pinus aristata
Colorado Pinyon 35
Pinus edulis
Blue Spruce 36
Picea pungens
Engelmann Spruce 37
Picea engelmannii
blue elderberry 38
Sambucus nigra caerulea
smooth sumac 39
Rhus glabra
skunk bush 12
Rhus trilobata
New Mexico olive 40
Forestiera pubescens pubescens

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