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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 Honeysuckle 23
Lonicera utahensis
Silverberry 4
Elaeagnus commutata
silver buffaloberry 24
Shepherdia argentea
Curl-leaf mountain-mahogany 4
Cercocarpus ledifolius
desert willow 25
Chilopsis linearis
blue elderberry 26
Sambucus nigra caerulea
smooth sumac 27
Rhus glabra
skunk bush 12
Rhus trilobata
New Mexico olive 28
Forestiera pubescens pubescens

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