Exploring Boston's Urban Forest

This is a tree identification guide for Earthwatch's Urban Forest program in Cambridge, MA.

Combining community action and volunteering, the Urban Forest Program is helping volunteers make a contribution to local environmental management plans and scientific research, by tracking the ...more ↓

American Hornbeam ¹
Carpinus caroliniana

American Plum ²
Prunus americana

American Sycamore ³
Platanus occidentalis

American Sweetgum ⁴
Liquidambar styraciflua

Austrian Pine ⁵
Pinus nigra

Eastern Hemlock ⁶
Tsuga canadensis

Hawthorns ⁷
Crataegus

Gingko ⁸
Ginkgo biloba

Flowering Dogwood ³
Cornus florida

Hedge Maple ⁹
Acer campestre

Kentucky Coffee Tree ¹⁰
Gymnocladus dioica

Magnolia Tree ¹¹
Magnolia

Eastern Red Cedar ¹²
Juniperus virginiana

Pears ¹³
Pyrus

Red Pine ³
Pinus resinosa

Silver Linden ¹⁴
Tilia tomentosa

Northern Red Oak ³
Quercus rubra

Siberian Elm ¹⁵
Ulmus pumila

Emerald Ash Borer ¹⁶
Agrilus planipennis

Sugar Maple ¹⁷
Acer saccharum

Swamp White Oak ¹⁸
Quercus bicolor

Tree of Heaven ¹⁹
Ailanthus altissima

Tulip Tree ²⁰
Liriodendron tulipifera

Eastern White Cedar ²¹
Thuja occidentalis

Eastern White Pine ²²
Pinus strobus

Yellowwood ³
Cladrastis kentukea

Zelkova ²³
Zelkova serrata

Crabapple ²⁴
Malus

Kwanzan Cherry Tree ²⁵
Prunus serrulata “Kwanzan”

Okame Cherry Tree ²⁵
Prunus x incamp

Norway Crimson King Maple ²⁵
Acer platanoides "Crimson King"

Asian Long-horned Beetle ²⁶
Anoplophora glabripennis

Red Maple ²⁷
Acer rubrum

Silver Maple ²⁸
Acer saccharinum

Norway Maple ²⁹
Acer platanoides

London Planetree ²⁵
Platanus acerifolius

Japanese Tree Lilac ³⁰
Syringa reticulata

Pin Oak ³
Quercus palustris

Sargent Cherry ³¹
Prunus sargentii

Basswood ¹⁸
Tilia americana

Little-leaf linden ³²
Tilia cordata

American Elm ³
Ulmus americana

Chinese Elm ²³
Ulmus parvifolia

Callery Pear ²³
Pyrus calleryana

Green Ash ³³
Fraxinus pennsylvanica

White Ash ¹⁸
Fraxinus americana

Pagoda Tree ³⁴
Styphnolobium japonicum

Honeylocust ²⁴
Gleditsia triacanthos

Serviceberry ³⁵
Amelanchier arborea

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Exploring Boston's Urban Forest

American Hornbeam 1 Carpinus caroliniana

American Plum 2 Prunus americana

American Sycamore 3 Platanus occidentalis

American Sweetgum 4 Liquidambar styraciflua

Austrian Pine 5 Pinus nigra

Eastern Hemlock 6 Tsuga canadensis

Hawthorns 7 Crataegus

Gingko 8 Ginkgo biloba

Flowering Dogwood 3 Cornus florida

Hedge Maple 9 Acer campestre

Kentucky Coffee Tree 10 Gymnocladus dioica

Magnolia Tree 11 Magnolia

Eastern Red Cedar 12 Juniperus virginiana

Pears 13 Pyrus

Red Pine 3 Pinus resinosa

Silver Linden 14 Tilia tomentosa

Northern Red Oak 3 Quercus rubra

Siberian Elm 15 Ulmus pumila

Emerald Ash Borer 16 Agrilus planipennis

Sugar Maple 17 Acer saccharum

Swamp White Oak 18 Quercus bicolor

Tree of Heaven 19 Ailanthus altissima

Tulip Tree 20 Liriodendron tulipifera

Eastern White Cedar 21 Thuja occidentalis

Eastern White Pine 22 Pinus strobus

Yellowwood 3 Cladrastis kentukea

Zelkova 23 Zelkova serrata

Crabapple 24 Malus

Kwanzan Cherry Tree 25 Prunus serrulata “Kwanzan”

Okame Cherry Tree 25 Prunus x incamp

Norway Crimson King Maple 25 Acer platanoides "Crimson King"

Asian Long-horned Beetle 26 Anoplophora glabripennis

Red Maple 27 Acer rubrum

Silver Maple 28 Acer saccharinum

Norway Maple 29 Acer platanoides

London Planetree 25 Platanus acerifolius

Japanese Tree Lilac 30 Syringa reticulata

Pin Oak 3 Quercus palustris

Sargent Cherry 31 Prunus sargentii

Basswood 18 Tilia americana

Little-leaf linden 32 Tilia cordata

American Elm 3 Ulmus americana

Chinese Elm 23 Ulmus parvifolia

Callery Pear 23 Pyrus calleryana

Green Ash 33 Fraxinus pennsylvanica

White Ash 18 Fraxinus americana

Pagoda Tree 34 Styphnolobium japonicum

Honeylocust 24 Gleditsia triacanthos

Serviceberry 35 Amelanchier arborea