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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
Hawthorns 5
Crataegus
Flowering Dogwood 3
Cornus florida
Hedge Maple 6
Acer campestre
Kentucky Coffee Tree 7
Gymnocladus dioica
Magnolia Tree 8
Magnolia
Pears 9
Pyrus
Silver Linden 10
Tilia tomentosa
Northern Red Oak 3
Quercus rubra
Siberian Elm 11
Ulmus pumila
Sugar Maple 12
Acer saccharum
Swamp White Oak 13
Quercus bicolor
Tree of Heaven 14
Ailanthus altissima
Tulip Tree 15
Liriodendron tulipifera
Yellowwood 3
Cladrastis kentukea
Zelkova 16
Zelkova serrata
Crabapple 17
Malus
Red Maple 18
Acer rubrum
Silver Maple 19
Acer saccharinum
Norway Maple 20
Acer platanoides
London Planetree 21
Platanus acerifolius
Japanese Tree Lilac 22
Syringa reticulata
Pin Oak 3
Quercus palustris
Sargent Cherry 23
Prunus sargentii
Basswood 13
Tilia americana
Little-leaf linden 24
Tilia cordata
American Elm 3
Ulmus americana
Chinese Elm 16
Ulmus parvifolia
Callery Pear 16
Pyrus calleryana
Green Ash 25
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
White Ash 13
Fraxinus americana
Pagoda Tree 26
Styphnolobium japonicum
Honeylocust 17
Gleditsia triacanthos
Serviceberry 27
Amelanchier arborea

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