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

Sugar Maple ¹⁶
Acer saccharum

Swamp White Oak ¹⁷
Quercus bicolor

Tree of Heaven ¹⁸
Ailanthus altissima

Tulip Tree ¹⁹
Liriodendron tulipifera

Eastern White Cedar ²⁰
Thuja occidentalis

Eastern White Pine ²¹
Pinus strobus

Yellowwood ³
Cladrastis kentukea

Zelkova ²²
Zelkova serrata

Crabapple ²³
Malus

Red Maple ²⁴
Acer rubrum

Silver Maple ²⁵
Acer saccharinum

Norway Maple ²⁶
Acer platanoides

London Planetree ²⁷
Platanus acerifolius

Japanese Tree Lilac ²⁸
Syringa reticulata

Pin Oak ³
Quercus palustris

Sargent Cherry ²⁹
Prunus sargentii

Basswood ¹⁷
Tilia americana

Little-leaf linden ³⁰
Tilia cordata

American Elm ³
Ulmus americana

Chinese Elm ²²
Ulmus parvifolia

Callery Pear ²²
Pyrus calleryana

Green Ash ³¹
Fraxinus pennsylvanica

White Ash ¹⁷
Fraxinus americana

Pagoda Tree ³²
Styphnolobium japonicum

Honeylocust ²³
Gleditsia triacanthos

Serviceberry ³³
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

Sugar Maple 16 Acer saccharum

Swamp White Oak 17 Quercus bicolor

Tree of Heaven 18 Ailanthus altissima

Tulip Tree 19 Liriodendron tulipifera

Eastern White Cedar 20 Thuja occidentalis

Eastern White Pine 21 Pinus strobus

Yellowwood 3 Cladrastis kentukea

Zelkova 22 Zelkova serrata

Crabapple 23 Malus

Red Maple 24 Acer rubrum

Silver Maple 25 Acer saccharinum

Norway Maple 26 Acer platanoides

London Planetree 27 Platanus acerifolius

Japanese Tree Lilac 28 Syringa reticulata

Pin Oak 3 Quercus palustris

Sargent Cherry 29 Prunus sargentii

Basswood 17 Tilia americana

Little-leaf linden 30 Tilia cordata

American Elm 3 Ulmus americana

Chinese Elm 22 Ulmus parvifolia

Callery Pear 22 Pyrus calleryana

Green Ash 31 Fraxinus pennsylvanica

White Ash 17 Fraxinus americana

Pagoda Tree 32 Styphnolobium japonicum

Honeylocust 23 Gleditsia triacanthos

Serviceberry 33 Amelanchier arborea