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Species
Common NameSpeciesGenusFamilyDescription
American Mountain AshamericanaSorbusRosaceaePart of the huge rose family
American tulip tree, tulip poplar or yellow poplartulipiferaQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
American Turkey OaklaevisQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Amur MapleginnalaAcerSapindaceaeAcer derives from the latin "sharp"
Antarctic BeechantarcticaNothofagusNothofagaceaefound in temperate climates
AspentremulaPopulusSalicaceaedeciduous
Atlas CedaratlanticaCedrusPinaceaeclosely related to firs
Balsam FirbalsameaAbiesPinaceaeevergreen conifers
Basswood, Linden, Lime-TreeamericanaTiliaMalvaceae 
Bigleaf Maple or Oregon MaplemacrophyllumAcerSapindaceaeAcer derives from the latin "sharp"
black cottonwood or western balsam poplartrichocarpaPopulusSalicaceaedeciduous
Black poplarnigraPopulusSalicaceaedeciduous
Blackjack oakmarilandicaQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Blue OakdouglasiiQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Boxelder MaplenegundoAcerSapindaceaeAcer derives from the latin "sharp"
Bristlecone Fir or Santa Lucia FirbracteataAbiesPinaceaeevergreen conifers
Bur OakmacrocarpaQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
California Black OakkelloggiiQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
California Incense-cedardecurrensCalocedrusCupressaceaeconiferous trees
Canyon live oakchrysolepisQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Carolina HemlockcarolinianaTsugaPinaceaeName from the Japanese
Cherrybark oakpagodaQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Chestnut oakprinusQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Chinese tulip trechinenseQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Coast Live OakagrifoliaQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Douglas-firmenziesiiPseudotsugaPinaceae 
Downy Japanese Maple or Fullmoon MaplejaponicumAcerSapindaceaeAcer derives from the latin "sharp"
Eastern Arborvitae, Northern WhitecedaroccidentalisThujaCupressaceaearborvitae is from the latin for tree of life
Eastern Black oakvelutinaQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Eastern CottonwooddeltoidesPopulusSalicaceaedeciduous
Eastern or Canadian HemlockcanadensisTsugaPinaceaeName from the Japanese
Engelmann Oak or Pasadena OakengelmanniiQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Florida maplefloridanumAcerSapindaceaeAcer derives from the latin "sharp"
Fraser FirfraseriAbiesPinaceaeevergreen conifers
Gambel oakgambeliiQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Garry OakgarryanaArbutusEricaceae 
Georgia oakgeorgianaQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Grand Fir, Giant FirgrandisAbiesPinaceaeevergreen conifers
Himalayan HemlockdumosaTsugaPinaceaeName from the Japanese
Honey locusttriacanthosGleditsiaFabaceaenamed after German botanist
HornbeamcarolinianaCarpinusBetulaceaesmall hardwoods
Japanese Maple or Smooth Japanese MaplepalmatumAcerSapindaceaeAcer derives from the latin "sharp"
KatsurajaponicumCercidiphyllumCercidiphyllaceaelarge hardwood from Asia
koraiensiskoraiensisThujaCupressaceaearborvitae is from the latin for tree of life
Kyushu Maple or Red Snakebark MaplcapillipesAcerSapindaceaeAcer derives from the latin "sharp"
Lebanon CedarlibaniCedrusPinaceaeclosely related to firs
maidenhair treebilobaGinkgoGinkgoaceaeGenus is over 150 million years old
Maries' FirmariesiiAbiesPinaceaeevergreen conifers
monkey puzzlearaucanaAraucariaAraucariaceaeEvergreen and coniferous
Nikko maplemaximowiczianumAcerSapindaceaeAcer derives from the latin "sharp"
Noble FirproceraAbiesPinaceaeevergreen conifers
Norrthern Pin OakellipsoidalisQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Northern CatalpaspeciosaCatalpaBignoniaceaeFlowering trees, part of the trumpet vine family
Northern Japanese HemlockdiversifoliaTsugaPinaceaeName from the Japanese
Northern Red Oak or Champion OakrubraQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Norway MapleplatanoidesAcerSapindaceaeAcer derives from the latin "sharp"
outhern Japanese HemlocksieboldiiTsugaPinaceaeName from the Japanese
overcup oaklyrataQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Pacific MadronemenziesiiArbutusEricaceae 
Pacific Silver FiramabilisAbiesPinaceaeevergreen conifers
Paper BirchpapyriferaBetulaBetulaceae 
Paperbark MaplegriseumAcerSapindaceaeAcer derives from the latin "sharp"
Père David's MapledavidiiAcerSapindaceaeAcer derives from the latin "sharp"
Pin oak or Swamp Spanish oakpalustrisQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Post OakstellataQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Quaking AspentremuloidesPopulusSalicaceaedeciduous
Red FirmagnificaAbiesPinaceaeevergreen conifers
river maple, silverleaf mapsaccharinumAcerSapindaceaeAcer derives from the latin "sharp"
Rocky Mountain MapleglabrumAcerSapindaceaeAcer derives from the latin "sharp"
Scarlet OakcoccineaQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Shingle OakimbricariaQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Shumard OakshumardiiQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Sichuan ThujasutchuenensisThujaCupressaceaearborvitae is from the latin for tree of life
Silver BirchpendulaBetulaBetulaceae 
Sitka SprucesitchensisPiceaPinaceaeconiferous evergreen trees
Small-leaved LimecordataTiliaMalvaceae 
Southern CatalpabignonioidesCatalpaBignoniaceaeFlowering trees, part of the trumpet vine family
Southern Live OakvirginianaQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Southern Red Oak or Spanish OakfalcataQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
standishiistandishiiThujaCupressaceaearborvitae is from the latin for tree of life
Striped Maple, also known as Moosewood and Moose MaplepensylvanicumAcerSapindaceaeAcer derives from the latin "sharp"
Subalpine Fir or Rocky Mountain FirlasiocarpaAbiesPinaceaeevergreen conifers
Subalpine LarchlyalliiLarixPinaceaedeciduous
Sugar MaplesaccharumAcerSapindaceaeAcer derives from the latin "sharp"
Swamp Chestnut OakmichauxiiQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Swamp laurel oak, Diamond-leaf oaklaurifoliaQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Swamp White OakbicolorQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Sycamore or Sycamore MaplepseudoplatanusAcerSapindaceaeAcer derives from the latin "sharp"
Taiwan or Chinese HemlockchinensisTsugaPinaceaeName from the Japanese
Tamarack LarchlaricinaLarixPinaceaedeciduous
Texas MadronexalapensisArbutusEricaceae 
tree of heaven or ailanthusaltissimaAilanthusSimaroubaceaefast growing deciduous
Valley oaklobataQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Vine MaplecircinatumAcerSapindaceaeAcer derives from the latin "sharp"
Water OaknigraQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Western HemlockheterophyllaTsugaPinaceaeName from the Japanese
Western LarchoccidentalisLarixPinaceaedeciduous
Western red cedarplicataThujaCupressaceaearborvitae is from the latin for tree of life
White BasswoodheterophyllaTiliaMalvaceae 
White FirconcolorAbiesPinaceaeevergreen conifers
White OakalbaQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen
Willow oakphellosQuercusFagaceaedeciduous and evergreen