| Common Name | Species | Genus | Family | Description |
| American Mountain Ash | americana | Sorbus | Rosaceae | Part of the huge rose family |
| American tulip tree, tulip poplar or yellow poplar | tulipifera | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| American Turkey Oak | laevis | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Amur Maple | ginnala | Acer | Sapindaceae | Acer derives from the latin "sharp" |
| Antarctic Beech | antarctica | Nothofagus | Nothofagaceae | found in temperate climates |
| Aspen | tremula | Populus | Salicaceae | deciduous |
| Atlas Cedar | atlantica | Cedrus | Pinaceae | closely related to firs |
| Balsam Fir | balsamea | Abies | Pinaceae | evergreen conifers |
| Basswood, Linden, Lime-Tree | americana | Tilia | Malvaceae |   |
| Bigleaf Maple or Oregon Maple | macrophyllum | Acer | Sapindaceae | Acer derives from the latin "sharp" |
| black cottonwood or western balsam poplar | trichocarpa | Populus | Salicaceae | deciduous |
| Black poplar | nigra | Populus | Salicaceae | deciduous |
| Blackjack oak | marilandica | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Blue Oak | douglasii | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Boxelder Maple | negundo | Acer | Sapindaceae | Acer derives from the latin "sharp" |
| Bristlecone Fir or Santa Lucia Fir | bracteata | Abies | Pinaceae | evergreen conifers |
| Bur Oak | macrocarpa | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| California Black Oak | kelloggii | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| California Incense-cedar | decurrens | Calocedrus | Cupressaceae | coniferous trees |
| Canyon live oak | chrysolepis | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Carolina Hemlock | caroliniana | Tsuga | Pinaceae | Name from the Japanese |
| Cherrybark oak | pagoda | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Chestnut oak | prinus | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Chinese tulip tre | chinense | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Coast Live Oak | agrifolia | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Douglas-fir | menziesii | Pseudotsuga | Pinaceae |   |
| Downy Japanese Maple or Fullmoon Maple | japonicum | Acer | Sapindaceae | Acer derives from the latin "sharp" |
| Eastern Arborvitae, Northern Whitecedar | occidentalis | Thuja | Cupressaceae | arborvitae is from the latin for tree of life |
| Eastern Black oak | velutina | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Eastern Cottonwood | deltoides | Populus | Salicaceae | deciduous |
| Eastern or Canadian Hemlock | canadensis | Tsuga | Pinaceae | Name from the Japanese |
| Engelmann Oak or Pasadena Oak | engelmannii | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Florida maple | floridanum | Acer | Sapindaceae | Acer derives from the latin "sharp" |
| Fraser Fir | fraseri | Abies | Pinaceae | evergreen conifers |
| Gambel oak | gambelii | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Garry Oak | garryana | Arbutus | Ericaceae |   |
| Georgia oak | georgiana | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Grand Fir, Giant Fir | grandis | Abies | Pinaceae | evergreen conifers |
| Himalayan Hemlock | dumosa | Tsuga | Pinaceae | Name from the Japanese |
| Honey locust | triacanthos | Gleditsia | Fabaceae | named after German botanist |
| Hornbeam | caroliniana | Carpinus | Betulaceae | small hardwoods |
| Japanese Maple or Smooth Japanese Maple | palmatum | Acer | Sapindaceae | Acer derives from the latin "sharp" |
| Katsura | japonicum | Cercidiphyllum | Cercidiphyllaceae | large hardwood from Asia |
| koraiensis | koraiensis | Thuja | Cupressaceae | arborvitae is from the latin for tree of life |
| Kyushu Maple or Red Snakebark Mapl | capillipes | Acer | Sapindaceae | Acer derives from the latin "sharp" |
| Lebanon Cedar | libani | Cedrus | Pinaceae | closely related to firs |
| maidenhair tree | biloba | Ginkgo | Ginkgoaceae | Genus is over 150 million years old |
| Maries' Fir | mariesii | Abies | Pinaceae | evergreen conifers |
| monkey puzzle | araucana | Araucaria | Araucariaceae | Evergreen and coniferous |
| Nikko maple | maximowiczianum | Acer | Sapindaceae | Acer derives from the latin "sharp" |
| Noble Fir | procera | Abies | Pinaceae | evergreen conifers |
| Norrthern Pin Oak | ellipsoidalis | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Northern Catalpa | speciosa | Catalpa | Bignoniaceae | Flowering trees, part of the trumpet vine family |
| Northern Japanese Hemlock | diversifolia | Tsuga | Pinaceae | Name from the Japanese |
| Northern Red Oak or Champion Oak | rubra | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Norway Maple | platanoides | Acer | Sapindaceae | Acer derives from the latin "sharp" |
| outhern Japanese Hemlock | sieboldii | Tsuga | Pinaceae | Name from the Japanese |
| overcup oak | lyrata | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Pacific Madrone | menziesii | Arbutus | Ericaceae |   |
| Pacific Silver Fir | amabilis | Abies | Pinaceae | evergreen conifers |
| Paper Birch | papyrifera | Betula | Betulaceae |   |
| Paperbark Maple | griseum | Acer | Sapindaceae | Acer derives from the latin "sharp" |
| Père David's Maple | davidii | Acer | Sapindaceae | Acer derives from the latin "sharp" |
| Pin oak or Swamp Spanish oak | palustris | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Post Oak | stellata | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Quaking Aspen | tremuloides | Populus | Salicaceae | deciduous |
| Red Fir | magnifica | Abies | Pinaceae | evergreen conifers |
| river maple, silverleaf map | saccharinum | Acer | Sapindaceae | Acer derives from the latin "sharp" |
| Rocky Mountain Maple | glabrum | Acer | Sapindaceae | Acer derives from the latin "sharp" |
| Scarlet Oak | coccinea | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Shingle Oak | imbricaria | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Shumard Oak | shumardii | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Sichuan Thuja | sutchuenensis | Thuja | Cupressaceae | arborvitae is from the latin for tree of life |
| Silver Birch | pendula | Betula | Betulaceae |   |
| Sitka Spruce | sitchensis | Picea | Pinaceae | coniferous evergreen trees |
| Small-leaved Lime | cordata | Tilia | Malvaceae |   |
| Southern Catalpa | bignonioides | Catalpa | Bignoniaceae | Flowering trees, part of the trumpet vine family |
| Southern Live Oak | virginiana | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Southern Red Oak or Spanish Oak | falcata | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| standishii | standishii | Thuja | Cupressaceae | arborvitae is from the latin for tree of life |
| Striped Maple, also known as Moosewood and Moose Maple | pensylvanicum | Acer | Sapindaceae | Acer derives from the latin "sharp" |
| Subalpine Fir or Rocky Mountain Fir | lasiocarpa | Abies | Pinaceae | evergreen conifers |
| Subalpine Larch | lyallii | Larix | Pinaceae | deciduous |
| Sugar Maple | saccharum | Acer | Sapindaceae | Acer derives from the latin "sharp" |
| Swamp Chestnut Oak | michauxii | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Swamp laurel oak, Diamond-leaf oak | laurifolia | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Swamp White Oak | bicolor | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Sycamore or Sycamore Maple | pseudoplatanus | Acer | Sapindaceae | Acer derives from the latin "sharp" |
| Taiwan or Chinese Hemlock | chinensis | Tsuga | Pinaceae | Name from the Japanese |
| Tamarack Larch | laricina | Larix | Pinaceae | deciduous |
| Texas Madrone | xalapensis | Arbutus | Ericaceae |   |
| tree of heaven or ailanthus | altissima | Ailanthus | Simaroubaceae | fast growing deciduous |
| Valley oak | lobata | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Vine Maple | circinatum | Acer | Sapindaceae | Acer derives from the latin "sharp" |
| Water Oak | nigra | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Western Hemlock | heterophylla | Tsuga | Pinaceae | Name from the Japanese |
| Western Larch | occidentalis | Larix | Pinaceae | deciduous |
| Western red cedar | plicata | Thuja | Cupressaceae | arborvitae is from the latin for tree of life |
| White Basswood | heterophylla | Tilia | Malvaceae |   |
| White Fir | concolor | Abies | Pinaceae | evergreen conifers |
| White Oak | alba | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |
| Willow oak | phellos | Quercus | Fagaceae | deciduous and evergreen |