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Tree and Shrub Species List

Trees and Shrubs

Common Name

Scientific Name

Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria
Alternate-leaved dogwood Cornus alternifolia
American basswood Tilia americana
American beech Fagus grandifolia
American elm Ulmus americana
American yew Taxus canadensis
Black cherry Prunus serotina
Black gum Nyssa sylvatica
Black huckleberry Gaylusaccia baccata
Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia
Black oak Quercus velutina
Black raspberry Rubus occidentalis
Black walnut Juglans nigra
Blackbirch Betula lenta
Bladdernut Staphylea trifolia
Bowman’s-root Gillenia trifoliata
Box elder Acer negundo
Butternut Juglans cinerea
Canadian avens Geum canadense
Chestnut Castanea dentata
Chestnut oak Quercus prinus
Choke cherry Prunus virginiana
Climbing bittersweet Celastrus scandens
Common strawberry Fragaria virginiana
Crimson clover Trifolium incarnatum
Dwarf cinquefoil Potentilla canadensis
Eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis
Eastern red cedar Juniperus virginiana
Eastern white pine Pinus strobus
European barberry Berberis vulgaris
Flowering dogwood Cornus florida
Gray dogwood Cornus racemosa
Great rhododendum Rhododendron maximum
Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Hackberry Celtis occidentalis
Honey locust Gleditsia triacanthos
Honeysuckle Lonicera dioica
Hop tree Ptelea trifoliata
Hornbeam Ostrya virginiana
Ironwood Carpinus caroliniana
Italian woodbine Lonicera caprifolium
Japanese honeysuckle Lonicera japonica
Maple-leaved viburnum Viburnum acerifolium
Meadow sweet Spiraea alba
Mockernut hickory Carya tomentosa
Mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia
Mountain maple Acer spicatum
Mulberry Morus rubra
Multiflora rose Rosa multiflora
Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius
Northern bush-honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera
Northern red oak Quercus rubra
Norway Spruce Picea abies
Oblongleaf Juneberry Amelanchier canadensis
Pitch pine Pinus rigida
Poison ivy Rhus radicans
Purple-flowering raspberry Rubus odoratus
Red clover Trifolium pratense
Red elderberry Sambucus pubens
Red maple Acer rubrum
Red raspberry Rubus idaeus var. strigosus
Redbud Cercis canadensis
River birch Betula nigra
Rock elm Ulmus thomasi
Rough cinquefoil Potentilla norvegica
Roundleaved dogwood Cornus rugosa
Sassafras Sassafras albidum
Sheep laurel Kalmia angustifolia
Southern arrow-wood Viburnum dentatum
Staghorn sumac Rhus typhina
Striped maple Acer pensylvanicum
Sugar maple Acer saccharinum
Swamp agrimony Agrimonia parviflora
Swamp blackberry Rubus hispidus
Sycamore Platanus occidentalis
Tall huckleberry Gaylusaccia frondosa
Tinker’s-weed Triosteum perfoliatum
Tulip-tree Liriodendron tulipifera
Virginian avens Geum virginianum
White ash Fraxinus americana
Wild indigo Baptisia tinctoria
Wild plum Prunus americana
Wild senna plant Cassia marilandica
Wild sensitive plant Cassia nictitans
Witch-hazel Hamamelis virginiana
Woodland strawberry Fragaria vesca

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