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Trees- Scientific Names

The common name for the species will be given, type the full scientific name (genus & species)
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common name
scientific name
speckled alder
Alnus incana
black birch
Betula lenta
common juniper
Juniperus communis
common buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
horsechestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum
bigtooth aspen
Populus grandidentata
prickly gooseberry
Ribes spp
lowbush blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
blue spruce
Picea pungens
ornamental yew
Taxus x media
hawthorn
Crataegus spp
devil's walking stick
Aralia spinosa
common name
scientific name
sweet gale
Myrica gale
thornless honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos "inermus"
American mountain ash
Sorbus americana
maple-leaf viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
mountain maple
Acer spicatum
Scots pine
Pinus sylvestris
burning bush
Euonymus alatus
mountain paper birch
Betula cordifolia
hobblebush
Viburnum lantanoides
common buckthorn
Rhamnus cathartica
butternut/white walnut
Juglans cinerea
American basswood
Tilia americana
common name
scientific name
American chestnut
Castanea dentata
dawn-redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
shagbark hickory
Carya ovata
black-gum
Nyssa sylvatica
Siberian elm
Ulmus pumila
little-leaf linden
Tilia cordata
alternate-leaf dogwood
Swida alternifolia
glossy buckthorn
Frangula alnus
eastern hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
American elm
Ulmus americana
Kentucky coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicus
eastern cottonwood
Populus deltoides
common name
scientific name
balsam fir
Abies balsamea
eastern redcedar
Juniperus virginiana
poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
tamarack
Larix laricina
eastern white pine
Pinus strobus
black willow
Salix nigra
Lombardy poplar
Populus nigra "italica"
boxelder
Acer negundo
American beech
Fagus grandifolia
striped maple
Acer pensylvanicum
common lilac
Syringa vulgaris
witch-hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
common name
scientific name
black ash
Fraxinus nigra
sugar maple
Acer saccharum
Austrian pine
Pinus nigra
black locust
Robinia pseudoacacia
Norway maple
Acer platanoides
Norway spruce
Picea abies
gray birch
Betula populifolia
barberry
Berberis spp
northern white-cedar
Thuja occidentalis
Asian bittersweet
Celastrus orbiculatus
silver maple
Acer saccharinum
yellow birch
Betula alleghaniensis
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