Dendrology Scientific Names

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Eastern Redbud

Cercis canadensis

Autumn Olive

Elaeagnus umbellate

Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida

Sassafras

Sassafras albidum

Sycamore

Platanus occidentalis

Wild Grape

Vitis sp. or Vitis spp.

Yellow-Poplar or Tulip Tree

Liriodendron tulipifera

Green Ash

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Trumpet Creeper

Campsis radicans

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

Poison-Ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

Black Walnut

Juglans nigra

White Ash

Fraxinus americana

Black Cherry

Prunus serotina

Boxelder

Acer negundo

Pin Oak

Quercus palustris

Swamp White Oak

Quercus bicolor

Shingle Oak

Quercus imbricaria

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Bigleaf Magnolia

Magnolia macrophylla

Black Locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

Honey Locust

Gleditsia triacanthos

Moonseed

Menispermum canadense

Slippery Elm or Red Elm

Ulmus rubra

Tree of Heaven or Ailanthus

Ailanthis altissima

Winged Sumac

Rhus copallina

Smooth Sumac

Rhus glabra

Privet

Ligustrum spp.

Buttonbush

Cephalanthus

occidentalis

Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua

(Eastern) Cottonwood

Populus deltoides

Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Ohio Buckeye

Aesculus glabra

Black Willow

Salix nigra

Bitternut Hickory

Carya cordiformis

Osage-Orange

Maclura pomifera

Wahoo or Eastern Burning Bush

Euonymus atropurpureus

Norway Spruce

Picea abies

Baldcypress

Taxodium distichum

Kentucky Coffeetree

Gymnocladus dioicus

Black Oak

Quercus velutina

White Oak

Quercus alba

(Northern) Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Black Maple

Acer nigrum

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

Musclewood (Blue Beech)

Carpinus caroliniana

American Beech

Fagus grandifolia

Sweet (Black) Birch

Betula lenta

Chestnut Oak

Quercus prinus

(montana)

(Northern) Catalpa

Catalpa speciosa

White Mulberry

Morus alba

Red Mulberry

Morus rubra

Pignut Hickory

Carya glabra

Mockernut Hickory

Carya tomentosa

(Eastern) Hophornbeam (Ironwood)

Ostrya virginiana

Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Cucumber Magnolia

Magnolia acuminata

Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia

Eastern Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

Alternate-Leaf Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia

Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba

Shagbark Hickory

Carya ovata

Vriginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Hawthorn

Crataegus sp.

Mapleleaf Viburnum

Viburnum acerifolium

Sawbriar (Greenbriar)

Smilax bona-nox

Multiflora Rose

Rosa multiflora

Blackberry

Rubus fruticosus

(or allegheniensis)

Sourwood

Oxydendrum arboreum

Raspberry

Rubus idaeus

(or occidentalis)

(American) Holly

Ilex opaca

Bristly Briar

Smilax tamnoides

Hazelnut

Corylus avellana

American Elm

Ulmus americana

Yellow Buckeye

Aesculus flava

Barberry

Berberis vulgaris

Blackhaw

Viburnum prunifolium

Basswood

Tilia americana

Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

Serviceberry

Amelanchier sp.

Blackgum

Nyssa sylvatica

Bigtooth Aspen

Populus grandidentata

Silver Maple

Acer saccharinum