Arborvitae

(Thuja occidentalis)

Black Ash

(Fraxinus nigra)

White Ash

(Fraxinus americana)

Bigtooth Aspen

(Populus grandidentata)

Quaking Aspen

(Populus tremuloides)

Basswood

(Tilia americana)

American Beech

(Fagus grandifolia)

Black Birch

(Betula lenta)

Gray Birch

(Betula populifolia)

Paper Birch

(Betula papyrifera)

Yellow Birch

(Betula alleghaniensis)

Butternut

(Juglans cinerea)
Black Cherry

(Prunus serotina)

Pin Cherry

(Prunus pensylvanica)

American Chestnut

(Castanea dentata)

Eastern Cottonwood

(Populus deltoides)

Cucumber Tree

(Magnolia acuminata)

American Elm

(Ulmus americana)

Slippery Elm

(Ulmus rubra)

Balsam Fir

(Abies balsamea)

Hawthorn

(Crataegus)

Eastern Hemlock

(Tsuga canadensis)

Bitternut Hickory

(Carya cordiformis)

Pignut Hickory

(Carya glabra)

Shagbark Hickory
(Carya ovata)

American Hophornbeam

(Ostrya virginiana)

American Hornbeam

(Carpinus caroliniana)

American Larch

(Larix laricina)

Black Locust

(Robinia pseudoacacia)

Honey-Locust

(Gleditsia triacanthos)

Here is another;

Tree names:

acacia

-- Acacia hybryda

-- A. mangium

-- A. plustree

alder

red -- Alnus rubra

white -- Alnus incana

American basswood -- Tilia americana

American beech -- Fagus grandifolia

American chestnut -- Castanea dentata

American elm -- Ulmus americana

American sycamore -- Platanus occidentalis

ash

black -- Fraxinus nigra

green -- F. pennsylvanica

white -- F. americana

aspen

bigtooth -- Populus grandidentata

quaking -- P. tremuloides

balm-of-Gilead -- Populus gileadensis

balsam -- P. balsamifera

balsam fir -- Abies balsamea

balsam poplar -- Populus balsamifera

basswood
American -- Tilia americana

white -- T. heterophylla

bay (see loblolly-bay)

beech -- Fagus grandifolia

bigleaf maple -- Acer macrophyllum

bigtooth aspen -- Populus grandidentata

birch

paper -- Betula papyrifera

river -- B. nigra

sweet -- B. lenta

water -- B. occidentalis

yellow -- B. alleghaniensis

black ash -- Fraxinus nigra

black birch -- Betula lenta

black gum (sour gum) -- Nyssa sylvatica

black gum (2) -- Eucalyptus aggregata or E. ovata

black hemlock -- (see mountain hemlock)

black maple -- Acer nigrum

black oak -- Quercus velutina

black spruce -- Picea mariana

black tupelo -- Nyssa sylvatica

black willow -- Salix nigra

blackgum (sour-gum) -- Nyssa sylvatica

blue gum -- Eucalyptus globulus

bog spruce -- (see black spruce)

broadleaf maple -- (see bigleaf maple)

brown ash -- (see black ash)

buckeye

Ohio -- Aesculus glabra

yellow -- A. octranda

bull pine -- (see loblolly)

bur oak -- Quercus macrocarpa

butternut -- Juglans cinerea

buttonwood -- Conocarpus erectus (see also Callicoma and Glochidion spp.)

California red oak -- Quercus kelloggii

California redwood -- (see redwood)

California (Sierra) white fir -- Abies lowiana

Canada hemlock -- (see eastern hemlock)

canoe birch -- (see paper birch)

canyon live oak -- Quercus chrysolepis

cat spruce -- (see white spruce)

catalpa

northern -- Catalpa speciosa

southern -- C. bignonioides

princess-tree -- Paulownia tomentosa

Chinese catalpa -- C. ovata

Catawba-tree -- Catalpa speciosa

cedar

Atlantic white -- Chamaecyparis thyoides

eastern red cedar -- Juniperus virginiana

incense -- Libocedrus decurrens

Port-Orford -- Chamaecyparis lawsonia

western red cedar -- Thuja plicata

cedar pine -- (see spruce pine)

cherry birch -- (see sweet birch)

chestnut -- Castanea dentata

chestnut oak -- Quercus prinus

Chihuahua pine -- Pinus leiophylla

Chinquapin oak -- Quercus muehlenbergii

cigartree -- (see catalpa, northern/southern)

coast redwood -- Sequoia sempervirens

cottonwood

eastern (common) -- Populus deltoides

black -- P. trichocarpa

southern -- (see eastern cottonwood)

swamp -- P. heterophylla

cucumbertree (cucumber magnolia) -- Magnolia acuminata

Douglas-fir -- Pseudotsuga menziesii

eastern fir -- (see balsam fir)

eastern hemlock -- Tsuga canadensis

eastern hophornbeam -- Ostrya virginiana

eastern larch -- (see tamarack)

elm, American -- Ulmus americana

eucalypts

blue gum -- Eucalyptus globulus

gum-top stringybark -- E. delegantensis

rose gum -- E. grandis/rhodantha

shining gum -- E. nitens

evergreen magnolia -- (see southern magnolia)

fetid buckeye -- (see Ohio buckeye)

fir

balsam -- Abies balsamea

California red -- A. magnifica

California/Sierra white -- A. lowiana

Douglas-fir (coastal) -- Pseudotsuga menziesii

eastern -- (see balsam fir)

Fraser -- Abies fraseri

grand -- A. grandis

noble -- A. procera

Pacific silver -- A. amabilis

red -- A. magnifica

Shasta -- A. magnifica Shastensis

subalpine -- A. lasiocarpa

white -- A. concolor

grand fir -- Abies grandis

gray birch -- Betula populifolia

gray elm -- (see American elm)

gray pine -- (see jack pine)

gum -- (see eucalypts)

hackmatack -- (see tamarack)

hard maple -- (see black/sugar maple)

hardy catalpa -- (see northern catalpa)

hemlock

Carolina -- Tsuga caroliniana

eastern -- T. canadensis

mountain -- T. mertensiana

western -- T. heterophylla

hoop ash -- (see black ash)

larch

American larch/tamarack -- Larix laricina

western -- L. occidentalis

largetooth aspen (bigtooth aspen) -- Populus grandidentata

laurel oak -- Quercus laurifolia

liquidambar (sweetgum) -- Liquidambar styraciflua

live oak -- Quercus virginiana

loblolly pine -- Pinus taeda

loblolly-bay -- Gordonia lasianthus

longleaf pine -- Pinus australis

lowland (white) fir -- (see grand fir)

magnolia

bigleaf -- Magnolia macrophylla

southern -- M. grandiflora

["cuccumbertree" -- M. acuminata]

maple

bigleaf -- Acer grandiflora

black -- A. nigrum

red -- A. rubrum

silver -- A. saccharinum

sugar -- A. saccharum

marsh pine (see pond pine)

mountain alder -- Alnus crispa

mountain hemlock -- Tsuga mertensiana

northern catalpa -- Catalpa speciosa

northern red oak -- Quercus rubra

oak

black -- Quercus velutina

California red -- Q. kelloggii

chestnut -- Q. prinus

Chinquapin -- Q. muehlenbergii

laurel -- Q. laurifolia

live -- Q. virginiana

Oregon white -- Q. garryana

overcup -- Q. lyrata

pin -- Q. palustris

red (northern) -- Q. rubra

scarlet -- Q. coccinea

southern red -- Q. falcata

swamp/swamp white -- Q. bicolor

swamp chestnut oak -- Q. michauxii

water -- Q. nigra

white -- Quercus alba

Oregon pine -- (see Douglas-fir)

Oregon white oak -- Quercus garryana

overcup oak -- Q. lyrata

Pacific silver fir -- Abies amabilis

paper birch -- Betula papyrifera

Pepperidge -- (see black tupelo)

pin oak -- Quercus palustris

pine

Chihuahua -- Pinus leiophylla

eastern white -- P. strobus

jack -- P. banksiana

Jeffrey -- P. jeffreyi

loblolly -- P. taeda

lodgepole -- P. contorta

longleaf -- P. palustris/australis

Monterey -- P. radiata

pitch -- P. rigida

pond -- P. serotina

Ponderosa -- P. ponderosa

radiata -- P. radiata

red -- P. resinosa

sand -- P. clausa

shortleaf -- P. echinata

slash -- P. elliottii

southern -- P. taeda (see loblolly)

spruce -- P. glabra
sugar -- P. lambertiana

Virginia -- P. virginiana

western white -- P. monticola

pitch pine -- Pinus rigida

plane-tree --- Old World sycamores -- Platanus occidentalis.

pond pine -- Pinus serotina

poplar, balsam -- (See balsam poplar)

poplar (also see cottonwood)

balsam -- Populus balsamifera

yellow (tulip tree) -- Liriodendron tulipifera

post oak -- Quercus stellata

quaking aspen -- Populus tremuloides

red alder -- Alnus rubra

red beech -- Nothofagus fusca

red birch -- (see river/water birch)

red fir

California -- Albies magnifica

shasta -- A. magnifica shastensis

red maple -- Acer rubrum

red oak (northern) -- Quercus rubra

red pine -- Pinus resinosa

red spruce -- Picea rubens

redbay -- Persea borbonia

redcedar

eastern -- Juniperus virginiana

southern -- J. silicicola

western -- Thuja plicata

redgum -- (see sweetgum)

redwood, coast -- Sequoia sempervirens

river birch -- Betula nigra

sand pine -- Pinus clausa

sapgum -- (see sweetgum)

scarlet maple -- (see red maple)

scarlet oak -- Quercus coccinea

scrub pine -- Pinus virginiana

Shasta fir -- Abies magnifica Shastensis

shining gum -- Eucalyptus nitens

shortleaf pine -- Pinus echinata

silver birch -- (see yellow birch)

silver fir, Pacific -- Albies amabilis

silver maple -- Acer saccharinum

silver spruce -- (see blue spruce)

Sitka spruce -- Picea sitchensis

skunk spruce -- (see white spruce)

slash pine -- Pinus elliottii

soft maple -- (see silver maple)

sour gum -- Nyssa sylvatica

sour tupelo -- (see Ogeechee tupelo)

souther magnolia -- Magnolia grandiflora

southern red oak -- Quercus falcata

southern pine -- Pinnus taeda (see loblolly pine)

Spanish oak -- (see southern red oak)

spruce

black -- Picea mariana

blue -- P. pungens

Engelmann -- P. engelmannii

red -- P. rubens

Sitka -- P. sitchensis

white -- P. glauca

spruce pine -- Pinus clausa

sugar maple -- Acer saccharum

sugar pine -- Pinus lambertiana

swamp ash -- (see green ash)

swamp blue gum -- Eucalyptus seeana

swamp chestnut oak -- Quercus michauxii

swamp oak/swamp white oak -- Quercus bicolor

swamp cottonwood -- Populus heterophylla

swamp maple -- (see red maple)

swamp pine -- Pinus serotina

swamp red oak -- (see southern red oak)

swamp spruce -- (see black spruce)

swamp tupelo -- Nyssa biflora

swamp white oak -- Quercus bicolor

sweet birch -- Betula lenta

sweet buckeye -- Aesculus octandra

sweet chestnut -- Castanea sativa

sweetbay -- Magnolia virginiana

sweetgum -- Liquidambar styraciflua

sycamore -- Platanus occidentalis

tamarack -- Larix laricina

tanoak -- Lithocarpus densiflorus

trembling aspen -- (see quaking aspen)

tulip-poplar -- (see yellow-poplar)

tulip-tree -- Liriodendron tulipifera

tupelo

black -- Nyssa sylvatica

Ogeechee -- N. ogeche

water -- N. aquatica

turkey oak -- Quercus laevis

wahoo (eastern) -- Euonymus atropurpureus

water ash -- Fraxinus caroliniana

water birch -- Betula occidentalis

water elm -- Planera aquatica

water oak -- Quercus nigra

water tupelo -- Nyssa aquatica

western larch -- Larix occidentalis

white alder -- Alnus rhombifolia

white basswood -- Tilia heterophylla

white birch (American) -- Betula papyrifera

white birch (European) -- Betula alba.

white elm -- (see American elm)

white fir -- Abies concolor

white maple -- (see silver maple)

white oak -- Quercus alba

white pine -- Pinus strobus

white spruce -- Picea glauca

willow

black -- Salix nigra

peachleaf -- S. amygdaloides

weeping -- S. babylonica

white -- S. alba

willow oak -- Quercus phellos

yellow birch -- Betula lutea

yellow buckeye -- Aesculus octandra

yellow pine -- (see Chihuahua pine)

yellow spruce -- (see red spruce)

yellow-poplar --- tulip tree -- Liriodendron tulipifera

For additional species see:

The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees (Eastern and Western)

Online sources include:

"Index of common names of tree species"
--http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/morgantown/4557/gmoth/gtr/table3.html

"Trees of Australia" -- under "Woodlink" at http://www.vwa.org.au/list_ta_abc.htm

A wealth of databases are listed in METLA’s "Virtual Library:Forestry"

under:http://www.vwa.org.au/list_ta_abc.htm

For a wider search, try the Internet Directory for Botany: http://www.botany.net/IDB/info.html

Nonwoods

abaca (Manila hemp) -- Musa textilis

bagasse (sugarcane) -- Sacharum spp.

bamboo -- Bambusa spp.

barley straw

cotton -- Gossypium hirsutum

crotalaria (sunn hemp) -- Crotalovia juncea

esparto grass -- Stipa tenacissima; Lygeum spartum

flax -- Linum usitatissimum

hemp -- Cannabis sativa

henequen (sisal hemp)

hesperaloe -- Hesperaloe funifera; H. nocturna

jute -- Corchorus capsularis

kenaf -- Hibiscus cannabinus

linseed straw

maguay
oat straw

papyrus -- Cyperus papyrus

pinzote (banana stalks)

ramie -- Boehmeria nivea (white leaves); B. tenacissima (green leaves); B. nivea var. tenacissima

rapeseed straw

reed canary grass -- Phalaris arundinacea

rice -- Oryza sativa

rye straw

sabai grass

sisal -- Agave sisalana

sorghum (stalks)

wheat straw