The diversity of trees in the US mapped
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According to the U.S. Forest Service report, more than 640 various species of trees in the United States, 186 of which are endemic.
Maps below show the total tree species richness and endemic tree species in the United States. These maps are based on data presented in Atlas of United States Trees.
Maps of tree species richness of the U.S.
The southeastern United States has the highest species diversity of trees.
The most significant number of species of trees grows in the states of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.
Liberty County in Florida has the highest tree species richness (138 species) in the United States.
Maps of tree endemic species richness of the U.S.
Endemic species are species that are unique to a defined geographic place. Tree species that are indigenous to an area are not endemic to it if they are also located elsewhere.
The southeastern United States also has the highest endemicity of tree species.
The most significant number of endemic tree species also grow in Liberty County (Florida).
Tree species of the U.S.
| Latin Name | Common Name |
|---|---|
| Abies amabilis | Pacific silver fir |
| Abies balsamea | balsam fir |
| Abies bracteata | bristlecone fir |
| Abies concolor | white fir |
| Abies fraseri | Fraser fir |
| Abies grandis | grand fir |
| Abies lasiocarpa | subalpine fir |
| Abies magnifica | California red fir |
| Abies procera | noble fir |
| Acacia berlandieri | Berlandier acacia |
| Acacia choriophylla | cinnecord |
| Acacia farnesiana | sweet acacia |
| Acacia greggii | catclaw acacia |
| Acacia macracantha | long spine acacia |
| Acacia rigidula | blackbrush acacia |
| Acacia roemeriana | Roemer acacia |
| Acacia tortuosa | twisted acacia |
| Acacia wrightii | Wright acacia |
| Acer barbatum | Florida maple |
| Acer circinatum | vine maple |
| Acer glabrum | Rocky Mountain maple |
| Acer grandidentatum | bigtooth maple |
| Acer leucoderme | chalk maple |
| Acer macrophyllum | bigleaf maple |
| Acer negundo | boxelder |
| Acer nigrum | black maple |
| Acer pensylvanicum | striped maple |
| Acer rubrum | red maple |
| Acer saccharinum | silver maple |
| Acer saccharum | sugar maple |
| Acer spicatum | mountain maple |
| Acoelorrhaphe wrightii | paurotis palm |
| Aesculus californica | California buckeye |
| Aesculus glabra | Ohio buckeye |
| Aesculus octandra | yellow buckeye |
| Aesculus parviflora | bottlebrush buckeye |
| Aesculus pavia | red buckeye |
| Aesculus sylvatica | painted buckeye |
| Agave utahensis | Utah agave |
| Alnus maritima | seaside alder |
| Alnus oblongifolia | Arizona alder |
| Alnus rhombifolia | white alder |
| Alnus rubra | red alder |
| Alnus rugosa | speckled alder |
| Alnus serrulata | hazel alder |
| Alnus sinuata | Sitka alder |
| Alnus tenuifolia | thinleaf alder |
| Alvaradoa amorphoides | Mexican alvaradoa |
| Amelanchier alnifolia | western serviceberry |
| Amelanchier arborea | downy serviceberry |
| Amelanchier interior | inland serviceberry |
| Amelanchier sanguinea | roundleaf serviceberry |
| Amelanchier utahensis | Utah serviceberry |
| Amphitecna latifolia | black calabash |
| Amyris balsamifera | balsam torchwood |
| Amyris elemifera | torchwood |
| Annona glabra | pond apple |
| Aralia spinosa | devils walkingstick |
| Arbutus arizonica | Arizona madrone |
| Arbutus menziesii | Pacific madrone |
| Arbutus texana | Texas madrone |
| Arctostaphylos pringlei | Pringle manzanita |
| Ardisia escallonioides | marlberry |
| Artemisia tridentata | big sagebrush |
| Asimina parviflora | smallflower pawpaw |
| Asimina triloba | pawpaw |
| Avicennia germinans | black mangrove |
| Baccharis halimifolia | eastern baccharis |
| Betula alleghaniensis | yellow birch |
| Betula lenta | sweet birch |
| Betula nana | dwarf birch |
| Betula nigra | river birch |
| Betula occidentalis | water birch |
| Betula papyrifera | paper birch |
| Betula populifolia | gray birch |
| Betula uber | Ashe birch |
| Bourreria ovata | Bahama strongbark |
| Bourreria radula | rough strongbark |
| Bumelia celastrina | saffron plum |
| Bumelia lanuginosa | gum bumelia |
| Bumelia lycioides | buckthorn bumelia |
| Bumelia tenax | tough bumelia |
| Bursera fagaroides | fragrant bursera |
| Bursera microphylla | elephanttree |
| Bursera simaruba | gumbo limbo |
| Byrsonima lucida | key byrsonima |
| Caesalpinia mexicana | Mexican poinciana |
| Calyptranthes pallens | pale lidflower |
| Calyptranthes zuzygium | myrtle of the river |
| Canella winterana | canella |
| Canotia holacantha | canotia |
| Capparis cynophallophora | Jamaica caper |
| Capparis flexuosa | limber caper |
| Carpinus caroliniana | American hornbeam |
| Carya aquatica | water hickory |
| Carya cordiformis | bitternut hickory |
| Carya floridana | scrub hickory |
| Carya glabra | pignut hickory |
| Carya illinoensis | pecan |
| Carya laciniosa | shellbark hickory |
| Carya myristicaeformis | nutmeg hickory |
| Carya ovata | shagbark hickory |
| Carya pallida | sand hickory |
| Carya texana | black hickory |
| Carya tomentosa | mockernut hickory |
| Castanea alnifolia | Florida chinkapin |
| Castanopsis chrysophylla | golden chinkapin |
| Castanea dentata | American chestnut |
| Castanea ozarkensis | Ozark chinkapin |
| Castanea pumila | Allegheny chinkapin |
| Catalpa bignonioides | southern catalpa |
| Catalpa speciosa | northern catalpa |
| Ceanothus arboreus | feltleaf ceanothus |
| Ceanothus spinosus | spiny ceanothus |
| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus | blueblossom |
| Celtis laevigata | sugarberry |
| Celtis lindheimeri | Lindheimer hackberry |
| Celtis occidentalis | hackberry |
| Celtis reticulata | netleaf hackberry |
| Celtis tenuifolia | Georgia hackberry |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | common buttonbush |
| Cercocarpus betuloides | birchleaf cercocarpus |
| Cercocarpus breviflorus | hairy cercocarpus |
| Cercis canadensis | eastern redbud |
| Cercidium floridum | blue paloverde |
| Cercocarpus ledifolius | curlleaf cercocarpus |
| Cercidium macrum | border paloverde |
| Cercidium microphyllum | yellow paloverde |
| Cercis occidentalis | California redbud |
| Cercocarpus traskiae | Catalina cercocarpus |
| Cereus giganteus | saguaro |
| Cereus robinii | key tree cactus |
| Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | Port Orford cedar |
| Chamaecyparis nootkatensis | Alaska cedar |
| Chamaecyparis thyoides | Atlantic white cedar |
| Chilopsis linearis | desert willow |
| Chionanthus virginicus | fringetree |
| Chrysobalanus icaco | cocoplum |
| Chrysophyllum oliviforme | satinleaf |
| Citharexylum berlandieri | Berlandier fiddlewood |
| Citharexylum fruticosum | Florida fiddlewood |
| Cladrastis kentukea | yellowwood |
| Clethra acuminata | cinnamon clethra |
| Cliftonia monophylla | buckwheat tree |
| Clusia rosea | Florida clusia |
| Coccothrinax argentata | Florida silverpalm |
| Coccoloba diversifolia | pigeon plum |
| Coccoloba uvifera | seagrape |
| Colubrina arborescens | coffee colubrina |
| Colubrina cubensis | Cuba colubrina |
| Colubrina elliptica | soldierwood |
| Condalia globosa | bitter condalia |
| Condalia hookeri | bluewood |
| Conocarpus erectus | button mangrove |
| Cordia boissieri | anacahuita |
| Cordia sebestena | Geiger tree |
| Cornus alternifolia | alternate leaf dogwood |
| Cornus drummondii | roughleaf dogwood |
| Cornus florida | flowering dogwood |
| Cornus glabrata | brown dogwood |
| Cornus nuttallii | Pacific dogwood |
| Cornus occidentalis | western dogwood |
| Cornus racemosa | gray dogwood |
| Cornus rugosa | roundleaf dogwood |
| Cornus sessilis | blackfruit dogwood |
| Cornus stolonifera | red osier dogwood |
| Cornus stricta | stiffcornel dogwood |
| Corylus cornuta | beaked hazel |
| Cotinus obovatus | American smoketree |
| Cowania mexicana | cliffrose |
| Crataegus chrysocarpa | fireberry hawthorn |
| Crataegus columbiana | Columbia hawthorn |
| Crataegus douglasii | black hawthorn |
| Crataegus erythropoda | Cerro hawthorn |
| Crataegus saligna | willow hawthorn |
| Crataegus succulenta | fleshy hawthorn |
| Crataegus tracyi | Tracy hawthorn |
| Crossopetalum rhacoma | Florida crossopetalum |
| Cupania glabra | Florida cupania |
| Cupressus arizonica | Arizona cypress |
| Cupressus bakeri | Modoc cypress |
| Cupressus goveniana | Gowen cypress |
| Cupressus guadalupensis | Tecate cypress |
| Cupressus macnabiana | MacNab cypress |
| Cupressus macrocarpa | Monterey cypress |
| Cupressus sargentii | Sargent cypress |
| Cyrilla racemiflora | swamp cyrilla |
| Dalea spinosa | smokethorn |
| Diospyros texana | Texas persimmon |
| Diospyros virginiana | common persimmon |
| Dipholis salicifolia | willow bustic |
| Dodonaea viscosa | hopbush |
| Drypetes diversifolia | milkbark |
| Drypetes lateriflora | Guiana plum |
| Ehretia anacua | anaqua |
| Elliottia racemosa | elliottia |
| Erythrina flabelliformis | southwestern coralbean |
| Erythrina herbacea | eastern coralbean |
| Esenbeckia berlandieri | Berlandier esenbeckia |
| Eugenia axillaris | white stopper |
| Eugenia confusa | redberry stopper |
| Eugenia foetida | boxleaf stopper |
| Eugenia rhombea | red stopper |
| Euonymus atropurpureus | eastern wahoo |
| Euonymus occidentalis | western wahoo |
| Exostema caribaeum | princewood |
| Exothea paniculata | inkwood |
| Eysenhardtia polystachya | kidneywood |
| Eysenhardtia texana | Texas kidneywood |
| Fagus grandifolia | American beech |
| Ficus aurea | Florida strangler fig |
| Ficus citrifolia | shortleaf fig |
| Forestiera acuminata | swamp privet |
| Forestiera angustifolia | Texas forestiera |
| Forestiera phillyreoides | desert olive forestiera |
| Forestiera segregata | Florida privet |
| Franklinia alatamaha | franklinia |
| Fraxinus americana | white ash |
| Fraxinus anomala | singleleaf ash |
| Fraxinus berlandieriana | Berlandier ash |
| Fraxinus caroliniana | Carolina ash |
| Fraxinus cuspidata | fragrant ash |
| Fraxinus dipetala | two petal ash |
| Fraxinus gooddingii | Goodding ash |
| Fraxinus greggii | Gregg ash |
| Fraxinus latifolia | Oregon ash |
| Fraxinus nigra | black ash |
| Fraxinus papillosa | Chihuahua ash |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | green ash |
| Fraxinus profunda | pumpkin ash |
| Fraxinus quadrangulata | blue ash |
| Fraxinus texensis | Texas ash |
| Fraxinus velutina | velvet ash |
| Fremontodendron californicum | California fremontia |
| Fremontodendron mexicanum | Mexican fremontia |
| Garrya elliptica | wavyleaf silktassel |
| Genipa clusiifolia | seven year apple |
| Gleditsia aquatica | waterlocust |
| Gleditsia triacanthos | honeylocust |
| Gordonia lasianthus | loblolly bay |
| Guaiacum angustifolium | Texas lignumvitae |
| Guaiacum sanctum | roughbark lignumvitae |
| Guapira discolor | blolly |
| Guettarda elliptica | elliptic leaf velvetseed |
| Guettarda scabra | roughleaf velvetseed |
| Gyminda latifolia | falsebox |
| Gymnocladus dioicus | Kentucky coffeetree |
| Gymnanthes lucida | oysterwood |
| Halesia carolina | Carolina silverbell |
| Halesia diptera | two wing silverbell |
| Halesia parviflora | little silverbell |
| Hamamelis virginiana | witch hazel |
| Hamelia patens | scarletbush |
| Helietta parvifolia | barreta |
| Hippomane mancinella | manchineel |
| Holacantha emoryi | holacantha |
| Hypelate trifoliata | hypelate |
| Ilex ambigua | Carolina holly |
| Ilex amelanchier | sarvis holly |
| Ilex cassine | dahoon |
| Ilex coriacea | large gallberry |
| Ilex decidua | possumhaw |
| Ilex krugiana | tawnyberry holly |
| Ilex laevigata | smooth winterberry |
| Ilex longipes | Georgia holly |
| Ilex montana | mountain winterberry |
| Ilex myrtifolia | myrtle dahoon |
| Ilex opaca | American holly |
| Ilex verticillata | common winterberry |
| Ilex vomitoria | yaupon |
| Illicium floridanum | Florida anise tree |
| Illicium parviflorum | yellow anise tree |
| Jacquinia keyensis | joewood |
| Juglans californica | California walnut |
| Juglans cinerea | butternut |
| Juglans hindsii | Hinds walnut |
| Juglans major | Arizona walnut |
| Juglans microcarpa | little walnut |
| Juglans nigra | black walnut |
| Juniperus ashei | Ashe juniper |
| Juniperus californica | California juniper |
| Juniperus communis | common juniper |
| Juniperus deppeana | alligator juniper |
| Juniperus erythrocarpa | redberry juniper |
| Juniperus flaccida | drooping juniper |
| Juniperus horizontalis | creeping juniper |
| Juniperus monosperma | one seed juniper |
| Juniperus occidentalis | western juniper |
| Juniperus osteosperma | Utah juniper |
| Juniperus pinchotii | Pinchot juniper |
| Juniperus scopulorum | Rocky Mountain juniper |
| Juniperus silicicola | southern redcedar |
| Juniperus virginiana | eastern redcedar |
| Kalmia latifolia | mountain laurel |
| Koeberlinia spinosa | allthorn |
| Krugiodendron ferreum | leadwood |
| Laguncularia racemosa | white mangrove |
| Larix laricina | tamarack |
| Larix lyallii | subalpine larch |
| Larix occidentalis | western larch |
| Larrea divaricata | creosote bush |
| Leitneria floridana | corkwood |
| Leucaena pulverulenta | great leadtree |
| Leucaena retusa | littleleaf leadtree |
| Libocedrus decurrens | incense cedar |
| Licaria triandra | Florida licaria |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | sweetgum |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | yellow poplar |
| Lithocarpus densiflorus | tanoak |
| Lyonia ferruginea | tree lyonia |
| Lyonothamnus floribundus | Lyontree |
| Lysiloma latisiliquum | Bahama lysiloma |
| Lysiloma microphylla | littleleaf lysiloma |
| Maclura pomifera | Osage orange |
| Magnolia acuminata | cucumbertree |
| Magnolia ashei | Ashe magnolia |
| Magnolia fraseri | Fraser magnolia |
| Magnolia grandiflora | southern magnolia |
| Magnolia macrophylla | bigleaf magnolia |
| Magnolia pyramidata | pyramid magnolia |
| Magnolia tripetala | umbrella magnolia |
| Magnolia virginiana | sweetbay |
| Malus angustifolia | southern crab apple |
| Malus coronaria | sweet crab apple |
| Malus diversifolia | Oregon crab apple |
| Malus ioensis | prairie crab apple |
| Manilkara bahamensis | wild dilly |
| Mastichodendron foetidissimum | false mastic |
| Maytenus phyllanthoides | Florida mayten |
| Metopium toxiferum | Florida poisontree |
| Morus microphylla | Texas mulberry |
| Morus rubra | red mulberry |
| Myrcianthes fragrans | twinberry stopper |
| Myrica californica | Pacific bayberry |
| Myrica cerifera | southern bayberry |
| Myrica heterophylla | evergreen bayberry |
| Myrica inodora | odorless bayberry |
| Myrica pensylvanica | northern bayberry |
| Nectandra coriacea | Florida nectandra |
| Nemopanthus collinus | mountain holly |
| Nolina bigelovii | Bigelow nolina |
| Nyssa aquatica | water tupelo |
| Nyssa ogeche | Ogeechee tupelo |
| Nyssa sylvatica | black tupelo, blackgum |
| Olneya tesota | tesota |
| Opuntia fulgida | jumping cholla |
| Osmanthus americanus | devilwood |
| Ostrya chisosensis | Chisos hophornbean |
| Ostrya knowltonii | Knowlton hophornbeam |
| Ostrya virginiana | eastern hophornbeam |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | sourwood |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Jerusalem thorn |
| Persea borbonia | redbay |
| Photinia arbutifolia | Christmas berry |
| Picea breweriana | Brewer spruce |
| Picea chihuahuana | chihuahua spruce |
| Picea engelmannii | Engelmann spruce |
| Picea glauca | white spruce |
| Picea mariana | black spruce |
| Picea pungens | blue spruce |
| Picea rubens | red spruce |
| Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce |
| Picramnia pentandra | bitterbush |
| Pinckneya pubens | pinckneya |
| Pinus albicaulis | whitebark pine |
| Pinus aristata | bristlecone pine |
| Pinus attenuata | knobcone pine |
| Pinus ayacahuite | Mexican white pine |
| Pinus balfouriana | foxtail pine |
| Pinus banksiana | jack pine |
| Pinus caribaea | Caribbean pine |
| Pinus cembroides | Mexican pinyon |
| Pinus clausa | sand pine |
| Pinus contorta | lodgepole pine |
| Pinus cooperi | Cooper pine |
| Pinus coulteri | Coulter pine |
| Pinus cubensis | Cuban pine |
| Pinus culminicola | Potosi pinyon |
| Pinus douglasiana | Douglas pine |
| Pinus durangensis | Durango pine |
| Pinus echinata | shortleaf pine |
| Pinus edulis | pinyon |
| Pinus elliottii | slash pine |
| Pinus engelmannii | Apache pine |
| Pinus flexilis | limber pine |
| Pinus glabra | spruce pine |
| Pinus greggii | Gregg pine |
| Pinus hartwegii | Hartweg pine |
| Pinus jeffreyi | Jeffrey pine |
| Pinus lambertiana | sugar pine |
| Pinus lawsonii | Lawson pine |
| Pinus leiophylla | Chihuahua pine |
| Pinus longaeva | Intermountain bristlecone pine |
| Pinus lumholtzii | Lumholtz pine |
| Pinus maximartinezii | Mart?nez pinyon |
| Pinus michoacana | Michoacßn pine |
| Pinus monophylla | singleleaf pinyon |
| Pinus monticola | western white pine |
| Pinus montezumae | Montezuma pine |
| Pinus muricata | bishop pine |
| Pinus nelsonii | Nelson pinyon |
| Pinus occidentalis | West Indian pine |
| Pinus oocarpa | Nicaraguan pitch pine; ocote pine |
| Pinus palustris | longleaf pine |
| Pinus patula | Mexican weeping pine |
| Pinus pinceana | Pince pinyon |
| Pinus ponderosa | ponderosa pine |
| Pinus pringlei | Pringle pine |
| Pinus pseudostrobus | False Weymouth pine |
| Pinus pungens | Table Mountain pine |
| Pinus quadrifolia | Parry pinyon |
| Pinus radiata | Monterey pine |
| Pinus resinosa | red pine |
| Pinus rigida | pitch pine |
| Pinus sabiniana | Digger pine |
| Pinus serotina | pond pine |
| Pinus strobus | eastern white pine |
| Pinus strobiformis | southwestern white pine |
| Pinus taeda | loblolly pine |
| Pinus teocote | Twisted leaves pine; Aztec pine |
| Pinus torreyana | Torrey pine |
| Pinus tropicalis | tropical pine |
| Pinus virginiana | Virginia pine |
| Pinus washoensis | Washoe pine |
| Piscidia piscipula | Florida fishpoison tree |
| Pisonia rotundata | pisonia |
| Pistacia texana | Texas pistache |
| Pithecellobium flexicaule | ebony blackbead |
| Pithecellobium guadalupense | Guadeloupe blackbead |
| Pithecellobium pallens | huajillo |
| Pithecellobium unguis-cati | catclaw blackbead |
| Planera aquatica | planertree |
| Platanus occidentalis | American sycamore |
| Platanus racemosa | California sycamore |
| Platanus wrightii | Arizona sycamore |
| Populus angustifolia | narrowleaf cottonwood |
| Populus arizonica | Arizona cottonwood |
| Populus balsamifera | balsam poplar |
| Populus deltoides | eastern cottonwood |
| Populus fremontii | Fremont cottonwood |
| Populus grandidentata | bigtooth aspen |
| Populus heterophylla | swamp cottonwood |
| Populus hinckleyana | Hinckley cottonwood |
| Populus tremuloides | quaking aspen |
| Populus trichocarpa | black cottonwood |
| Prosopis juliflora | mesquite |
| Prosopis pubescens | screwbean mesquite |
| Prunus alleghaniensis | Allegheny plum |
| Prunus americana | American plum |
| Prunus angustifolia | Chickasaw plum |
| Prunus caroliniana | Carolina laurelcherry |
| Prunus emarginata | bitter cherry |
| Prunus fremontii | desert apricot |
| Prunus hortulana | hortulan plum |
| Prunus ilicifolia | hollyleaf cherry |
| Prunus lyonii | Catalina cherry |
| Prunus mexicana | Mexican plum |
| Prunus munsoniana | wildgoose plum |
| Prunus myrtifolia | West Indies cherry |
| Prunus nigra | Canada plum |
| Prunus pensylvanica | pin cherry |
| Prunus serotina | black cherry |
| Prunus subcordata | Klamath plum |
| Prunus umbellata | flatwoods plum |
| Prunus virginiana | common chokecherry |
| Pseudotsuga macrocarpa | bigcone Douglas fir |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii | Douglas fir |
| Pseudophoenix sargentii | buccaneer palm |
| Psidium longipes | long stalk stopper |
| Ptelea crenulata | California hoptree |
| Ptelea trifoliata | common hoptree |
| Quercus agrifolia | California live oak |
| Quercus ajoensis | Ajo oak |
| Quercus alba | white oak |
| Quercus arizonica | Arizona white oak |
| Quercus arkansana | Arkansas oak |
| Quercus bicolor | swamp white oak |
| Quercus chapmanii | Chapman oak |
| Quercus chrysolepis | canyon live oak |
| Quercus coccinea | scarlet oak |
| Quercus douglasii | blue oak |
| Quercus dunnii | Dunn oak |
| Quercus durandii | Durand oak |
| Quercus ellipsoidalis | northern pin oak |
| Quercus emoryi | Emory oak |
| Quercus engelmannii | Engelmann oak |
| Quercus falcata | southern red oak |
| Quercus gambelii | Gambel oak |
| Quercus garryana | Oregon white oak |
| Quercus georgiana | Georgia oak |
| Quercus glaucoides | Lacey oak |
| Quercus graciliformis | Chisos oak |
| Quercus gravesii | Graves oak incl. Q. tardifolia (Muller) lateleaf oak |
| Quercus grisea | gray oak |
| Quercus havardii | Havard oak |
| Quercus hypoleucoides | silverleaf oak |
| Quercus ilicifolia | bear oak |
| Quercus imbricaria | shingle oak |
| Quercus incana | bluejack oak |
| Quercus kelloggii | California black oak |
| Quercus laevis | turkey oak |
| Quercus laurifolia | laurel oak |
| Quercus lobata | California white oak |
| Quercus lyrata | overcup oak |
| Quercus macdonaldii | McDonald oak |
| Quercus macrocarpa | bur oak |
| Quercus marilandica | blackjack oak |
| Quercus michauxii | swamp chestnut oak |
| Quercus mohriana | Mohrs oak |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | chinkapin oak |
| Quercus myrtifolia | myrtle oak |
| Quercus nigra | water oak |
| Quercus nuttallii | Nuttall oak |
| Quercus oblongifolia | Mexican blue oak |
| Quercus oglethorpensis | Oglethorpe oak |
| Quercus palustris | pin oak |
| Quercus phellos | willow oak |
| Quercus prinus | chestnut oak |
| Quercus pungens | sandpaper oak |
| Quercus rubra | northern red oak |
| Quercus rugosa | netleaf oak |
| Quercus shumardii | Shumard oak |
| Quercus stellata | post oak |
| Quercus tomentella | island live oak |
| Quercus toumeyi | Toumey oak |
| Quercus turbinella | shrub live oak |
| Quercus velutina | black oak |
| Quercus virginiana | live oak |
| Quercus wislizeni | interior live oak |
| Rapanea punctata | Florida rapanea |
| Reynosia septentrionalis | darling plum |
| Rhamnus betulaefolia | birchleaf buckthorn |
| Rhamnus californica | California buckthorn |
| Rhamnus caroliniana | Carolina buckthorn |
| Rhamnus crocea | hollyleaf buckthorn |
| Rhamnus purshiana | cascara buckthorn |
| Rhizophora mangle | mangrove |
| Rhododendron catawbiense | Catawba rhododendron |
| Rhododendron macrophyllum | Pacific rhododendron |
| Rhododendron maximum | rosebay rhododendron |
| Rhus choriophylla | Mearns sumac |
| Rhus copallina | shining sumac |
| Rhus glabra | smooth sumac |
| Rhus integrifolia | lemonade sumac |
| Rhus kearneyi | Kearney sumac |
| Rhus lanceolata | prairie sumac |
| Rhus laurina | laurel sumac |
| Rhus microphylla | littleleaf sumac |
| Rhus ovata | sugar sumac |
| Rhus typhina | staghorn sumac |
| Robinia kelseyi | Kelsey locust |
| Robinia neomexicana | New Mexican locust |
| Robinia pseudoacacia | black locust |
| Robinia viscosa | clammy locust |
| Roystonea elata | Florida royalpalm |
| Sabal mexicana | Mexican palmetto |
| Sabal minor | dwarf palmetto |
| Sabal palmetto | cabbage palmetto |
| Salix alaxensis | feltleaf willow |
| Salix amygdaloides | peachleaf willow |
| Salix arbusculoides | peachleaf willow |
| Salix bebbiana | Bebb willow |
| Salix bonplandiana | Bonpland willow |
| Salix caroliniana | Coastal Plain willow |
| Salix discolor | pussy willow |
| Salix exigua | coyote willow |
| Salix floridana | Florida willow |
| Salix fluviatilis | river willow |
| Salix geyeriana | Geyer willow |
| Salix hindsiana | Hinds willow |
| Salix hookeriana | Hooker willow |
| Salix laevigata | red willow |
| Salix lasiandra | Pacific willow |
| Salix lasiolepis | arroyo willow |
| Salix lucida | shining willow |
| Salix mackenzieana | Mackenzie willow |
| Salix nigra | black willow |
| Salix pellita | satiny willow |
| Salix petiolaris | meadow willow |
| Salix pyrifolia | balsam willow |
| Salix scouleriana | Scouler willow |
| Salix sericea | silky willow |
| Salix sessilifolia | northwest willow |
| Salix sitchensis | Sitka willow |
| Salix taxifolia | yewleaf willow |
| Salix tracyi | Tracy willow |
| Sambucus callicarpa | Pacific red elder |
| Sambucus canadensis | American elder |
| Sambucus glauca | blueberry elder |
| Sambucus melanocarpa | blackbead elder |
| Sambucus mexicana | Mexican elder |
| Sambucus velutina | velvet elder |
| Sapium biloculare | jumping bean sapium |
| Sapindus drummondii | western soapberry |
| Sapindus saponaria | wingleaf soapberry |
| Sassafras albidum | sassafras |
| Savia bahamensis | maidenbush |
| Schaefferia frutescens | Florida boxwood |
| Schoepfia chrysophylloides | graytwig |
| Sequoiadendron giganteum | giant sequoia |
| Sequoia sempervirens | redwood |
| Serenoa repens | saw palmetto |
| Shepherdia argentea | silver buffaloberry |
| Simarouba glauca | paradise tree |
| Solanum erianthum | mullein nightshade |
| Sophora affinis | Texas sophora |
| Sophora secundiflora | mescalbean |
| Sorbus americana | American mountain ash |
| Sorbus decora | showy mountain ash |
| Sorbus scopulina | Greene mountain ash |
| Sorbus sitchensis | Sitka mountain ash |
| Staphylea bolanderi | Sierra bladdernut |
| Staphylea trifolia | American bladdernut |
| Stewartia malacodendron | Virginia stewartia |
| Stewartia ovata | mountain stewartia |
| Styrax americana | American snowbell |
| Styrax grandifolia | bigleaf snowbell |
| Styrax platanifolia | sycamore leaf snowbell |
| Suriana maritima | baycedar |
| Swietenia mahagoni | West Indies mahogany |
| Symplocos tinctoria | common sweetleaf |
| Taxodium distichum | baldcypress |
| Taxodium mucronatum | Montezuma baldcypress |
| Taxus brevifolia | Pacific yew |
| Taxus canadensis | Canada yew |
| Taxus floridana | Florida yew |
| Tetrazygia bicolor | Florida tetrazygia |
| Thrinax morrisii | key thatchpalm |
| Thrinax radiata | Florida thatchpalm |
| Thuja occidentalis | northern white cedar |
| Thuja plicata | western redcedar |
| Tilia americana | American basswood |
| Tilia caroliniana | Carolina basswood |
| Tilia heterophylla | white basswood |
| Torreya californica | California torreya |
| Torreya taxifolia | Florida torreya |
| Toxicodendron vernix | poison sumac |
| Trema lamarckiana | West Indies trema |
| Trema micrantha | Florida trema |
| Tsuga canadensis | eastern hemlock |
| Tsuga caroliniana | Carolina hemlock |
| Tsuga heterophylla | western hemlock |
| Tsuga mertensiana | mountain hemlock |
| Ulmus alata | winged elm |
| Ulmus americana | American elm |
| Ulmus crassifolia | cedar elm |
| Ulmus rubra | slippery elm |
| Ulmus serotina | September elm |
| Ulmus thomasii | rock elm |
| Umbellularia californica | California laurel |
| Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican buckeye |
| Vaccinium arboreum | tree sparkleberry |
| Vauquelinia californica | Torrey vauquelinia |
| Vauquelinia pauciflora | fewflower vauquelinia |
| Viburnum lentago | nannyberry |
| Viburnum nudum | possumhaw viburnum |
| Viburnum obovatum | Walter viburnum |
| Viburnum prunifolium | blackhaw |
| Viburnum rufidulum | rusty blackhaw |
| Viburnum trilobum | American cranberrybush |
| Washingtonia filifera | California washingtonia |
| Ximenia americana | tallowwood |
| Yucca aloifolia | aloe yucca |
| Yucca brevifolia | Joshua tree |
| Yucca carnerosana | Carneros yucca |
| Yucca elata | soaptree yucca |
| Yucca faxoniana | Faxon yucca |
| Yucca gloriosa | moundlily yucca |
| Yucca mohavensis | Mohave yucca |
| Yucca rostrata | beaked yucca |
| Yucca schottii | Schotts yucca |
| Yucca torreyi | Torrey yucca |
| Yucca treculeana | Trecul yucca |
| Zanthoxylum americanum | common prickly ash |
| Zanthoxylum clava-herculis | Hercules club |
| Zanthoxylum coriaceum | Biscayne prickly ash |
| Zanthoxylum fagara | lime prickly ash |
| Zanthoxylum flavum | West Indies satinwood |
| Zanthoxylum hirsutum | Texas Hercules club |
Here are the ten most typical native tree species in the U.S. listed in order of estimated numbers of trees by species.
Top 10 most common tree species in the U.S.
- Red Maple or (Acer rubrum)
- Loblolly Pine or (Pinus taeda)
- Sweetgum or (Liquidambar styraciflua)
- Douglas Fir or (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
- Quaking Aspen or (Populus tremuloides)
- Sugar Maple or (Acer saccharum)
- Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea)
- Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
- Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta)
- White Oak (Quercus alba)
Most of them are official trees of the U.S. states and territories.
The U.S. state and territory trees
| State | State tree | Binomial nomenclature |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Longleaf Pine | Pinus palustris |
| Alaska | Sitka Spruce | Picea sitchensis |
| American Samoa | Pandanus | Pandanus |
| Arizona | Blue Palo Verde | Parkinsonia florida |
| Arkansas | Loblolly Pine | Pinus taeda |
| California | Coast Redwood, Giant Sequoia | Sequoia sempervirens, Sequoiadendron giganteum |
| Colorado | Colorado Blue Spruce | Picea pungens |
| Connecticut | White Oak | Quercus alba |
| Delaware | American Holly | Ilex opaca |
| District of Columbia | Scarlet Oak | Quercus coccinea |
| Florida | Sabal Palm | Sabal palmetto |
| Georgia | Southern Live Oak | Quercus virginiana |
| Guam | Instia bijuga / Pacific Teak | Intsia bijuga |
| Hawaii | Candlenut tree (kukui) | Aleurites moluccanus |
| Idaho | Western White Pine | Pinus monticola |
| Illinois | White Oak | Quercus alba |
| Indiana | Tulip Tree | Liriodendron tulipifera |
| Iowa | Bur Oak | Quercus macrocarpa |
| Kansas | Eastern Cottonwood | Populus deltoides |
| Kentucky | Tulip-tree | Liriodendron tulipifera |
| Louisiana | Bald Cypress | Taxodium distichum |
| Maine | Eastern White Pine | Pinus strobus |
| Maryland | White Oak | Quercus alba |
| Massachusetts | American Elm | Ulmus americana |
| Michigan | Eastern White Pine | Pinus strobus |
| Minnesota | Red Pine | Pinus resinosa |
| Mississippi | Southern Magnolia | Magnolia grandiflora |
| Missouri | Flowering Dogwood | Cornus florida |
| Montana | Ponderosa Pine | Pinus ponderosa |
| Nebraska | Eastern Cottonwood | Populus deltoides |
| Nevada | Single-leaf Pinyon, Great Basin Bristlecone pine | Pinus monophylla, Pinus longaeva |
| New Hampshire | American White Birch | Betula papyrifera |
| New Jersey | Northern Red Oak | Quercus rubra |
| New Mexico | Piñon Pine | Pinus edulis |
| New York | Sugar Maple | Acer saccharum |
| North Carolina | Pine | Pinus |
| North Dakota | American Elm | Ulmus americana |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Flame Tree | Delonix regia |
| Ohio | Ohio Buckeye | Aesculus glabra |
| Oklahoma | Eastern Redbud | Cercis canadensis |
| Oregon | Douglas-fir | Pseudotsuga menziesii |
| Pennsylvania | Eastern Hemlock | Tsuga canadensis |
| Puerto Rico | Silk-cotton Tree | Ceiba pentandra |
| Rhode Island | Red Maple | Acer rubrum |
| South Carolina | Sabal Palm | Sabal palmetto |
| South Dakota | Black Hills Spruce | Picea glauca |
| Tennessee | Tulip-tree | Liriodendron tulipifera |
| Texas | Pecan | Carya illinoinensis |
| US Virgin Islands | Yellow Elder | Tecoma stans |
| Utah | Quaking Aspen | Populus tremuloides |
| Vermont | Sugar Maple | Acer saccharum |
| Virginia | Flowering dogwood | Cornus florida |
| Washington | Western Hemlock | Tsuga heterophylla |
| West Virginia | Sugar Maple | Acer saccharum |
| Wisconsin | Sugar Maple | Acer saccharum |
| Wyoming | Plains cottonwood | Populus deltoides monilifera |
Related posts:
– Where palm trees are found in the United States
– Native Oak Tree Ranges in the United States
Thanks for sharing these maps and information. I have created tree diversity maps using data from Wilson (2013) (see https://ecodiv.earth/post/tree-species-diversity-distribution/). Patterns differ from what is shown here, which seems to be mostly because the Wilson (2013) dataset does not include, it seems, many of the enemic species in the southeastern USA.
Great job!
I think so.