List of Minnesota trees by scientific name

For a similar list organized by family, see List of Minnesota trees by family.

This is a list of Minnesota trees, both native and introduced, organized by scientific name.

A

• Abies balsamea (balsam fir; native)
• Acer ginnala (Amur maple; introduced from Asia)
• Acer negundo (boxelder; native)
• Acer nigrum (black maple; native)
• Acer platanoides (Norway maple; introduced from Eurasia)
• Acer rubrum (red maple; native)
• Acer saccharinum (silver maple; native)
• Acer saccharum (sugar maple; native)
• Acer spicatum (mountain maple; native)
• Aesculus hippocastanum (European horsechestnut; introduced from Europe)
• Aesculus glabra (Ohio buckeye; introduced from the eastern United States)

B

• Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch; native)
• Betula nigra (river birch; native)
• Betula papyrifera (paper birch; native)

C

• Carpinus caroliniana (American hornbeam, blue beech, ironwood; native)
• Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory; native)
• Carya ovata (shagbark hickory; native)
• Celtis occidentalis (hackberry; native)

E

• Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian olive; introduced from Asia)

F

• Frangula alnus (glossy buckthorn, alder buckthorn; introduced from Eurasia)
• Fraxinus americana (white ash; native)
• Fraxinus nigra (black ash; native)
• Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. pennsylvanica (red ash; native)
• Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. lanceolata (green ash; native)

G

• Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust; native)
• Gymnocladus dioicus (Kentucky coffeetree; native)

J

• Juglans cinerea (butternut; native)
• Juglans nigra (black walnut; native)
• Juniperus virginiana (eastern juniper, red cedar; native)

L

• Larix laricina (tamarack, eastern larch; native)

M

• Morus rubra (red mulberry; native)

O

• Ostrya virginiana (ironwood, hophornbeam)

P

• Pinus banksiana (jack pine; native)
• Pinus resinosa (red pine, Norway pine; native)
• Pinus strobus (white pine; native)
• Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine; introduced from Eurasia)
• Picea abies (Norway spruce; introduced from Eurasia)
• Picea glauca (white spruce; native)
• Picea mariana (black spruce; native)
• Populus alba (white poplar; introduced from Eurasia)
• Populus balsamifera (balsam poplar; native)
• Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood; native)
• Populus grandidentata (bigtooth aspen; native)
• Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen; native)
• Prunus pensylvanica (pin cherry; native)
• Prunus serotina (black cherry; native)
• Prunus virginiana (chokecherry; native)

Q

• Quercus alba (white oak; native)
• Quercus macrocarpa (bur oak; native)
• Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak; native)
• Quercus prinus (chestnut oak; native)
• Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak; native)
• Quercus rubra (northern red oak; native)
• Quercus velutina (black oak; native)
• Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak; native)

R

• Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn; introduced from Eurasia)
• Rhamnus frangula; see Frangula alnus
• Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust; introduced from the eastern United States)

S

• Salix amygdaloides (peachleaf willow; native)
• Salix nigra (black willow; native)
• Sorbus americana (American mountain ash; native)
• Sorbus decora (showy rowan; native)

T

• Tilia americana (basswood; native)
• Thuja occidentalis (eastern arborvitae, white cedar; native)
• Tsuga canadensis (eastern hemlock; native)

U

• Ulmus americana (American elm; native)
• Ulmus rubra (slippery elm; native)
• Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm; introduced from Asia)
• Ulmus thomasii (rock elm; native)

See also

• Lists of Minnesota trees