CCC Forestry (Appendix)

CCC Forestry

Appendix
ONE HUNDRED IMPORTANT TREES OF THE UNITED STATES

COMMON NAME	BOTANICAL NAME	RANGE
Alder	Alnus rhombifolia	Idaho and Pacific States.
Ash:
Black	Fraxinus nigra	Northeast.
Blue	Fraxinus quadrangulata	North Central States.
Green	Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata	Eastern United States and Rocky Mountains.
White	Fraxinus americana	Eastern half of United States.
Aspen:
Eastern	Populus tremuloides	Northern United States and Southern Rocky Mountains.
Largetooth	Populus grandidentata	Northeast, Appalachian Mountains.
Western	Populus tremuloides aurea	All western United States. North, east of Rocky Mountains.
Basswood	Tilia glabra	Eastern half of United States
Beech	Fagus grandifolia	Northeast.
Birch:
Gray	Betula populifolia	North, Appalachian Mountains.
Paper	Betula papyrifera	Northeast, Appalachian Mountains.
Sweet	Betula lenta	Do.
Yellow	Betula lutea	Pennsylvania to Illinois.
Buckeye, yellow	Aesculus octandra	Appalachian Mountains.
Butternut	Juglans cinerea	Northeast, southern Appalachian Mountains.
Catalpa	Catalpa speciosa	Central Mississippi basin.
Cedar:
Alaska	Chamaecyparis nootkatentis	Oregon and Washington.
Incense	Librocedrus decurrens	Oregon and Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Northern white	Thuja occidentalis	Northeast, Lake States, Appalachian Mountains.
Port Orford	Chamaecyparis lawsoniana	Northwest coast.
Red, eastern	Juniperus virginiana	Eastern half of United States.
Red, western	Thuja plicata	Northwest coast, northern Rocky Mountains.
Southern white	Chamaecyparis thyoides	East and Gulf coasts.
Cherry, black	Prunus serotina	Eastern half of United States to Great Plains.
Chestnut	Castanea dentata	Northeast, Appalachian Mountains.
Cottonwood:
Black	Populus trichocarpa hastata	Mountains in California.
Eastern	Populus deltoides	Eastern half of United States.
Cypress, southern	Taxodium distichum	Coastal plain, central Mississippi basin.
Douglas fir	Pseudotsuga taxifolia	Western United States, except Nevada.
Elm:
American	Ulmus americana	Eastern half of United States to Great Plains.
Rock	Ulmus racemosa	Across Northeastern States to Kansas.
Fir:
Alpine	Abies lasiocarpa	High Rocky Mountains, Washington, and Oregon.
Balsam	Abies balsamea	Southeast coastal fresh water swamps.
Corkbark	Abies arizonica	Northeast, Lake States.
Lowland white	Abies grandis	High mountains in Arizona and New Mexico.
Noble	Abies nobilis	Northern Rocky Mountains, northwest coast.
Red	Abies magnifica	Mountains of northwest coast Cascade Mountains.
Silver	Abies amabilis	Sierra Nevada Mountains and Cascade Mountains.
White	Abies concolor	Northwest coast, Cascade Mountains.
Gum:
Black	Nyssa sylvatica	Central and southern Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Red	Liquidamber styraciflua	Eastern half of United States.
Tupelo	Nyssa aquatice	Southeast and east.
Hackberry	Celtis occidentalit	Northeast.
Hemlock:
Eastern	Tsuga canadensis	Northeast, Lake States, Appalachian Mountains.
Western	Tsuga heterophylla	West coast and northern Rocky Mountains.
Hickory:
Bitternut	Hicoria cordiformis	Eastern United States to Great Plains.
Pignut	Hicoria glabra	Northeast, Appalachian Mountains.
Shagbark	Hicoria ovate	East, except southern coast.
Holly	Ilex opaca	Southeast, east coast.
Larch, western	Larix occidentalis	Northern Rocky Mountains.
Locust:
Black	Robinia pseudoacacia	Appalachian Mountains.
Honey	Gleditsia triacanthas	Central States.
Magnolia, cucumber	Magnolia acuminata	Central and Southern States.
Maple:
Red	Acer rubrum	Eastern United States.
Sugar	Acer saccharum	Eastern States to Kansas and Oklahoma.
Oak:
Black	Quercus velutina	Eastern half of United States, except Lake States.
Chestnut	Quercus montana	Northeast and Central States.
Live	Quercus virginiana	South Atlantic and Gulf Coasts.
Oregon white	Quercus garryana	Northwest coast.
Pin	Quercus palustris	Eastern United States.
Post	Quercus stellata	Central and Southern States.
Red	Quercus borealis	Northeast, Appalachian Mountains.
Scarlet	Quercus coccinea	Do.
Southern red	Quercus rubra	Southeast.
Swamp chestnut	Quercus prinus	Central and Southern States.
Swamp white	Quercus bicolor	Northeast quarter of United States.
Water	Quercus nigra	Southeast.
White	Quercus elba	Eastern half of United States.
Willow	Quercus phellos	Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
Pecan	Hicoria pecan	Mississippi Valley.
Persimmon	Diospyros virginiana	Eastern United States, except in North.
Pine:
Jack	Pinus banksiana	North, Maine to Minnesota.
Jeffrey	Pinus Jeffreyi	Southern Oregon and California.
Limber	Pinus flexilis	Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Loblolly	Pinus taeda	Southeast, coastal plain.
Lodgepole	Pinus contorta	Northern Rocky Mountains.
Longleaf	Pinus palustris	Coastal plain.
Northern or eastern white	Pinus strobus	Northeast, Lake States, Appalachian Mountains.
Norway or red	Pinus resinosa	Northeast, Lake States.
Pitch	Pinus rigida	Northeast, Middle Atlantic States.
Ponderosa	Pinus ponderosa	Rocky Mountains.
Shortleaf	Pinus echinata	Middle Atlantic and South.
Slash	Pinus caribaea	Coastal plain.
Sugar	Pinus lambertiana	Western Oregon, mountains of California.
Western white	Pinus monticola	Northwest, Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Poplar:
Balsam	Populus balsamifera	North.
Yellow	Liriodendron tulipifera	Northeast, South.
Redwood	Sequoia sempervirens	Low mountains of Pacific coast, Oregon and California.
Sequoia (Bigtree)	Sequoia washingtoniana	West slope of Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Spruce:
Black	Picea mariana	Northeast, Lake States.
Engelmann	Picea engelmannii	Rocky Mountains, Washington and Oregon.
Red	Picea rubra	Northeast, high Appalachian Mountains.
Sitka	Picea sitchensis	Northwest coast.
White	Picea glauca	Northeast, Lake States, northern Rocky Mountains, Washington.
Sycamore	Platanus occidentalis	Eastern half of United States.
Tamarack	Larix laricina	Northeast, northern Rocky Mountains.
Walnut, black	Juglans nigra	Eastern half of United States except South.
Willow, black	Salix nigra	Eastern half of United States along streams.
Yew, Pacific	Taxus brevifolia	West coast and northwest.

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