2024 NATIONAL TREE LIST
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Family: Family Name Populus grandidentata (Bigtooth Aspen)
Genus species (Common Name) Populus tremuloides (Quaking Aspen)
Salix bebbiana (Bebb Willow)
Ginkgoaceae: Ginkgo Family Salix nigra (Black Willow)
Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgo) Salix scouleriana (Scouler Willow)
Taxaceae: Yew Family Juglandaceae: Walnut Family
Taxus brevifolia (Pacific Yew) Carya cordiformis (Bitternut Hickory)
Carya glabra (Pignut Hickory)
Pinaceae: Pine Family Carya illinoinensis (Pecan)
Abies balsamea (Balsam Fir) Carya ovata (Shagbark Hickory)
Abies concolor (White Fir) Juglans cinerea (Butternut)
Abies grandis (Grand Fir) Juglans nigra (Black Walnut)
Abies lasiocarpa (Subalpine Fir)
Larix laricina (Tamarack) Betulaceae: Birch Family
Larix occidentalis (Western Larch) Alnus rubra (Red Alder)
Picea engelmannii (Engelmann Spruce) Betula alleghaniensis (Yellow Birch)
Picea glauca (White Spruce) Betula lenta (Sweet Birch)
Picea mariana (Black Spruce) Betula nigra (River Birch)
Picea pungens (Blue Spruce) Betula occidentalis (Water Birch)
Picea rubens (Red Spruce) Betula papyrifera (Paper Birch)
Picea sitchensis (Sitka Spruce) Betula populifolia (Gray Birch)
Pinus attenuata (Knobcone Pine) Carpinus caroliniana (American Hornbeam)
Pinus banksiana (Jack Pine) Ostrya virginiana (Eastern Hophornbeam)
Pinus contorta (Lodgepole Pine)
Pinus echinata (Shortleaf Pine) Fagaceae: Beech Family
Pinus edulis (Colorado Pinyon Pine) Castanea dentata (American Chestnut)
Pinus lambertiana (Sugar Pine) Fagus grandifolia (American Beech)
Pinus palustris (Longleaf Pine) Notholithocarpus densiflorus (Tanoak)**
Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa Pine) Quercus agrifolia (Coast Live Oak)
Pinus resinosa (Red Pine) Quercus alba (White Oak)
Pinus rigida (Pitch Pine) Quercus chrysolepis (Canyon Live Oak)
Pinus strobus (Eastern White Pine) Quercus douglasii (Blue Oak)
Pinus taeda (Loblolly Pine) Quercus falcata (Southern Red Oak)
Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas-fir) Quercus garryana (Oregon White Oak)
Tsuga canadensis (Eastern Hemlock) Quercus kelloggii (California Black Oak)
Tsuga heterophylla (Western Hemlock) Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak)
Tsuga mertensiana (Mountain Hemlock) Quercus palustris (Pin Oak)
Quercus phellos (Willow Oak)
Cupressaceae: Cypress Family Quercus montana (Chestnut Oak)**
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Port-Orford Cedar) Quercus rubra (Northern Red Oak)
Cupressus macrocarpa (Monterey Cypress) Quercus velutina (Black Oak)
Juniperus osteosperma (Utah Juniper) Quercus virginiana (Live Oak)
Juniperus scopulorum (Rocky Mountain Juniper)
Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Redcedar) Cannabaceae: Hemp Family
Sequoia sempervirens (Redwood) Celtis occidentalis (Northern Hackberry)
Sequoiadendron giganteum (Giant Sequoia)
Taxodium distichum (Baldcypress) Ulmaceae: Elm Family
Thuja occidentalis (Northern White-cedar) Ulmus americana (American Elm)
Thuja plicata (Western Redcedar) Ulmus rubra (Slippery Elm)
Arecaceae: Palm Family Moraceae: Mulberry Family
Sabal palmetto (Cabbage Palmetto) Maclura pomifera (Osage-orange)
Washingtonia filifera (California Fan Palm) Morus alba (White Mulberry)
Morus rubra (Red Mulberry)
Salicaceae: Willow Family
Populus alba (White Poplar) Magnoliaceae: Magnolia Family
Populus angustifolia (Narrowleaf Cottonwood) Liriodendron tulipifera (Yellow-poplar)
Populus balsamifera (Balsam Poplar) Magnolia grandiflora (Southern Magnolia)
Populus deltoides (Eastern Cottonwood) Magnolia macrophylla (Bigleaf Magnolia)
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2024 NATIONAL TREE LIST (CONT.)
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Annonaceae: Custard Apple Family Acer negundo (Box Elder)
Asimina triloba (Common Pawpaw) Acer platanoides (Norway Maple)
Acer rubrum (Red Maple)
Lauraceae: Laurel Family Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple)
Sassafras albidum (Sassafras) Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple)
Umbellularia californica (California-laurel)
Hippocastanaceae (Buckeye Family)
Hamamelidaceae: Witch-Hazel Family Aesculus californica (California Buckeye)
Hamamelis virginiana (Witch-hazel) Aesculus glabra (Ohio Buckeye)
Altingiaceae: Sweetgum Family Malvaceae: Mallow Family
Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweetgum) Tilia americana (American Basswood)
Platanaceae (Sycamore Family) Cactaceae: Cactus Family *
Platanus occidentalis (American Sycamore) Carnegiea gigantea (Saguaro) *
Platanus racemosa (California Sycamore)
Agavaceae: Yucca Family *
Rosaceae: Rose Family Yucca brevifolia (Joshua Tree) *
Amelanchier alnifolia (Western Serviceberry)
Cercocarpus ledifolius (Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany) Myrtaceae: Myrtle Family
Heteromeles arbutifolia (Toyon) Eucalyptus globulus (Bluegum Eucalyptus)
Prunus americana (American Plum)
Prunus emarginata (Bitter Cherry) Cornaceae: Dogwood Family
Prunus pensylvanica (Pin Cherry) Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood)
Prunus serotina (Black Cherry) Cornus nuttallii (Pacific Dogwood)
Prunus virginiana (Common Chokecherry)
Pyrus calleryana (Bradford Pear) Nyssaceae: Tupelo Family
Sorbus americana (American Mountain-ash) Nyssa sylvatica (Black Tupelo)
Fabaceae: Legume Family Ericaceae: Heath Family
Albizia julibrissin (Silktree) Arbutus menziesii (Pacific Madrone)
Cercis canadensis (Eastern Redbud)
Gleditsia triacanthos (Common Honeylocust) Ebenaceae: Ebony Family
Gymnocladus dioicus (Kentucky Coffeetree) Diospyros virginiana (Common Persimmon)
Parkinsonia florida (Blue Paloverde)
Prosopis glandulosa (Honey Mesquite) Oleaceae: Olive Family
Robinia pseudoacacia (Black Locust) Fraxinus americana (White Ash)
Vachellia farnesiana (Sweet Acacia) Fraxinus latifolia (Oregon Ash)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Green Ash)
Rutaceae: Rue Family Fraxinus velutina (Velvet Ash)
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis (Hercules’-club)
Bignoniaceae: Bignonia Family
Simaroubaceae: Quassia Family Catalpa bignonioides (Southern Catalpa)
Ailanthus altissima (Ailanthus) Catalpa speciosa (Northern Catalpa)
Chilopsis linearis (Desert-willow)
Anacardiaceae: Cashew/Sumac Family
Rhus glabra (Smooth Sumac) Paulowniaceae: Paulownia Family
Rhus typhina (Staghorn Sumac) Paulownia tomentosa (Princess-tree)
Aquifoliaceae: Holly Family Adoxaceae: Muskroot Family
Ilex opaca (American Holly) Sambucus nigra (American Elderberry)
Ilex vomitoria (Holly/Yaupon)
Euphorbiaceae: Spurge Family*
Sapindaceae: Maple Family Aleurites moluccanus (Candlenut) *
Acer macrophyllum (Bigleaf Maple) Triadica sebifera (Chinese Tallow) *
Note: The 2024 Official Science Olympiad National Tree List taxonomy is based on the National Audubon Society Trees of North
America, 2021 Edition.
* - indicates not in the National Audubon Society Trees of North America, 2021 Edition.
** - indicates that the scientific name has been changed since the publication of the National Audubon Society Trees of North America,
2021 Edition; the common name listed matches that book.
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