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Heritage Trees by Species

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Heritage Trees sorted by scientific name, with links to species and tree information.

Abies concolor - White fir (1)
Abies grandis - Grand fir (2)
Abies pinsapo - Spanish fir (1)
Acer campestre - Hedge maple (3)
Acer macrophyllum - Bigleaf maple (1)
Acer palmatum - Japanese maple (2)
Acer pictum - Painted maple (1)
Acer platanoides - Norway maple (1)
Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore maple (3)
Acer saccharinum - Silver maple (1)
Acer saccharum - Sugar maple (1)
Aesculus californica - California buckeye (2)
Aesculus flava - Yellow buckeye (2)
Aesculus glabra - Ohio buckeye (1)
Aesculus hippocastanum - Common horsechestnut (5)
Aesculus hippocastanum 'Baumannii' - Baumann horsechestnut (1)
Araucaria araucana - Monkey puzzle (3)
Arbutus menziesii - madrone (1)

Betula nigra - River birch (2)
Betula pendula - European white birch (1)

Calocedrus decurrens - Incense cedar (4)
Carpinus betulus - European hornbeam (2)
Carpinus caroliniana - American hornbeam (1)
Carya illinoinensis - Pecan (3)
Carya laciniosa - Shellbark hickory (3)
Carya ovata - Shagbark hickory (1)
Carya tomentosa - Mockernut hickory (1)
Castanea sativa - Spanish chestnut (4)
Catalpa bignonioides - Southern catalpa (2)
Catalpa speciosa - Northern catalpa (3)
Cedrus deodara - Deodar cedar(6) 
Cedrus atlantica - Atlas cedar (3)
Cedrus libani - Cedar of Lebanon (2)
Cercidiphyllum japonicum - Katsura (3)
Cercis siliquastrum - Judas tree (1)
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - Port Orford cedar (2)
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard' (1)
Cinnamomum japonicum (2)

Cladrastis kentukea - Yellowwood (1)
Cornus nuttallii - Pacific dogwood (2)

Corylus colurna - Turkish hazelnut (1) 
Crataegus x lavallei - Lavalle hawthorn (4)
Cryptomeria japonica - Cryptomeria (2)
Cunninghamia lanceolata - China fir (1)

Davidia involucrata - Dove tree (1)
Diospyrus virginiana - American persimmon (1)

Eucalyptus perriniana - Spinning gum (1)

Fagus sylvatica - European beech (19) 
Fraxinus americana - American ash (1)
Fraxinus latifolia - Oregon ash (1)

Ginkgo biloba - Ginkgo (6)
Gymnocladus dioica - Kentucky coffeetree (1)

Halesia monticola - Mountain silverbell (1)

Juglans cinerea - Butternut (2)
Juglans nigra - Black walnut (8)
Juglans regia - English walnut (3)

Lagerstroemia indica - Crape myrtle (2)
Larix kaempferi - Japanese larch (1)
Liquidambar styraciflua - American sweetgum (4)
Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip tree (10)

Magnolia acuminata - Cucumber tree (1)
Magnolia grandiflora - Southern magnolia (2)
Magnolia soulangiana - Saucer magnolia (1)
Malus x domestica - Orchard apple (3)
Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn redwood (8)

Nyssa sylvatica - Tupelo (1)

Ostrya virginiana - American hop-hornbeam (2)

Parrotia persica - Persian ironwood (1)
Picea sitchensis - Sitka spruce (1)
Pinus coulteri - Coulter pine (0)
Pinus densiflora - Japanese red pine (2)
Pinus engelmannii - Apache pine (1)
Pinus monophylla - Single-needle pinyon (1)
Pinus monticola - Western white pine (1)
Pinus nigra - Austrian pine (1)
Pinus pinea - Italian stone pine (1)
Pinus ponderosa - Ponderosa pine (7)
Pinus radiata - Monterey pine (1)
Pinus rudis - Endlicher pine (1)
Pinus sabiniana - Gray pine (1)
Pinus strobus - Eastern white pine (1)
Pinus taeda - Loblolly pine (1)
Pinus wallichiana - Himalayan pine (1)
Platanus occidentalis - American sycamore (3)
Platanus orientalis - Oriental planetree (1)
Platanus x acerifolia - London planetree (13)
Populus x canadensis - Carolina poplar (0)
Populus nigra var. italica - Lombardy poplar (1)
Prunus armeniaca - Apricot (1)
Prunus pendula - Weeping cherry (1)
Prunus x 'Shirotae' - Mt. Fuji flowering cherry (1)
Prunus x yedoensis - Yoshino cherry (1)
Pseudotsuga menziesii - Douglas-fir (8)
Pterocarya fraxinifolia - Caucasian wingnut (9)

Quercus chrysolepis - Canyon live oak (1)
Quercus coccinea - Scarlet oak (2)
Quercus garryana - Oregon white oak (20)
Quercus hypoleucoides - Silverleaf oak (2)
Quercus macrocarpa - Burr oak (1)
Quercus palustris - Pin oak (2)
Quercus phellos - Willow oak (2)
Quercus montana (formerly Quercus prinus) - Chestnut oak (1)
Quercus rubra - Northern red oak (9)
Quercus velutina - Black oak (1)

Rhododendron ponticum - Ponticum rhododendron (1)

Salix babylonica - Weeping willow (0)
Sassafras albidum - Sassafras (1)
Sciadopitys verticillata - Umbrella pine (2)
Sequoia sempervirens - Coast redwood (4)
Sequoiadendron giganteum - Giant sequoia (8)
Stewartia monadelpha - Orangebark stewartia (1)
Styphnolobium japonica - Japanese pagoda tree (3)

Taxodium distichum - bald cypress (1)
Taxus baccata - English yew (1)
Thuja plicata - Western redcedar (4)
Tilia americana - Basswood (2)
Tilia platyphyllos - Bigleaf linden (2)
Tilia tomentosa - Silver linden (3) 

Ulmus americana- American elm (4) 
Ulmus glabra - Wych elm (1)
Ulmus glabra 'Camperdownii' - Camperdown elm (3)
Ulmus x hollandica - Dutch elm (4)
Ulmus laevis - European white elm (1)
Ulmus minor - Smoothleaf elm (2)
Ulmus minor 'Variegata' - Tartan elm (1)
Ulmus minor var. vulgaris - English elm (1)
Umbellularia californica - Oregon myrtle (3)

Zelkova serrata - Zelkova (1)

Photos and text provided by Phyllis Reynolds, Heritage Tree Committee Chair, 1999-2006. Reprint by permission only. © Phyllis Reynolds

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