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Family            Scientific name          Common name        

Aceraceae         Acer negundo             boxelder, ash-leaf

                  Acer platanoides         Norway maple

                  Acer rubrum              red maple

                  Acer saccharinum         silver maple

                  Acer saccharum           sugar maple

Anacardiaceae     Rhus aromatica           fragrant sumac

                  Rhus glabra              smooth sumac

                  Rhus typhina             staghorn sumac

                  Toxicodendron radicans   poison ivy

                  Toxicodendron vernix     poison sumac

Annonaceae        Asimina triloba          paw-paw

Aquifoliaceae     Ilex verticillata        winterberry

Betulaceae        Alnus glutinosa          black alder

                  Betula nigra             river birch

                  Betula papyrifera        paper birch

                  Betula pumila            dwarf birch

                  Carpinus caroliniana     American hornbeam

                  Corylus americana        American hazelnut

                  Ostrya virginiana        hop-hornbeam

Bignoniaceae      Catalpa speciosa         northern catalpa

Caprifoliaceae    Lonicera sp.             honeysuckles

                  Sambucus canadensis      common elder

                  Viburnum lentago         nannyberry

                  Viburnum trilobum        highbush-cranberry

Celastraceae      Celastrus scandens       bittersweet

                  Euonymus atropurpurea    wahoo

                  Euonymus obovata         creeping strawberry-bush

Cornaceae         Cornus amomum            silky dogwood

                  Cornus racemosa          gray dogwood

                  Cornus stolonifera       red-osier dogwood

Cupressaceae      Juniperus communis var. depressa   common juniper

                  Juniperus horizontalis             creeping juniper

                  Juniperus virginiana               eastern redcedar

                  Metasequoia glyptostroboides       dawn redwood

                  Taxodium distichum       baldcypress

Elaeagnaceae      Elaeagnus angustifolia   Russian-olive

                  Elaeagnus umbellata      autumn-olive

Ericaceae         Arctostaphylos uva-ursi  bearberry

                  Chamaedaphne calyculata  leatherleaf

                  Rhododendron maximum     great rhododendron

Fabaceae          Cercis canadensis        redbud

                  Cladratsis lutea         yellow-wood

                  Gleditsia triacanthos    honeylocust

                  Gymnocladus dioicus      Kentucky coffee-tree

Fagaceae          Fagus grandifolia        American beech

                  Quercus alba             white oak

                  Quercus bicolor          swamp white oak

                  Quercus macrocarpa       bur oak

                  Quercus palustris        pin oak

                  Quercus rubra            northern red oak

                  Quercus velutina         black oak

Ginkgoaceae       Ginkgo biloba            ginkgo

Guttiferae        Hypericum kalmiana       Kalm's St. John's-wort

Hamamelidaceae    Hamamelis virginiana     witch-hazel

Juglandaceae      Carya cordiformis        bitternut hickory

                  Carya ovata              shagbark hickory

                  Juglans cinerea          butternut

                  Juglans nigra            black walnut

Liliaceae         Smilax sp.               greenbrier

Magnoliaceae      Liriodendron tulipifera  yellow-poplar, tulip-tree

Moraceae          Morus alba               white mulberry

Nyssaceae         Nyssa sylvatica          blackgum

Oleaceae          Fraxinus americana       white ash

                  Fraxinus excelsior       European ash

                  Fraxinus nigra           black ash

                  Fraxinus pennsylvanica   red ash, green ash

Pinaceae          Larix sp.                larch

                  Larix laricina           tamarack

                  Picea abies              Norway spruce                   

                  Picea pungens            Colorado blue spruce

                  Pinus banksiana          jack pine

                  Pinus nigra              black pine, Austrian pine

                  Pinus strobus            eastern white pine

                  Pinus sylvestris         Scots pine

                  Pseudotsuga menzieseii   Douglas-fir

                  Tsuga canadensis         eastern hemlock

Platanaceae       Platanus occidentalis    sycamore

Rhamnaceae        Ceanothus americanus     New Jersey tea

                  Rhamnus cathartica       common buckthorn

                  Rhamnus frangula         glossy buckthorn

Rosaceae          Amelanchier laevis       smooth serviceberry  

                  Aronia melanocarpa       black chokeberry

                  Crataegus sp.            hawthorn

                  Malus pumila             common apple                 

                  Potentilla fruticosa     shrubby cinquefoil

                  Prunus pumila            sand cherry

                  Prunus serotina          black cherry

                  Prunus virginiana        choke cherry

                  Rosa sp.                 rose

                  Rubus alleghaniensis     highbush blackberry

                  Rubus idaeus             wild red raspberry

                  Rubus occidentalis       black raspberry

                  Spiraea alba             narrow-leaved meadowsweet

Rubiaceae         Cephalanthus occidentalis   buttonbush

Rutaceae          Ptelea trifoliata        wafer-ash

                  Zanthoxylum americanum   prickly-ash

Salicaceae        Populus alba             European white poplar

                  Populus deltoides        eastern cottonwood

                  Populus tremuloides      trembling aspen

                  Salix babylonica         weeping willow

                  Salix sp.                willow

Saxifragaceae     Ribes americanum         wild black currant

                  Ribes cynosbati          prickly gooseberry

Simarubaceae      Ailanthus altissima      tree-of-heaven

Solanaceae        Solanum dulcamara        nightshade

Tiliaceae         Tilia americana          basswood, linden

Ulmaceae          Celtis occidentalis      northern hackberry

                  Ulmus americana          American elm

                  Ulmus pumila             Siberian elm

Vitaceae          Parthenocissus quinquefolia    Virginia creeper

                  Vitis sp.                grape


Last Updated on 8/14/98
By John Kasmer