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North American Trees

by Michael Kuo

Mushrooms and trees are inextricably linked. Most trees cannot survive without mycorrhizal partners from the fungal world--and saprobic fungi play a vital role in forest ecosystems, decomposing tree litter. Thus identifying trees is essential to understanding and identifying mushrooms. Eventually, I hope to develop species pages and keys for nearly all of the trees native to North America. But for now I will focus on mushrooms, and create occasional pages for trees (linked below). I am not a "tree expert," however; if you find a mistake please be sure to let me know.


Abies balsamea
Abies lasiocarpa

Acer negundo
Acer pensylvanicum
Acer saccharinum
Acer saccharum

Aesculus glabra

Arbutus menziesii

Arctostaphylos manzanita

Ash:
     White Ash (Fraxinus americana)

Aspen:
     Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
     Big-Toothed Aspen (Populus grandidentata)

Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum)

Beech:
     American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
     Blue Beech (Carpinus caroliniana)

Betula nigra
Betula papyrifera

Birch:
     Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera)
     River Birch (Betula nigra)

Box Elder (Acer negundo)

Buckeye:
     Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra)

Carpinus caroliniana

Carya ovata

Cedar:
     Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
     Northern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis)

Celtis occidentalis

Cercis canadensis

Cornus florida

Cottonwood:
     Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
     Narrowleaf Cottonwood (Populus angustifolia)

Cupressus macrocarpa

Cypress:
     Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa)

Dogwood:
     Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)

Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)

Elm:
     American Elm (Ulmus americana)
     Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra)

Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.)

Fagus grandifolia

Fir:
     Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea)
     Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
     Subalpine Fir (Abies lasiocarpa)

Fraxinus americana

Gleditsia triacanthos

Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

Hemlock:
     Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)

Hickory:
     Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)

Holly:
     American Holly (Ilex opaca)

Hop Hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)

Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)

Ilex opaca

Juglans nigra

Juniperus virginiana

Larix laricina

Liquidambar styraciflua

Liriodendron tulipifera

Lithocarpus densiflorus

Locust:
     Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
     Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)

Madrone:
     Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii)

Magnolia:
     Big-Leaf Magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla)

Manzanita (Arctostaphylos manzanita)

Maple:
     Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)
     Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
     Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)

Oak:
     Black Oak (Quercus velutina)
     Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
     Chinkapin Oak (Quercus muehlenbergii)
     Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
     Gambel Oak (Quercus gambelii)
     Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
     Overcup Oak (Quercus lyrata)
     Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)
     Post Oak (Quercus stellata)
     Shingle Oak (Quercus imbricaria)
     Tanoak / Tanbark Oak (Lithocarpus densiflorus)
     White Oak (Quercus alba)
     Willow Oak (Quercus phellos)

Ostrya virginiana

Picea abies
Picea engelmannii

Pine:
     Bishop Pine (Pinus muricata)
     Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)
     Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana)
     Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis)
     Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)
     Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta)
     Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
     Red Pine (Pinus resinosa)

Pinus banksiana
Pinus contorta
Pinus flexilis
Pinus muricata
Pinus ponderosa
Pinus resinosa
Pinus strobus
Pinus taeda

Plantanus occidentalis

Poplar (see also Cottonwoods and Aspens):
      Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera)
     "Tulip Poplar" (Liriodendron tulipifera)
      White Poplar (Populus alba)
     "Yellow Poplar" (Liriodendron tulipifera)

Populus alba
Populus angustifolia
Populus balsamifera
Populus deltoides
Populus grandidentata
Populus tremuloides

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Quercus agrifolia
Quercus alba
Quercus gambelii
Quercus imbricaria
Quercus lyrata
Quercus macrocarpa
Quercus muehlenbergii
Quercus palustris
Quercus phellos
Quercus rubra
Quercus stellata
Quercus velutina

Redbud:
     Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)

Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)

Robinia pseudoacacia

Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)

Sequoia sempervirens

Spruce:
     Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii)
     Norway Spruce (Picea abies)

Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)

Sycamore (Plantanus occidentalis)

Tamarack

Tanoak

Taxodium distichum

Thuja occidentalis

Tsuga canadensis

Tulip Tree

Ulmus americana
Ulmus rubra

Walnut:
     Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)


 

Sequoia sempervirens
Redwood Forest

Cornus florida
Flowering Dogwood Bark

Cercis canadensis
Eastern Redbud

Taxodium distichum
Baldcypress Swamp

Sassafras albidum
Sassafras Leaves

Populus angustifolia
Narrowleaf Cottonwoods

Fagus grandifolia
American Beech Bark

Quercus lyrata
Overcup Oak Acorns

Picea engelmannii
Engelmann Spruce

Populus tremuloides
Quaking Aspen

Pinus muricata
Bishop Pine

Quercus rubra
Northern Red Oak Buds

Oak-Hickory Woods
Oak-Hickory Woods

Arbutus menziesii
Pacific Madrone Leaves

Betula papyrifera
Paper Birch Bark

Carpinus caroliniana
Hornbeam Bark

Pinus contorta
Lodgepole Pine

References:

Kricher, J. & Morrison, G. Eastern Forests. Peterson Field Guides. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 488 pp.

Mitchell, A. (1987). The Trees of North America. San Diego: Thunder Bay Press. 208 pp.

Mohlenbrock, R. H. (1978). Forest Trees of Illinois. Illinois: Illinois Department of Natural Resources. 331 pp.

Peattie, D. C. (1950/1991). A Natural History of Western Trees. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 751 pp.

Peattie, D. C. (1948/1991). A Natural History of Trees of Eastern and Central North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 606 pp.

Preston, R. J. (1989). North American Trees. Ames: Iowa State University Press. 407 pp.

Stevens, P. F. (2007). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Retrieved from the Internet: http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb



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Kuo, M. (2007, April). North American trees. Retrieved from the MushroomExpert.Com Web site: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/trees

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