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Native Trees of Massachusetts Native Trees of Massachusetts Common Name Latin Name Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus Common Name Latin Name Mountain Pine Pinus mugo Pin Oak Quercus palustris Pitch Pine Pinus rigida White Oak Quercus alba Red Pine Pinus resinosa Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris Chestnut Oak Quercus montana Jack Pine Pinus banksiana Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides Eastern Hemlock Tsuga canadensis https://plants.usda.gov/ Tamarack Larix laricina core/profile?symbol=P Black Spruce Picea mariana ODE3 White Spruce Picea glauca black willow Salix nigra Red Spruce Picea rubens Red Mulberry Morus rubra Norway Spruce Picea abies American Plum Prunus americana Northern White cedar Thuja occidentalis Canada Plum Prunus nigra Eastern Juniper Juniperus virginiana Black Cherry Prunus serotina Balsam Fir Abies balsamea Canadian Amelanchier canadensis American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis Serviceberry or Witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana Shadbush Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos American Mountain Sorbus americana Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis Ash Yellow-Wood Cladrastis kentukea American Elm Ulmus americana Gray Birch Betula populifolia Slippery Elm Ulmus rubra Grey Alder Alnus incana Basswood Tilia americana Sweet Birch Betula lenta Smooth Sumac Rhus glabra Yellow Birch Betula alleghaniensis Red Maple Acer rubrum Heartleaf Paper Birch Betula cordifolia Horse-Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum River Birch Betula nigra Staghorn Sumac Rhus typhina Smooth Alder Alnus serrulata Silver Maple Acer saccharinum American Ostrya virginiana Sugar Maple Acer saccharum Hophornbeam Boxelder Acer negundo American Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana Black Tupelo Nyssa sylvatica Green Alder Alnus viridis Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida Beaked Hazelnut Corylus cornuta Northern Catalpa Catalpa speciosa American Beech Fagus grandifolia Black Ash Fraxinus nigra Black Oak Quercus velutina Devil's Walkingstick Aralia spinosa Downy Hawthorn Crataegus mollis.
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