Some Common Trees & Shrubs of St. John’s
compiled by
Stephen G. Saupe, Curator Bailey Herbarium College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University Collegeville, MN 56321 (320) 363 – 2782; [email protected]
ACERACEAE – Maple family Symphoricarpos albus – Snowberry Acer ginnala – Amur maple Symphoricarpos occidentalis – Acer platanoides – Norway maple Wolfberry Acer rubrum – Red maple Viburnum lentago – Nannyberry Acer saccharum – Sugar maple Viburnum rafinesquianum - Arrowwood Acer saccharinum – Silver maple Viburnum trilobum – High-bush Acer negundo – Box elder cranberry
ANACARDIACEAE – Cashew Family CELASTRACEAE – Staff-Tree Family Rhus glabra – Smooth sumac Celastrus scandens – Bittersweet Rhus typhina – Staghorn sumac Euonymus alatus – Winged euonymus
AQUIFOLIACEAE – Holly Family CORNACEAE – Dogwood Family Ilex verticillata – Winterberry Cornus alternifolia – Pagoda dogwood Cornus foemina – Gray dogwood BERBERIDACEAE – Barberry Family Cornus rugosa – Round-leaved Berberis thunbergii – Japanese barberry dogwood Berberis vulgaris – Common or Cornus stolonifera – Red osier dogwood European barberry CUPRESSACEAE – Cypress Family BETULACEAE – Birch Family Thuja occidentalis – Northern white Alnus incana – Speckled alder cedar, arborvitae B. alleghaniensis (=B. lutea) – Yellow Juniperus virginiana – Eastern red birch cedar Betula papyrifera – White or paper birch ELEAGNACEAE – Oleaster Family Betula nigra – River birch Eleagnus angustifolia – Russian olive Carpinus caroliniana – Blue beech Corylus americana – American hazelnut FABACEAE – Bean or Pulse Family Corylus cornuta – Beaked hazelnut Amorpha canescens – Lead plant Ostrya virginiana – Ironwood, Gleditsia triacanthos – Honey locust Hophornbeam Gymnocladus dioica – Kentucky coffee tree BIGNONIACEAE – Bignonia Family Catalpa speciosa – Common catalpa FAGACEAE – Beech Family Quercus alba – White oak CAPRIFOLIACEAE – Honeysuckle Quercus bicolor – Swamp white oak Family Quercus macrocarpa – Bur oak Diervilla lonicera – Bush honeysuckle Quercus rubra (= Q. borealis) – Lonicera tartarica. – Honeysuckle Northern red oak Sambucus canadensis – Common Quercus ellipsoidalis – Northern pin elderberry oak Sambucus pubens – Red elder
GINKGOACEAE – Ginkgo Family chokeberry Ginkgo biloba – Maidenhair tree Crataegus sp. – Hawthorne Pyrus malus – Apple GROSSULARIACEAE – Gooseberry Physocarpus opulifolius – Ninebark Family Potentilla fruticosa. – Cinquefoil Ribes cynobasti – Prickly gooseberry Prunus americana – Wild plum Ribes lacustre – Swamp currant Prunus pensylvanica – Pin cherry Prunus serotina – Black cherry HIPPOCASTANACEAE - Horsechestnut Prunus virginiana – Chokecherry Family Sorbaria sorbifolia – False spiraea Aesculus glabra – Buckeye Sorbus aucuparia – Mountain ash Spiraea alba – Meadowsweet JUGLANDACEAE – Walnut family Juglans nigra – Black walnut RUTACEAE – Citrus Family Juglans cinerea – Butternut Phellodendron amurense – Amur cork tree, Cork tree MAGNOLIACEAE – Magnolia family Zanthoxylum americanum – Prickly ash Magnolia sp. – Star Magnolia SALICACEAE – Willow Family OLEACEAE – Olive family Salix discolor – Pussy willow Syringa reticulata – Japanese tree lilac Salix exigua – Sandbar willow Syringa vulgaris – Common lilac Salix nigra – Black willow Fraxinus americana – White ash Populus alba – White or silver poplar Fraxinus pennsylvanica – Green ash Populus deltoides – Cottonwood Fraxinus nigra – Black ash Populus grandidentata – Large toothed aspen PINACEAE – Pine family Populus nigra cv. italica – Lombardy Abies balsamea – Balsam fir poplar Abies concolor – White fir Populus tremuloides – Quaking aspen Larix laricina – Tamarack Populus balsamifera – Balsam popular Picea abies – Norway spruce Picea glauca – White spruce TAXACEAE – Yew Family Picea mariana – Black spruce Taxus sp. – Yew Picea pungens – Colorado blue spruce Pinus banksiana – Jack pine THYMELAEACEAE – Mezereum Pinus mugo – Swiss mountain pine, Family Mugho Pine Dirca palustris – Leatherwood Pinus nigra – Austrian pine Pinus ponderosa – Ponderosa pine TILIACEAE – Linden Family Pinus resinosa – Red pine, Norway pine Tilia americana – Basswood, Linden Pinus sylvestris – Scot's pine Pinus strobus – White pine ULMACEAE – Elm Family Pseudotsuga menziesii – Douglas fir Celtis occidentalis – Hackberry Tsuga canadensis – Hemlock Ulmus americana – American elm Ulmus pumila – Chinese elm RHAMNACEAE – Buckthorn Family Ulmus rubra – Slippery elm Rhamnus cathartica – European Buckthorn
ROSACEAE – Rose Family Amalanchier canadensis – Serviceberry Aronia melanocarpa – Black