Native Kansas

4-H Forestry Forest Trees Project This publication constitutes the 4-H Forestry nonnative and should be placed in the “Ornamental Project Guide for the nomenclature of “Kansas Native Trees” category. Forest trees collected outside of Kansas Forest Trees.” Use this list to determine whether a tree and not used as ornamentals, for example redwood, species is in the native forest or ornamental category. may be placed in a separate group entitled, “Forest Trees The list consists of only those trees that are readily not Native to Kansas.” distinguishable from each other. Where separation by “Horticultural Fruit and Nut Trees” is considered species is difficult, for example Hawthorn, only one a separate category and should be labeled as such in listing is provided. the collection. Check species against this list to prevent Trees not included in this list are considered duplication. List of Kansas Native Forest Trees

Ash, blue Cottonwood, eastern *Hedge — see Osage-orange Fraxinus quadrangulata Michx. Popular deltoides Marsh. Hickory, bitternut Ash, green Cottonwood, western — not Carya cordiformis (Wang.) K. Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. readily distinguishable, list as Koch Ash, wafer — see Hop tree Cottonwood, eastern. Hickory, black Ash, white Crabapple — see Wild crabapple Carya texana Buckl. Fraxinus americana L. Hickory, kingnut — see Hickory, Dogwood, flowering shellbark Basswood, American Cornus florida (L.) Raf. Hickory, mockernut Tilia americana L. Carya tomentosa Nutt. Birch, river Elm, American Hickory, shagbark Betula nigra L. Ulmus americana L. Carya ovata (Mill.) K. Koch Boxelder Elm, red Hickory, shellbark Acer negundo L. Ulmus rubra Muhl. Carya laciniosa (Michx.) Loud. Buckeye, western *Elm, Siberian Honeylocust Aesculus glabra Willd. Ulmus pumila L. Gleditsia triacanthos L. var. arguta (Buckl.) Robinson Elm, slippery — see Elm, red Holly, deciduous Ilex decidua Walt. Buckthorn, woolly Elm, white — see Elm, American Bumelia languinosa (Michx.) Hophornbeam — see Ironwood Pers. Hop tree Hackberry Ptelea trifoliata L. Celtis occidentalis L. *Catalpa, spp. — northern and Hackberry, dwarf southern Catalpa not readily Celtis tenuifolia Nutt. Ironwood distinguishable Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch Catalpa spp. Haw, southern black — see Hawthorn spp. Cherry, black June berry — see Serviceberry, downy Prunus serotina Ehrh. Haw, red — see Hawthorn spp. Chinaberry — see Soapberry Hawthorn spp. Crataegus spp. (Several species, *Introduced and naturalized. Coffeetree, Kentucky not readily distinguishable.) Gymnocladus dioica (L.) K. Koch Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Linden — see Basswood, American Oak, Shumard *Tree-of-heaven *Locust, black Quercus shumardii Buckl. Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Robinia pseudoacacia L. Oak, white Swingle Locust, honey — see Honeylocust Quercus alba L. *Olive, Russian Walnut, black Elaeagnus angustifolia L. Juglans nigra L. Maple, black — not readily distinguishable; list as Maple, *Osage-orange Wild crabapple sugar. Maclura pomifera (Raf.) Schneid. Pyrus ioensis (Wood) Bailey Maple, hard — see Maple, sugar Willow, black Salix nigra Marsh. Maple, silver Pawpaw Acer saccharinum L. Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal. Willow, Carolina Salix caroliniana Michx. Maple, soft — see Maple, silver Pecan Carya illinoensis (Wang.) K. Koch Willow, dwarf prairie Maple, sugar Salix humilis Marsh. Acer saccharum Marsh Persimmon Diospyros virginiana L. Willow, peachleaf Mulberry, red Salix amygdaloides Anderss. Morus rubra L. Poplar, silver — see Poplar, white Willow, sandbar *Mulberry, white — not readily *Poplar, white Salix interior Rowlee distinguishable; list as Mulberry, Populus alba L. red Possumhaw — See Holly, deciduous *Introduced and naturalized. Oak, black Redbud, eastern Quercus velutina Lam. Cercis canadensis L. References: Oak, blackjack Redcedar, eastern Little, E.L. National Audubon Society Quercus marilandica Muenchh. Juniperus virginiana L. Field Guide to North American Oak, bur Trees: Eastern Region. Knopf. 1980. Quercus macrocarpa Michx. Sassafras Oak, chestnut — see Oak, chinkapin Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees. Stephens, H.A. Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines in Kansas. Oak, chinkapin Serviceberry, downy University Press of Kansas. Quercus muehlenbergii Engelm. Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Lawrence. 1969. Oak, pin Fern. Quercus palustris Muenchh. Soapberry Written by: Charles J. Barden, Oak, post Sapindus drummondii Hook. & Forestry Specialist, K-State Research Quercus stellata Wang. Arn. and Extension Oak, northern red Sugarberry Quercus rubra L. Celtis laevigata Willd. Oak, shingle Sycamore, American Quercus imbricaria Michx. Platanus occidentalis L.

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