Arboretum Trees: Common & Botanical Names

The Botanic or Scientific name is followed by the common name and our Tree ID/Map number.

Acer negundo - Boxelder - M11

Acer palmatum ssp. matsumurae (formerly dissectum) - Japanese Maple - W4

Acer rubrum 'Brandywine' - American Red Maple - M16

Acer rubrum 'Burgundy Belle' - Red Maple Burgundy Belle - M6

Acer saccharinum - Silver Maple - E3

Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum - Southern Sugar Maple - M1

Acer x freemanii 'Jeffersred' - Freeman Maple Jeffersred - W14

Aesculus parviflora Bottlebrush Buckeye

Aesculus pavia Red Buckeye

Asimina triloba PawPaw

Betula nigra River Birch

Carya illinoinensis Pecan

Carya tomentosa Mockernut Hickory

Catalpa speciosa Northern Catalpa

Celtis laevigata Sugar Hackberry

Cercis canadensis Eastern Redbud

Chionanthus retusus Chinese Fringetree

Chionanthus virginicus White Fringetree

Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood

Cornus racemosa Gray Dogwood

Cotinus obovatus American Smoketree

Ficus carica Common Fig

Fraxinus americana White Ash

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green Ash

Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo

Gymnocladus dioicus Kentucky Coffeetree

Juglans nigra Black Walnut

Juniperus communis Common Juniper

Juniperus virginiana Eastern Redcedar

Lagerstroemia indica Common Crapemyrtle

Liquidambar styraciflua American Sweetgum

Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Poplar

Magnolia grandiflora Southern Magnolia

Magnolia stellata Star Magnolia

Magnolia virginiana Sweetbay Magnolia

Morus rubra Red Mulberry

Nyssa sylvatica Black Gum

Pinus taeda Loblolly Pine

Pisticia chinensis Chinese Pistache

Platanus occidentalis Sycamore

Prunus americana American Red Plum

Prunus caroliniana Carolina Cherrylaurel

Prunus serotina Black Cherry

Prunus x incamp 'Okame' Okame Cherry

Quercus alba White Oak

Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia Cherrybark Oak

Quercus lyrata Overcup Oak

Quercus macrocarpa Bur Oak

Quercus michauxii Swamp Chestnut Oak

Quercus nigra Water Oak

Quercus phellos Willow Oak

Quercus shumardii Shumard Oak

Quercus texana Nutall Oak

Quercus velutina Black Oak

Sassafras albidum Common Sassafras

Taxodium distichum Common Baldcypress

Ulmus americana American Elm

Ulmus rubra Slippery Elm