North American Native Tree Families and Genera

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North America is home to a wide variety of tree species and more families than the 44 we currently have listed below. Thanks to habitat diversity from the very dry to the very wet and the extremely hot to the extremely cold, it is possible to find a member of just about any tree family on the planet in North America. North America even has the only temperate species of the otherwise tropical genus Asimina in the Custard apple family. North America is also home to the largest temperate rainforest and the largest remaining baldcypress forest in the world. For the nature lover, North America is a treasure trove of diverse and wonderful native tree species that are surely as great as any imported species could ever be.

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Native North American Tree Families

Honeysuckle Family, caprifoliaceae

•Elderberry, Sambucus

•Viburnum, Viburnum

Horse Chestnut Family, Hippocastanaceae

•Buckeye, Aesculus

Laurel Family, Lauraceae

•Bay, Persea

•California Laurel, Umbellularia

•Sassafras, Sassafras

Lindon Family, Tiliaceae

•Basswood, Tilia

Madder Family, Rubiaceae

•Buttonbush, Cephalanthus

•Pinckneya, Pinckneya

Magnolia Family, Magnoliaceae

•Magnolia, Magnolia

•Tuliptree, Liriodendron

Mahogany Family, Meliaceae

•West Indian Mahogany, Swietenia

Maple Family, Aceraceae

•Maples, Acer

Mulberry Family, Moraceae

•Fig, Ficus

•Maclura, Maclura

•Mulberry, Morus

Myrsine Family, Myrsinaceae

•Ardisia, Ardisia

Myrtle Family, Myrtaceae

•Myrcianthes, Myrcianthes

Olax Family, Olacaceae

•Ximenia, Ximenia

Olive Family, Oleaceae

•Ash, Fraxinus

•Chionanthus, Chionanthus

•Osmanthus, Osmanthus

•Swampprivet, Forestiera

Palm Family, Arecaceae

•Fan Palm, Washingtonia

•Palm, Acoelorrhaphe

•Palmetto, Sabal

•Royal Palm, Roystonea

Pea Family, Fabaceae

•Acacia, Acacia

•Coffeetree, Gymncladus

•Dalea, Psorothamnus

•Locust, Gleditsia

•Locust, Robina

•Mesquite, Propsis

•Necklacepod, Styphnolobium

•Paloverde, Parkinsonia

•Redbud, Cercis

•Texas Ebony, Ebenopsis

•Yellowwood, Cladrastis

Pine Family, Pinaceae

•Douglas-Fir, Pseudotsuga

•Fir, Abies

•Hemlock, Tsuga

•Larch, Larix

•Pine, Pinus

•Spruce, Picea

Plane-tree Family, Platanaceae

•Sycamore, Platanus

Quassia Family, Simaroubaceae

•Simarouba, Simarouba

Rose Family, Rosaceae

•Apple, Malus

•Bitterbush, Purshia

•Hawthorn, Crataegus

•Mountain Ash, Sorbus

•Mountain Mahogany, Cercocarpus

•Plum, Prunus

•Toyon, Heteromeles

Rue Family, Rutaceae

•Hoptree, Ptelea

•Prickly Ash, Zanthoxylum

Soapberry Family, Sapindaceae

•Hypelate, Hypelate

•Soapberry, Sapindus

•Ungnadia, Ungnadia

Sapodilla Family, Sapotaceae

•Bully, Sideroxylon

Storax Family, Styracaceae

•Silverbell, Halesia

•Snowbell, Styrax

Sumac Family, Anacardiaceae

•Smoketrees, Cotinus

•Pistache, Pistacia

•Sumac, Rhus

•Poison Oak, Toxicodendron

Sweetleaf Family, Symplocaceae

•Sweetleaf, Symplocos

Tea Family, Theaceae

•Franklinia, Frankinia

•Gordonia, Gordonia

•Stewartia, Stewartia

Trumpet Creeper Family, Bignoniaceae

•Catalpa, Catalpa

•Chilopsis, Chilopsis

Walnut Family, Juglandaceae

•Hickory, Carya

•Walnut, Juglans

Willow Family, Salicaceae

•Cottonwood, Populus

•Willow, Salix

Witch-hazel Family, Hamamelidaceae

•Sweetgum, Liquidambar

•Witch-hazel, Hamamelis

Yew family, Taxaceae

•Torreya, Torreya

•Yew, Taxus

Yucca Family, Yucca

•Yucca, Yucca

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Bayberry Family, Myricaceae

•Bayberry, Morella

Beech Family, Fagaceae

•Beech, Fagus

•Chestnut, Castanea

•Chinquapin, Chrysolepis

•Oak, Quercus

•Tanoak, Lithocarpus

Birch Family, Betulaceae

•Alder, Alnus

•Birch, Betula

•Hazelnut, Corylus

•Hophornbeam, Ostrya

•Hornbeam, Carpinus

Buckthorn Family, Rhamnaceae

•Buckthorn, Frangula

•Ceanothus, Ceanothus

•Krugiodendron, Krugiodendron

•Nakedwood, Colubrina

Buckwheat Family, Polygonaceae

•Coccoloba, Coccoloba

Coco-plum Family, Chrysobalanaceae

•Cocoplum, Cocoplum

Corkwood Family, Leitneriaceae

•Corkwood, Leitneria

Custard Apple Family, Annonaceae

•Annona, Annonoa

•Pawpaw, Asimina

Cypress Family, Cupressaceae

•Arborvoritae, Thuja

•Baldcypress, Taxodium

•Cedar, Chamaecyparis

•Giant Sequoia, Sequoiadendron

•Juniper, Juniperus

•Sequoia, Sequoia

•Western Cypress, Hesperocyparis

Cyrilla Family, Cyrillaceae

•Cliftonia, Cliftonia

Dogwood Family, Cornaceae

•Dogwood, Cornus

•Tupelo, Nyssa

Ebony Family, Ebenaceae

•Diospyrus, Diospyrus

Elm Family, Ulmaceae

•Elm, Ulmus

•Hackberry, Celtis

•Trema, Trema

Four O’Clock Family, Nyctaginaceae

•Guapira

Frankincense Family, Burseraceae

•Bursera, Bursera

Heath Family, Ericaceae

•Blueberry, Vaccinium

•Elliottia, Elliottia

•Laurel, Kalmia

•Madrone, Arbutus

•Sourwood, Oxydendrum

•Staggerbush, Lyonia

Holly Family, Aquifoliaceae

•Holly, Ilex

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