INDEX TO THE NAMES OF TREES and the Synonyms in Common Use
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By special permission of the Division of Publications, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Note.—Only the trees that have been specially described or compared are included in the index
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME PAGE
BROADLEAF TREES
Basswood Tilia americana Linn. 113
Syn. American Linden
Syn. Limetree
Syn. Whitewood
Syn. Beetree
Beech Fagus atropunicea (Marsh.) Sudworth 16
Syn. Red Beech Syn. Fagus ferruginea Ait.
Syn. White Beech
Big Laurel Magnolia fœtida (Linn.) Sargent 24
Syn. Magnolia Syn. Magnolia grandiflora Linn.
Syn. Bull Bay
Black Cherry Prunus serotina Ehrh. 113
Syn. Wild Black Cherry
Syn. Wild Cherry
Syn. Rum Cherry
California Black Oak Quercus californica (Torr.) Coop. 78
Syn. Black Oak
Canyon Live Oak Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. 78
Syn. Live Oak
Chestnut Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. 11
Syn. Castanea vesca β americana Michx.
Syn. Castanea vulgaris ν americana A. de C.
Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida Linn. 16, 22, 73
Syn. Dogwood
Syn. Boxwood
Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos Linn. 17, 113
Syn. Black Locust
Syn. Sweet Locust
Syn. Thorn Locust
Syn. Three-thorned Acacia
Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana Walt. 16
Syn. Blue Beech
Syn. Water Beech
Syn. Iron wood
Live Oak Quercus virginiana Mill. 6, 110
Syn. Quercus virens Ait.
Locust Robinia pseudacacia Linn. 113
Syn. Black Locust
Syn. Yellow Locust
Mountain Ash Pyrus americana (Marsh.) de C. 113
Redbud Cercis canadensis Linn. 73, 75
Syn. Judas Tree
Red Maple Acer rubrum Linn. 12, 15, 112
Syn. Swamp Maple
Syn. Soft Maple
Syn. Water Maple
Red Oak Quercus rubra Linn. 16
Syn. Black Oak
Sassafras Sassafras sassafras (Linn.) Karst. 18, 112
Syn. Sassafras officinale Nees & Eberm.
Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea Muenchh. 16
Syn. Red Oak
Syn. Black Oak
Serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis (Linn.) 75, 112
Syn. Juneberry Medic.
Syn. Shad Bush
Sugar Maple Acer saccharum Marsh. 12, 15
Syn. Hard Maple Syn. Acer saccharinum Wang.
Syn. Rock Maple
Syn. Sugar Tree
Sweet Gum Liquidambar styraciflua Linn. 16, 111
Syn. Red Gum
Syn. Liquidamber
Sweet Magnolia Magnolia glauca Linn. 73
Syn. Sweet Bay
Syn. White Bay
Syn. Swamp Laurel
Syn. Swamp Magnolia
Tulip Tree Liriodendron tulipifera Linn. 16, 24
Syn. Whitewood
Syn. Sour Gum
Syn. Pepperidge
Tupelo Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. 16
Syn. Black Gum Syn. Nyssa multiflora Wang.
Syn. Sour Gum
Syn. Pepperidge
White Birch Betula populifolia Marsh. 19
Syn. Gray Birch
White Elm Ulmus americana Linn. 21
Syn. American Elm
Syn. Water Elm
Syn. Elm
White Oak Quercus alba Linn. 5
Yellow Birch Betula lutea Michx. f. 20
Syn. Gray Birch
CONIFERS
Arborvitæ Thuja occidentalis Linn. 57
Syn. White Cedar
Syn. Cedar
Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum (Linn.) Rich. 40, 111
Syn. White Cypress
Syn. Black Cypress
Syn. Red Cypress
Syn. Cypress
Big Tree Sequoia washingtoniana (Winsl.) Sudworth 54
Syn. Sequoia Syn. Sequoia gigantea Decaisne.
Black Hemlock Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carr. 45
Syn. Tsuga pattoniana (Jeffr.) Engelm.
Blue Spruce Picea parryana (André) Parry 127
Syn. Picea pungens Engelm.
Bull Pine Pinus ponderosa Laws. 39
Syn. Yellow Pine
Cuban Pine Pinus heterophylla (Ell.) Sudworth 37
Syn. Slash Pine Syn. Pinus cubensis Grieseb.
Syn. Swamp Pine
Douglas Spruce Pseudotsuga taxifolia (Lam.) Britton 48
Syn. Red Fir Syn. Pseudotsuga douglasii Carr.
Syn. Douglas Fir
Syn. Yellow Fir
Syn. Oregon Pine
Engelmann Spruce Picea engelmanni Engelm. 53
Syn. White Spruce
Hemlock Tsuga canadensis (Linn.) Carr. 43
Syn. Spruce
Syn. Spruce Pine
Loblolly Pine Pinus tæda Linn. 37
Syn. Oldfield Pine
Syn. Shortleaf Pine
Lodgepole Pine Pinus murrayana “Oreg. Com.” 38
Syn. Tamarack
Syn. Spruce Pine
Longleaf Pine Pinus palustris Mill. 37
Syn. Longleaved Pine
Syn. Georgia Pine
Syn. Yellow Pine
Syn. Longstraw Pine
Lowland Fir Abies grandis Lindl. 50, 52
Syn. White Fir
Pitch Pine Pinus rigida Mill. 38
Red Fir.—See Douglas Spruce.
Red Juniper Juniperus virginiana Linn. 45
Syn. Red Cedar
Syn. Cedar
Syn. Savin
Redwood Sequoia sempervirens (Lamb.) Endl. 54
Syn. Sequoia
Silver Pine Pinus monticola Dougl. 35
Syn. White Pine
Sugar Pine Pinus lambertiana Dougl. 35
Western Hemlock Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sargent 45
Syn. Hemlock Syn. Tsuga mertensiana of authors.(Not Carr.)
White Cedar Chamæcyparis thyoides (L.) B. S. P. 57
Syn. Juniper Syn. Chamæcyparis sphæroidea Spach.
White Pine Pinus strobus Linn. 31, 127