List of Minnesota trees

The List of Minnesota trees list all of the coniferous and broadleaf trees native to Minnesota.

Coniferous trees

• Pinaceae (pine family)
  • Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus
  • Red Pine or Norway Pine Pinus resinosa
  • Jack Pine Pinus banksiana
  • Black Spruce Picea mariana
  • White Spruce Picea glauca
  • Tamarack Larch Larix laricina
  • Balsam Fir Abies balsamea
  • Eastern Hemlock Tsuga canadensis
• Cupressaceae (cypress family)
  • Eastern Arborvitae Thuja occidentalis
  • Eastern Juniper Juniperus virginiana

Red and White Cedar

Broadleaf trees

• Salicaceae (willow family)
  • Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides
  • Big-tooth Aspen Populus grandidentata
  • Ontario Balsam Poplar Populus balsamifera
  • Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides
  • Black Willow Salix nigra
  • Peachleaf Willow Salix amygdaloides
• Juglandaceae (walnut family)
  • Black Walnut Juglans nigra
  • Butternut Juglans cinerea
  • Shagbark Hickory Carya ovata
  • Bitternut Hickory Carya cordiformis
• Betulaceae (birch family)
  • Paper Birch Betula papyrifera
  • Yellow Birch Betula alleghaniensis
  • River Birch Betula nigra
  • American Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana
  • Ironwood Ostrya virginiana
• Fagaceae (beech family)
  • White oak Quercus alba
  • Bur oak Quercus macrocarpa
  • Swamp white oak Quercus bicolor
  • Chestnut oak Quercus prinus
  • Chinkapin oak Quercus muhlenbergii
  • Cottonwood Populus Deltoides var. occidentalis
  • Northern red oak Quercus rubra
  • Black oak Quercus velutina
  • Northern pin oak Quercus ellipsoidalis
• Ulmaceae (elm family)
  • Hackberry Celtis occidentalis
  • American Elm Ulmus americana
  • Slippery Elm Ulmus rubra
  • Rock Elm Ulmus thomasii
• Moraceae (mulberry family)
  • Red Mulberry Morus rubra
• Rosaceae (rose family)
  • American mountain ash Sorbus americana
  • Showy Rowan Sorbus decora
  • Black Cherry Prunus serotina
  • Pin cherry Prunus pensylvanica
• Fabaceae (pea family)
  • Honey locust Gleditsia triacanthos
  • Kentucky coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus
• Sapindaceae (soapberry family)
  • Sugar Maple Acer saccharum
  • Black Maple Acer nigrum
  • Silver Maple Acer saccharinum
  • Red Maple Acer rubrum
  • Mountain Maple Acer spicatum
  • Boxelder Acer negundo
• Malvaceae (mallow family)
  • Basswood Tilia americana
• Oleaceae (olive family)
  • White Ash Fraxinus americana
  • Black Ash Fraxinus nigra
  • Green Ash (also "Red Ash") Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Introduced and invasive species

Introduced and invasive species of trees include:

• Aceraceae (Maples)
  • Amur maple — Acer ginnala
  • Norway Maple — Acer platanoides

• Fabaceae
  • Black Locust — Robinia pseudoacacia

• Rhamnaceae (Buckthorns)
  • Common buckthorn — Rhamnus cathartica
  • Glossy buckthorn—Alder Buckthorn — Rhamnus frangula
    • Narrow Leaf Buckthorn — Rhamnus frangula variety Asplenifolia

• Hippocastanaceae (Buckeye and Horsechestnut)
  • European Horsechestnut — Aesculus hippocastanum
  • Ohio Buckeye — Aesculus glabra

• Pinaceae (Pine)
  • Norway Spruce — Picea abies

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