Distribution of common North American tree speciestree species distribution maps were obtained from http://esp.cr.usgs.gov/data/atlas/little/ To view a larger version of the image click on the image.
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Coniferous trees |
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| spruce - picea | fir - abies | hemlock - tsuga | |
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| white spruce, grows in cold northern forests (more) | black spruce, another tree of the northern forests (more) | balsam fir, a favorite Christmas tree from the northern forests (more) | eastern hemlock, a tree of cold and humid climates (more) |
| pine - pinus | |||
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| white pine, the state tree of Maine and Michigan (more) | red pine, the state tree of Minnesota, prefers well drained soils (more) | ||
Deciduous trees |
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| birch - betula | maple - acer | ||
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| yellow birch, prefers cool climates and abundant precipitation (more) | paper birch, also known as canoe birch (more) | boxelder, the poor cousin in the maple family. Its wood is weak and it burns very fast. It is more appreciated out west because in many places its the only tree that grows rapidly. (more) | sugar maple, yep, that's where your maple syrup comes from, unless you buy Aunt Jemima. In that case the maple flavour comes from a chemical plant, probably in New Jersey (more). |
| oak - quercus |
elm - ulmus |
cottonwood - populus |
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| white oak, the stuff in hardwood floors, prime firewood and the the planks of the Old Ironsides (more) | bur oak, a thick-barked, drought resistant species (more) | American elm - used to line almost every street in small towns across the US. Now mostly gone due to the effects of dutch elm disease (more) | eastern cottonwood, a fast growing tree, especially in the Midwestern united States, where it grows in floodplains. (more) |
| beech - fagus |
hickory - carya |
sycamore - platanus |
sweetgum - liquidambar |
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| American beech (more) | Shagbark hickory, the name says it pretty much all (more) | American sycamore (more) | Sweetgum (more) |
| tupelo - nyssa | |||
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| black gum (tupelo) a highly prized tree growing in floodplains (more) | |||