List of Minnesota trees by family

This is a list of all the coniferous and broadleaf trees native to Minnesota by family.

Coniferous trees

• Cupressaceae (cypress family)
• Juniperus virginiana (eastern juniper or red cedar)
• Thuja occidentalis (eastern arborvitae or white cedar)
• Pinaceae (pine family)
• Abies balsamea (balsam fir)
• Larix laricina (tamarack larch)
• Pinus banksiana (jack pine)
• Pinus strobus (eastern white pine)
• Pinus resinosa (red pine or Norway pine)
• Picea glauca (white spruce)
• Picea mariana (black spruce)
• Tsuga canadensis (eastern hemlock)

Broadleaf trees

• Betulaceae (birch family)
• Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch)
• Betula nigra (river birch)
• Betula papyrifera (paper birch)
• Carpinus caroliniana (American hornbeam, blue beech, ironwood)
• Ostrya virginiana (ironwood, hophornbeam)
• Fabaceae (pea family)
• Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust)
• Gymnocladus dioicus (Kentucky coffeetree)
• Fagaceae (beech family)
• Quercus alba (white oak)
• Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak)
• Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak)
• Quercus macrocarpa (bur oak)
• Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak)
• Quercus rubra (northern red oak)
• Quercus velutina (black oak)
• Juglandaceae (walnut family)
• Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory)
• Carya ovata (shagbark hickory)
• Juglans cinerea (butternut)
• Juglans nigra (black walnut)
• Malvaceae (mallow family)
• Tilia americana (basswood)
• Moraceae (mulberry family)
• Morus rubra (red mulberry)
• Oleaceae (olive family)
• Fraxinus americana (white ash)
• Fraxinus nigra (black ash)
• Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash and red ash)
• Rosaceae (rose family)
• Amelanchier arborea (downy serviceberry)
• Crataegus macracantha (large-thorned hawthorn)
• Crataegus mollis (downy hawthorn)
• Crataegus punctata (dotted hawthorn)
• Malus ioensis (Prairie Crabapple)
• Prunus americana (wild plum)
• Prunus nigra (Canada Plum)
• Prunus pensylvanica (pin cherry)
• Prunus serotina (black cherry)
• Prunus virginiana (chockcherry)
• Sorbus americana (American mountain ash)
• Sorbus decora (showy mountain-ash)
• Salicaceae (willow family)
• Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)
• Populus grandidentata (big-tooth aspen)
• Populus balsamifera (balsam poplar)
• Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood)
• Salix nigra (black willow)
• Salix amygdaloides (peachleaf willow)
• Sapindaceae (soapberry family)
• Acer negundo (boxelder)
• Acer nigrum (black maple)
• Acer rubrum (red maple)
• Acer saccharinum (silver maple)
• Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
• Acer spicatum (mountain maple)
• Ulmaceae (elm family)
• Celtis occidentalis (hackberry)
• Ulmus americana (American elm)
• Ulmus rubra (slippery elm)
• Ulmus thomasii (rock elm)

Introduced and invasive species

Introduced and invasive species of trees include:

• Eleagnaceae (Oleaster)
• Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian olive)
• Fabaceae
• Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust)
• Hippocastanaceae (buckeye and horsechestnut)
• Aesculus glabra (Ohio buckeye)
• Aesculus hippocastanum (European horsechestnut)
• Pinaceae (Pine)
• Picea abies (Norway spruce)
• Larix decidua (European larch)
• Picea pungens (Colorado blue spruce)
• Pinus rigida (pitch pine)
• Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine)
• Rhamnaceae (Buckthorns)
• Frangula alnus (glossy buckthorn, alder buckthorn)
• Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn)
• Salicaceae (willow)
• Populus alba (white poplar)
• Sapindaceae (Soapberry family)
• Acer ginnala (Amur maple)
• Acer platanoides (Norway maple)
• Ulmaceae (Elm)
• Ulmus glabra (Wych elm)
• Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm)

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