Common Tree Species

Pennsylvania has over 38 common tree species. Their names are listed below for your convenience. If you desire to know more about each of these species of tree or would like to learn how to identify these common tree species, please click on any of the links following the tree list for more information.

  • Ash (white) Locust (black)
  • Aspen (bigtooth) Maple (mountain)
  • Aspen (quaking) Maple (Norway)
  • Basswood Maple (red)
  • Beech (American) Maple (silver)
  • Birch (paper) Maple (striped)
  • Birch (sweet) Maple (sugar)
  • Birch (yellow) Mulberry (red)
  • Black Gum Oak (black)
  • Box elder Oak (chestnut)
  • Catalpa Oak (northern red)
  • Cherry (black) Oak (pin)
  • Cherry (choke) Oak (scarlet)
  • Cherry (fire) Oak (white)
  • Chestnut (American) Pine (eastern white)
  • Cucumber-tree magnolia Pine (pitch)
  • Dogwood (flowering) Pine (red)
  • Elm (American) Pine (scots)
  • Elm (slippery) Pine (table mountain)
  • Hawthorn Pine (Virginia)
  • Hackberry Redbud
  • Hemlock (eastern) Redcedar (eastern)
  • Hickory (bitternut) Sassafras
  • Hickory (mockernut) Serviceberry
  • Hickory (pignut) Spruce (blue)
  • Hickory (shagbark) Spruce (Norway)
  • Hickory (shellbark) Sycamore
  • Honey-locust Tree-of-heaven
  • Hop-hornbeam Tuliptree
  • Hornbeam (American) Walnut (black)
  • Larch (American) Willow (black)
  • Witch-hazel

Common Pennsylvania Tree Species Identification

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