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| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Abies balsamea | Balsam fir Balsam | |
| Acer negundo | Ash-leaf maple Ash-leaved maple Box elder Boxelder Fresno de guajuco | |
| Acer nigrum | Black maple | |
| Acer pensylvanicum | Striped maple Moosewood | |
| Acer rubrum | Red maple Scarlet maple | |
| Acer rubrum var. rubrum | Red maple | |
| Acer rubrum var. trilobum | Trident maple Trident red maple | |
| Acer saccharinum | Silver maple Soft maple White maple | |
| Acer saccharum | Sugar maple Northern sugar maple | |
| Acer saccharum var. saccharum | Sugar maple | |
| Acer spicatum | Mountain maple | |
| Aesculus flava | Sweet buckeye Yellow buckeye | |
| Aesculus glabra | Ohio buckeye Texas buckeye Fetid buckeye Horse chestnut | |
| Alnus incana | Gray alder Speckled alder | |
| Alnus incana ssp. rugosa | Speckled alder | |
| Amelanchier arborea var. arborea | Common serviceberry Shadbush Junebush | |
| Amelanchier interior | Pacific serviceberry | |
| Amelanchier laevis | Allegheny service-berry Allegheny serviceberry Serviceberry | |
| Aralia spinosa | Devil's walkingstick Devil’s walking-stick Prickly Ash Hercules club Angelica tree | |
| Asimina triloba | Pawpaw Common paw paw Indian banana | |
| Betula alleghaniensis | Yellow birch | |
| Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis | Yellow birch | |
| Betula alleghaniensis var. macrolepis | Yellow birch | |
| Betula lenta | Sweet birch Cherry birch Black birch Mahogany birch | |
| Betula nigra | River birch Red birch | |
| Betula papyrifera | Paper birch Canoe birch White birch | |
| Betula populifolia | Gray birch White birch Aspen-leaved birch | |
| Carya alba | Mockernut hickory Big bud hickory | |
| Carpinus caroliniana | American hornbeam Blue beech Musclewood Ironwood | |
| Carya cordiformis | Bitternut hickory Swamp hickory | |
| Castanea dentata | American chestnut | |
| Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | |
| Carya laciniosa | Shellbark hickory | |
| Carya ovata | Shagbark hickory | |
| Catalpa speciosa | Northern catalpa Catawba tree Cigar tree Indian bean | |
| Cercis canadensis | Eastern redbud Redbud | |
| Celtis occidentalis | Common hackberry Nettle tree | |
| Chionanthus virginicus | White fringetree Fringe tree Grancy Graybeard | |
| Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf dogwood Drummond's dogwood Rough-leaf dogwood | |
| Cornus florida | Flowering dogwood Virginia dogwood | |
| Cornus rugosa | Roundleaf dogwood | |
| Crataegus brainerdii | Brainerd's hawthorn | |
| Crataegus chrysocarpa | Fireberry hawthorn | |
| Crataegus crus-galli | Cockspur hawthorn Cockspur thorn Newcastle hawthorn Newcastle thorn | |
| Crataegus dilatata | Broadleaf hawthorn | |
| Crataegus flabellata | Fanleaf hawthorn | |
| Crataegus holmesiana | Holmes' hawthorn | |
| Crataegus intricata | Copenhagen hawthorn Thicket hawthorn White hawthorn White thorn Scarlet hawthorn Scarlet haw Scarlet-fruited hawthorn Scarlet-fruited haw | |
| Crataegus macrosperma | Bigfruit hawthorn Large-seeded hawthorn | |
| Crataegus mollis | Downy hawthorn White thorn Whitethorn Scarlet hawthorn Scarlet haw | |
| Crataegus pruinosa | Waxyfruit hawthorn | |
| Crataegus punctata | Dotted hawthorn White thorn Dotted haw | |
| Crataegus scabrida | Rough hawthorn | |
| Crataegus submollis | Quebec hawthorn | |
| Crataegus suborbiculata | Caughuawaga hawthorn | |
| Crataegus succulenta | Fleshy hawthorn | |
| Fagus grandifolia | American beech | |
| Fraxinus americana | White ash | |
| Frangula caroliniana | Carolina buckthorn Carolina false buckthorn Indian cherry | |
| Fraxinus nigra | Black ash | |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green ash Red ash | |
| Fraxinus profunda | Pumpkin ash | |
| Fraxinus quadrangulata | Blue ash | |
| Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey locust Common Honey-locust Honey-locust Thornless common honey-locust Honey shucks | |
| Gymnocladus dioicus | Kentucky coffeetree Stump tree | |
| Hamamelis virginiana | Witch hazel American witch hazel | |
| Ilex mucronata | Catberry | |
| Ilex verticillata | Common winterberry Michigan holly Black alder | |
| Juglans cinerea | Butternut White walnut | |
| Juglans nigra | Black walnut Eastern black walnut | |
| Larix laricina | Tamarack American larch Hacmatack | |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum American sweetgum | |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip tree Tulip poplar Yellow poplar | |
| Magnolia acuminata | Cucumbertree Cucumber tree Mountain magnolia | |
| Malus angustifolia | Southern crabapple Wild crabapple | |
| Malus coronaria | Sweet crabapple American crab | |
| Malus ioensis | Prairie crabapple Iowa crabapple | |
| Magnolia tripetala | Umbrella tree Umbrella magnolia | |
| Morus rubra | Red mulberry Moral | |
| Nyssa sylvatica | Blackgum Black tupelo Sourgum Tupelo Pepperridge | |
| Ostrya virginiana | Eastern hop-hornbeam Hophornbeam Ironwood | |
| Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana | Hophornbeam | |
| Pinus strobus | Eastern white pine Weymouth pine | |
| Pinus virginiana | Virginia pine Jersey pine Scrub pine | |
| Platanus occidentalis | American sycamore Buttonwood Plane-tree Sycamore | |
| Populus balsamifera | Balsam poplar Balsam Tacmahac | |
| Populus balsamifera ssp. balsamifera | Balsam poplar | |
| Populus deltoides | Eastern cottonwood Alamo Carolina poplar Necklace Poplar | |
| Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides | Eastern cottonwood | |
| Populus grandidentata | Bigtooth aspen Big-tooth aspen Long-toothed aspen | |
| Populus heterophylla | Swamp cottonwood Swamp poplar Black cottonwood Downy poplar | |
| Populus tremuloides | Quaking aspen Aspen | |
| Prunus americana | American plum Wild plum | |
| Prunus mexicana | Mexican plum Bigtree plum | |
| Prunus nigra | Canadian plum Canada plum Red plum | |
| Prunus pensylvanica var. pensylvanica | Pin cherry | |
| Prunus serotina | Black cherry Rum cherry | |
| Prunus serotina var. serotina | Eastern black cherry Black cherry | |
| Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry Common chokecherry Choke cherry | |
| Prunus virginiana var. virginiana | Chokecherry | |
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