A note about Common Names
Common names of plants vary widely from region to region, from person to person, and from book to book. The common names I have used for each species on this website are usually the ones from Trees in Canada. There are some exceptions, however.

I have included in this list all the common names that I am aware of. Therefore, a species may be listed here more than once.

There is also on this site a list of just the common names I have used to identify each species on this site (each species listed only once). CLICK HERE to go to that list.

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Acacia, False (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Acacia, Three-thorned (Gleditsia triacanthos)
Alder, Black (Ilex verticillata)
Alder, Black (Alnus glutinosa)
Alder, Dwarf (Rhamnus alnifolia)
Alder, European Black (Alnus glutinosa)
Alder, Gray (Alnus incana)
Alder, Green (Alnus viridis)
Alder, Hoary (Alnus incana)
Alder, Mountain (Alnus viridis)
Alder, Speckled (Alnus incana)
Alder, Tag (Alnus incana)
Apple, Common (Malus pumila)
Apple, Domestic (Malus pumila)
Arborvitae, Eastern (Thuja occidentalis)
Arrowwood, Downy (Viburnum rafinesquianum)
Arrowwood, Northern (Viburnum recognitum)
Arrowwood, Smooth (Viburnum recognitum)
Arrowwood, Southern (Viburnum recognitum)
Ash, Black (Fraxinus nigra)
Ash, Blue (Fraxinus quadrangulata)
Ash, Cane (Fraxinus americana)
Ash, Four-angled (Fraxinus quadrangulata)
Ash, Green (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
Ash, Pumpkin (Fraxinus profunda)
Ash, Red (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
Ash, White (Fraxinus americana)
Aspen, Large-toothed (Populus grandidentata)
Aspen, Trembling (Populus tremuloides)

Balsam, Canada (Abies balsamea)
Barberry, Common (Berberis vulgaris)
Barberry, European (Berberis vulgaris)
Barberry, Japanese (Berberis thunbergii)
Bayberry, Northern (Morella pensylvanica)
Bearberry, Common (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
Birch, Black (Betula lenta)
Birch, Canoe (Betula papyrifera)
Birch, Cherry (Betula lenta)
Birch, Dwarf (Betula pumila)
Birch, European Weeping (Betula pendula)
Birch, European White (Betula pendula)
Birch, Gray (Betula populifolia)
Birch, Paper (Betula papyrifera)
Birch, Silver (Betula pendula)
Birch, Swamp (Betula pumila)
Birch, Sweet (Betula lenta)
Birch, Weeping (Betula pendula)
Birch, White (Betula papyrifera)
Birch, Wire (Betula populifolia)
Bladdernut, American (Staphylea trifolia)
Blueberry, Sourtop (Vaccinium myrtilloides)
Blueberry, Velvetleaf (Vaccinium myrtilloides)
Bower, Virgin's (Clematis virginiana)
Buckeye, Fetid (Aesculus glabra)
Buckeye, Ohio (Aesculus glabra)
Buckthorn, Alder (Frangula alnus)
Buckthorn, Alder-leaved (Rhamnus alnifolia)
Buckthorn, Common (Rhamnus cathartica)
Buckthorn, European (Rhamnus cathartica)
Buckthorn, Glossy (Frangula alnus)
Burning Bush, Winged (Euonymus alata)
Buttonbush, Common (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Buttonbush, Eastern (Cephalanthus occidentalis)

Cactus, Compressed (Opuntia humifusa)
Cactus, Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa)
Cedar, Eastern Red (Juniperus virginiana)
Cedar, Eastern White (Thuja occidentalis)
Cedar, Northern White (Thuja occidentalis)
Cedar, Red (Juniperus virginiana)
Cherry, Choke (Prunus virginiana)
Cherry, Dwarf (Prunus pumila)
Cherry, Red Choke (Prunus virginiana)
Cherry, Sand (Prunus pumila)
Chestnut, American (Castanea dentata)
Chestnut, Toothed (Castanea dentata)
Chokeberry, Black (Aronia melanocarpa)
Chokeberry, Black-seeded (Aronia melanocarpa)
Chokecherry, Eastern (Prunus virginiana)
Chokecherry, Red (Prunus virginiana)
Cinquefoil, Shrubby (Dasiphora fruticosa)
Cinquefoil, Three-leaved (Sibbaldia tridentata)
Cinquefoil, Three-toothed (Sibbaldia tridentata)
Coffee Tree, Kentucky (Gymnocladus dioicus)
Cornel, Dwarf (Cornus canadensis)
Cornel, Red Osier (Cornus stolonifera)
Cranberry, American (Vaccinium macrocarpon)
Cranberry, European (Vaccinium oxycoccos)
Cranberry, Large (Vaccinium macrocarpon)
Cranberry, Small (Vaccinium oxycoccos)
Creeper, Trumpet (Campsis radicans)
Creeper, Virginia (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
Currant, American Black (Ribes americanum)
Currant, Hudson Bay Currant (Ribes hudsonianum)
Currant, Northern Wild Black (Ribes hudsonianum)
Currant, Wild Black (Ribes americanum)

Dogwood, Alternate-leaved (Cornus alternifolia)
Dogwood, Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
Dogwood, Eastern Flowering (Cornus florida)
Dogwood, Flowering (Cornus florida)
Dogwood, Gray (Cornus racemosa)
Dogwood, Grey (Cornus racemosa)
Dogwood, Pagoda (Cornus alternifolia)
Dogwood, Poison (Toxicodendron vernix)
Dogwood, Red Osier (Cornus stolonifera)
Dogwood, Silky (Cornus obliqua)

Elder, American (Sambucus nigra)
Elder, Box (Acer negundo)
Elder, Common (Sambucus nigra)
Elder, Red-berried (Sambucus racemosa)
Elderberry, Black (Sambucus nigra)
Elderberry, Canada (Sambucus nigra)
Elderberry, Common (Sambucus nigra)
Elderberry, Poison (Toxicodendron vernix)
Elderberry, Red-berried (Sambucus racemosa)
Euonymus, Winged (Euonymus alata)

Fir, Balsam (Abies balsamea)
Fir, Scotch (Pinus sylvestris)

Gale, Fern (Comptonia peregrina)
Goat's Beard, False (Sorbaria sorbifolia)
Gooseberry, Bristly Wild (Ribes oxyacanthoides)
Gooseberry, Low Wild (Ribes hirtellum)
Gooseberry, Northern (Ribes oxyacanthoides)
Gooseberry, Pasture (Ribes cynosbati)
Gooseberry, Prickly (Ribes cynosbati)
Gooseberry, Smooth (Ribes hirtellum)
Gooseberry, Wild (Ribes hirtellum)

Hazel, Common Witch (Hamamelis virginiana)
Hazel, Witch (Hamamelis virginiana)
Hemlock, Eastern (Tsuga canadensis)
Hemlock, Ground (Taxus canadensis)
Hickory, Big Shagbark (Carya laciniosa)
Hickory, Big Shellbark (Carya laciniosa)
Hickory, Bitternut (Carya cordiformis)
Hickory, Shellbark (Carya laciniosa)
Hickory, Swamp (Carya cordiformis)
Holly, Common Mountain (Ilex mucronata)
Holly, Mountain (Ilex mucronata)
Honeysuckle, American Fly (Lonicera canadensis)
Honeysuckle, Bush (Diervilla lonicera)
Honeysuckle, Canada Fly (Lonicera canadensis)
Horsechestnut, Common (Aesculus hippocastanum)
Huckleberry, Velvetleaf (Vaccinium myrtilloides)

Indigo, Desert False (Amorpha fruticosa)
Indigo, False (Amorpha fruticosa)
Indigo, Shrubby False (Amorpha fruticosa)
Ivy, Climbing Poison (Toxicodendron rydbergii)
Ivy, Poison (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

Juneberry, Bartram's (Amelanchier bartramiana)
Juneberry, Downy (Amelanchier arborea)
Juneberry, Mountain (Amelanchier bartramiana)
Juneberry, Oblong-fruited (Amelanchier bartramiana)
Juneberry, Swamp (Amelanchier canadensis)
Juniper, Eastern (Juniperus virginiana)
Juniper, Red (Juniperus virginiana)

Larch, Alaska (Larix laricina)
Larch, American (Larix laricina)
Larch, Eastern (Larix laricina)
Larch, European (Larix decidua)
Leatherleaf, Calyxed (Chamaedaphne calyculata)
Lilac, Common (Syringa vulgaris)
Linden, American (Tilia americana)
Locust, Black (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Locust, Honey (Gleditsia triacanthos)
Locust, Thorny (Gleditsia triacanthos)

Magnolia, Cucumber (Magnolia acuminata)
Maple, Black (Acer nigrum)
Maple, Black Sugar (Acer nigrum)
Maple, Hard (Acer saccharum)
Maple, Manitoba (Acer negundo)
Maple, Norway (Acer platanoides)
Maple, Rock (Acer saccharum)
Maple, Sugar (Acer saccharum)
Moonseed, Canada (Menispermum canadense)
Moonseed, Common (Menispermum canadense)
Mountain Avens, Entire-leaved (Dryas integrifolia)
Mountain Avens, White (Dryas integrifolia)

Oak, Chinkapin (Quercus muehlenbergii)
Oak, Chinquapin (Quercus muehlenbergii)
Oak, Dwarf Chestnut (Quercus prinoides)
Oak, Dwarf Chinquapin (Quercus prinoides)
Oak, Hill's (Quercus ellipsoidalis)
Oak, Northern Pin (Quercus ellipsoidalis)
Oak, Shumard (Quercus shumardii)
Oak, Swamp Red (Quercus shumardii)
Oak, Yellow (Quercus muehlenbergii)
Oak, Yellow Chestnut (Quercus muehlenbergii)
Olive, Autumn (Elaeagnus umbellata)
Olive, Russian (Elaeagnus umbellata)

Parilla, Yellow (Menispermum canadense)
Partridgeberry, Creeping (Mitchella repens)
Pine, Austrian (Pinus nigra)
Pine, Banksian (Pinus banksiana)
Pine, Eastern White (Pinus strobus)
Pine, European Black (Pinus nigra)
Pine, Gray (Pinus banksiana)
Pine, Jack (Pinus banksiana)
Pine, Mugho (Pinus mugo)
Pine, Mugo (Pinus mugo)
Pine, Northern White (Pinus strobus)
Pine, Norway (Pinus resinosa)
Pine, Pitch (Pinus rigida)
Pine, Red (Pinus resinosa)
Pine, Scotch (Pinus sylvestris)
Pine, Scots (Pinus sylvestris)
Pine, Scrub (Pinus banksiana)
Pine, Swiss Mountain (Pinus mugo)
Pine, Torch (Pinus rigida)
Pine, Weymouth (Pinus strobus)
Pine, White (Pinus strobus)
Pipsissewa, Common (Chimaphila umbellata)
Pipsissewa, Mottled (Chimaphila maculata)
Plane Tree, American (Platanus occidentalis)
Plum, Canada (Prunus nigra)
Plum, Horse (Prunus nigra)
Poplar, Lombardy (Populus nigra)
Poplar, Yellow (Liriodendron tulipifera)
Prickly Ash, American (Zanthoxylum americanum)
Prickly Ash, Common (Zanthoxylum americanum)
Prickly Ash, Northern (Zanthoxylum americanum)
Prickly Pear, Spreading (Opuntia humifusa)
Prince's Pine, Striped (Chimaphila maculata)
Privet, Common (Ligustrum vulgare)

Raisin, Northern Wild (Viburnum nudum)
Raisin, Wild (Viburnum nudum)
Raspberry, Black (Rubus occidentalis)
Raspberry, Flowering (Rubus odoratus)
Raspberry, Purple-flowering (Rubus odoratus)
Raspberry, Red (Rubus idaeus)
Raspberry, Wild Red (Rubus idaeus)
Red-root, Herbaceous (Ceanothus herbaceus)
Redbud, Canadian (Cercis canadensis)
Redbud, Eastern (Cercis canadensis)
Rose, Bristly (Rosa acicularis)
Rose, Climbing (Rosa setigera)
Rose, Marsh (Rosa palustris)
Rose, Prairie (Rosa setigera)
Rose, Prickly (Rosa acicularis)
Rose, Prickly Wild (Rosa acicularis)
Rose, Swamp (Rosa palustris)
Rosemary, Bog (Andromeda polifolia)

Schizonotus, Sorb-leaved (Sorbaria sorbifolia)
Serviceberry, Allegheny (Amelanchier laevis)
Serviceberry, Downy (Amelanchier arborea)
Serviceberry, Low (Amelanchier humilis)
Serviceberry, Northwestern (Amelanchier humilis)
Serviceberry, Purple (Amelanchier canadensis)
Serviceberry, Smooth (Amelanchier laevis)
Serviceberry, Swamp (Amelanchier canadensis)
Shadbush, Common (Amelanchier arborea)
Shadbush, Mountain (Amelanchier bartramiana)
Shadbush, Smooth (Amelanchier laevis)
Shadbush, Swamp (Amelanchier canadensis)
Snowberry, Creeping (Gaultheria hispidula)
Spindle Tree, Winged (Euonymus alata)
Spirea, False (Sorbaria sorbifolia)
Spirea, Ural False (Sorbaria sorbifolia)
Spruce, Norway (Picea abies)
St Johnswort, Kalm's (Hypericum kalmianum)
St Johnswort, Shrubby (Hypericum prolificum)
Sumac, Chinese (Ailanthus altissima)
Sumac, Fragrant (Rhus aromatica)
Sumac, Poison (Toxicodendron vernix)
Sumac, Swamp (Toxicodendron vernix)
Sweet Viburnum, Sweet (Viburnum lentago)
Sycamore, American (Platanus occidentalis)

Tea, Narrow-leaved New Jersey (Ceanothus herbaceus)
Teaberry, Eastern (Gaultheria procumbens)
Thuja, Eastern (Thuja occidentalis)
Twinflower, Northern (Linnaea borealis)

Walnut, American (Juglans nigra)
Walnut, Black (Juglans nigra)
Walnut, English (Juglans regia)
Walnut, Persian (Juglans regia)
Walnut, White (Juglans cinerea)
Wayfaring Tree, American (Viburnum lantanoides)
Willow, Basket (Salix purpurea)
Willow, Bay-leaved (Salix pentandra)
Willow, Bayleaf (Salix pentandra)
Willow, Bebb's (Salix bebbiana)
Willow, Black (Salix nigra)
Willow, Diamond (Salix cordata)
Willow, Diamond (Salix eriocephala)
Willow, Furry (Salix cordata)
Willow, Glaucous (Salix discolor)
Willow, Glossy (Salix lucida)
Willow, Golden Weeping (Salix babylonica)
Willow, Heart-leaved (Salix cordata)
Willow, Heartleaf (Salix cordata)
Willow, Hoary (Salix candida)
Willow, Large Pussy (Salix discolor)
Willow, Laurel (Salix pentandra)
Willow, Laurel-leaf (Salix pentandra)
Willow, Long-beaked (Salix bebbiana)
Willow, Missouri (Salix eriocephala)
Willow, Narrow Heartleaf (Salix eriocephala)
Willow, Net-veined (Salix reticulata)
Willow, Prairie (Salix humilis)
Willow, Pussy (Salix discolor)
Willow, Sage-leaved (Salix candida)
Willow, Sand Dune (Salix cordata)
Willow, Sandbar (Salix exigua)
Willow, Shining (Salix lucida)
Willow, Slender (Salix exigua)
Willow, Small Pussy (Salix humilis)
Willow, Swamp (Salix nigra)
Willow, Upland (Salix humilis)
Willow, Weeping (Salix babylonica)
Willow, Woolly-headed (Salix eriocephala)
Winterberry, Common (Ilex verticillata)
Wintergreen, Spotted (Chimaphila maculata)
Wintergreen, Striped (Chimaphila maculata)

Yew, American (Taxus canadensis)

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