Utah Tree Species List by Genus and Common Name
Click on a name to view tree photos and natural history. This list includes Utah native and naturalized trees only; see the Utah Tree Browser for a more complete tree listing.

Pines
bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva)
limber pine (Pinus flexilis)
lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta)
ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
pinyon pine (Pinus edulis)
singleleaf pinyon (Pinus monophylla)

Spruces
blue spruce (Picea pungens)
Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii)

Douglas-fir
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)

True Firs
subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa)
white fir (Abies concolor)

Junipers
Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum)
Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma)

Maples
boxelder (Acer negundo)
canyon maple (Acer grandidentatum)
Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
Rocky Mountain maple (Acer glabrum)

Poplars and Aspen
balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)
black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa)
Fremont cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
narrowleaf cottonwood (Populus angustifolia)
quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

Willows
crack willow (Salix nigra)
peachleaf willow (Salix amygdaloides)

Ashes
green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
singleleaf or dwarf ash (Fraxinus anomala)
velvet or Modesto ash (Fraxinus velutina)

Oaks
Gambel oak (Quercus gambelii)
shrub live oak (Quercus turbinella)
wavyleaf oak (Quercus undulata)

Other Species
blue elder (Sambucus cerulea)
California or western redbud (Cercis occidentalis)
cliffrose, quininebush (Cowania mexicana)
common chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
common or western hoptree (Ptelea angustifolia)
curleaf mountain-mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius)
desertwillow (Chilopsis linearis)
Greene mountain-ash (Sorbus scopulina)
honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora)
Joshua-tree (Yucca brevifolia)
netleaf hackberry (Celtis reticulata)
New Mexico locust (Robinia neomexicana)
red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)
Russian-olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
Saskatoon, western serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia)
thinleaf alder (Alnus tenuifolia)
Utah serviceberry (Amelanchier utahensis)
water birch (Betula occidentalis)