Utah Tree Species List by Family
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.

Aceraceae (Maple Family)
boxelder (Acer negundo)
canyon maple (Acer grandidentatum)
Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
Rocky Mountain maple (Acer glabrum)

Agavaceae (Agave Family; also cited as family Liliaceae)
Joshua-tree (Yucca brevifolia)

Betulaceae (Birch Family)
thinleaf alder (Alnus tenuifolia)
water birch (Betula occidentalis)

Bignoniaceae (Trumpet Creeper Family)
desertwillow (Chilopsis linearis)

Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle Family)
blue elder (Sambucus cerulea)

Cornaceae (Dogwood Family)
red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)

Cupressaceae (Cypress and Juniper Family)
Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum)
Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma)

Elaeagnaceae (Oleaster Family)
Russian-olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)

Fabaceae (Legume Family)
California or western redbud (Cercis occidentalis)
honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora)
New Mexico locust (Robinia neomexicana)

Fagaceae (Beech Family)
Gambel oak (Quercus gambelii)
shrub live oak (Quercus turbinella)
wavyleaf oak (Quercus undulata)

Oleaceae (Olive Family)
singleleaf or dwarf ash (Fraxinus anomala)
green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
velvet or Modesto ash (Fraxinus velutina)

Pinaceae (Pine Family)
subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa)
white fir (Abies concolor)
blue spruce (Picea pungens)
Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii)
bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva)
limber pine (Pinus flexilis)
lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta)
pinyon Pine (Pinus edulis)
ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
singleleaf Pinyon (Pinus monophylla)
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)

Rosaceae (Rose Family)
cliffrose, quininebush (Cowania mexicana)
common chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
curleaf mountain-mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius)
Greene mountain-ash (Sorbus scopulina)
Saskatoon, western serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia)
Utah serviceberry (Amelanchier utahensis)

Rutaceae (Rue Family)
Common or western hoptree (Ptelea angustifolia)

Salicaceae (Willow Family)
balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)
black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa)
crack willow (Salix fragilis)
Fremont cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
narrowleaf cottonwood (Populus angustifolia)
peachleaf willow (Salix amygdaloides)
quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

Ulmaceae (Elm Family)
netleaf hackberry (Celtis reticulata)