Minnesota Trees
A tree is a large, woody, perennial plant rising usually on a single erect stem (trunk) reaching a height of at least 15 feet and having a well-defined crown. There are 92 native and 9 naturalized tree species in Minnesota.
Prior to European settlement, 51.2 million acres of what is now Minnesota was forested. Today only about 16.7 million forested acres remain. Tree planting and succession due to fire supression are increasing that number.
tree hugger (Arbor amplexis)
Coniferous
Deciduous
Common Name Status
cedar, northern white (Thuja occidentalis)
fir, balsam (Abies balsamea var. balsamea)
hemlock, eastern (Tsuga canadensis)
endangered
larch, European (Larix decidua)
pine, eastern white (Pinus strobus)
pine, jack (Pinus banksiana)
pine, red (Pinus resinosa)
pine, Scotch (Pinus sylvestris)
redcedar, eastern (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)
spruce, black (Picea mariana)
spruce, blue (Picea pungens)
spruce, Norway (Picea abies)
spruce, white (Picea glauca)
tamarack (Larix laricina)
Common Name Status
alder, speckled (Alnus incana ssp. rugosa)
apple, paradise (Malus pumila)
ash, black (Fraxinus nigra)
ash, green (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
ash, white (Fraxinus americana)
aspen, bigtooth (Populus grandidentata)
aspen, quaking (Populus tremuloides)
basswood, American (Tilia americana)
beech, blue (Carpinus caroliniana ssp. virginiana)
birch, bog (Betula pumila)
birch, heart-leaved (Betula cordifolia)
birch, paper (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera)
birch, river (Betula nigra)
birch, yellow (Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis)
boxelder (Acer negundo var. interius)
boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)
buckeye, Ohio (Aesculus glabra var. glabra)
buckthorn, alder-leaved (Rhamnus alnifolia)
buckthorn, common (Rhamnus cathartica)
buckthorn, glossy (Frangula alnus)
butternut (Juglans cinerea)
endangered
catalpa, northern (Catalpa speciosa)
cherry, black (Prunus serotina var. serotina)
cherry, pin (Prunus pensylvanica var. pensylvanica)
chestnut, horse (Aesculus hippocastanum)
coffee tree, Kentucky (Gymnocladus dioica)
corktree, amur (Phellodendron amurense)
cottonwood, plains (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)
dogwood, pagoda (Cornus alternifolia)
elm, American (Ulmus americana)
elm, rock (Ulmus thomasii)
elm, Siberian (Ulmus pumila)
elm, slippery (Ulmus rubra)
hackberry, northern (Celtis occidentalis)
hawthorn, bigfruit (Crataegus macrosperma)
hawthorn, dotted (Crataegus punctata)
hawthorn, Douglas (Crataegus douglasii)
special concern
hawthorn, downy (Crataegus mollis)
hawthorn, fanleaf (Crataegus flabellata)
hawthorn, fleshy (Crataegus succulenta)
hawthorn, Fort Sheridan (Crataegus apiomorpha)
hawthorn, large-thorned (Crataegus macracantha)
hawthorn, late (Crataegus calpodendron)
special concern
hawthorn, Quebec (Crataegus submollis)
hawthorn, rough-leaved (Crataegus scabrida)
hawthorn, scarlet (Crataegus coccinea)
hickory, bitternut (Carya cordiformis)
hickory, northern shagbark (Carya ovata)
ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana)
locust, black (Robinia pseudoacacia)
locust, honey (Gleditsia triacanthos)
maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba)
maple, amur (Acer ginnala)
maple, black (Acer nigrum)
maple, mountain (Acer spicatum)
maple, Norway (Acer platanoides)
maple, red (Acer rubrum var. rubrum)
maple, silver (Acer saccharinum)
maple, sugar (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum)
mountain ash, American (Sorbus americana)
mountain ash, European (Sorbus aucuparia)
mountain ash, northern (Sorbus decora)
mulberry, red (Morus rubra)
mulberry, white (Morus alba)
nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)
oak, black (Quercus velutina)
oak, bur (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)
oak, northern pin (Quercus ellipsoidalis)
oak, northern red (Quercus rubra)
oak, swamp white (Quercus bicolor)
oak, white (Quercus alba)
olive, Russian (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
plum, American (Prunus americana)
plum, Canada (Prunus nigra)
poplar, balsam (Populus balsamifera)
poplar, Lombardy (Populus nigra)
poplar, white (Populus alba)
prickly ash, northern (Zanthoxylum americanum)
serviceberry, downy (Amelanchier arborea var. arborea)
serviceberry, inland (Amelanchier interior )
serviceberry, roundleaf (Amelanchier sanguinea)
serviceberry, smooth (Amelanchier laevis)
sumac, poison (Toxicodendron vernix)
sumac, smooth (Rhus glabra)
sumac, staghorn (Rhus typhina)
wahoo, eastern (Euonymus atropurpureus)
walnut, black (Juglans nigra)
willow, Bebb’s (Salix bebbiana)
willow, black (Salix nigra)
willow, crack (Salix fragilis)
willow, hybrid crack (Salix X rubens)
willow, laurel (Salix pentandra)
willow, peachleaf (Salix amygdaloides)
willow, pussy (Salix discolor)
willow, sandbar (Salix interior)
willow, satiny (Salix pellita)
threatened
willow, shining (Salix lucida ssp. lucida)
willow, weeping (Salix babylonica)
willow, white (Salix alba)
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_06.jpg "boxelder (var. negundo)")
_02.jpg "bur oak (var. macrocarpa)")
