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A listing of trees common and native to Monroe County, Pa.

Trees common and native to Monroe County, Pa.

Note: US Forest Service rank refers to relative dominance in the county

Species	Common Name	Family	USFS Rank
Acer rubrum var. rubrum	Red maple	Aceraceae	36
Fagus grandifolia	American beech	Fagaceae	19
Quercus alba	White oak	Fagaceae	18
Quercus prinus	Chestnut oak	Fagaceae	15
Quercus rubra	Northern red oak	Fagaceae	11
Fraxinus americana var. americana	White ash	Oleaceae	9
Tsuga canadensis	Canada hemlock	Pinaceae	9
Betula lenta	Black birch	Betulaceae	8
Prunus serotina	Wild black cherry	Rosaceae	8
Sassafras albidum	Sassafras	Lauraceae	7
Nyssa sylvatica	Sourgum	Nyssaceae	4
Betula alleghaniensis	Yellow birch	Betulaceae	3
Salix nigra	Black willow	Salicaceae	3
Acer saccharinum	Silver maple	Aceraceae	2
Carya cordiformis	Bitternut hickory	Juglandaceae	2
Cornus florida	Flowering dogwood	Cornaceae	2
Quercus velutina	Black oak	Fagaceae	2
Pinus strobus	Eastern white pine	Pinaceae	2
Quercus coccinea	Scarlet oak	Fagaceae	1
Robinia pseudoacacia	Black locust	Fabaceae	1
Ulmus americana	American elm	Ulmaceae	1
Ulmus rubra	Red elm	Ulmaceae	1
Acer pensylvanicum	Moosewood	Aceraceae	0
Acer rubrum var. trilobum	Trident red maple	Aceraceae	0
Acer negundo	Box-elder	Aceraceae	0
Amelanchier arborea	Shadbush	Rosaceae	0
Amelanchier laevis	Smooth serviceberry	Rosaceae	0
Betula nigra	River birch	Betulaceae	0
Betula papyrifera	Paper birch	Betulaceae	0
Betula populifolia	Gray birch	Betulaceae	0
Carpinus caroliniana	Hornbeam	Betulaceae	0
Carya glabra	Pignut hickory	Juglandaceae	0
Carya ovata	Shagbark hickory	Juglandaceae	0
Castanea dentata	American chestnut	Fagaceae	0
Celtis occidentalis var. canina	Dogberry	Ulmaceae	0
Celtis occidentalis var. occidentalis	Hackberry	Ulmaceae	0
Celtis tenuifolia var. georgiana	Dwarf hackberry	Ulmaceae	0
Cornus alternifolia	Alternate-leaved dogwood	Cornaceae	0
Crataegus punctata	Dotted hawthorn	Rosaceae	0
Fraxinus nigra	Black ash	Oleaceae	0
Fraxinus pennsylvanica	Red ash	Oleaceae	0
Gleditsia triacanthos	Honey-locust	Caesalpiniaceae	0
Juglans cinerea	Butternut	Juglandaceae	0
Juglans nigra	Black walnut	Juglandaceae	0
Larix laricina	American larch	Pinaceae	0
Liriodendron tulipifera	Tuliptree	Magnoliaceae	0
Magnolia tripetala	Umbrella-tree	Magnoliaceae	0
Malus coronaria var. coronaria	Sweet crabapple	Rosaceae	0
Ostrya virginiana	Hop-hornbeam	Betulaceae	0
Platanus occidentalis	Sycamore	Platanaceae	0
Populus balsamifera	Balsam poplar	Salicaceae	0
Populus grandidentata	Bigtooth aspen	Salicaceae	0
Populus tremuloides	Quaking aspen	Salicaceae	0
Prunus pensylvanica	Pin cherry	Rosaceae	0
Quercus alba x prinus	Saul oak	Fagaceae	0
Quercus bicolor	Swamp white oak	Fagaceae	0
Quercus falcata	Southern red oak	Fagaceae	0
Quercus ilicifolia x velutina	Rehder oak	Fagaceae	0
Quercus palustris	Pin oak	Fagaceae	0
Quercus stellata	Post oak	Fagaceae	0
Sorbus americana	American mountain-ash	Rosaceae	0
Tilia americana var. americana	Basswood	Tiliaceae	0
Tilia americana var. heterophylla	White basswood	Tiliaceae	0
Toxicodendron vernix	Poison sumac	Anacardiaceae	0
Abies balsamea	Balsam fir	Pinaceae	0
Juniperus virginiana	Eastern red-cedar	Cupressaceae	0
Picea mariana	Black spruce	Pinaceae	0
Picea rubens	Red spruce	Pinaceae	0
Pinus rigida	Pitch pine	Pinaceae	0

Source: The Pennsylvania Flora Project, Botany Department, Morris Arboretum, University of Pennsylvania and the United States Forest Service.