AGP 363 – Landscape Plants
Plant ID List #11
DECIDUOUS AND FLOWERING SHRUBS and TREES
Click on the plant names below to open web pages with their photos and descriptions.
Common Name Scientific Name Family Name
Russian Olive Eleagnus angustifolia Eleagnaceae
*Sourwood, Oxydendron, Lily- Oxydendron arboreum Ericaceae
Ginkgo Ginkgo biloba Ginkgoaceae
Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua Hamamelidaceae
Sassafras Sassafras albidum Lauraceae
Tulip Tree, Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipfera Magnoliaceae
Saucer Magnolia, Tulip Tree Magnolia x soulangiana Magnoliaceae
Star Magnolia Magnolia stellata Magnoliaceae
Black Gum, Tupelo Nyssa sylvatica Nyssaceae
American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis Platanaceae
London Planetree Platanus x acerifolia Platanaceae
*White Poplar Populus alba Salicaceae
*Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides Salicaceae
*Hybrid Poplar Populus x euroamericanus Salicaceae
*Bigtooth Aspen Populus grandidentata Salicaceae
Lombardy Poplar Populus nigra Salicaceae
*Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides Salicaceae
Golden Weeping Willow Salix alba ‘Tristis’ Salicaceae
Weeping Willow Salix babylonica Salicaceae
Peking Willow, Corkscrew Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’ Salicaceae
Black Willow Salix nigra Salicaceae
Tree-of-Heaven Ailanthus altissima Simaroubaceae
American Linden, Basswood Tilia americana Tiliaceae
Littleleaf Linden Tilia cordata Tiliaceae
Beetree Linden Tilia heterophylla Tiliaceae
*Silver Linden, Silverleaf Linden Tilia tomentosa Tiliaceae
Deciduous Conifer Trees
Common Name Scientific Name Family Name
*Japanese Larch Larix kaempferii Pinaceae
*European Larch Larix decidua Pinaceae
*Eastern Larch, Tamarack Larix laricina Pinaceae
Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides Cupressaceae (Taxodiaceae)
Baldcypress Taxodium distichum Cupressaceae (Taxodiaceae)
* may not see these trees in class