List of Minnesota trees by family

For a similar list organized by scientific name, see List of Minnesota trees by scientific name.

This is a list of all the coniferous and broadleaf trees native to Minnesota by family.

## Coniferous trees

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* Cupressaceae (cypress family)
* Juniperus virginiana (eastern juniper or red cedar)
* Thuja occidentalis (eastern arborvitae or white cedar)
* Pinaceae (pine family)
* Abies balsamea (balsam fir)
* Larix laricina (tamarack larch)
* Pinus banksiana (jack pine)
* Pinus strobus (eastern white pine)
* Pinus resinosa (red pine or Norway pine)
* Picea glauca (white spruce)
* Picea mariana (black spruce)
* Tsuga canadensis (eastern hemlock)

## Broadleaf trees

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* Betulaceae (birch family)
* Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch)
* Betula nigra (river birch)
* Betula papyrifera (paper birch)
* Carpinus caroliniana (American hornbeam, blue beech, ironwood)
* Ostrya virginiana (ironwood, hophornbeam)
* Fabaceae (pea family)
* Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust)
* Gymnocladus dioicus (Kentucky coffeetree)
* Fagaceae (beech family)
* Quercus alba (white oak)
* Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak)
* Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak)
* Quercus macrocarpa (bur oak)
* Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak)
* Quercus rubra (northern red oak)
* Quercus velutina (black oak)
* Juglandaceae (walnut family)
* Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory)
* Carya ovata (shagbark hickory)
* Juglans cinerea (butternut)
* Juglans nigra (black walnut)
* Malvaceae (mallow family)
* Tilia americana (basswood)
* Moraceae (mulberry family)
* Morus rubra (red mulberry)
* Oleaceae (olive family)
* Fraxinus americana (white ash)
* Fraxinus nigra (black ash)
* Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash and red ash)
* Rosaceae (rose family)
* Amelanchier arborea (downy serviceberry)
* Crataegus macracantha (large-thorned hawthorn)
* Crataegus mollis (downy hawthorn)
* Crataegus punctata (dotted hawthorn)
* Malus ioensis (Prairie Crabapple)
* Prunus americana (wild plum)
* Prunus nigra (Canada Plum)
* Prunus pensylvanica (pin cherry)
* Prunus serotina (black cherry)
* Prunus virginiana (chockcherry)
* Sorbus americana (American mountain ash)
* Sorbus decora (showy mountain-ash)
* Salicaceae (willow family)
* Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)
* Populus grandidentata (big-tooth aspen)
* Populus balsamifera (balsam poplar)
* Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood)
* Salix nigra (black willow)
* Salix amygdaloides (peachleaf willow)
* Sapindaceae (soapberry family)
* Acer negundo (boxelder)
* Acer nigrum (black maple)
* Acer rubrum (red maple)
* Acer saccharinum (silver maple)
* Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
* Acer spicatum (mountain maple)
* Ulmaceae (elm family)
* Celtis occidentalis (hackberry)
* Ulmus americana (American elm)
* Ulmus rubra (slippery elm)
* Ulmus thomasii (rock elm)

## Introduced and invasive species

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Introduced and invasive species of trees include:

* Eleagnaceae (Oleaster)
* Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian olive)
* Fabaceae
* Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust)
* Hippocastanaceae (buckeye and horsechestnut)
* Aesculus glabra (Ohio buckeye)
* Aesculus hippocastanum (European horsechestnut)
* Pinaceae (Pine)
* Picea abies (Norway spruce)
* Larix decidua (European larch)
* Picea pungens (Colorado blue spruce)[1]
* Pinus rigida (pitch pine)[2]
* Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine)
* Rhamnaceae (Buckthorns)
* Frangula alnus (glossy buckthorn, alder buckthorn)
* Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn)
* Salicaceae (willow)
* Populus alba (white poplar)
* Sapindaceae (Soapberry family)
* Acer ginnala (Amur maple)
* Acer platanoides (Norway maple)
* Ulmaceae (Elm)
* Ulmus glabra (Wych elm)[3][4]
* Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm)

## References

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1. ^ "Pinus pungens". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
2. ^ "Pinus rigida". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
3. ^ Sherman-Broyles, Susan L. (1997). "Ulmus glabra". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 3\. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
4. ^ "Ulmus glabra". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.

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