Tree species of the Pacific Northwest

COMMON TREES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
GUIDE TO BASIC INFORMATION FOR IDENTIFICATION

These are links to the web pages at Conifers.org, created by Chris Earle, and WSU (for the non-conifer species)

Species		Family
Scientific	Common	Scientific	Common
Abies grandis	grand fir	Pinaceae	pine
Abies amabilis	Pacific silver fir	"	"
Abies procera	noble fir	"	"
Abies lasiocarpa	subalpine fir	"	"
Tsuga heterophylla	western hemlock	"	"
Tsuga mertensiana	mountain hemlock	"	"
Picea sitchensis	Sitka spruce	"	"
Picea engelmannii	Engelmann spruce	"	"
Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas-fir	"	"
Pinus monticola	western white pine	"	"
Pinus contorta	lodgepole pine	"	"
Pinus ponderosa	ponderosa pine	"	"
Larix occidentalis	western larch	"	"
Thuja plicata	western redcedar	Cupressaceae	cypress, cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana	Port Orford cedar	"	"
Cupressus nootkatensis	Alaska yellow cedar	"	"
Juniperus occidentalis	western juniper	"	"
Acer circinatum	vine maple	Aceraceae	maples
Acer macrophyllum	bigleaf maple	"	"
Alnus rubra	red alder	Betulaceae	birch
Arbutus menziesii	Pacific madrone	Ericaceae	heath
Quercus garryana	Oregon white oak	Fagaceae	oak