Trees in this Key

Deciduous Trees

Scientific name Common name

Acer glabrum Rocky Mountain maple

Acer grandidentatum bigtooth maple

Acer negundo boxelder

Alnus sinuata Sitka alder

Alnus tenuifolia thinleaf alder

Amelanchier alnifolia western serviceberry

Amelanchier utahensis Utah serviceberry

Artemisia tridentata big sagebrush

Betula occidentalis water birch

Betula papyrifera paper birch

Celtis occidentalis common hackberry

Cercocarpus ledifolius curl-leaf cercocarpus (mountain mahogany)

Cornus stolonifera redosier dogwood

Corylus cornuta beaked hazel

Crataegus chrysocarpa fireberry hawthorn

Crataegus douglasii black hawthorn

Crataegus erythropoda Cerro hawthorn

Crataegus succulenta fleshy hawthorn

Fraxinus pennsylvanica green ash

Ostrya virginiana eastern hophornbeam

Populus angustifolia narrowleaf cottonwood

Populus balsamifera Balsam poplar

Populus sargentii plains cottonwood

Populus tremuloides quaking aspen

Populus trichocarpa black cottonwood

Prunus americana American plum

Prunus pennsylvanica pin cherry

Prunus virginiana common chokecherry

Quercus gambelii gambel oak

Quercus macrocarpa bur oak

Rhus glabra smooth sumac

Salix amygdaloides peachleaf willow

Salix bebbiana Bebb's willow

Salix discolor pussy willow

Salix exigua coyote willow

Salix geyeriana Geyer willow

Salix lasiandra Pacific willow

Salix mackenzieana Mackenzie willow

Salix scouleriana Scouler willow

Sambucus glauca blueberry elder

Sambucus melanocarpa blackbead elder

Shepherdia argentea silver buffaloberry

Sorbus scopulina Greene's mountainash

Ulmus americana American elm

Viburnum lentago nannyberry