# List of Minnesota trees by family

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

## Coniferous trees

* 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

* 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

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)
** Pinus rigida (pitch pine)
** 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)
** Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm)