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Trees and woody shrubs at my home in Billerica, MA, USA |
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Mark's Mini-Arboretum status report, dated 24 FEB 2000 |
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Symbols: T = tree; S = shrub; V = woody vine; + = more than 2 specimens on property; ! = height of at least one greater than 10m / 33' |
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list sorted by scientific name |
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Common Name(s) |
Scientific name |
Symbols |
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Balsam Fir |
Abies balsamea |
T |
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Japanese Red Maple |
Acer palmatum |
S/T |
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Norway Maple |
Acer platanoides |
T |
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Sycamore Maple |
Acer pseudoplatanus |
T! |
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Red Maple |
Acer rubrum |
T+! |
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Sugar Maple |
Acer saccharum |
T |
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Barberry |
Berberis thunbergii |
S |
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Yellow Birch |
Betula alleghaniensis; Betula lutea |
T+ |
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Paper Birch; White Birch; Canoe Birch |
Betula papyrifera |
T+ |
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Grey Birch |
Betula populifolia |
T+ |
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Northern Catalpa; Western Catalpa |
Catalpa speciosa |
T+! |
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Moss Sawara False Cypress |
Chamaecyparis pisifera |
S |
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Sweet Pepperbush |
Clethra alnifolia |
S+ |
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Sweetfern |
Comptonia peregrina |
S+ |
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Shrub Dogwood |
Cornus sp. |
S |
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American Hazel; Filbert |
Corylus americana |
S |
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Burning Bush; Euonymus |
Euonymus atropurpurea |
S |
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Forsythia |
Forsythia sp. |
S |
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White Ash |
Fraxinus americana |
T+ |
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Honey-locust |
Gleditsia triacanthos |
T |
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English Ivy |
Hedera helix |
V |
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American Holly |
Ilex opaca |
T |
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Eastern Red Cedar; Pencil Cedar; Savin |
Juniperus virginiana |
T+ |
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Sheep Laurel |
Kalmia angustifolia |
S+ |
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Leucothoe; Fetterbush |
Leucothoe axillaris |
S |
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Common Privet |
Ligustrum vulgare |
S |
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Tulip-tree; Tulip Poplar |
Liriodendron tulipifera |
T! |
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Honeysuckle |
Lonicera tatarica |
S |
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Bayberry |
Myrica pensylvanica |
S+ |
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Norway Spruce |
Picea abies |
T |
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Colorado Blue Spruce |
Picea pungens glauca |
T |
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Japanese Andromeda |
Pieris japonica |
S |
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Jack Pine |
Pinus banksiana |
T |
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Austrian Pine |
Pinus nigra |
T+! |
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Ponderosa Pine |
Pinus ponderosa |
T |
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Red Pine |
Pinus resinosa |
T+! |
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Pitch Pine |
Pinus rigida |
T+! |
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Eastern White Pine; Weymouth Pine |
Pinus strobus |
T+! |
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Scots Pine |
Pinus sylvestris |
T+! |
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Japanese Black Pine |
Pinus thunbergii |
T+ |
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American Sycamore |
Platanus occidentalis |
T! |
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Eastern Cottonwood |
Populus deltoides |
T! |
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Bigtooth Aspen |
Populus grandidentata |
T! |
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Quaking Aspen |
Populus tremuloides |
T+! |
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Beach Plum |
Prunus maritima |
S |
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Pin Cherry; Fire Cherry |
Prunus pensylvanica |
T+ |
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Chokecherry |
Prunus virginiana |
T+ |
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Hoptree |
Ptelea trifoliata |
S/T |
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Firethorn |
Pyracantha coccinea |
S |
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White Oak |
Quercus alba |
T |
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Bear Oak; Scrub Oak |
Quercus ilicifolia |
T |
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Red Oak |
Quercus rubra |
T+! |
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Black Oak |
Quercus velutina |
T |
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Buckthorn |
Rhamnus frangula |
S/T + |
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Azalea |
Rhododendron sp. |
S+ |
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Rhododendron |
Rhododendron sp. |
S+ |
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Black Locust; False Acacia |
Robinia pseudoacacia |
T+! |
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Rugosa Rose; Salt Spray Rose |
Rosa rugosa |
S+ |
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Rowan; European Mountain-ash |
Sorbus aucuparia |
T+ |
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Meadowsweet |
Spiraea latifola |
S+ |
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Steeplebush; Hardhack |
Spiraea tomentosa |
S+ |
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Lilac |
Syringa vulgaris |
S |
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Yew (shrub) |
Taxus sp. |
S |
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Arborvitae; Northern White Cedar |
Thuja occidentalis |
T |
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Canada Hemlock; Eastern Hemlock |
Tsuga canadensis |
T+ |
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Blueberry |
Vaccinium sp. |
S |
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Arrowwood Viburnum |
Viburnum recognitum |
S |