Trees and woody shrubs at my home in Billerica, MA, USA

Mark's Mini-Arboretum status report, dated 24 FEB 2000

Symbols: T = tree; S = shrub; V = woody vine; + = more than 2 specimens on property; ! = height of at least one greater than 10m / 33'

list sorted by scientific name

Common Name(s)

Scientific name

Symbols

Balsam Fir

Abies balsamea

T

Japanese Red Maple

Acer palmatum

S/T

Norway Maple

Acer platanoides

T

Sycamore Maple

Acer pseudoplatanus

T!

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

T+!

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

T

Barberry

Berberis thunbergii

S

Yellow Birch

Betula alleghaniensis; Betula lutea

T+

Paper Birch; White Birch; Canoe Birch

Betula papyrifera

T+

Grey Birch

Betula populifolia

T+

Northern Catalpa; Western Catalpa

Catalpa speciosa

T+!

Moss Sawara False Cypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera

S

Sweet Pepperbush

Clethra alnifolia

S+

Sweetfern

Comptonia peregrina

S+

Shrub Dogwood

Cornus sp.

S

American Hazel; Filbert

Corylus americana

S

Burning Bush; Euonymus

Euonymus atropurpurea

S

Forsythia

Forsythia sp.

S

White Ash

Fraxinus americana

T+

Honey-locust

Gleditsia triacanthos

T

English Ivy

Hedera helix

V

American Holly

Ilex opaca

T

Eastern Red Cedar; Pencil Cedar; Savin

Juniperus virginiana

T+

Sheep Laurel

Kalmia angustifolia

S+

Leucothoe; Fetterbush

Leucothoe axillaris

S

Common Privet

Ligustrum vulgare

S

Tulip-tree; Tulip Poplar

Liriodendron tulipifera

T!

Honeysuckle

Lonicera tatarica

S

Bayberry

Myrica pensylvanica

S+

Norway Spruce

Picea abies

T

Colorado Blue Spruce

Picea pungens glauca

T

Japanese Andromeda

Pieris japonica

S

Jack Pine

Pinus banksiana

T

Austrian Pine

Pinus nigra

T+!

Ponderosa Pine

Pinus ponderosa

T

Red Pine

Pinus resinosa

T+!

Pitch Pine

Pinus rigida

T+!

Eastern White Pine; Weymouth Pine

Pinus strobus

T+!

Scots Pine

Pinus sylvestris

T+!

Japanese Black Pine

Pinus thunbergii

T+

American Sycamore

Platanus occidentalis

T!

Eastern Cottonwood

Populus deltoides

T!

Bigtooth Aspen

Populus grandidentata

T!

Quaking Aspen

Populus tremuloides

T+!

Beach Plum

Prunus maritima

S

Pin Cherry; Fire Cherry

Prunus pensylvanica

T+

Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

T+

Hoptree

Ptelea trifoliata

S/T

Firethorn

Pyracantha coccinea

S

White Oak

Quercus alba

T

Bear Oak; Scrub Oak

Quercus ilicifolia

T

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

T+!

Black Oak

Quercus velutina

T

Buckthorn

Rhamnus frangula

S/T +

Azalea

Rhododendron sp.

S+

Rhododendron

Rhododendron sp.

S+

Black Locust; False Acacia

Robinia pseudoacacia

T+!

Rugosa Rose; Salt Spray Rose

Rosa rugosa

S+

Rowan; European Mountain-ash

Sorbus aucuparia

T+

Meadowsweet

Spiraea latifola

S+

Steeplebush; Hardhack

Spiraea tomentosa

S+

Lilac

Syringa vulgaris

S

Yew (shrub)

Taxus sp.

S

Arborvitae; Northern White Cedar

Thuja occidentalis

T

Canada Hemlock; Eastern Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

T+

Blueberry

Vaccinium sp.

S

Arrowwood Viburnum

Viburnum recognitum

S



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