LIST OF MORE IMPORTANT TIMBER TREES OF THE 
CENTRAL HARDWOOD REGION 
Common name Scientific name 
Blue ash Fraxinus quadrangulata. 
Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata. 
Red ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica. 
White ash Fraxinus americana. 
Basswood Tilia glabra. 
Beech Fagus srrandifolia. 
Paper birch : Betula papyrifera. 
River birch Betula nigra. 
Black gum Nyssa sylvatica. 
Black locust , Robinia pseudoacacia. 
Butternut Juglans cinerea. 
Hardy catalpa Catalpa speciosa. 
Black cherry Primus serotina. 
Chestnut Castanea dentata. 
Eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides. 
Swamp cottonwood Populus heterophylla. 
Southern cypress Taxodium distichum. 
American elm Ulmus americana. 
Slippery elm . Ulmus fulva. 
Hackberry Celtis occidentalis. 
Bitternut hickory Hicoria cordiformis. 
Mockernut hickory _• Hicoria alba. 
Pecan hickory Hicoria pecan. 
Pignut hickory Hicoria glabra. 
Shagbark hickory Hicoria ovata. 
Big-leaf shagbark hickory Hicoria laciniosa. 
Honey locust Gleditsia triacanthos. 
Black maple Acer nigrum. 
Red maple Acer rubrum. 
Silver maple Acer saccharinum. 
Sugar maple Acer saccharum. 
Red mulberry Morus rubrum. 
Black oak Quercus velutina. 
Blackjack oak Quercus marilandica. 
Bur oak Quercus macrocarpa. 
Chestnut oak Quercus montana. 
Chinquapin oak ' Quercus muhlenbergii. 
Laurel oak Quercus laurifolia. 
Overcup oak Quercus lyrata. 
Pin oak Quercus palustris. 
Post oak Quercus steliata. 
Red oak Quercus borealis. 
Southern red oak Quercus rubra. 
Scarlet oak Quercus coccinea. 
Swamp chestnut oak > Quercus prinus. 
Swamp white oak Quercus bicolor. 
Water oak Quercus r-igra. 
White oak Quercus alba. 
Willow oak Quercus phellos. 
Persimmon Diospyros virginiana. 
Shortleaf pine Pinus echinata. 
Virginia pine Pinus virginiana. 
Eastern red cedar Juniperus virginiana. 
Red gum Liquidambar styraciflua. 
Sycamore Platanus occidentalis. 
Tupelo gum Nyssa aquatica. 
Black walnut Juglans nigra. 
Black willow Salix nigra. 
Yellow poplar Liriodendron tulipifera. 
