Use this dichotomous key to identify a tree that you know is native to the west coast of the U.S.
Click on the '
Begin Tree ID
'
button
, and then click on the phrase that best describes your specimen until you get to the tree's identity.
Trees identified in this hypertext key;
Broadleaf trees
Ailanthus
Alder
Mountain Alder
Red Alder
Sitka Alder
Thinleaf Alder
White Alder
Ash
Foothill Ash
Leatherleaf Ash
Oregon Ash
Velvet Ash
Bay Laurel
Birch
Paper Birch
Water Birch
Black Hawthorn
Black Locust
Blueblossom
California Buckeye
California Hazel
California Pepper Tree
California Redbud
California Sycamore
Cascara Buckthorn
Cherry
Bitter Cherry
Common Chokecherry
Hollyleaf Cherry
Klamath Plum
Sierra Plum
Christmasberry
Coast Silktassle
Cottonwood
Black Cottonwood
Fremont Cottonwood
Quaking Aspen
Elderberry
Blue Elderberry
Pacific Red Elder
Flannelbush
Fremontia
Golden Chinquapin
Hazelnut
Hop Tree
Maple
Ash-leafed Maple
Bigleaf Maple
Boxelder
Canyon Maple
Oregon Maple
Rocky Mountain Maple
Vine Maple
White Maple
Mountain Dogwood
Mountain Mahogany
Curlleaf Mountain Mahogany
Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany
California Mountain Mahogany
Desert Mountain Mahogany
Oak
Blue Oak
California Black Oak
California White Oak
Canyon Live Oak
Coast Live Oak
Englemann Oak
Interior Live Oak
Kellogg Oak
Oracle Oak
Oregon White Oak
Valley Oak
Oregon Crabapple
Pacific Dogwood
Pacific Madrone
Pacific Serviceberry
Quinine Bush
Tanoak
Walnut
California Walnut
Hinds Walnut
Wavyleaf Silktassel
Wax Myrtle
Willow
Arroyo Willow
Black Willow
Pacific Willow
Red Willow
Scouler Willow
Sitka Willow
Western Redbud
Conifers
California-Nutmeg
Cedar
Alaska-Cedar
Incense Cedar
Port-Orford-Cedar
Western Red-Cedar
Cypress
Fir
Bigcone Douglas-Fir
Bristlecone Fir
California Red Fir
Douglas-Fir
Grand Fir
Noble Fir
Pacific Silver Fir
Santa Lucia Fir
Shasta Fir
Subalpine Fir
White Fir
Giant Sequoia
Hemlock
Mountain Hemlock
Western Hemlock
Juniper
California Juniper
Rocky Mountain Juniper
Sierra Juniper
Utah Juniper
Larch
Subalpine Larch
Western Larch
Pacific Yew
Pine
Beach Pine
Bigcone Pine
Bishop Pine
Bolander Pine
Bristlecone Pine
California Foothill Pine
Coulter Pine
Digger Pine
Foxtail Pine
Jeffrey Pine
Knobcone Pine
Lodgepole Pine
Limber Pine
Monterey Pine
Parry Pinyon
Ponderosa Pine
Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine
Shore Pine
Singleleaf Pinyon
Sugar Pine
Tamarac Pine
Torrey Pine
Western White Pine
Whitebark Pine
Yellow Pine
Redwood
Spruce
Brewer Spruce
Engelmann Spruce
Sitka Spruce
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