Table of Latin – Common Names

Broadleaved Trees

Latin Name	Common Name
Acer campestre	Field maple
Acer platanoides	Norway maple
Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore
Aesculus hippocastanum	Horse chestnut
Alnus cordata	Italian alder
Alnus glutinosa	Common alder
Alnus incana	Grey alder
Betula pendula	Silver birch
Betula pubescens	Downy birch
Carpinus betulus	Hornbeam
Castanea sativa	Sweet chestnut
Fagus sylvatica	Beech
Fagus sylvatica purpurea	Copper Beech
Fraxinus excelsior	Ash
Juglans regia	Walnut
Malus sylvestris	Crab apple
Populus robusta	Hybrid poplar
Populus canescens	Grey poplar
Populus alba	White poplar
Populus nigra	Black poplar
Populus nigra italica	Lombardy poplar
Populus tremula	Aspen
Prunus avium	Wild cherry
Prunus padus	Bird cherry
Quercus ilex	Evergreen (Holme) oak
Quercus petraea	Sessile oak
Quercus robur	English oak
Quercus rubra	Red oak
Salix caprea	Goat willow
Salix cinerea	Grey willow
Salix fragilis	Crack willow
Sorbus aria	Whitebeam
Sorbus aucuparia	Rowan
Sorbus intermedia	Swedish whitebeam
Tilia cordata	Small leaved lime
Tilia platyphyllus	Broad leaved lime

Conifers

Latin Name	Common Name
Abies nordmanniana	Nordman’s fir
Abies procera	Noble fir
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana	Lawson’s cypress
Larix decidua	European larch
Larix leptolepsis	Japanese larch
Larix eurolepsis	Hybrid larch
Picea abies	Norway spruce
Picea omorika	Serbian spruce
Picea pungens glauca	Blue spruce
Picea sitchensis	Sitka spruce
Pinus contorta	Contorta pine
Pinus nigra maritima	Corsican pine
Pinus sylvestris	Scots pine
Taxus baccata	Yew
Thuja plicata	Western red cedar
Tsuga heterophylla	Western Hemlock
Cupressocyparis leylandii	Leylandii green
Cupressocyparis leylandii	Castlewellan gold
Pinus sylvestris	Scots pine