2008 Year End Tree List

Today brings a close to 2008 and I would like to take a moment to look back over the trees featured this year. The first tree photo was posted just 7 months ago on May 21st 2008. Since then I have shared around 200 photos of 70 different species of trees with a new photo nearly every day since the first.

Maples - Acer









Acer negundo - Box Elder (2)
Acer palmatum - Japanese Maple (2)
Acer rubrum - Red Maple (2)
Acer saccharinum - Silver Maple (3)
Acer saccharum - Sugar Maple (8)
Acer x freemanii - Autumn Blaze Maple (1)

Tree of Heaven - Ailanthus
Ailanthus altissima - Tree of Heaven (4)

Birch - Betula
Betula nigra - River Birch (3)

Mulberry - Broussonetia
Broussonetia papyrifera - Paper Mulberry (2)

Hickory - Carya
Carya cordiformis - Bitternut Hickory (1)
Carya illinoensis - Sweet Pecan (1)
Carya ovata - Shagbark Hickory (1)

Chinese Chinkapin - Castanea
Castanea sp. - Chinese Chinkapin (3)

Hackberry - Celtis
Celtis occidentalis - Hackberry (1)

Palo Verde - Cercidium
Cercidium microphyllum - Foothills Palo Verde (4)

Redbud - Cercis
Cercis canadensis - Eastern Redbud (4)

Palm - Chamerops
Chamaerops humills - Mediterranean Fan Palm (2)

Desert Willow - Chilopsis
Chilopsis linearis - Desert Willow (2)

Dogwood - Cornus
Cornus florida - Flowering Dogwood (7)

Filbert - Corylus
Corylus avellana - Contorted Filbert (1)

Hawthorn - Crataegus
Crataegus phaenopyrum - Washington Hawthorn (2)

Cypress - Cupressus
Cupressus sempervirens - Italian Cypress (1)

Bush Honeysuckle - Dievilla
Dievilla sessilifolia - Southen Bush Honeysuckle (1)

Beech - Fagus
Fagus grandifolia - American Beech (2)

Ash - Fraxinus
Fraxinus americana - White Ash (3)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Green Ash (1)

Ginkgo - Ginkgo
Ginkgo biloba - Ginkgo (3)

Honey Locust - Gleditsia
Gleditsia triacanthos - Honey Locust (3)

Holly - Ilex
Ilex opaca - American Holly (2)

Jacaranda - Jacaranda
Jacaranda mimosifolia - Jacaranda (3)

Walnut - Juglans
Juglans nigra - Black Walnut (3)

Cedar - Juniperus
Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Red Cedar (8)

Rain Tree - Koelreuteria
Koelreuteria paniculata - Goldenrain Tree (8)

Sweetgum - Liquidambar
Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum (3)

Tulip Tree - Liriodendron
Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Tree (3)

Osage Orange - Maclura
Maclura pomifera - Osage Orange (2)

Magnolia - Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia (1)
Magnolia tripetala - Umbrella Magnolia (1)

Dawn Redwood - Metasequoia
Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn Redwood (3)

Desert Ironwood - Olneya
Olneya tesota - Desert Ironwood (4)

Spruce- Picea
Picea pungens - Colorado Spruce (8)

Pine - Pinus









Pinus bungeana - Lacebark Pine (1)
Pinus glabra - Spruce Pine (1)
Pinus strobus - White Pine (4)
Pinus sylvestris - Scotch Pine (6)
Pinus virginiana - Virginia Pine (6)

Sycamore - Platanus
Platanus occidentalis - Sycamore (6)

Cottonwood - Populus
Populus deltoides - Eastern Cottonwood (2)

Cherry - Prunus
Prunus serotina - Black Cherry (3)

Pear - Pyrus
Pyrus calleryana - Callery Pear (2)

Oak - Quercus

Quercus acutissima - Sawtooth Oak (3)
Quercus alba - White Oak (1)
Quercus bicolor - Swamp White Oak (2)
Quercus macrocarpa - Bur Oak (2)
Quercus marilandica - Blackjack Oak (1)
Quercus muehlenbergii - Chinkapin Oak (1)
Quercus nigra - Water Oak (1)
Quercus palustris - Pin Oak (4)
Quercus phellos - Willow Oak (2)
Quercus prinus - Chestnut Oak (1)
Quercus robur - English Oak (4)
Quercus rubra - Northern Red Oak (1)

Locust - Robinia
Robinia pseudoacacia - Black Locust (2)

Willow - Salix
Salix nigra - Black Willow (2)

Sassafras - Sassafras
Sassafras albidum - Sassafras (1)

Bald Cypress - Taxodium
Taxodium distichum - Bald Cypress (3)

Arborvitae - Thuja
Thuja occidentalis - Arborvitae (2)

Linden - Tilia
Tilia cordata - Littleleaf Linden (4)

Hemlock - Tsuga
Tsuga canadensis - Canadian Hemlock (3)

Viburnum - Viburnum
Viburnum prunifolium - Blackhaw (1)