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Ash
Fraxinus excelsior
A tall, fast-growing European deciduous tree with elegant pinnate leaves and strong, shock-absorbing timber — now threatened by an invasive fungus.
Looking for 3-letter trees? Here are 4 trees that fit — each linked to a full profile.
Letters are counted across the whole name with spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, and diacritics excluded. "Apple Pie" is 8 letters; "Boeuf Bourguignon" is 16.
List of 3-letter Trees
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Elm
Ulmus minor
A stately European broadleaf with serrated leaves and once-dominant urban presence, devastated across much of its range by Dutch elm disease.
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Fig
Ficus carica
A small Mediterranean deciduous tree with deeply lobed leaves and unique inside-out flowers that develop into the sweet, soft, syrupy fig fruit.
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Yew
Taxus baccata
A slow-growing, dark-needled European evergreen of immense longevity, the wood of medieval longbows and now a source of anticancer drugs.
About 3-letter trees
That's our current list of trees with exactly 3 letters. Need a different length? Try the browse-by-length pills in the sidebar, or combine with a starting letter — for example, 3-letter trees that start with A.