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Black Spruce
Picea mariana
A slow-growing, narrow-crowned spruce of the North American boreal forest and muskeg, vital for pulpwood and caribou habitat.
Below are trees that contain the letter K anywhere in the name. Each of the 13 trees below opens to a full profile.
List of Trees That Contain K
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Black Walnut
Juglans nigra
A North American walnut treasured for its dark, richly figured timber and its tough-shelled, strongly flavoured nuts.
3
Cork Oak
Quercus suber
A Mediterranean evergreen oak whose thick, regenerating bark is harvested every nine years to make wine stoppers and insulation.
4
English Oak
Quercus robur
A long-lived deciduous broadleaf from Europe and western Asia, prized for its dense timber and the ecological hub of native woodland.
5
Ginkgo
Ginkgo biloba
A living fossil from China, the sole survivor of an ancient lineage older than the dinosaurs, with unmistakable fan-shaped leaves that turn pure gold in autumn.
6
Holm Oak
Quercus ilex
A drought-tolerant Mediterranean evergreen oak with dark, holly-like leaves that anchors the agro-silvo-pastoral dehesa landscapes of Iberia.
7
Kapok
Ceiba pentandra
A massive emergent rainforest tree of the Americas, Africa, and Asia, with buttressed roots and pods of silky fibre once used in life jackets.
8
Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
An evergreen southern oak with sprawling horizontal limbs that frame the avenues and bayous of the American South.
9
Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
The most widely distributed tree in North America, famous for its shimmering golden autumn groves and for forming the largest clonal organism on Earth.
10
Red Oak
Quercus rubra
A fast-growing deciduous oak with sharply lobed leaves that turn deep crimson in autumn, widespread across eastern North America.
11
Teak
Tectona grandis
A large deciduous tropical hardwood of South and Southeast Asia, prized for centuries as one of the world's most durable timbers.
12
Western Hemlock
Tsuga heterophylla
A graceful, shade-loving evergreen conifer that dominates the wet temperate forests of the Pacific Northwest beneath the Douglas fir canopy.
13
White Oak
Quercus alba
An iconic deciduous oak of eastern North America with pale, fissured bark and dense timber that anchors hardwood forests from Quebec to Florida.
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