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Almond
Prunus dulcis
A small deciduous fruit tree of the rose family with delicate pink blossom, grown across the Mediterranean and California for its energy-dense seed.
Below are trees that contain the letter L anywhere in the name. Each of the 36 trees below opens to a full profile.
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List of Trees That Contain L
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Apple
Malus domestica
A small deciduous fruit tree of central Asian origin, cultivated for thousands of years and the most widely grown temperate fruit in the world.
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Atlas Cedar
Cedrus atlantica
A handsome blue-green cedar of the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and Algeria, widely planted as an ornamental in temperate gardens.
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Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
A deciduous southern conifer that thrives in swamps and bottomlands, raising "knees" from the water and shedding its feathery needles each autumn.
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Bay Laurel
Laurus nobilis
A Mediterranean evergreen of ancient cultural significance, prized for its aromatic culinary leaves and the laurel wreaths of classical victory.
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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.
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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.
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Brazil Nut
Bertholletia excelsa
A towering emergent of the Amazon rainforest whose softball-sized fruits hold the familiar wedge-shaped nuts, harvested almost entirely from wild trees.
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Bristlecone Pine
Pinus longaeva
A gnarled, windblown high-altitude pine of the American West, including individuals that are the oldest non-clonal living things on Earth.
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Cedar of Lebanon
Cedrus libani
A majestic evergreen conifer of the eastern Mediterranean mountains, symbol of Lebanon and source of fragrant rot-resistant timber prized since antiquity.
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Coconut Palm
Cocos nucifera
An iconic tropical palm of coastal shores worldwide, supplying food, drink, oil, fibre, and shelter to communities across the equatorial belt.
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Date Palm
Phoenix dactylifera
A tall single-stemmed palm of the Middle East and North Africa, providing sweet, energy-dense dates that have sustained desert civilisations for millennia.
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Douglas Fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii
A towering evergreen conifer of western North America, the workhorse softwood of the Pacific Northwest timber economy.
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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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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.
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Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus globulus
A vast genus of fast-growing Australian evergreen trees with peeling bark and aromatic oily leaves, now the most widely planted hardwood worldwide.
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Hazelnut
Corylus avellana
A small deciduous tree or large shrub of Europe and western Asia, valued for its rounded nuts, ornamental catkins, and coppiced flexible wood.
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Holly
Ilex aquifolium
A glossy-leaved, spine-armed evergreen tree of European woodland with bright red berries, central to midwinter Christmas tradition.
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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.
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Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum
A small, refined deciduous maple of East Asia, prized worldwide as an ornamental for its delicate leaves and brilliant autumn colour.
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Lime / Linden
Tilia x europaea
A tall European broadleaf of stately avenues, with heart-shaped leaves and fragrant midsummer flowers that perfume the air and feed honeybees.
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Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
An evergreen southern oak with sprawling horizontal limbs that frame the avenues and bayous of the American South.
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London Plane
Platanus x acerifolia
A hybrid plane tree with flaking patchwork bark, planted along the streets of London, New York, and Paris for its remarkable tolerance of urban pollution.
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Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
An ancient family of flowering trees with large, fragrant, primitive blooms that predate bees, treasured as ornamentals across the temperate world.
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Norway Maple
Acer platanoides
A vigorous European maple with milky sap, widely planted in cities for its dense shade and now invasive in much of North America.
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Olive
Olea europaea
A long-lived Mediterranean evergreen tree cultivated for at least 8,000 years for its silvery foliage, edible fruit, and prized golden oil.
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Plum
Prunus domestica
A widely cultivated deciduous fruit tree of the rose family, grown across temperate climates for its juicy, single-stoned fruits.
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Red Maple
Acer rubrum
A widespread, fast-growing North American maple whose flowers, twigs, leafstalks, and autumn leaves are all flushed with crimson.
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Royal Poinciana
Delonix regia
A spectacular spreading tropical tree from Madagascar covered in vivid scarlet flowers, planted across the tropics as a "flame of the forest."
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Silver Birch
Betula pendula
A graceful, pioneer deciduous tree of cool northern climates, instantly recognisable by its peeling white bark and shimmering leaves.
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Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
A fast-growing North American maple of river bottoms, named for the silvery undersides of its deeply lobed leaves.
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Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
A deciduous hardwood of northeastern North America famed for spectacular autumn colour and as the source of maple syrup.
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Tulip Tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
One of the tallest broadleaf trees of eastern North America, with peculiar four-lobed leaves and large cup-shaped tulip-like spring flowers.
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Walnut
Juglans regia
A large deciduous broadleaf tree of Eurasian origin, prized for its rich oily nuts and the dark, beautifully grained heartwood favoured by gunmakers and cabinetmakers.
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Weeping Willow
Salix babylonica
A graceful, water-loving deciduous tree of East Asian origin, with long pendulous branches that sweep the ground beside ponds and streams worldwide.
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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.
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