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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 N anywhere in the name. Each of the 37 trees below opens to a full profile.
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List of Trees That Contain N
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American Sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
A massive eastern North American plane tree of river bottoms, with mottled white bark and the largest leaves of any tree in its range.
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Aspen
Populus tremula
A slender, white-barked, trembling-leafed deciduous tree of cool temperate Europe and Asia, a key pioneer of disturbed northern woodland.
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Banyan
Ficus benghalensis
An immense Indian fig that drops aerial roots from its branches, each maturing into a new trunk until a single tree spans an entire grove.
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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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Chestnut
Castanea sativa
A massive deciduous tree of the beech family from southern Europe and Anatolia, providing sweet, starchy nuts and durable, tannin-rich timber.
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Cinchona
Cinchona officinalis
A South American evergreen tree whose bark supplied quinine, the first effective treatment for malaria and the bitterness in tonic water.
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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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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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Frangipani
Plumeria rubra
A small deciduous tropical tree with intensely fragrant pinwheel flowers, beloved across tropical Asia as a temple and graveyard tree.
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Giant Sequoia
Sequoiadendron giganteum
The most massive tree on Earth by volume, an evergreen conifer of the western Sierra Nevada whose fire-blackened trunks can outlast civilisations.
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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.
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Hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna
A small spiny deciduous tree of European hedgerows, blanketed in white blossom in May and bright red haws through autumn.
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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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Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum
A handsome Balkan deciduous tree with spectacular candle-like flower spikes and the polished brown seeds used in childrens "conker" games.
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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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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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Mahogany
Swietenia macrophylla
A large neotropical hardwood whose reddish-brown wood furnished the great age of European cabinet-making and remains a luxury timber today.
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Mango Tree
Mangifera indica
A large evergreen tropical tree native to South Asia, cultivated across the tropics for its sweet, fragrant stone fruit.
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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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Norway Spruce
Picea abies
A tall, conical evergreen spruce of northern and central Europe, widely planted for timber and famous as the traditional Christmas tree.
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Pecan
Carya illinoinensis
A large American hickory of the south-central river bottoms, producing oblong nuts that are the only major commercial nut native to the United States.
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Pomegranate
Punica granatum
A small deciduous tree or shrub of the Middle East and the Caucasus, cultivated for its leathery red fruit filled with juicy, jewel-like seed arils.
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Ponderosa Pine
Pinus ponderosa
A tall western American pine with butterscotch-scented bark that dominates dry, fire-shaped forests across the interior West.
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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.
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Rowan
Sorbus aucuparia
A graceful small deciduous tree of European uplands, with pinnate leaves and scarlet berry clusters that feed late-autumn thrushes.
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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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Scots Pine
Pinus sylvestris
A hardy evergreen pine with orange upper bark, the only native pine of Britain and the most widely distributed pine in the world.
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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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White Pine
Pinus strobus
A tall, soft-needled evergreen pine of eastern North America that built early colonial America and once towered above old-growth forests.
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