Trees that contain R — 37 detailed entries

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List of Trees That Contain R

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.

Apricot

Prunus armeniaca

A small deciduous stone-fruit tree of Central Asian origin, grown across continental climates for its fragrant golden-orange drupes.

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.

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.

Bay Laurel

Laurus nobilis

A Mediterranean evergreen of ancient cultural significance, prized for its aromatic culinary leaves and the laurel wreaths of classical victory.

Black Spruce

Picea mariana

A slow-growing, narrow-crowned spruce of the North American boreal forest and muskeg, vital for pulpwood and caribou habitat.

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.

Breadfruit

Artocarpus altilis

A starchy-fruited Pacific island tree, central to Polynesian food culture and the cargo at the heart of the mutiny on the Bounty.

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.

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.

Cherry

Prunus avium

A small deciduous tree of the rose family with showy spring blossom and edible drupes, grown for fruit and as the legendary sakura of Japan.

Coast Redwood

Sequoia sempervirens

The tallest tree species on Earth, an evergreen conifer of the cool fog belt of coastal northern California and southern Oregon.

Coffee Tree

Coffea arabica

A small evergreen tropical shrub or tree whose roasted seeds produce coffee, the most widely consumed beverage on Earth after water.

Cork Oak

Quercus suber

A Mediterranean evergreen oak whose thick, regenerating bark is harvested every nine years to make wine stoppers and insulation.

Douglas Fir

Pseudotsuga menziesii

A towering evergreen conifer of western North America, the workhorse softwood of the Pacific Northwest timber economy.

Frangipani

Plumeria rubra

A small deciduous tropical tree with intensely fragrant pinwheel flowers, beloved across tropical Asia as a temple and graveyard tree.

Hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna

A small spiny deciduous tree of European hedgerows, blanketed in white blossom in May and bright red haws through autumn.

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.

Joshua Tree

Yucca brevifolia

A surreal branching yucca of the Mojave Desert, with spiky leaf rosettes that pivot toward the sun and ivory flower spikes pollinated by a single moth.

Mango Tree

Mangifera indica

A large evergreen tropical tree native to South Asia, cultivated across the tropics for its sweet, fragrant stone fruit.

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.

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.

Paper Birch

Betula papyrifera

A white-barked deciduous birch of the northern North American forests, whose peeling bark sheets the canoes and writing scrolls of First Nations peoples.

Pear

Pyrus communis

A long-lived deciduous fruit tree of European and Asian origin, cultivated for its sweet, gritty-fleshed pomes and as ornamental cultivars.

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.

Ponderosa Pine

Pinus ponderosa

A tall western American pine with butterscotch-scented bark that dominates dry, fire-shaped forests across the interior West.

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

A widespread, fast-growing North American maple whose flowers, twigs, leafstalks, and autumn leaves are all flushed with crimson.

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

A fast-growing deciduous oak with sharply lobed leaves that turn deep crimson in autumn, widespread across eastern North America.

Rowan

Sorbus aucuparia

A graceful small deciduous tree of European uplands, with pinnate leaves and scarlet berry clusters that feed late-autumn thrushes.

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."

Rubber Tree

Hevea brasiliensis

An Amazonian tree whose milky latex, tapped from cuts in the bark, became the foundation of the global natural-rubber industry.

Silver Birch

Betula pendula

A graceful, pioneer deciduous tree of cool northern climates, instantly recognisable by its peeling white bark and shimmering leaves.

Silver Maple

Acer saccharinum

A fast-growing North American maple of river bottoms, named for the silvery undersides of its deeply lobed leaves.

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

A deciduous hardwood of northeastern North America famed for spectacular autumn colour and as the source of maple syrup.

Sycamore

Acer pseudoplatanus

A vigorous large maple of central and southern Europe, with broad shade-casting leaves and a tolerance for salt, wind, and poor soils.

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.

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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