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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.
Below are trees that contain the letter S anywhere in the name. Each of the 27 trees below opens to a full profile.
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List of Trees That Contain S
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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.
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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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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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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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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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Cashew
Anacardium occidentale
A spreading tropical evergreen tree from northeastern Brazil whose curious double fruit yields both a juicy "apple" and the prized cashew nut.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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Pistachio
Pistacia vera
A small deciduous tree of the Central Asian arid zones, cultivated for thousands of years for its green-kerneled nuts and rosy split shells.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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