When you are building cabinets, reinstalling the floors for your apartment, or just a small end table, you will consider every type of wood available. Many people have easy access to both poplar and cedarwoods, as these trees are widely grown and easy to farm for general use. Poplar wood is a strong wood that …
Welcome to our gallery of fabulous backyard tree ideas. There is so much more that a backyard tree can offer than just shade or beautiful flowers. Trees provide so much to their community, both animal, insect, and human life. Yards and gardens are often filled with many varieties of flora. Flowers and bushes are often …
Mesquite trees are one of the most common types of trees found in parts of Mexico and the Southwestern United States. The mesquite tree is a member of the genus of leguminous trees Prosopis. This genus of tree includes about 40 species under its umbrella, including peanuts, clover, alfalfa, and beans. Mesquite trees are quite …
Locust trees belong to the pea family and are extremely fast-growing members of this family that also grow and thrive well in various types of environments. These trees are majorly found in Mexico and the eastern region of North America. There is a variety of types of locust trees in which some are popularly cultivated …
What makes a palm tree a palm tree (short answer)? It’s an evergreen tree (yup) with no branches but instead a bunch of long feathrered shaped leaves crowning the top. They grow in warm regions. There are about 2,600 species worldwide. We set out the more common types of palm trees below. The 9 main …
Ficus Amplissima In North America, ficus amplissima is known as the bat fig tree or the Indian bat tree, whereas in India, it is commonly known as the Pimpri, prpri, pipiali, or bilibasari mara. This ficus tree is a very important fruit tree to the regions it is native to. The bat fig is a …
Quercus Virginiana Live oak trees are most commonly known as the southern live oak, as they are endemic to the extreme south of the United States. These trees are iconic of the deep old south, in places like Louisiana and Georgia. This is an evergreen tree species, with other common names like the Virginia live …
Magnolia Grandiflora Magnolia Grandiflora; known as either the southern magnolia tree or the bull bay tree, is a member of the magnoliaceae botanical family that is native to the most southeastern parts of the United States, but has been cultivated all over the world. Like all magnolia trees, the southern magnolia tree is known for …
Sequoiadendron Giganteum Giant redwoods are the only surviving member of the genus sequoiadendron. There are 3 members of the redwood family, the coastal redwood (sequoia sempervirens), the dawn redwood (metasequoia glyptostroboides), and the giant redwood. They are all part of the cupressaceae botanical family (cypress). This giant tree is also commonly known as the giant …
Metasequoia Glyptostroboide There are only 3 living species of redwoods, and each member belongs to its own genus. There is the coast redwood (sequoia sempervirens) which accounts for the tallest and oldest trees on the planet, the giant redwood (Sequoiadendron gigantum) which accounts for the largest trees on the planet, and then there is the …
Thuja Occidentalis Northern white cedars are one of the most popular ornamental conifers in North America. They are most commonly used as hedge and screen trees. They’re valued for their attractive evergreen foliage and dense crowns. Part of the cypress family (Cupressaceae), the northern white cedar tree is commonly known as an eastern white cedar, …
Thuja Plicata Western red cedars are evergreen coniferous trees that are part of the cypress family (cupressaceae), and are not actually part of the genus cedrus, which is the true cedar family. This causes a lot of confusion between cedars, junipers, and cypress, but there are many instances of casual tree names coming from other …
Cedrus Atlantica The atlas cedar tree is a proud member of the pine family (Pinaceae) and the genus Cedrus, meaning that it is a true cedar. There are many cypress and juniper species with common names indicating they are a cedar tree, like the northern white cedar tree, when they are actually part of a …
Chamaecyparis Thyoides The Atlantic white cedar may also be known by the names of Atlantic white cypress, southern white cedar, false cypress, or swamp cedar (because of their growing condition). This tree species is part of the Cupressaceae family (cypress) and is not actually a true cedar, which would be part of the genus Cedrus. …
Agonis Flexuosa Some of the coolest trees on the planet can be found in Australia, and agonis flexuosa is no exception. Most commonly known as the peppermint tree, they are also sometimes referred to as the Western Australian Peppermint tree, the Swan river peppermint tree, or the Australian willow myrtle tree (because of its weeping …
Cocos Nucifera Is there one specific image that your mind conjures when one utters the word “tropical”? Chances are it’s either a Pina Colada or a palm tree. This remarkable tree is remarkable for so many reasons, so stick around for a while and come get to know cocos Nucifera. Coconut palm trees are part …
Juniperus Occidentalis Juniperus occidentalis, or the western juniper tree, is a large shrub or small tree that is native to the western United States. Part of the Cupressaceae family, this tree only grows at the high altitudes in the rocky mountains of the Pacific Northwest. The juniper family is a proud botanical family. Members of …
Wollemia Nobilis There’s a chance that you’ve never heard of a Wollemi pine tree before, and there is good reason for that. This is a tree species that was only discovered in 1994, there are only 100 adult trees known to exist at this point in time, and they are one of the worlds oldest …
Tsuga Mertensiana Mountain hemlocks are a species of tree that is part of the Pinaceae botanical family and the genus tsgua. They are a native tree to the west coast of North America and are very closely related to the western hemlock tree (tsuga heterophylla). The scientific term mertensiana comes from a German botanist named …
Tsuga Heterophylla The western hemlock tree, or sometimes the western hemlock spruce tree, is a tree that is native to the west coast of North America in very specific ranges. They are an integral member of the Pacific Northwest coastal forest ranges, where they are a very successful climax species. Western hemlocks are the very …