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What each tree and shrub we grow is also called: other names, A to Z
Other common names of the 414 trees and shrubs we grow, regional names and old trade names, with the botanical name, so a tree known by another name is found.
One tree, many names: a swamp chestnut oak is a basket oak or a cow oak depending on where you grew up, and a serviceberry is a shadbush, a juneberry or a sarvis. The table below lists the other names of every plant in the catalog, A to Z, with the botanical name that settles which plant is meant. A name in the first column opens the plant’s page.
How to read the table
The other names are the ones Blue Whale Trees prints under each plant’s title, gathered from its sources. They are regional names, old trade names and the names of a parent species where the plant is a variety, and the botanical name is the one the page uses.
397 of the 414 plants carry at least one other name, and labrador tea the most. A plant with an empty cell is known by its one name alone.
Other names, A to Z
Jump to a letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y
A
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama Azalea | Rhododendron alabamense | Azalea alabamensis |
| Alabama Croton | Croton alabamensis | |
| Alabama Snow-wreath | Neviusia alabamensis | snow wreath |
| Alderleaf Buckthorn | Rhamnus alnifolia | Alder buckthorn, alder-leaved buckthorn, American alder buckthorn |
| Allegheny Chinquapin | Castanea pumila | American chinquapin, Allegheny chinkapin, chinkapin, dwarf chestnut, common chinquapin, dwarf American chestnut |
| Allegheny Plum | Prunus alleghaniensis | Allegheny sloe, Porter plum |
| Allegheny Serviceberry | Amelanchier laevis | Smooth serviceberry, juneberry |
| American Basswood (Linden) | Tilia americana | American linden, lime tree, bee tree |
| American Beautyberry | Callicarpa americana | French mulberry, sourbush, American mulberry |
| American Beech | Fagus grandifolia | White beech, red beech, gray beech, ridge beech, beechnut tree |
| American Chestnut | Castanea dentata | American sweet chestnut |
| American Crabapple | Malus coronaria | Sweet crabapple, wild crab |
| American Elm | Ulmus americana | white elm, soft elm |
| American Fly Honeysuckle | Lonicera canadensis | Fly honeysuckle, American honeysuckle |
| American Hazelnut | Corylus americana | American filbert |
| American Holly, select line | Ilex opaca | Christmas holly, white holly |
| American Hornbeam (Musclewood) | Carpinus caroliniana | Musclewood, ironwood, blue beech |
| American Mountain Ash | Sorbus americana | American rowan, dogberry |
| American Persimmon | Diospyros virginiana | Common persimmon, eastern persimmon |
| American Plum | Prunus americana | Wild plum, common plum |
| American Smoketree | Cotinus obovatus | Chittamwood, American smokebush |
| American Snowbell | Styrax americanus | Storax |
| Arkansas Oak | Quercus arkansana | Arkansas water oak, Quercus caput-rivuli |
| Arrowwood Viburnum | Viburnum dentatum | Southern arrowwood, roughish arrowwood, arrow-wood |
| Ashe’s Magnolia | Magnolia ashei | Ashe magnolia, dwarf bigleaf magnolia, Magnolia macrophylla subsp. ashei |
| Atlantic White Cedar | Chamaecyparis thyoides | Southern white cedar, swamp cedar, white cypress |
B
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Bald Cypress | Taxodium distichum | Swamp cypress |
| Balsam Fir | Abies balsamea | Eastern fir, Canada balsam, blister fir, northern balsam |
| Balsam Poplar | Populus balsamifera | balm of Gilead, tacamahac, bam tree, heartleaf balsam poplar, Populus tacamahacca |
| Bartram’s Serviceberry | Amelanchier bartramiana | Oblongfruit serviceberry, mountain serviceberry, mountain shadbush, Bartram’s shadbush, Amelanchier oligocarpa |
| Beach Plum | Prunus maritima | |
| Beaked Hazelnut | Corylus cornuta | Beaked hazel, beaked filbert, Corylus rostrata |
| Bear Huckleberry | Gaylussacia ursina | Mountain huckleberry, buckberry, Vaccinium ursinum |
| Bear Oak (Scrub Oak) | Quercus ilicifolia | Scrub oak |
| Bebb’s Willow | Salix bebbiana | Bebb willow, beaked willow, long-beaked willow, diamond willow, Salix rostrata |
| Bigleaf Magnolia | Magnolia macrophylla | large-leaved cucumber tree, greatleaf magnolia |
| Bigleaf Snowbell | Styrax grandifolius | Bigleaf storax, large-leaf snowbell |
| Bigleaf Witch Hazel | Hamamelis ovalis | Leonard’s witch hazel |
| Bitternut Hickory | Carya cordiformis | Bitternut, swamp hickory |
| Black Cherry | Prunus serotina | Wild black cherry, rum cherry, mountain black cherry |
| Black Chokeberry | Aronia melanocarpa | Aronia |
| Black Elderberry | Sambucus canadensis | American elderberry, common elderberry, Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis |
| Black Gum (Tupelo) | Nyssa sylvatica | Black tupelo, sour gum, pepperidge |
| Black Hickory | Carya texana | Ozark pignut hickory, Carya buckleyi, Carya arkansana |
| Black Huckleberry | Gaylussacia baccata | Huckleberry |
| Black Locust | Robinia pseudoacacia | False acacia, yellow locust |
| Black Maple | Acer nigrum | Black sugar maple, hard maple, rock maple, Acer saccharum subsp. nigrum |
| Black Oak | Quercus velutina | yellow oak, quercitron oak, yellowbark oak, smoothbark oak, eastern black oak, Quercus tinctoria |
| Black Walnut | Juglans nigra | Eastern black walnut, American walnut |
| Blackhaw Viburnum | Viburnum prunifolium | Black haw, stagbush, sweet haw |
| Blackjack Oak | Quercus marilandica | Jack oak, barren oak |
| Bladdernut | Staphylea trifolia | American bladdernut |
| Blue Ash | Fraxinus quadrangulata | |
| Blue Ridge St. John’s-wort | Hypericum buckleyi | Buckley’s St. John’s-wort, mountain St. John’s-wort |
| Blueberry Hawthorn | Crataegus brachyacantha | Blue haw, blueberry haw, hog haw, pomette bleue |
| Bluejack Oak | Quercus incana | sandjack oak, upland willow oak, cinnamon oak, Quercus cinerea |
| Bluff Oak | Quercus austrina | |
| Bog Spicebush | Lindera subcoriacea | |
| Bottlebrush Buckeye | Aesculus parviflora | Small-flowered buckeye, Aesculus macrostachya |
| Box Huckleberry | Gaylussacia brachycera | Vaccinium brachycerum |
| Boynton Oak | Quercus boyntonii | Alabama sandstone oak, Boynton’s oak, Boynton sand post oak, Boynton’s sand post oak, Quercus stellata var. boyntonii |
| Bracted Arrowwood | Viburnum bracteatum | Limerock arrowwood, bracted viburnum, southeastern viburnum |
| Bristly Locust (Rose Locust) | Robinia hispida | Moss locust |
| Broom Crowberry | Corema conradii | Plymouth crowberry |
| Buckthorn Bully | Sideroxylon lycioides | Buckthorn bumelia, gopherwood buckthorn, Bumelia lycioides |
| Buckwheat Tree | Cliftonia monophylla | Black titi, spring titi |
| Bur Oak | Quercus macrocarpa | Mossycup oak, burr oak, prairie oak |
| Butternut | Juglans cinerea | White walnut, oilnut |
| Buttonbush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | common buttonbush, button willow, honey balls, honeybells, buttonball, riverbush |
C
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Buffaloberry | Shepherdia canadensis | russet buffaloberry, soapberry, soopolallie, rabbitberry |
| Canada Plum | Prunus nigra | Canadian plum, black plum |
| Canada Yew | Taxus canadensis | American yew, ground hemlock, Canadian yew |
| Carolina Bog Laurel | Kalmia carolina | Carolina wicky, Carolina bog myrtle, Carolina sheep laurel, Kalmia angustifolia var. carolina |
| Carolina Buckthorn | Frangula caroliniana | Indian cherry, yellow buckthorn, Rhamnus caroliniana |
| Carolina Hemlock | Tsuga caroliniana | |
| Carolina Laurelcherry | Prunus caroliniana | Carolina cherry laurel, cherry laurel, laurel cherry, Laurocerasus caroliniana |
| Carolina Silverbell | Halesia tetraptera | Mountain silverbell, snowdrop tree, Halesia carolina |
| Carolina St. John’s-wort | Hypericum nitidum | |
| Carolina Willow | Salix caroliniana | coastal plain willow, swamp willow, Salix longipes |
| Catawba Rhododendron | Rhododendron catawbiense | Catawba rosebay, mountain rosebay, purple laurel, purple rhododendron, red laurel |
| Catberry | Ilex mucronata | Mountain holly, Nemopanthus mucronatus |
| Cedar Elm | Ulmus crassifolia | Basket elm, southern rock elm, Texas elm |
| Chalk Maple | Acer leucoderme | Whitebark maple, Acer saccharum subsp. leucoderme |
| Chapman Oak | Quercus chapmanii | Chapman white oak, Chapman’s oak |
| Chapman’s Rhododendron | Rhododendron chapmanii | Chapman rhododendron, Rhododendron minus var. chapmanii |
| Chapman’s St. John’s-wort | Hypericum chapmanii | Apalachicola St. John’s-wort |
| Cherrybark Oak, Wye Island line | Quercus pagoda | Swamp red oak, bottomland red oak, Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia |
| Chestnut Oak | Quercus montana | Rock chestnut oak, mountain chestnut oak, rock oak, tanbark oak, Quercus prinus |
| Chickasaw Plum | Prunus angustifolia | Sand plum, sandhill plum |
| Chinese Chestnut | Castanea mollissima | |
| Chinquapin Oak | Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin oak, yellow chestnut oak, Quercus muhlenbergii, Quercus prinoides var. acuminata |
| Chokecherry | Prunus virginiana | Common chokecherry, Virginia bird cherry |
| Cinnamon Clethra | Clethra acuminata | Mountain sweet pepperbush, mountain pepperbush, cinnamonbark clethra |
| Clammy Locust | Robinia viscosa | Robinia glutinosa |
| Climbing Fetterbush | Pieris phillyreifolia | Vine-wicky, climbing heather, climbing pieris, Andromeda phillyreifolia |
| Climbing Prairie Rose | Rosa setigera | prairie rose, climbing rose, Illinois rose, Michigan rose |
| Clove Currant | Ribes aureum var. villosum | Buffalo currant, golden currant, Missouri currant, fragrant golden currant, Ribes odoratum |
| Clusterspike Indigobush | Amorpha herbacea | Clusterspike false indigo |
| Coastal Azalea | Rhododendron atlanticum | Dwarf azalea, coast azalea, Azalea atlantica |
| Cockspur Hawthorn | Crataegus crus-galli | Cockspur thorn, Newcastle thorn, hog apple |
| Common Hackberry | Celtis occidentalis | Northern hackberry, nettle tree, beaverwood, false elm |
| Common Hoptree (Wafer Ash) | Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer ash, hop tree, stinking ash, shrubby trefoil |
| Common Juniper | Juniperus communis | Ground juniper, dwarf juniper, prostrate juniper, old field juniper, Canadian juniper |
| Common Prickly Ash (Toothache Tree) | Zanthoxylum americanum | Northern prickly ash, toothache tree, prickly-ash |
| Conjurer’s-nut | Nestronia umbellula | Indian olive, nestronia, leechbrush |
| Coral Bean | Erythrina herbacea | Cherokee bean, red cardinal, cardinal-spear, eastern coral bean, Erythrina arborea |
| Corkwood | Leitneria floridana | Florida corkwood |
| Creek Plum | Prunus rivularis | Wild goose plum, Munson plum, river plum, thicket plum, Prunus munsoniana |
| Creeping Blueberry | Vaccinium crassifolium | |
| Creeping Juniper | Juniperus horizontalis | creeping savin, creeping cedar, trailing juniper |
| Cucumber Magnolia | Magnolia acuminata | Cucumbertree, cucumber tree |
| Cumberland Azalea | Rhododendron cumberlandense | Cumberland rhododendron, diploid flame azalea, Azalea cumberlandensis |
| Cumberland Rosemary | Conradina verticillata | Cumberland false rosemary, Conradina montana |
D
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Dahoon | Ilex cassine | Dahoon holly |
| Dangleberry | Gaylussacia frondosa | Blue huckleberry, Vaccinium frondosum |
| Darrow’s Blueberry | Vaccinium darrowii | Evergreen blueberry, Darrow’s evergreen blueberry, Vaccinium myrsinites var. glaucum |
| Deerberry | Vaccinium stamineum | Highbush huckleberry, southern gooseberry |
| Delta Post Oak | Quercus similis | Bottomland post oak |
| Devil’s Walking Stick | Aralia spinosa | Hercules’ club, angelica tree, prickly elder |
| Devilwood | Cartrema americana | Wild olive, American olive, Osmanthus americanus, Cartrema americanum |
| Downy Arrowwood | Viburnum rafinesqueanum | Missouri viburnum, Rafinesque viburnum, downy-leaved arrowwood, Viburnum rafinesquianum, Viburnum affine |
| Downy Hawthorn | Crataegus mollis | Red haw, downy thorn, white thorn |
| Downy Serviceberry | Amelanchier arborea | Shadbush, juneberry, shadblow |
| Durand Oak | Quercus sinuata | Durand white oak, Quercus durandii |
| Dwarf Chinquapin Oak | Quercus prinoides | Dwarf chinkapin oak, scrub chestnut oak |
| Dwarf Hackberry | Celtis tenuifolia | Georgia hackberry, upland hackberry, Celtis georgiana, Celtis pumila |
| Dwarf Live Oak | Quercus minima | minimal oak, Quercus virginiana var. minima |
| Dwarf Palmetto | Sabal minor | Bush palmetto, swamp palmetto, blue-stem palmetto, latanier, Sabal louisiana |
| Dwarf Pawpaw | Asimina parviflora | Smallflower pawpaw, small-flowered pawpaw, small-fruited pawpaw |
| Dwarf Tupelo | Nyssa ursina | Bear tupelo, Apalachicola tupelo, bog tupelo, dwarf blackgum, Nyssa biflora var. ursina, Nyssa sylvatica var. ursina |
| Dwarf Witch Alder | Fothergilla gardenii | Dwarf fothergilla, coastal witch alder, coastal fothergilla, Fothergilla carolina |
E
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Hemlock | Tsuga canadensis | Canada hemlock, Canadian hemlock, hemlock spruce |
| Eastern Leatherwood | Dirca palustris | Wicopy, moosewood, leatherwood |
| Eastern Red Cedar | Juniperus virginiana | Red juniper, Virginia juniper, red cedar, pencil cedar, red savin |
| Eastern Redbud | Cercis canadensis | Redbud, American redbud, American Judas tree |
| Eastern Wahoo | Euonymus atropurpureus | American wahoo, spindle tree, burningbush |
| Elliott’s Blueberry | Vaccinium elliottii | Mayberry |
| Eve’s Necklace | Styphnolobium affine | Texas sophora, pink sophora, necklace tree, Eve’s necklacepod, Sophora affinis |
| Evergreen Bayberry | Morella caroliniensis | Southern bayberry, swamp bayberry, Myrica heterophylla, Myrica caroliniensis |
F
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Farkleberry | Vaccinium arboreum | Sparkleberry, tree sparkleberry, tree huckleberry, winter huckleberry |
| Fevertree | Pinckneya bracteata | Georgia bark, feverbark, pinckneya, Pinckneya pubens |
| Flag Pawpaw | Asimina obovata | bigflower pawpaw, scrub pawpaw, Asimina grandiflora |
| Flame Azalea | Rhododendron calendulaceum | Yellow azalea |
| Flatwoods Plum | Prunus umbellata | Hog plum, black sloe, sloe plum |
| Florida Anise | Illicium floridanum | Florida anise tree, purple anise, anise tree |
| Florida Bully | Sideroxylon reclinatum | Smooth bumelia, smooth buckthorn, Florida bumelia, Bumelia reclinata |
| Florida Flame Azalea | Rhododendron austrinum | Florida azalea, orange azalea, Azalea austrina |
| Florida Leucothoe | Agarista populifolia | Florida hobblebush, Florida doghobble, tall fetterbush, pipe-stem wood, Leucothoe populifolia |
| Florida Maple | Acer floridanum | Southern sugar maple, hammock maple, Acer barbatum, Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum |
| Florida Swamp Privet | Forestiera segregata | Florida privet, Florida wild privet, southern privet, inkbush, Forestiera porulosa |
| Florida Torreya | Torreya taxifolia | Stinking cedar, Florida nutmeg, gopherwood, Tumion taxifolium |
| Florida Willow | Salix floridana | Salix chapmanii |
| Florida Yew | Taxus floridana | Taxus baccata var. floridana |
| Flowering Dogwood | Cornus florida | Eastern dogwood |
| Four-petal Pawpaw | Asimina tetramera | four-petaled pawpaw, fourpetal pawpaw |
| Fragrant Sumac | Rhus aromatica | Aromatic sumac, lemon sumac, sweet-scented sumac |
| Franklin Tree | Franklinia alatamaha | franklinia, lost camellia, Gordonia alatamaha |
| Fraser Fir | Abies fraseri | Southern balsam fir, she-balsam, mountain balsam |
| Fraser Magnolia | Magnolia fraseri | Mountain magnolia, earleaf cucumbertree, earleaf magnolia, Magnolia auriculata |
G
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Bully | Sideroxylon thornei | Swamp buckthorn, Thorne’s buckthorn, Thorne’s bumelia, Bumelia thornei |
| Georgia Indigobush | Amorpha georgiana | Georgia leadplant, Georgia false indigo |
| Georgia Oak | Quercus georgiana | Stone Mountain oak |
| Georgia Plume | Elliottia racemosa | Elliottia |
| Godfrey’s Swamp Privet | Forestiera godfreyi | Godfrey’s wild privet, Godfrey’s privet |
| Golden Heather | Hudsonia ericoides | Pine barren goldenheather, pine-barren false heather |
| Golden St. John’s-wort | Hypericum frondosum | Cedar glade St. John’s-wort |
| Granite Gooseberry | Ribes curvatum | Georgia gooseberry, Grossularia curvata |
| Grape Honeysuckle | Lonicera reticulata | Lonicera prolifera, Lonicera sullivantii |
| Gray Birch | Betula populifolia | Grey birch, wire birch, fire birch, oldfield birch, poplar birch, aspen-leaved birch |
| Gray Dogwood | Cornus racemosa | Panicled dogwood, gray-stemmed dogwood, grey dogwood |
| Green Alder | Alnus viridis | Mountain alder, American green alder, Alnus crispa, Alnus alnobetula |
| Green Hawthorn | Crataegus viridis | Southern hawthorn, green haw, tall hawthorn |
| Groundsel Bush | Baccharis halimifolia | Groundsel tree, sea myrtle, eastern baccharis |
| Gum Bumelia | Sideroxylon lanuginosum | Gum bully, woolly buckthorn, woolly bumelia, gum elastic, Bumelia lanuginosa |
H
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Hairy Blueberry | Vaccinium hirsutum | Small cluster blueberry, Cyanococcus hirsutus |
| Hairy Honeysuckle | Lonicera hirsuta | |
| Hairy Laurel | Kalmia hirsuta | Sandhill laurel, hairy mountain laurel, Kalmiella hirsuta, Chamaedaphne hirsuta |
| Harbison’s Hawthorn | Crataegus harbisonii | Harbison hawthorn |
| Heartleaf Paper Birch | Betula cordifolia | Mountain paper birch, heart-leaved paper birch, mountain white birch, heartleaf birch, Betula papyrifera var. cordifolia |
| Hercules’ Club | Zanthoxylum clava-herculis | Southern prickly ash, southern toothache tree, pepperbark, tingle tongue, tickle tongue, Zanthoxylum macrophyllum |
| Hillside Blueberry | Vaccinium pallidum | Blue Ridge blueberry, early lowbush blueberry, dryland blueberry, Vaccinium vacillans |
| Hobblebush | Viburnum lantanoides | Witch-hobble, moosewood, alder-leaved viburnum, tangle legs, Viburnum alnifolium |
| Honeycup | Zenobia pulverulenta | Dusty zenobia, honey-cup |
| Hop Hornbeam | Ostrya virginiana | Ironwood, eastern hophornbeam |
| Hortulan Plum | Prunus hortulana |
I
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Indigobush (False Indigo) | Amorpha fruticosa | False indigo bush, desert false indigo |
| Inkberry | Ilex glabra | Gallberry, inkberry holly, bitter gallberry, smooth gallberry, Appalachian tea |
J
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Pine | Pinus banksiana | Gray pine, Banksian pine, Hudson Bay pine |
K
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Kalm’s St. John’s-wort | Hypericum kalmianum | Kalm’s hypericum |
| Kentucky Coffeetree | Gymnocladus dioicus | Coffee tree, coffeenut |
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| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Labrador Tea | Rhododendron groenlandicum | Ledum groenlandicum, bog Labrador tea, rusty Labrador tea, Hudson Bay tea, muskeg tea, marsh tea, swamp tea |
| Lanceleaf Buckthorn | Rhamnus lanceolata | Lance-leaved buckthorn, eastern lanceleaf buckthorn |
| Large Cranberry | Vaccinium macrocarpon | Cranberry, American cranberry, Oxycoccus macrocarpus |
| Laurel Oak | Quercus hemisphaerica | Darlington oak, sand laurel oak, upland laurel oak |
| Leadplant | Amorpha canescens | Lead plant, prairie shoestring |
| Limber Honeysuckle | Lonicera dioica | Mountain honeysuckle, wild honeysuckle, red honeysuckle, glaucous honeysuckle, Lonicera glaucescens |
| Lingonberry | Vaccinium vitis-idaea | Mountain cranberry, cowberry, foxberry, lowbush cranberry, northern mountain cranberry |
| Little Walnut | Juglans microcarpa | Texas walnut, Texas black walnut, river walnut, nogalito, Juglans rupestris |
| Littlehip Hawthorn | Crataegus spathulata | Pasture hawthorn, small-fruited hawthorn, Crataegus microcarpa |
| Littleleaf Buckbrush | Ceanothus microphyllus | Littleleaf whitethorn, sandflat ceanothus, littleleaf New Jersey tea, small-leaf redroot |
| Live Oak | Quercus virginiana | Southern live oak, Virginia live oak, southeastern live oak |
| Lloyd’s St. John’s-wort | Hypericum lloydii | Sandhill St. John’s-wort |
| Loblolly Bay | Gordonia lasianthus | Holly-bay, gordonia, tan bay, black laurel |
| Long-stalked Holly | Ilex collina | Longstalk holly, hill holly, Nemopanthus collinus |
| Longleaf Pine | Pinus palustris | Longstraw pine, longleaf yellow pine, Georgia pine |
M
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Maleberry | Lyonia ligustrina | He-huckleberry, male blueberry, northern maleberry |
| Maple-leaf Oak | Quercus acerifolia | maple-leaved oak, mapleleaf oak, Quercus shumardii var. acerifolia |
| Mapleleaf Viburnum | Viburnum acerifolium | Dockmackie, maple-leaved viburnum, mapleleaf arrowwood |
| May White Azalea | Rhododendron eastmanii | Santee azalea, Eastman’s azalea, Eastman’s rhododendron |
| Mayhaw | Crataegus aestivalis | Eastern mayhaw, May hawthorn, apple hawthorn, summer haw |
| Mexican Plum | Prunus mexicana | Bigtree plum, inch plum |
| Miccosukee Gooseberry | Ribes echinellum | Florida gooseberry, spiny gooseberry, Grossularia echinella |
| Michaux’s Sumac | Rhus michauxii | false poison sumac, dwarf sumac |
| Minnie-bush | Rhododendron pilosum | Minniebush, hairy minnie-bush, Menziesia pilosa, Azalea pilosa |
| Missouri River Willow | Salix eriocephala | Heartleaf willow, Missouri willow, stiff willow, Salix rigida, Salix missouriensis |
| Mockernut Hickory | Carya tomentosa | White hickory, whiteheart hickory, bigbud hickory, hognut, bullnut, Carya alba |
| Mountain Bush-honeysuckle | Diervilla rivularis | Hairy bush-honeysuckle, riverbank bush-honeysuckle, Georgia bush-honeysuckle |
| Mountain Camellia (Mountain Stewartia) | Stewartia ovata | Mountain stewartia |
| Mountain Doghobble | Leucothoe fontanesiana | Highland doghobble, drooping leucothoe, drooping laurel, switch ivy, Leucothoe editorum |
| Mountain Fetterbush | Pieris floribunda | Mountain andromeda, mountain pieris, Andromeda floribunda |
| Mountain Fly Honeysuckle | Lonicera villosa | Lonicera caerulea var. villosa |
| Mountain Indigobush | Amorpha glabra | Smooth indigobush, Appalachian indigobush, mountain false indigo |
| Mountain Laurel | Kalmia latifolia | Calico bush, spoonwood |
| Mountain Maple | Acer spicatum | Moose maple, low maple, water maple |
| Mountain Sweetbells | Eubotrys recurva | Red-twig doghobble, recurved doghobble, Leucothoe recurva, Andromeda recurva |
| Mountain Winterberry | Ilex montana | Mountain holly, big-leaved holly, large-leaf holly, Ilex monticola |
| Mountain Witch Alder | Fothergilla major | Large fothergilla, large witch alder, Fothergilla latifolia |
| Myrtle Dahoon | Ilex myrtifolia | Myrtle holly, myrtle-leaf holly, Ilex cassine var. myrtifolia |
| Myrtle Oak | Quercus myrtifolia | Myrtle-leaf oak |
N
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Nannyberry | Viburnum lentago | Sheepberry, wild raisin, nannyberry viburnum |
| Nantucket Serviceberry | Amelanchier nantucketensis | Nantucket shadbush, Nantucket juneberry |
| Needle Palm | Rhapidophyllum hystrix | Porcupine palm, blue palmetto |
| Netted Pawpaw | Asimina reticulata | reticulate pawpaw, netleaf pawpaw, Asimina cuneata |
| New Jersey Tea | Ceanothus americanus | Redroot, wild snowball, Jersey tea, Indian tea, snowbrush, soapbloom |
| Ninebark | Physocarpus opulifolius | Common ninebark, eastern ninebark |
| Northern Bayberry | Morella pensylvanica | Myrica pensylvanica, bayberry, candleberry, swamp candleberry, waxberry, tallowshrub |
| Northern Catalpa | Catalpa speciosa | Western catalpa, hardy catalpa, cigar tree |
| Northern Pecan | Carya illinoinensis | Hardy pecan |
| Northern Pin Oak | Quercus ellipsoidalis | Hill’s oak |
| Northern Red Oak | Quercus rubra | red oak, eastern red oak, mountain red oak, American red oak, Quercus borealis |
| Northern Snowberry | Symphoricarpos occidentalis | Western snowberry, wolfberry, western wolfberry |
| Northern White Cedar | Thuja occidentalis | Arborvitae, eastern arborvitae, American arborvitae, eastern white cedar |
| Nutmeg Hickory | Carya myristiciformis | Swamp hickory, bitter water hickory |
| Nuttall Oak | Quercus texana | Nuttall’s oak, Red River oak, striped oak, Quercus nuttallii |
O
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Oconee Azalea | Rhododendron flammeum | Rhododendron speciosum |
| Odorless Bayberry | Morella inodora | Odorless wax myrtle, scentless bayberry, waxtree, Myrica inodora |
| Ogeechee Tupelo | Nyssa ogeche | Ogeechee lime, white tupelo, bee-tupelo, sour tupelo-gum |
| Oglethorpe Oak | Quercus oglethorpensis | |
| Ohio Buckeye | Aesculus glabra | Fetid buckeye, American buckeye, white buckeye |
| Ouachita Indigobush | Amorpha ouachitensis | Ouachita leadplant, Ouachita false indigo, Ouachita Mountain leadplant |
| Overcup Oak | Quercus lyrata | Swamp post oak, water white oak |
| Ozark Chinquapin | Castanea ozarkensis | Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chestnut, Castanea pumila var. ozarkensis |
| Ozark Witch Hazel | Hamamelis vernalis | Vernal witch hazel, spring witch hazel, winterbloom |
P
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Pagoda Dogwood | Cornus alternifolia | Alternate-leaf dogwood, blue dogwood, green osier, pigeonberry, Swida alternifolia |
| Painted Buckeye | Aesculus sylvatica | Dwarf buckeye, Georgia buckeye, Aesculus georgiana |
| Parsley Hawthorn | Crataegus marshallii | Parsley haw, parsleyleaf hawthorn, parsley-leaf thorn, Crataegus apiifolia |
| Pawpaw | Asimina triloba | Common pawpaw, Indiana banana, papaw |
| Peachleaf Willow | Salix amygdaloides | almond willow, Wright willow, Salix nigra var. amygdaloides |
| Pear Hawthorn | Crataegus calpodendron | Late hawthorn, sugar hawthorn, urn-tree hawthorn |
| Piedmont Azalea | Rhododendron canescens | Hoary azalea, mountain azalea, southern pinxter azalea, Florida pinxter, Azalea canescens |
| Piedmont Rhododendron | Rhododendron minus | Carolina rhododendron, dwarf rhododendron, Carolina laurel, Rhododendron carolinianum |
| Pignut Hickory | Carya glabra | Pignut, sweet pignut, smoothbark hickory, broom hickory, coast pignut hickory |
| Pin Cherry | Prunus pensylvanica | Fire cherry, bird cherry, wild red cherry, pigeon cherry |
| Pin Oak | Quercus palustris | swamp oak, swamp Spanish oak |
| Pinkshell Azalea | Rhododendron vaseyi | Pink-shell azalea, Azalea vaseyi, Biltia vaseyi |
| Pinxterbloom Azalea | Rhododendron periclymenoides | Pinxter flower, pink azalea, wild azalea, election pink, Rhododendron nudiflorum |
| Piratebush | Buckleya distichophylla | |
| Plateau Live Oak | Quercus fusiformis | Texas live oak, escarpment live oak, plateau oak, Hill Country live oak, Quercus virginiana var. fusiformis |
| Plumleaf Azalea | Rhododendron prunifolium | Plum-leaved azalea, plum leaf azalea |
| Pond Cypress | Taxodium ascendens | Pond baldcypress, black cypress, hat-rack cypress, Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium |
| Pond Pine | Pinus serotina | Pocosin pine, marsh pine, bay pine |
| Pondberry | Lindera melissifolia | Southern spicebush, pond spicebush, Jove’s fruit |
| Pondspice | Litsea aestivalis | |
| Possumhaw | Ilex decidua | Possumhaw holly, deciduous holly, swamp holly, meadow holly |
| Possumhaw Viburnum | Viburnum nudum | Smooth witherod, southern wild raisin, swamphaw, Viburnum cassinoides |
| Post Oak | Quercus stellata | Iron oak, cross oak |
| Prairie Crabapple | Malus ioensis | Iowa crabapple, western crabapple, prairie crab, Pyrus ioensis |
| Prairie Redroot | Ceanothus herbaceus | Inland New Jersey tea, narrow-leaved New Jersey tea, inland ceanothus, smaller redroot |
| Prairie Rose | Rosa arkansana | Arkansas rose, sunshine rose, dwarf prairie rose, prairie wild rose, Rosa suffulta |
| Prickly Rose | Rosa acicularis | Bristly rose, acicular rose, needle-spine rose |
| Pygmy Fringetree | Chionanthus pygmaeus | Pigmy fringetree |
| Pyramid Magnolia | Magnolia pyramidata | ear-leaf umbrellatree, Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata |
R
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Rabbiteye Blueberry | Vaccinium virgatum | Vaccinium ashei, smallflower blueberry |
| Red Buckeye | Aesculus pavia | Scarlet buckeye, firecracker plant |
| Red Chokeberry | Aronia arbutifolia | Photinia pyrifolia |
| Red Elderberry | Sambucus racemosa | Scarlet elder, red-berried elder |
| Red Hickory | Carya ovalis | False shagbark, small pignut, Carya glabra var. odorata |
| Red Hills Azalea | Rhododendron colemanii | |
| Red Mulberry | Morus rubra | Common mulberry |
| Red Osier Dogwood | Cornus sericea | Redosier dogwood, red-twig dogwood, red willow, American dogwood, Cornus stolonifera, Swida sericea |
| Red Pine | Pinus resinosa | Norway pine, eastern red pine, Canadian pine |
| Red Spruce | Picea rubens | Yellow spruce, eastern spruce, he-balsam, West Virginia spruce |
| Redbay | Persea borbonia | Shorebay, tisswood, Tamala borbonia |
| Rhodora | Rhododendron canadense | Canada rosebay, Azalea canadensis |
| River Birch | Betula nigra | red birch, Betula rubra |
| Rock Elm | Ulmus thomasii | Cork elm |
| Rosebay Rhododendron | Rhododendron maximum | Great laurel, great rhododendron |
| Roseshell Azalea | Rhododendron prinophyllum | Early azalea, rose-shell azalea, woolly azalea, mayflower azalea, Rhododendron roseum, Azalea prinophylla |
| Roughleaf Dogwood | Cornus drummondii | Rough-leaved dogwood, Drummond’s dogwood, small-flower dogwood, white cornel, Cornus priceae |
| Roundleaf Dogwood | Cornus rugosa | round-leaved dogwood, roundleaf cornel, Cornus circinata |
| Roundleaf Serviceberry | Amelanchier sanguinea | round-leaved shadbush, roundleaf shadbush, red-twigged shadbush, roundleaf juneberry, rock serviceberry, New England serviceberry, Amelanchier huronensis |
| Runner Oak | Quercus pumila | running oak, Quercus elliottii |
| Running Serviceberry | Amelanchier spicata | Thicket shadbush, dwarf serviceberry, dwarf shadbush, Amelanchier stolonifera |
| Rusty Blackhaw | Viburnum rufidulum | Southern black haw, rusty nannyberry, bluehaw |
S
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Sand Cherry | Prunus pumila | Sandcherry, dwarf cherry, western sand cherry, Great Lakes sand cherry, Susquehanna sand cherry |
| Sand Hickory | Carya pallida | Pale hickory, pallid hickory |
| Sand Live Oak | Quercus geminata | sandhills live oak, Quercus virginiana var. geminata |
| Sand Myrtle | Kalmia buxifolia | Sandmyrtle, mountain myrtle, Leiophyllum buxifolium |
| Sand Pine | Pinus clausa | Scrub pine, Florida spruce pine, Alabama pine |
| Sand Post Oak | Quercus margaretta | Scrubby post oak, dwarf post oak |
| Sandhill Oak | Quercus inopina | Florida oak, Florida scrub oak |
| Sarvis Holly | Ilex amelanchier | Serviceberry holly |
| Saskatoon | Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon serviceberry, western serviceberry, saskatoon berry, alder-leaved serviceberry, western shadbush |
| Sassafras | Sassafras albidum | White sassafras, ague tree, mitten tree, cinnamon wood |
| Saw Palmetto | Serenoa repens | Serenoa serrulata, Sabal serrulata |
| Scentless Mock Orange | Philadelphus inodorus | Appalachian mock orange, Philadelphus grandiflorus, Philadelphus floridus |
| Schwerin’s Indigobush | Amorpha schwerinii | Piedmont indigobush, Schwerin’s false indigo |
| Scrub Hickory | Carya floridana | Hicoria floridana |
| Scrub Plum | Prunus geniculata | |
| Seaside Alder | Alnus maritima | Brook alder, beach alder |
| September Elm | Ulmus serotina | Red elm |
| Shadblow Serviceberry | Amelanchier canadensis | Canadian serviceberry, Canada serviceberry, eastern shadbush, thicket serviceberry, Amelanchier oblongifolia |
| Shagbark Hickory | Carya ovata | Scalybark hickory, upland hickory |
| Sheep Laurel | Kalmia angustifolia | Lambkill, sheepkill, calfkill, dwarf laurel, Chamaedaphne angustifolia |
| Shellbark Hickory (Kingnut) | Carya laciniosa | Kingnut, big shellbark, bottom shellbark, thick shellbark, western shellbark, bigleaf shagbark hickory |
| Shingle Oak | Quercus imbricaria | |
| Shining Indigobush | Amorpha nitens | Shining false indigo, dark indigobush |
| Showy Mountain Ash | Sorbus decora | northern mountain ash, large-fruited mountain ash, Pyrus decora |
| Shumard Oak | Quercus shumardii | Shumard’s oak, Shumard red oak, Schneck oak, Quercus schneckii |
| Silky Camellia | Stewartia malacodendron | Virginia stewartia, round-fruited stewartia, silky stewartia |
| Silky Dogwood | Cornus amomum | Swamp dogwood, silky cornel |
| Silverleaf Hydrangea | Hydrangea radiata | Snowy hydrangea, Hydrangea arborescens subsp. radiata |
| Slimleaf Pawpaw | Asimina longifolia | longleaf pawpaw, Asimina angustifolia |
| Slippery Elm | Ulmus rubra | gray elm, moose elm, Ulmus fulva |
| Smooth Alder (Swamp Alder) | Alnus serrulata | Hazel alder, tag alder, swamp alder |
| Smooth Winterberry | Ilex laevigata | Smooth winterberry holly, smooth holly |
| Smooth-bark St. John’s-wort | Hypericum lissophloeus | Smoothbark St. John’s-wort, silverbark St. John’s-wort |
| Softleaf Arrowwood | Viburnum molle | Soft-leaved arrowwood, Kentucky arrowwood |
| Sourwood | Oxydendrum arboreum | Sorrel tree, lily-of-the-valley tree |
| Southern Bush-honeysuckle | Diervilla sessilifolia | Smooth southern bush-honeysuckle, sessile leaf bush honeysuckle |
| Southern Catalpa | Catalpa bignonioides | Common catalpa, eastern catalpa, Indian bean, bean tree, catawba |
| Southern Crabapple | Malus angustifolia | Narrowleaf crabapple, southern crab |
| Southern Magnolia | Magnolia grandiflora | Bull bay, evergreen magnolia, large-flower magnolia, loblolly magnolia, Magnolia foetida |
| Southern Pawpaw | Asimina pygmea | gopher-berry, Asimina pygmaea |
| Southern Red Oak | Quercus falcata | Spanish oak, three-lobed red oak, Quercus digitata, Quercus triloba |
| Southern Shagbark Hickory | Carya carolinae-septentrionalis | Carolina hickory, Carolina shagbark hickory, Carya ovata var. australis |
| Spanish Dagger | Yucca gloriosa | Moundlily yucca, mound lily, palm lily, tree lily, curve-leaf yucca, Yucca recurvifolia |
| Spicebush | Lindera benzoin | Northern spicebush, wild allspice |
| Spruce Pine | Pinus glabra | Cedar pine, Walter pine, Walter’s pine, bottom white pine |
| Squashberry | Viburnum edule | Mooseberry, few-flowered highbush cranberry, few-flowered cranberry bush, Viburnum pauciflorum |
| Staggerbush | Lyonia mariana | Piedmont staggerbush, Andromeda mariana, Xolisma mariana |
| Staghorn Sumac | Rhus typhina | Velvet sumac |
| Strawberry Bush | Euonymus americanus | American strawberry bush, bursting heart, hearts-a-busting, brook euonymus, Euonymus americana |
| Streambank Mock Orange | Philadelphus hirsutus | hairy mock orange, cliff mock orange, Cumberland mock orange |
| Striped Maple | Acer pensylvanicum | Moosewood, goosefoot maple, snakebark maple, whistlewood |
| Sugarberry | Celtis laevigata | Sugar hackberry, southern hackberry, lowland hackberry, Texas sugarberry, palo blanco, Celtis mississippiensis |
| Swamp Azalea | Rhododendron viscosum | Clammy azalea, swamp honeysuckle, white swamp azalea, hammock-sweet azalea, Azalea viscosa, Rhododendron serrulatum |
| Swamp Chestnut Oak, select line | Quercus michauxii | Basket oak, cow oak |
| Swamp Cottonwood | Populus heterophylla | Swamp poplar, downy poplar, river cottonwood, Populus argentea |
| Swamp Doghobble | Eubotrys racemosa | Fetterbush, swamp sweetbells, Leucothoe racemosa |
| Swamp Laurel Oak | Quercus laurifolia | diamond-leaf oak, laurel-leaf oak, Quercus obtusa |
| Swamp Privet | Forestiera acuminata | Eastern swamp privet |
| Swamp Tupelo | Nyssa biflora | Swamp blackgum, Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora |
| Swamp White Oak | Quercus bicolor | Bicolor oak, swamp oak |
| Sweet Azalea | Rhododendron arborescens | Smooth azalea, tree azalea, Azalea arborescens |
| Sweet Birch (Black Birch) | Betula lenta | Black birch, cherry birch, mahogany birch |
| Sweet Gale | Myrica gale | Bog myrtle, meadow fern, sweetgale, sweet bayberry |
| Sweet Pepperbush (Summersweet) | Clethra alnifolia | Summersweet, clethra, coastal sweetpepperbush |
| Sweetbay Magnolia | Magnolia virginiana | Swamp magnolia, laurel magnolia |
| Sweetleaf | Symplocos tinctoria | Horse sugar, common sweetleaf, wild laurel, dyebush |
| Sweetshrub | Calycanthus floridus | Carolina allspice, eastern sweetshrub, common sweetshrub, hairy allspice |
T
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Table Mountain Pine | Pinus pungens | Hickory pine, prickly pine, mountain pine, bur pine |
| Tamarack | Larix laricina | American larch, eastern larch, hackmatack |
| Texas Red Oak | Quercus buckleyi | Buckley oak, Texas oak, spotted oak |
| Three-flower Hawthorn | Crataegus triflora | Three-flowered hawthorn, threeflower hawthorn |
| Titi | Cyrilla racemiflora | Swamp titi, swamp cyrilla, red titi |
| Tough Bully | Sideroxylon tenax | Tough buckthorn, tough bumelia, Bumelia tenax |
| Toughleaf Dogwood | Cornus asperifolia | southern roughleaf dogwood, eastern roughleaf dogwood, rough-leaf cornel, Swida asperifolia, Cornus microcarpa |
| Trailing Arbutus | Epigaea repens | Mayflower, Plymouth mayflower, ground laurel, gravel plant |
| Trumpet Honeysuckle | Lonicera sempervirens | Coral honeysuckle, scarlet honeysuckle |
| Turkey Oak | Quercus laevis | turkey-foot oak, Catesby oak, American turkey oak, Quercus catesbaei |
| Two-wing Silverbell | Halesia diptera | Two-winged silverbell, American snowdrop tree |
U
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Umbrella Magnolia | Magnolia tripetala | umbrella tree, elkwood |
| Upland Swamp Privet | Forestiera ligustrina | Upland privet, glade privet, Forestiera autumnalis |
V
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Velvetleaf Blueberry | Vaccinium myrtilloides | Velvetleaf huckleberry, sourtop blueberry, Canadian blueberry, velvet-leaved blueberry, Vaccinium canadense |
| Virginia Spiraea | Spiraea virginiana | Virginia meadowsweet, Virginia spirea, West Virginia spiraea, Appalachian spirea |
| Virginia Sweetspire | Itea virginica | Virginia willow, tassel-white |
W
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Walter’s Viburnum | Viburnum obovatum | Small-leaf arrowwood, small-leaf viburnum, small viburnum, Viburnum nashii |
| Washington Hawthorn | Crataegus phaenopyrum | Washington thorn |
| Water Elm | Planera aquatica | Planertree |
| Water Hickory | Carya aquatica | Bitter pecan |
| Water Locust | Gleditsia aquatica | Swamp locust, swamp honeylocust, Gleditsia monosperma |
| Water Tupelo | Nyssa aquatica | Tupelo gum, cotton gum, water gum, Nyssa uniflora |
| Weeping Hawthorn | Crataegus lacrimata | Pensacola hawthorn, sandhill hawthorn |
| Western Mayhaw | Crataegus opaca | Riverflat hawthorn, apple haw |
| Western Soapberry | Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | wild China tree, wild chinaberry, Indian soap plant, jaboncillo, Sapindus drummondii |
| White Fringetree | Chionanthus virginicus | Old man’s beard, grancy graybeard |
| White Oak | Quercus alba | Eastern white oak, stave oak, forked-leaf white oak, ridge white oak |
| White Wicky | Kalmia cuneata | Whitewicky, Chamaedaphne cuneata |
| Wild Black Currant | Ribes americanum | American black currant, eastern black currant, Ribes floridum |
| Wild Hydrangea | Hydrangea arborescens | Smooth hydrangea, sevenbark |
| Willow Oak | Quercus phellos | peach oak, swamp willow oak |
| Winged Elm | Ulmus alata | Wahoo, wahoo elm |
| Winterberry Holly | Ilex verticillata | Black alder, Canada holly |
| Witch Hazel | Hamamelis virginiana | Common witch-hazel, American witch-hazel |
| Woolly Beach Heather | Hudsonia tomentosa | Beach heather, sand heather, beach heath, sand false heather, woolly hudsonia, povertygrass |
| Woolly Huckleberry | Gaylussacia mosieri | Woolly-berry, hirsute huckleberry |
| Woolly Pawpaw | Asimina incana | polecat-bush, Asimina speciosa |
Y
| Species | Botanical name | Other names |
|---|---|---|
| Yaupon | Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon holly, cassina, cassena |
| Yellow Anise | Illicium parviflorum | Yellow anisetree, swamp star-anise, Ocala anise, small anise-tree |
| Yellow Birch | Betula alleghaniensis | Golden birch, Betula lutea |
| Yellow Buckeye | Aesculus flava | Sweet buckeye, big buckeye, Aesculus octandra |
| Yellow Honeysuckle | Lonicera flava | Pale yellow honeysuckle, Lonicera flavida |
| Yellowwood | Cladrastis kentukea | Kentucky yellowwood, American yellowwood |
The table as a file
Download the table as CSV or JSON: 414 rows, one for one tree or shrub the nursery grows, with the columns below. The figures are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence: use them with a credit to bluewhaletrees.com and a link to this page. Updated 2026-10-22.
What each column means
- slug: the plant page’s address, https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/
/ - name: the common name the page uses
- botanical: the botanical name
- other_names: the other common names the plant page lists, separated by commas; empty where the page lists none
How the table is made
The names are the ones each plant page prints under its title, gathered from its sources. The files are written from the records and checked at every release.
Cite this page
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<a href="https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/other-names/">Other names: what each tree and shrub we grow is also called</a>, Blue Whale Trees, updated October 22, 2026.A reference, in APA style
Blue Whale Trees. (2026, October 22). Other names: what each tree and shrub we grow is also called. https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/other-names/Common questions
How do I know which tree a name means?
By the botanical name: two plants can share a common name, but each has one botanical name. Find the common name in the table and read the middle column.
Why does one tree have so many names?
Names grew up region by region, trade by trade and use by use, before botanical names settled them. A tree used for baskets, fence posts and fodder picked up a name from each.
Can I search the shop by another name?
Yes: the shop’s search box and the plant boxes in the tools know these names, so typing a regional name finds the plant under the name the page uses.
Sources
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