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Common Trees and Tall Shrubs
of the Alaska Boreal Forest and Tundra

Trees

delta_key Families of Flowering Plants • fcaa link Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Flora of North America • Boreal borealforest.org
Trees - Shrubs (Tall, Low, Erect Dwarf, Prostrate Dwarf) - Forbs -Graminoids - Club Mosses - Ferns - Bryophytes - Lichens
Family
Latin Name
Common Name
USDA
Other
Needleleaf trees
    
 
  
Pinaceae
Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch Tamarack
LALA
Boreal
Pinaceae
 Picea mariana (Mill.) Brit., Sterns & Pogg Black Spruce
PIMA
Boreal
Pinaceae
 Picea glauca (Moench) Voss White Spruce
PIGL
Boreal
Broadleaf trees
        
Betulaceae fcaa link
Betula papyrifera Marsh. Paper Birch
BEPA
Boreal
Salicaceae fcaa link
Populus balsamifera L. Balsam Poplar
POBA2
Boreal
Salicaceae
 Populus tremuloides Michx. Quaking Aspen
POTR5
Boreal

Tall Shrubs (200-800 cm tall)

Family
Latin Name
Common Name
USDA
Other
Salicaceae fcaa link
Salix alaxensis (Anderss.) Cov. Feltleaf Willow
SAAL
fcaa link
Salicaceae
 Salix arbusculoides Anderss. Littletree Willow
SAAR3
  
Salicaceae
 Salix bebbiana Sarg. Bebb Willow
SABE2
Boreal
Salicaceae
 Salix interior Rowlee (= S. exigua) Sandbar Willow
SAIN3
  
Salicaceae
 Salix scouleriana Barratt Scouler Willow
SASC
  
Trees - Shrubs (Tall, Low, Erect Dwarf, Prostrate Dwarf) - Forbs -Graminoids - Club Mosses - Ferns - Bryophytes - Lichens

Last Updated: 23-Mar-2006
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