1000 Islands Ecology

Species Checklist
for the

Trees
of the
Thousand Islands
By
Oliver K. Reichl, B.E.S.(Hons)

This checklist contains the English names of trees species whose range includes the Thousand Islands ecosystem. Tracked species should be reported to Ontario's Natural Heritage Resources Centre (NHIC). Simply click the link ("Yes") to go directly to the NHIC's online reporting form.

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Kingdom: Plants
—Subkingdom: Vascular Plants
Common Name Synonyms Tracked
Gymnosperms
Conifers
Cypresses
Eastern Red Cedar ----- No
Eastern White Cedar Arbor-vitae No
Pines
American Larch Tamarack, Alaska Larch, American Larch No
Balsam Fir ----- No
Blue Spruce Colorado Spruce No
Eastern Hemlock ----- No
Eastern White Pine Weymouth Pine No
European Larch ----- No
Jack Pine Banksian Pine, Gray Pine No
Norway Spruce ----- No
Pitch Pine ----- Yes
Red Pine Norway Pine No
Red Spruce Yellow Spruce, Eastern Spruce Yes
Scots Pine Scotch Pine, Scotch Fir No
White Spruce Cat Spruce, Canadian Spruce, Pasture Spruce No
Angiosperms (Flowering Plants)
Dicotyledons (Dicots)
Asteridae
Scrophulariales
Olives
Black Ash Basket Ash, Brown Ash, Hoop Ash, Swamp Ash, Water Ash No
European Ash Weeping Ash No
Red Ash Green Ash, Rim Ash, Soft Ash No
White Ash American Ash, Cane Ash, No
Dilleniidae
Malvales
Lindens
American Basswood White-wood, Whitewood No
Little-leaf Linden Little-leaved Linden, Small-leaf Lime, Small-leaved Lime No
White Basswood ----- No
Salicales
Willows
Balsam Poplar Balm Poplar, Rough-barked Poplar, Tacamahac No
Black Willow Swamp Willow No
Crack Willow Brittle Willow No
Deltoid Cottonwood Eastern Cottonwood, Big Cottonwood, Common Cottonwood No
Golden Weeping Willow ----- No
Jack's Aspen Jack's Hybrid Poplar, Balm-of-gilead No
Large-toothed Aspen Big-tooth Aspen, Bigtooth Aspen, Big-toothed Aspen, Large-tooth Aspen, Largetooth Aspen No
Trembling Aspen Quaking Aspen, Golden Aspen, Small-toothed Aspen, Quiver-leaf No
White Poplar Silver Poplar No
Hamamelidae
Fagales
Birches
American Hornbeam Blue-beech, Musclewood, Blue Beech No
Eastern Hop-hornbeam Ironwood, Hop Hornbeam No
Gray Birch Wire Birch, Grey Birch, Fire Birch, Old Field Birch, Poverty Birch No
Heartleaf Birch Mountain White Birch, Mountain Paper Birch No
Paper Birch White Birch, Canoe Birch No
Resin Birch Tundra Dwarf Birch, American Dwarf Birch, Glandular Birch, Scrub Birch, Dwarf Resin Birch No
Yellow Birch Southern Yellow Birch No
Beeches
American Beech Common Beech No
Black Oak Quercitron Oak, Yellow-barked Oak No
Bur Oak Mossy-cup Oak, Mossycup Oak, Mossy Oak, Over-cup Oak, Scrubby Oak No
Northern Red Oak Red Oak, Grey Oak No
Swamp White Oak ----- No
White Oak Northern White Oak, Stave Oak, No
Juglandales
Walnuts
Bitternut Hickory Swamp Hickory No
Black Walnut American Walnut No
Shagbark Hickory Scalybark Hickory, Upland Hickory, Shellbark Hickory No
White Walnut Butternut Yes
Urticales
Mulberries
White Mulberry ----- No
Elms
American Elm White Elm, Swamp Elm, Grey Elm No
Rock Elm Cork Elm, Winged Elm No
Siberian Elm Dwarf Elm No
Slippery Elm Red Elm, Moose Elm, Sweet Elm No
Rosidae
Fabales
Peas, Beans
Black Locust False Acacia No
Honey Locust Honey-locust, Three-thorned Acacia Yes
Proteales
Oleasters
Russian Olive Oleaster No
Rosales
Roses
Alleghany Serviceberry Smooth Serviceberry, Smooth Juneberry, Smooth Chuckleypear No
American Mountain-ash Roundwood No
Common Crab-apple ----- No
Common Pear Choke Pear No
Dotted Hawthorn Dotted Haw, Large-fruited Thorn No
Downy Serviceberry Downy Juneberry, Common Serviceberry No
English Hawthorn White Thorn, May Blossom No
European Mountain-ash Rowan-tree No
Fleshy Hawthorn Long-spined Thorn No
Round-leaved Hawthorn Round-leaved Thorn, Fireberry Hawthorn, Roundleaf Hawthorn No
Wild Black Cherry Black Cherry, Wine Cherry, Timber Cherry, Rum Cherry, Cabinet Cherry No
Sapindales
Maples
Amur Maple Ginnala Maple No
Black Maple Black Sugar Maple, Rock Maple No
Freeman's Maple Freeman Maple No
Manitoba Maple Box-elder, Ashleaf Maple, Ash-leaved Maple No
Norway Maple Schwedler Maple, Crimson King Maple, Emerald Queen Maple, Harlequin Maple, Globe Maple No
Red Maple Soft Maple, Swamp Maple, Scarlet Maple No
Silver Maple White Maple, Soft Maple, Silverleaf Maple, River Maple No
Sugar Maple Hard Maple, Curly Maple, Rock Maple, Bird's-eye Maple No
Cashews
Staghorn Sumac Velvet Sumac No
Horse-chestnuts
Common Horsechestnut Horse Chestnut No
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