CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY
Channel Islands Chapter
Southern California Native Trees
This page provides links to individual documents (in PDF format) for each of the 78 different native trees and shrub-like trees native to southern California, including the Mojave and Colorado Deserts and their mountains.   There is also a link to a simple checklist of all 78 native tree taxa.   Many of the individual pages for native trees are still under construction , with many of the species information pages still to be researched and composed.   This page and associated information was written by David Magney (ISA Certified Arborist) and the photographs were taken by Mr. Magney (unless otherwise noted).

Quercus agrifolia

Populus fremontii

Pseudotsuga macrocarpa

Pinus jeffreyi

Umbellularia californica

Platanus racemosa

Acer negundo



Trees and Tree-like Shrubs
Abies concolor (White Fir)
Acer macrophyllum (Bigleaf Maple)
Acer negundo (Box Elder)
Adenostoma sparsifolium (Red Shanks)
Aesculus californica (California Buckeye)
Alnus rhombifolia (White Alder)
Ambrosia monogyra (Leafy Burrobush)
Amelancheir alnifolia var. pumila (Alderleaf Servicberry)
Amelanchier pallida (Western Serviceberry)
Arbutus menziesii (Pacific Madrone)
Arctostaphylos glauca (Bigberry Manzanita)
Bursera microphylla (Elephant Tree)
Calocedrus decurrens (Incense Cedar)
Ceanothus crassifolius (Snowball)
Ceanothus megacarpus (Bigpod Ceanothus)
Ceanothus spinosus (Greenbark Ceanothus)
Cercidium floridum ssp. floridum (Palo Verde)
Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides (Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany)
Chilopsis linearis (Desert Willow)
Cornus nuttallii (Mountain Dogwood)
Cupressus arizonica ssp. arizonica (Arizona or Cuyamaca Cypress)
Fraxinus dipetala (California Flowering Ash)
Fraxinus velutina (Velvet Ash)
Fremontodendron californicum (Fremontia)
Hesperocyparis forbesii (Tecate Cypress)
Hesperocyparis sargentii (Sargent Cypress)
Heteromeles arbutifolia (Toyon)
Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Juglans californica var. californica (Southern California Black Walnut)
Juniperus californica (California Juniper)
Juniperus occidentalis var. australis [=J. grandis] (Western Juniper)
Juniperus osetosperma (Utah Juniper)
Lithocarpus densiflorus (Tanbark Oak)
Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. asplenifolius (Fernleaf Ironwood)
Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. floribundus (Catalina Ironwood)
Myrica californica (California Wax-myrtle)
Olneya tesota (Desert Ironwood)
Pinus attenuata (Knobcone Pine)
Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana (Lodgepole Pine)
Pinus coulteri (Coulter Pine)
Pinus flexilis (Foxtail Pine)
Pinus jeffreyi (Jeffrey Pine)
Pinus lambertiana (Sugar Pine)
Pinus longaeva (Bristlecone Pine)
Pinus monophylla (Singleleaf Pinyon Pine)
Pinus muricata (Bishop Pine)
Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa (Ponderosa Pine)
Pinus quadrifolia (Four-leaved Pinyon Pine)
Pinus sabiniana (Foothill Pine)
Pinus torreyana (Torrey Pine)
Platanus racemosa var. racemosa (California Sycamore)
Populus fremontii (Fremont Cottonwood)
Populus tremuloides (Quaking Aspen)
Populus trichocarpa (Black Cottonwood)
Prunus emarginata (Bitter Cherry)
Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia (Hollyleaf Cherry)
Prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii (Catalina Cherry)
Prunus virginiana var. demissa (Western Choke Cherry)
Pseudotsuga macrocarpa (Bigcone Spruce)
Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia (Coast Live Oak)
Quercus berberidifolia (California Scrub Oak)
Quercus chrysolepis (Canyon Live Oak)
Quercus douglasii (Blue Oak)
Quercus dumosa (Nuttall's Scrub Oak)
Quercus engelmannii (Engelmann Oak)
Quercus kelloggii (Black Oak)
Quercus lobata (Valley Oak)
Quercus pacifica (Channel Island Scrub Oak)
Quercus tomentella (Channel Island Oak)
Quercus wislizenii ssp. wislizenii (Interior Live Oak)
Salix gooddingii (Goodding Black Willow)
Salix laevigata (Red Willow)
Salix lasiandra (Shinning Willow)
Salix lasiolepis (Arroyo Willow)
Sambucus mexicana (Blue Elderberry)
Umbellularia californica (California Bay)
Washingtonia filifera (California Fan Palm)
Yucca brevifolia (Joshua Tree)


CHANNEL ISLANDS CHAPTER, CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY, PO BOX 6, OJAI, CA 93024-0006
Created: 12 February 2011; Last updated: 5 August 2011

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