Boreal Forest
Trees
This subsection contains a list of trees found within the boreal ecoregions of Canada, Alaska, Siberia, Scandinavia & Iceland. It also includes trees found on the boreal transition forests.
Deciduous Species
Deciduous tree species found in the boreal forest
Betulaceae - Birch Family
Betula alleghaniensis - Yellow Birch
Eastern Forests-Boreal Transition, Eastern Canadian Forests, & South Avalon-Burin oceanic barrens.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Betula Papyrifera - Paper birch
From the Newfoundland Highland forests, through the Canadian Shield Taiga, West to Interior Alaska Yukon lowland & the Alaska Peninsula Montane Taiga.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Betula populifolia - Gray Birch
Acadian Forests, & Eastern Great Lakes lowland Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Betula occidentalis - Water Birch
Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera, & Yukon Interior Dry Forests Forests. Northern Canadian Shield, Northwest Territories, Copper Plateau, & Interior Alaska Yukon Lowland Taiga.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Betula pendula - European White Birch
Kamchatka-Kurile,
Sakhalin island, Okhotsk-Manchurian, all the Siberian Taiga, Urals Montane, Scandinavian & Russian Taiga.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Betula pubescens - Downy Birch
Kamchatka-Kurile, Sakhalin island, Okhotsk-Manchurian, all the Siberian Taiga, Urals Montane, Scandinavian & Russian Taiga. Iceland Boreal Birch Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Fagaceae - Oak Family
Quercus alba - White Oak
Eastern Forest-Boreal Transition & Acadian Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Quercus rubra - Northern Red Oak
Eastern Forest-Boreal Transition, Great Lakes & Acadian Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Quercus robur - Common Oak
Scandinavian, Russian & West Siberian Taiga.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Malvaceae - Mallow Family
Tilia americana - American Linden
Eastern Forest-Boreal Transition, Great Lakes & Acadian Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Salicaceae - Willow Family
Populus
Populus balsamifera - Balsam poplar
From the Newfoundland Highland forests, through the Canadian Shield Taiga, West to Interior Alaska Yukon lowland & the Cook Inlet Taiga.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Populus tremuloides - Quaking Aspen
From the Newfoundland Highland forests, through the Canadian Shield Taiga, West to Interior Alaska Yukon lowland & the Cook Inlet Taiga.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Salix
Salix nigra - Black Willow
Eastern Forest-Boreal Transition, Great Lakes & Acadian Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Salix babylonica - Weeping Willow
Cook inlet, & Alaska Peninsula Montane Taiga.
How to Propagate
How to Propagate
Sapindaceae - Soapberry Family
Acer saccharum - Sugar Maple
Eastern Forests-Boreal Transition, Acadian & Great Lakes Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Acer platanoides - Norway Maple
Scandinavian & Russian Taiga. Invasive around Acadian, Great Lakes, & Central Canadian Shield Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Acer rubrum - Red Maple
Eastern Forests-Boreal Transition, Acadian & Great Lakes Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Acer negundo - Boxelder Maple
Mid-Continental Canadian Forests, Southern Great Lakes & Acadian Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Ulmaceae - Elm Family
Ulmus americana - White Elm
Eastern Canadian, Central Canadian Shield, Midwestern Canadian Shield Forests. Eastern Forest-Boreal Transition, Great Lakes & Acadian Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Ulmus glabra - Wych Elm
Scandinavian, Russian & West Siberian Taiga. Iceland Boreal Birch Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Coniferous Species
Coniferous tree species found in the boreal forest
Cupressaceae - Cypress Family
Callitropsis
Callitropsis nootkatensis - Alaska Cedar
North Pacific Coastal Forest.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Juniperus
Juniperus scopulorum - Rocky Mountain Juniper
North Central Rockies Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Thuja
Thuja plicata - Western Red Cedar
North Pacific Coastal & North Central Rockies Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Thuja occidentalis - Northern White Cedar
Eastern & Central Canadian Shield Forests, Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Eastern Forests-Boreal Transition, Acadian Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Pinaceae - Pine Family
Abies
Abies lasiocarpa - Subalpine Fir
Yukon Interior Dry Forests & Rocky Mountain Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Abies sibirica - Siberian Fir
Kamchatka-Kurile, Sakhalin island, Okhotsk-Manchurian, through Siberia until the Russian Taiga.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Abies balsamea - Balsam Fir
From the Newfoundland Highland Forests, through the Eastern Canadian Shield & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. South to the Eastern Forest-Boreal Transition & Great Lakes Forests. West until the Midwestern & Midcontinental Canadian Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Picea
Picea abies - Norway Spruce
Scandinavian & Russian Taiga, east until West Siberian Taiga.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Picea glauca 'conica - Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Ornamental variety of Picea glauca.
How to Propagate
How to Propagate
Picea sitchensis - Sitka Spruce
Northern Pacific Coastal Forests. Cook Inlet & Alaska Peninsula Montane Taiga.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Picea glauca - White Spruce
From the Newfoundland Highland forests, through the Canadian Shield Taiga, West to Interior Alaska Yukon lowland & the Cook Inlet Taiga.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Picea mariana - Black Spruce
From the Newfoundland Highland forests, through the Canadian Shield Taiga, West to Interior Alaska Yukon lowland & the Cook Inlet Taiga.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Picea rubens - Red Spruce
Eastern Canadian Forests. Acadian, Great Lakes, & Eastern Forests-Boreal Transition.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Pinus
Pinus banksiana - Jackpine
From the Eastern Canadian Forests through the Canadian Shield Taiga until Muskwa Slave-Lake & Northwest Territories Taiga.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Pinus sylvestris - Scotch Pine
Okhotsk-Manchurian, through Siberia into the Russian & Scandinavian Taiga. Invasive in the Acadian, Eastern Forest-Boreal Transition & Great Lakes Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Pinus resinosa - Red Pine
Eastern Canadian & Acadian Forests. Central & Midwestern Canadian Shield. Eastern Forest-Boreal Transition & Great Lakes Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Pinus contorta - Lodgepole Pine
Pacific Coastal, Rocky Mountain, Northern Corderilla & Yukon Interior Dry Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Pinus strobus - White Pine
Newfoundland Highland & Eastern Canadian Forests. Central & Midwestern Canadian Shield. Eastern Forest-Boreal Transition & Great Lakes Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Pseudotsuga
Pseudotsuga menziesii - Douglas Fir
Rocky Mountain & Pacific Coastal Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca - Rocky Mountain Douglas Fir
Rocky Mountain & Pacific Coastal Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Larix
Larix decidua - European Larch
Alps and Caucasian mountains in Europe.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Larix laricina - Tamarack Larch
From the Newfoundland Highland forests, through the Canadian Shield Taiga, West to Interior Alaska Yukon lowland.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Larix sibirica - Siberian Larch
Scandinavian & Russian Taiga, East & West Siberian Taiga. Trans-Baikal Conifer Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Larix gmelinii - Dahurian Larch
Kamchatka-Kurile Meadows & Sparse Forest. Kamchatka-Kurile, Sakhalin island, & Okhotsk-Manchurian Taiga. Trans-Baikal Conifer Forests. Northeast Siberian to East Siberian Taiga.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Larix occidentalis - Western Larch
Rocky Mountain Range.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Tsuga
Tsuga canadensis - Eastern Hemlock
Eastern Forest-Boreal Transition. Great Lakes & Acadian Forests.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
Tsuga heterophylla - Western Hemlock
North Pacific Coastal Forest, Cook Inlet Taiga.
How to Identify & Propagate
How to Identify & Propagate
The plant distribution data listed see here has been verified through discoverlife.org and has been localized using the boreal ecoregions from World Wildlife Fund.