Woody Plants Native to Nebraska Compiled by the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Trees (Genus/Species - Common Name) Acer saccharinum - silver maple Betula occidentalis - water birch Acer glabrum - Rocky Mountain maple Aesculus glabra - Ohio buckeye Betula papyrifera - paper birch Acer negundo - boxelder maple Asimina triloba - pawpaw
Fraxinus pennsylvanica - green ash Cercis canadensis - eastern redbud Carya cordiformis - bitternut hickory Crataegus mollis - downy hawthorn Gleditsia triacanthos - honeylocust Carya ovata - shagbark hickory Crataegus succulenta - succulent hawthorn Celtis occidentalis - hackberry Fraxinus americana - white ash Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky coffeetree
Juglans nigra - black walnut Morus rubra - red mulberry Platanus occidentalis - sycamore Juniperus scopulorum - Rocky Mountain juniper Juniperus virginiana - eastern redcedar Ostrya virginiana - hophornbeam (ironwood) Populus acuminata - lanceleaf cottonwood Pinus flexilis - limber pine Malus ioensis - wild crabapple Pinus ponderosa - ponderosa pine Populus angustifolia - narrowleaf cottonwood
Prunus serotina - black cherry Populus deltoides - eastern cottonwood Quercus marilandica - blackjack oak Quercus alba - white oak Quercus muehlenbergii - chinkapin oak Populus tremuloides - quaking aspen Quercus macrocarpa - bur oak Quercus rubra - red oak Prunus mexicana - big-tree (Mexican) plum
Salix nigra - black willow Tilia americana - American linden (basswood) Ulmus thomasi - rock elm Quercus velutina - black oak Small Trees/Large Shrubs (occur in both forms) Ulmus americana - American elm Amelanchier arborea - shadblow serviceberry (juneberry) Robinia pseudoacacia - black locust Ulmus rubra - slippery elm Salix amygdaloides - peachleaf willow Prunus americana - American (wild) plum
Prunus hortulana - wild goose plum Salix lutea - yellow (diamond) willow Amorpha canescens - lead plant Prunus virginiana - chokecherry Shepherdia argentea - silver buffaloberry Shrubs Quercus prinoides - dwarf chinkapin oak Amelanchier alnifolia - Saskatoon serviceberry (juneberry) Amorpha fruticosa - false indigo (indigo-bush) Salix eriocephala - Missouri River (diamond) willow Amelanchier humilis - low serviceberry Amorpha nana - dwarf indigo
Artemisia cana - silver sagebrush Artemisia tridentata - big sagebrush Ceanothus herbaceous - inland ceanothus Atriplex canescens - fourwing saltbrush Cephalanthus occidentalis - buttonbush Artemisia filifolia - sand sagebrush Atriplex nuttallii - moundscale Cercocarpus montanus - mountain mahogany Artemisia frigida - fringed sagebrush Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey tea Chrysothamnus nauseosus - rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus parryi - parry rabbitbrush Cornus racemosa - gray dogwood Euonymus atropurpureus - eastern wahoo Cornus amomum - silky (pale) dogwood Juniperus communis - common juniper Cornus sericea - red-stem (redosier) dogwood Cornus drummondii - roughleaf dogwood Juniperus horizontalis - creeping juniper Corylus americana - American hazelnut
Rhamnus lanceolata - lanceleaf buckthorn Rhus trilobata - skunkbush sumac Mahonia repens - creeping mahonia Rhus aromatica - fragrant sumac Physocarpus opulifolius - ninebark Ribes americanum - wild black currant Rhus copallina - flameleaf (shining) sumac Ribes cereum - western red (wax) currant Prunus besseyi - western sandcherry Rhus glabra - smooth sumac Ribes missouriense - Missouri gooseberry
Ribes odoratum - buffalo (clove) currant Rosa arkansana - Arkansas (prairie) rose Rubus allegheniensis - common blackberry Ribes oxyacanthoides - bristly gooseberry Rosa blanda - meadow (smooth wild) rose Rubus flagellaris - northern dewberry Ribes setosum - redshoot gooseberry Rosa setigera - prairie (climbing) rose Rubus idaeus - red raspberry Rosa acicularis - prickly rose Rosa woodsii - woods (western wild) rose Rubus occidentalis - black raspberry
Salix humilis - prairie willow Sarcobatus vermiculatus - black greasewood Rubus pubescens - dwarf blackberry Salix interior - sandbar willow Salix bebbiana - beaked willow Salix petiolaris - meadow willow Symphoricarpos albus - common snowberry Salix exigua - coyote willow Sambucus canadensis - elderberry Symphoricarpos occidentalis - western snowberry
Vines Symphoricarpos orbiculatus - coralberry (buckbush) Ampelopsis cordata - raccoon grape Parthenocissus vitacea - woodbine Celastrus scandens - American bittersweet Smilax hispida - bristly greenbriar Viburnum lentago - nannyberry viburnum Lonicera dioica - limber honeysuckle Toxicodendron radicans - poison ivy Toxicodendron rydbergii - poison ivy Zanthoxylum americanum - common prickly-ash Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper
Vitis aestivalis - pigeon grape Vitis cinerea - winter grape Vitis riparia - riverbank grape Vitis vulpina - frost grape