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American Bonsai Society
List of North American Native plants used for Bonsai
This Document is a Native plant listing of North America and surrounding areas covered by the ABS organization. We make every attempt to keep this list up to date with membership involvement and reporting. If you are an ABS member and have natives that you're working with that are not reported or new to a regional location, please make a report by going to the ABS forum by clicking here. The minimum information that you should report is the botanical name of the plant, your location (see below for location codes) and a picture of the bonsai tree if you have one.
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Last updated - 01/15/12
Added code definitions
Added to Reported Vitis rotundifolia (Muscadine grape) Moved from Un-reported to Reported
Added to Un-reported Juniperus pinchotii (Pinchot's juniper) ABS member location code format is "xxxyy" examples: 5w, 6ae, 10m etc... x = growing zone y = Continent location Continent and region locations e = Eastern US and Canada from Atlantic coast to Mississippi river c = Central US and Canada from Mississippi river to the Rockies w = Western US and Canada from Rockies to Pacific coast (includes Alaska and Hawaii) m = Mexico pr = Puerto Rico vi = Virgin Islands
Plant Name codes " " = cultivated variety var = natural varietals subsp = sub-species
Plant status (*) = native populations under urban or commercial stress
Reported being used by an ABS member (botanical name, common name, ABS member location with trees) Abies balsamea (Balsam fir) zones 4e USDA - photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Abies grandis (Grand fir) zones 5w USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Abies lasiocarpa (Sub-alpine fir) zones 5w, 7w (some difficulty in 5w) USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Acalypha gaumeri (No common name known) zones 10m, 11m ABS photo gallery Acer circinatum (Western vine maple) zone 5w, 7w USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Acer glabrum (Rocky mountain maple) zones 5w USDA - PhotoLady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery Acer rubrum (Eastern red maple) zones-5ae, 6ae, 7e,9ac USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Acer rubrum var. drumondii (drumonds maple) zones-6ae USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple) zones-5e USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Aesculus californica (California Buckeye) zones - 6ae, 9w USDA - photo Jepson Flora Project species account ABS photo gallery Amelanchier alnifolia (Saskatoon serviceberry) zones-4c, 5c USDA - Photo Wikipedia species account ABS photo gallery Amelanchier humilis (Low serviceberry) zones-4c, 5c USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Amelanchier laevis (Service berry) zones-5ae, 5w USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Arctostaphylos hookeri - (Monterey Manzanita) zones - 9w USDA - Photo Ladybird Johnson Center Species Account ABS Photo gallery Avicennia germinans (Black mangrove) Zones - 11M USDA photoLady Bird Johnson Center species account ABS photo gallery Berbis canadensis (Canadian Barberry) zones - 7e USDA photo eFloras species account ABS photo Betula nana (Dwarf arctic birch) zones-5e USDA - PhotoLady Bird Johnson Center species account ABS photo gallery Bonellia macrocarpa (common name unknown) zones- 10m, 11m ABS photo gallery Bursera simaruba (Gumbo-limbo) zones 10m, 11m ABS photo gallery Bursera schlechtendalii (common name unknown) zones 10m, 11m ABS photo gallery Bucida spinosa (Spiny Black Olive) zones 10m, 11m, 11e ABS photo gallery Bucida molinetii (syn for Bucida spinosa) ABS photo gallery Bunchosia glandulosa (Café forastero) zone 10m, 11m ABS photo gallery Callitropsis nootkatensis (Nookta false cypress) USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Carpinus caroliniana ( American hornbeam) zones 7e USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Celastrus scandens (American bittersweet) zones 6ae USDA - Photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery Celtis ehrenbergiana (spiny hackberry) zones 8w USDA - record Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery Celtis laevigata (Sugar berry) zones 5e, 6ae USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Celtis occidentalis (Common hackberry) 6ae USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Celtis pallida - see Celtis ehrenbergiana Cercis canadensis (Eastern redbud) zones 5ae, 6ae USDA - Photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery Ceiba pentandra (Kapok tree) zones 11pr, 11vi USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Cephalanthus occidentalis (Buttonbush) zones-6e, 7e, 8e USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Chamacyparis nootkatensis see - Callitropsis nootkatensis Chamaecyparis thyoidies (white cedar) Zones - 7e USDA photo species account ABS photo Cladrastis kentuckea (American yellow wood) zones-5ae USDA - Photo Lady bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery Clethra alnifolia (Summer sweet) zones - 7e USDA photo species account ABS photo Conocarpus erectus (Buttonwood) zones - 9ac,11m USDA - PhotoLady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery Crataegus marshallii (Parsley hawthorn) zones 9c USDA - PhotoLady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery Cretagus phaenopyrum (Washington hawthorn) zones-5e USDA - Photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery Cupressus nootkatensis see Callitropisis nootkatensis Cuphea gaumeri (common name unknown) zones-10m, 11m ABS photo gallery Dasiphora fruticosa (shrubby cinquefoil) zones 9aw USDA - Photo Burk Musieum species account ABS photo gallery Diospyros anisandra (Kakalché or Xkaché) zones 10m, 11m ABS photo gallery Diospyros texana (Texas persimmon) zones-9ac USDA - Photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery Diphysa carthagenensis (Common name unknown) zones 10m, 11m ABS photo gallery Ebenopsis ebano (Texas ebony) zones-9ac USDA - Photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery Elaeagnus commutata (American silverberry) Zones- USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Image1 Enriquebeltrania crenatifolia (Common name unknown) zones 10m, 11m ABS photo gallery Eysenhardtia texana (Texas Kidneywood) USDA photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery Fagus grandifolia (Eastern beech) zones 7e USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Ficus cotinifolia (Common name unknown) zones-10m, 11m ABS photo gallery Forestiera shrevei (Desert olive) zones 8bw (Flourishes in 8bw) USDA - Photo species account ABS photo gallery Fothergilla gardenii (Dwarf fothergilla) Zones - 6e USDA photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo Gossypium hirsutum (Upland cotton) zones-10m, 11m ABS photo gallery Guettarda elliptica (Hammock velvet seed) zones-10m, 11m USDA - Photo US forest service species account ABS photo gallery Haematoxylum campechianum (Logwood) zones-10m, 11m USDA - Photo wikipedia species account ABS photo gallery Ilex vomitoria (Eastern yaupon holly) zones-7ae, 8bw, 9a USDA - Photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery Image 1 - species Image 2 - "Nana" Itea virginica (Virginia Sweetspire) zones - 7e USDA photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo Image 1 - species Jacquinia macrocarpa - see Bonellia macrocarpa Juniperus ashei (Ashe juniper) zones-7ac, 8ac USDA - Photo Gymnoserm database species account ABS photo gallery Juniperus californica (California juniper) zones - 9w USDA - Photo Jepson flora project species account ABS photo gallery (*)Juniperus communis (Common Juniper) Zones - 6e Threatened in (IL, IN, KY,MD, OH) USDA photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo Image 1 - var depressa Juniperus deppeana (Aligator juniper) zones 9ac, 9aw USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Juniperus horizontalis (Creeping juniper) (cv - bar harbor,) zones 8bw, 9aw USDA - Photo eFloras species account ABS photo gallery Juniperus monosperma (One seed juniper) zones 6ae, 7c, 7ac, 8bw USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Juniperus occidentalis (Western juniper) Zones-6be USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Juniperus occidentalis subsp. australis (Western sierra Juniper) zones-9w USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Juniperus osteosperma (Utah juniper) zones-4c, 5c USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Juniperus scopulorum (Rocky mountain juniper) zones 7c, 7ac, 9aw USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Junierus virginiana (Eastern red cedar) zones-5ae, 6ae, 7e USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery (*) Kalmia latifolia (Eastern mountain laurel) zones- 6ae, 7e (Slow decline reported in 6ae, 7e) USDA - Photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery (*) Larix laricina (American larch) zones 5c, 5e, 5w USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Larix occidentalis (Western larch) zones-5w USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Larrea divaricata (see Larrea tridentate) Larrea tridentata (Creosote bush) zones 8bw USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Leucaena leucocephala (White lead tree) zones 10m, 11m USDA - Photo species account ABS photo gallery Liquidambar styraciflua(Sweet-gum) zones-5e USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Lyonia lucdia (fetterbush lyonia) zones- 7e, 8e USDA - photo Lady Bird Johnson center Species account ABS photo gallery Lyonia ligustrina (Maleberry) zones - 7e USDA photo Lady Bird Johnson center speices account ABS photo Maclura pomifera (Osage-orange) (e) zones-5e, 7e, 8e USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Malpighia punicifolia (Common name unknown) zones 10m, 11m Tropicos Botanical record Photo species account ABS photo gallery (*)Morus rubra (Eastern mulberry) zones 6ae Threatened in (CT, MA, MI, VT) USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Mimosa bahamensis (Common name unknown) zones 10m, 11m Tropicos Botanical record Photo species account ABS photo gallery Ostrya virginiana (Hop-hornbeam) zones-5e USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Parmentiera millspaughiana (Common name unknown) zones-10m, 11m Tropicos Botanical record Photo species account ABS photo gallery (*)Physocarpus opulifolius (Mountain ninebark) zones-5e (requires redesign often) Threatened in (FL, NY) USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Picea engelmannii (Engelmann spruce) zones 5e, 5w USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Picea glauca (White spruce) zones-5e, 6ae USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Image 1 -"Conica" - root-over-rock Image 2 - "Conica" - upright forest Image 3 - var densata Picea mariana (Black spruce) (cv nana) zones 5e, 6ae USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Picea pungens (Colorado blue spruce) (cv - glauca) zones 5w, 9aw USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Pinus albicaulis (White bark pine) zone 5w, 7w (struggling reported in 5w and7w) USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Pinus banksiana (Jack pine) zone 5e USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Pinus cembroides (Mexican pinyon pine) zones-7w, 8bw, 9aw USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Pinus contorta (Lodgepole pine) zones-5w USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Pinus contorta subsp contorta (shore pine) zones - 5w Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo galery Pinus echinata (Shortleaf pine) zones- 6ae USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Pinus edulis (Pinyon pine) zones-6ae, 7w USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Pinus flexilis (Limber pine) zones-4c, 5c USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Pinus leiophylla (Chihuahuan pine) zones-8bw, 9aw USDA - Photo Gymnosperm databse species account ABS photo gallery Pinus monticola (Western white pine) zone-5w, 7w (struggling reported in 5w and 7w) USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa pine) zones-5w USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Pinus pungens (Table mountain pine) zones- 6ae USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Pinus rigida (Eastern pitch pine) zones-5e USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Pinus strobus (Eastern White pine) zones-7e USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Pinus virginiana (Virginia scrub pine) zones-6ae, 7e USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Pisonia aculeata (Pullback) zones-11e, 10m, 11m USDA - Photo species account ABS photo gallery Pithecellobium flexicaule see - Ebenopsis ebano (Name has changed) Planatus occidentalis (American sycamore) zones-5ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo gallery (*)Planera aquatica (Water elm) zones - 7e, 8e Threatened in (IL) USDA Photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery Potentilla fruticosa see Dasiphora fruticosa (Name has changed) Prunus angustifolia (Chickasaw plum) zones-6ae, 9ae USDA - Photo Lady Bird Johnsons center species account ABS photo gallery (*)Prunus Pensylvanica (Pin cherry) zones-4c, 5c Threatened in (IN) USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery (*)Prunus virginiana (Choke cherry) zones-4c, 5c Threatened in (TN) USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas fir) zones-5w USDA - Photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery Quercus agrifolia (California live oak) zones-8bw, 9aw USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Quercus virginiana (Southern live oak) zones-5e USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Randia obcordata (Common name unknown) zones-10m, 11m Tropicos Botanical record species account ABS photo gallery Randia truncate (Common name unknown) zones-10m, 11m ABS photo gallery Rhus trilobata (Skunkbush sumac) zones-4c, 5c USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery (*)Ribes cereum (Wax currant) zones-4c, 5c Threatened in (WA) USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Rosa palustris (Swamp rose) zones-6e USDA - Photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery (*)Salix bebbiana (diamond Willow) zones-4c, 5c Threatened in (MD) USDA - Photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery Sequoia sempervirens (California redwood) zones-6ae, 9aw USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery (*)Shepherdia canadensis (Russet Buffaloberry) zones-4c, 5c Threatened in (IL, IN,ME,PA) USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Taxodium ascendens (Pond Cypress) zones-9e USDA - Photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress) zones-7e, 9ae USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Taxodium mucronatum (Montezuma bald cypress) zones-10m, 11m USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery (*)Thuja occidentalis (Eastern white cedar) zones-5e Threatened in (CT,IL,IN,KY,MD,MA,NJ,TN) USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS Care guide ABS photo gallery Thuja Plicata (Western red cedar) zones - 5w Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Tsuga Canadensis (Canadian hemlock) zones-7e USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Tsuga heterophylla (Western hemlock) zones-5w, 7w USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Tsuga mertensiana (Mountain hemlock) zones-7w USDA - Photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo gallery Toxicodendron radicans (Poison ivy) zones-4e, 5ae, 6ae USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Ulmus alata (Winged elm) zones- 5c, 6ac, 6ae, 9ac USDA - Photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery Ulmus Americana (American elm) zones - 6ae, 7c USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery (*)Ulmus crassifolia (Cedar elm) zones-5e, , 7c, 9ac Threatened in (TN) USDA - Photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS photo gallery (*)Ulmus rubra (Slippery elm) zones-6ae Threatened in (ME,RI) USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery (*)Ulmus thomasii (Rock elm) zones - 6e USDA - Photo Endangered (IL) Threathened (NY, OH) ABS photo gallery (*)Vaccinium corymbosum (Highbush blueberry) (cv - north blue, top hat) zones-6e Threatened in (IL) USDA - Photo USDA species account ABS photo gallery Vaccinium virgatum(Smallflower or rabbiteye blueberry) zones - 7e USDA - Species account Wikipedia - species account ABS - photo gallery Vitex rotundifolia ( Roundleaf Chastetree) zones - 10w University of Hawaii species account ABS photo gallery Vitis rotundifoia (Muscadine grape) zones - 9e USDA Species account ABS photo gallery Vitis mustangensis (Texas grape) zones - 7c USDA photo Lady Bird Johnson center species account ABS Photo Gallery Ziziphus yucatanensis (Common name unknown) zones-10m, 11 ABS photo gallery
Not Reported (botanical name, common name, variety or cultivar, continent code most likely found in) Acer nigrum (Black maple) (e) Acer pensylvanicum (Striped maple) (e) Acer spicatum (Mountain maple) (e) Arbutus unedo (Strawberry tree) (w) Betula nigra (River birch) (e) Callicarpa americana (American beautyberry) (e) Castanea dentata (American chestnut) (e) Ceanothus (any species) (w) Cercis occidentalis (Western redbud) (w) Cornus racemosa (Gray dogwood) (e) Corylus americana (American filbert) (e) Corylus cornuta (Beaked filbert) (e) Cotinus obovatus (American smoke tree) (e) Crataegus x anomala (Arnold hawthorn) (e) Crataegus x arnoldiana see Crataegus x anomala (hybrid intricata x mollis) Crataegus cocciniodies (Kansas hawthorn) (c) Crataegus intricata (Thicket hawthorn) (e) Crataegus mollis (Downy hawthorn) (e) Crataegus nitida (Glossy Hawthorn) (e) Crataegus pruinosa (Frosted Hawthorn) (e) Crataegus punctata (Dotted hawthorn) (e) Crataegus succulenta (Fleshy hawthorn) (e) Crataegus viridis (Green hawthorn) (e) Cupressus bakeri (Modoc cypress) (w) (*)Cupressus macrocarpa (Monterey cypress) (w) Threatened in (CA) Diospyros virginiana(Eastern persimmon) (e) Fothergilla gardenia (Dwarf fothergilla) (e) Fothergilla major (Large fothergilla) (e) Fothergilla mononitcola (Alabama fothergilla) (e) Franklinia alatamaha (Franklinia) (e) Garrya eliptica (Silk-tassel) (w) Garrya fremontii (Femont Silk-tassel) (w) Garrya wrightii (Wright Silk-tassel) (w) Gleditsia_triacanthos (Honey Locust) (e) Halesia Carolina (Carolina silverbell) (e) Halesia monticola (Mountain silverbell) (e) Hamamelis vernalis (Vernal witch-hazel) (c) Hamamelis virginiana (Common witch-hazel) (e) Heteromeles arbutifolia (Toyon) (w) Ilex decidua (possum haw) (e) Ilex glabra (Inkberry) (e) Ilex laevigata (Smooth winterberry) (e) Ilex verticillata (Eastern winterberry) (e) Juniperus pinchotii (Pinchot's Juniper) (c) Ligustrum ovalifolium (California privet) (e,c,w) Lindera benzoin (Spicebush) (e) Lithocarpus densiflorus (Tanbark oak) (w) Magnolia virginiana (Sweet bay magnolia) (e) Morus microphylla (Texas mulberry (c) Nyssa sylvatica (Blackgum) (e) Oxydendrum arboreum (Sorrel-tree) (e) Ostrya knowltonii (Knoltons hophornbeam) (c) Populus tremuloides (Quaking aspen) (w) Prunus Americana (American plum) (e) Prunus besseyi (Western sand cherry) (w) Prunus illicifolia (California holly-leaf cherry) (w) Prunus nigra (Canadian or Black plum) (e) Prunus pumila (Sand cherry) (e) Quercus chrysolepis (Canyon live oak) (w) Quercus douglasii (Blue oak) (w) Quercus dumosa (California scrub oak) (e) Quercus emoryi (Emory oak) (w) Quercus engelmannii (Mesa oak) (w) Quercus gambelii (Rocky mountain white oak) (w) Quercus kelloggii (California black oak) (w) Quercus lobata (California white oak) (w) Quercus vaccinifolia (Huckleberry oak) (w) Quercus wislizenii (Interior live oak) (w) Rhamnus caroliniana (Carolina buckthorn) (e) Rhododendron arborescens (Sweet azalea) (e) Rhododendron atlanticum (Coast azalea) (e) Rhododendron calendulaceum (Flame azalea) (e) Rhododendron canadense (Rhodora) (e) Rhododendron carolinianum (Carolina rhododendron) (e) Rhododendron catawbiense (Catawaba rhododendron) (e) Rhododendron occidentale (Western azalea) (w) Rosa arkansana (Arknasas rose) (e) Rosa californica (California rose) (w) Rosa carolina (Carolina rose) (e) Rosa virginiana (Virginia rose) (e) (*)Sorbus americana (Mountain Ash) (e) Threatened in (IL) Stewartia ovata (Mountain stewartia) (e) (*)Taxus brevifolia (Pacific yew) (w) Threatened in (CA, OR, WA) Taxus canadensis (Canada yew) (e) Ulmus thomasii (Rock elm) (e) Umbellularia californica (California bay) (w) Vitis californica (California grape) (w) Vitis lambrusca (Fox grape) (e) Vitis riparia (Riverbank grape) (e) Wisteria frutescens (American wisteria) (e)
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