Ancient Trees by Species

Cities group these trees by place; collections group them by theme. This page groups them by what they actually are. A London plane in Barcelona and a London plane in Warsaw are the same tree living two different lives, and reading them side by side tells you something a city page cannot: how long the species lives, what it does in autumn, and which cities planted it when.

Oaks

Pedunculate OakQuercus robur · 363 trees · 177 cities

Holm OakQuercus ilex · 41 trees · 32 cities

OakQuercus sp. · 36 trees · 32 cities

Northern Red OakQuercus rubra · 35 trees · 26 cities

Sessile OakQuercus petraea · 31 trees · 20 cities

Southern Live OakQuercus virginiana · 31 trees · 13 cities

Bur OakQuercus macrocarpa · 14 trees · 9 cities

Downy OakQuercus pubescens · 12 trees · 9 cities

Turkey OakQuercus cerris · 11 trees · 11 cities

White OakQuercus alba · 11 trees · 10 cities

Texas Live OakQuercus fusiformis · 11 trees · 2 cities

Hungarian OakQuercus frainetto · 10 trees · 10 cities

Cork OakQuercus suber · 10 trees · 10 cities Pin OakQuercus palustris · 6 trees · 6 cities

Pedunculate Oak, columnar formQuercus robur 'Fastigiata' · 4 trees · 3 cities Turner's OakQuercus x turneri · 3 trees · 2 cities

Mexican White OakQuercus polymorpha · 3 trees · 3 cities

Daimyo OakQuercus dentata · 3 trees · 3 cities

Post OakQuercus stellata · 3 trees · 2 cities

Beeches

Copper BeechFagus sylvatica f. purpurea · 75 trees · 50 cities

European BeechFagus sylvatica · 68 trees · 45 cities

Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa · 31 trees · 26 cities

Weeping BeechFagus sylvatica 'Pendula' · 20 trees · 18 cities

Fern-leaved BeechFagus sylvatica f. asplenifolia · 6 trees · 5 cities

Elms and zelkovas

Saw-leaf ZelkovaZelkova serrata · 22 trees · 20 cities

European White ElmUlmus laevis · 17 trees · 10 cities

Wych ElmUlmus glabra · 12 trees · 11 cities

Caucasian ElmZelkova carpinifolia · 12 trees · 11 cities

American ElmUlmus americana · 11 trees · 6 cities

Field ElmUlmus minor · 11 trees · 11 cities

English ElmUlmus procera · 10 trees · 6 cities Dutch ElmUlmus x hollandica · 7 trees · 5 cities

Camperdown ElmUlmus glabra 'Camperdownii' · 4 trees · 3 cities Wych Elm 'Exoniensis'Ulmus glabra 'Exoniensis' · 4 trees · 2 cities

Planes

London PlanePlatanus x acerifolia · 270 trees · 113 cities

Oriental PlanePlatanus orientalis · 63 trees · 33 cities

American SycamorePlatanus occidentalis · 10 trees · 9 cities

PlanePlatanus sp. · 7 trees · 7 cities

Limes

Large-leaved LimeTilia platyphyllos · 78 trees · 65 cities

Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata · 76 trees · 57 cities

LimeTilia sp. · 45 trees · 31 cities

Common LimeTilia x europaea · 42 trees · 29 cities

Silver LimeTilia tomentosa · 17 trees · 16 cities Crimean LindenTilia x euchlora · 4 trees · 4 cities

Weeping Silver LimeTilia tomentosa 'Pendula' · 4 trees · 4 cities American BasswoodTilia americana · 3 trees · 2 cities

Maples

SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus · 24 trees · 22 cities

Silver MapleAcer saccharinum · 17 trees · 13 cities

Field MapleAcer campestre · 8 trees · 6 cities Norway MapleAcer platanoides · 5 trees · 4 cities

Box ElderAcer negundo · 4 trees · 4 cities Cappadocian MapleAcer cappadocicum · 3 trees · 3 cities

MapleAcer sp. · 3 trees · 2 cities

Chestnuts, walnuts and hazels

Horse ChestnutAesculus hippocastanum · 73 trees · 45 cities

Caucasian WingnutPterocarya fraxinifolia · 33 trees · 21 cities

Black WalnutJuglans nigra · 13 trees · 13 cities PecanCarya illinoinensis · 12 trees · 9 cities Turkish HazelCorylus colurna · 9 trees · 7 cities Red Horse ChestnutAesculus x carnea · 3 trees · 3 cities

Figs and mulberries

Moreton Bay FigFicus macrophylla · 61 trees · 21 cities

Indian Laurel FigFicus microcarpa · 17 trees · 8 cities

White MulberryMorus alba · 15 trees · 14 cities

Black MulberryMorus nigra · 14 trees · 10 cities

Indian BanyanFicus benghalensis · 12 trees · 6 cities

Bodhi TreeFicus religiosa · 7 trees · 4 cities

Osage OrangeMaclura pomifera · 7 trees · 5 cities

FigFicus sp. · 7 trees · 7 cities

Sea FigFicus superba · 4 trees · 3 cities Weeping FigFicus benjamina · 3 trees · 3 cities Rubber FigFicus elastica · 3 trees · 3 cities Common FigFicus carica · 3 trees · 3 cities

Conifers

GinkgoGinkgo biloba · 106 trees · 77 cities

European YewTaxus baccata · 64 trees · 54 cities

Giant SequoiaSequoiadendron giganteum · 57 trees · 38 cities

Cedar of LebanonCedrus libani · 40 trees · 29 cities

Japanese CedarCryptomeria japonica · 33 trees · 22 cities

Bald CypressTaxodium distichum · 28 trees · 25 cities

Himalayan CedarCedrus deodara · 26 trees · 20 cities

Mediterranean CypressCupressus sempervirens · 25 trees · 18 cities

Coast RedwoodSequoia sempervirens · 21 trees · 17 cities

Aleppo PinePinus halepensis · 20 trees · 12 cities

Stone PinePinus pinea · 19 trees · 15 cities

Dawn RedwoodMetasequoia glyptostroboides · 17 trees · 16 cities

Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii · 15 trees · 11 cities

Atlas CedarCedrus atlantica · 15 trees · 13 cities

Japanese Black PinePinus thunbergii · 13 trees · 9 cities

Scots PinePinus sylvestris · 13 trees · 11 cities

Montezuma CypressTaxodium mucronatum · 12 trees · 6 cities

Bunya PineAraucaria bidwillii · 11 trees · 9 cities

Western Red CedarThuja plicata · 11 trees · 10 cities

Norfolk Island PineAraucaria heterophylla · 10 trees · 10 cities

Mexican CypressCupressus lusitanica · 9 trees · 5 cities

Monterey CypressCupressus macrocarpa · 7 trees · 6 cities

Norway SprucePicea abies · 7 trees · 7 cities

KauriAgathis australis · 6 trees · 4 cities

Ohatsuki GinkgoGinkgo biloba var. epiphylla · 6 trees · 4 cities Chir PinePinus roxburghii · 5 trees · 4 cities

Silver FirAbies alba · 5 trees · 5 cities Cook PineAraucaria columnaris · 4 trees · 4 cities

Japanese White PinePinus parviflora · 4 trees · 2 cities

Austrian PinePinus nigra · 4 trees · 4 cities Queensland KauriAgathis robusta · 4 trees · 3 cities

Spanish FirAbies pinsapo · 4 trees · 2 cities

Canary PinePinus canariensis · 3 trees · 2 cities Japanese Red PinePinus densiflora · 3 trees · 3 cities Monkey PuzzleAraucaria araucana · 3 trees · 3 cities

Swiss PinePinus cembra · 3 trees · 3 cities

Lacebark PinePinus bungeana · 3 trees · 3 cities

Ryukyu PinePinus luchuensis · 3 trees · 3 cities Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa · 3 trees · 3 cities

Turkish PinePinus brutia · 3 trees · 3 cities

Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis · 3 trees · 2 cities

Taiwan Red CypressChamaecyparis formosensis · 3 trees · 2 cities Japanese Fir / MomiAbies firma · 3 trees · 1 city

Palms

Canary Island Date PalmPhoenix canariensis · 10 trees · 7 cities

Date PalmPhoenix dactylifera · 5 trees · 5 cities

Mexican Fan PalmWashingtonia robusta · 5 trees · 4 cities

California Fan PalmWashingtonia filifera · 4 trees · 4 cities Chilean Wine PalmJubaea chilensis · 3 trees · 3 cities

Fruit and blossom

OliveOlea europaea · 25 trees · 18 cities

European PearPyrus communis · 9 trees · 8 cities

Weeping Higan CherryPrunus subhirtella · 8 trees · 6 cities Strawberry TreeArbutus unedo · 5 trees · 5 cities

CherryPrunus sp. · 4 trees · 4 cities

St Lucie CherryPrunus mahaleb · 3 trees · 3 cities

Wild OliveOlea europaea var. sylvestris · 3 trees · 1 city

Southern hemisphere

OmbuPhytolacca dioica · 12 trees · 10 cities

Dragon TreeDracaena draco · 12 trees · 8 cities

River Red GumEucalyptus camaldulensis · 11 trees · 7 cities

Tipu TreeTipuana tipu · 7 trees · 4 cities

PohutukawaMetrosideros excelsa · 7 trees · 6 cities Tasmanian Blue GumEucalyptus globulus · 7 trees · 7 cities

Silk Floss TreeCeiba speciosa · 6 trees · 6 cities

KapokCeiba pentandra · 5 trees · 5 cities Blue JacarandaJacaranda mimosifolia · 4 trees · 4 cities Bottle TreeBrachychiton populneus · 3 trees · 3 cities

More broadleaf trees

Camphor TreeCinnamomum camphora · 69 trees · 31 cities

Mediterranean HackberryCeltis australis · 32 trees · 21 cities

European AshFraxinus excelsior · 28 trees · 19 cities

Japanese Pagoda TreeStyphnolobium japonicum · 27 trees · 22 cities

Tulip TreeLiriodendron tulipifera · 26 trees · 18 cities

Black PoplarPopulus nigra · 26 trees · 18 cities

Southern MagnoliaMagnolia grandiflora · 20 trees · 15 cities

Black LocustRobinia pseudoacacia · 18 trees · 15 cities

KatsuraCercidiphyllum japonicum · 17 trees · 14 cities

Southern CatalpaCatalpa bignonioides · 14 trees · 13 cities

Tree of HeavenAilanthus altissima · 11 trees · 10 cities

HornbeamCarpinus betulus · 11 trees · 10 cities

Honey LocustGleditsia triacanthos · 10 trees · 10 cities

Canadian PoplarPopulus x canadensis · 9 trees · 7 cities Lombardy PoplarPopulus nigra 'Italica' · 8 trees · 6 cities

BaobabAdansonia digitata · 8 trees · 6 cities

Judas TreeCercis siliquastrum · 7 trees · 6 cities

Japanese Nutmeg-yewTorreya nucifera · 7 trees · 6 cities

Rain TreeSamanea saman · 7 trees · 5 cities

Chinese JuniperJuniperus chinensis · 7 trees · 7 cities

Sago PalmCycas revoluta · 6 trees · 6 cities

White WillowSalix alba · 6 trees · 6 cities

Japanese WisteriaWisteria floribunda · 6 trees · 6 cities

Common CamelliaCamellia japonica · 6 trees · 5 cities Common HackberryCeltis occidentalis · 6 trees · 4 cities Japanese Bay TreeMachilus thunbergii · 6 trees · 3 cities

Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioica · 5 trees · 5 cities Amur Cork TreePhellodendron amurense · 5 trees · 5 cities

Mastic TreePistacia lentiscus · 5 trees · 5 cities Chinese HackberryCeltis sinensis · 5 trees · 3 cities Silky OakGrevillea robusta · 4 trees · 4 cities

Norfolk Island HibiscusLagunaria patersonii · 4 trees · 4 cities

Japanese ChinquapinCastanopsis sieboldii · 4 trees · 4 cities

Bishop WoodBischofia javanica · 4 trees · 3 cities

Service TreeSorbus domestica · 4 trees · 4 cities

White PoplarPopulus alba · 4 trees · 4 cities

PoplarPopulus sp. · 4 trees · 4 cities Gray PoplarPopulus canescens · 4 trees · 4 cities

European LarchLarix decidua · 4 trees · 4 cities

Sweet OsmanthusOsmanthus fragrans · 4 trees · 4 cities

BoabAdansonia gregorii · 4 trees · 4 cities Crows Ash / Australian TeakFlindersia australis · 3 trees · 1 city

Bitter OrangeCitrus aurantium · 3 trees · 2 cities

Weeping WillowSalix babylonica · 3 trees · 3 cities

Narrow-Leaved AshFraxinus angustifolia · 3 trees · 3 cities Peruvian PepperSchinus molle · 3 trees · 3 cities Cannon Ball TreeCouroupita guianensis · 3 trees · 2 cities

Muku TreeAphananthe aspera · 3 trees · 2 cities

Handkerchief TreeDavidia involucrata · 3 trees · 3 cities ChinaberryMelia azedarach · 3 trees · 3 cities Willowleaf PodocarpPodocarpus neriifolius · 3 trees · 2 cities

Buddhist PinePodocarpus macrophyllus · 3 trees · 3 cities

Cornelian CherryCornus mas · 3 trees · 3 cities Eastern HemlockTsuga canadensis · 3 trees · 3 cities

Kurogane HollyIlex rotunda · 3 trees · 2 cities

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