
There are 33 trees that start with the letter P, from Palo Verde to Purple Beech. Below you will find them listed alphabetically along with some general information about each. Click the toggle view buttons in the top right corner to switch between the card and the table view.
For each item you will find the following information
Order: The subclass the trees belongs to
Habitat: The places or type of weather the trees lives in
Scientific name: The designation that scientists use to catalog the species
Name: Palo Verde
Order: Fabales
Habitat: Desert regions in southwestern North America
Scientific name: Parkinsonia
Name: Paperbark
Order: Myrtales
Habitat: Coastal and wetland areas in eastern Australia
Scientific name: Melaleuca
Name: Paurotis Palm
Order: Arecales
Habitat: Southeastern United States
Scientific name: Acoelorraphe wrightii
Name: Pawpaw
Order: Magnoliales
Habitat: Deciduous forests in eastern North America
Scientific name: Asimina triloba
Name: Pecan
Order: Fagales
Habitat: Stream banks and floodplains in central North America
Scientific name: Carya illinoinensis
Name: Pencil Cedar
Order: Cupressales
Habitat: Eastern North America
Scientific name: Juniperus virginiana
Name: Persimmon
Order: Ericales
Habitat: Deciduous forests in eastern North America
Scientific name: Diospyros virginiana
Name: Petersianthus
Order: Myrtales
Habitat: West and Central Africa
Scientific name: Petersianthus macrocarpus
Name: Picramnia
Order: Sapindales
Habitat: Central and South America
Scientific name: Picramnia pentandra
Name: Pine
Order: Pinales
Habitat: Various temperate and subtropical regions worldwide
Scientific name: Pinus
Name: Pistachio
Order: Sapindales
Habitat: Arid and semi-arid regions of Central Asia
Scientific name: Pistacia vera
Name: Plane Tree
Order: Proteales
Habitat: Temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere
Scientific name: Platanus
Name: Plum
Order: Rosales
Habitat: Temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere
Scientific name: Prunus
Name: Pogonophora
Order: Malpighiales
Habitat: South America
Scientific name: Pogonophora schomburgkiana
Name: Poinciana
Order: Fabales
Habitat: Tropical and subtropical regions worldwide
Scientific name: Delonix regia
Name: Pond Cypress
Order: Pinales
Habitat: Southeastern United States
Scientific name: Taxodium ascendens
Name: Poplar
Order: Malpighiales
Habitat: Temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere
Scientific name: Populus
Name: Prickly Ash
Order: Sapindales
Habitat: Temperate and subtropical regions worldwide
Scientific name: Zanthoxylum
Name: Prickly Pear
Order: Caryophyllales
Habitat: Deserts and semi-arid regions of the Americas
Scientific name: Opuntia
Name | Order | Habitat | Scientific name |
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Palo Verde | Fabales | Desert regions in southwestern North America | Parkinsonia |
Paperbark | Myrtales | Coastal and wetland areas in eastern Australia | Melaleuca |
Patagonian Cypress | Pinales | Chile | Fitzroya cupressoides |
Paulownia | Lamiales | China | Paulownia tomentosa |
Paurotis Palm | Arecales | Southeastern United States | Acoelorraphe wrightii |
Pawpaw | Magnoliales | Deciduous forests in eastern North America | Asimina triloba |
Pecan | Fagales | Stream banks and floodplains in central North America | Carya illinoinensis |
Pencil Cedar | Cupressales | Eastern North America | Juniperus virginiana |
Pepperbark Tree | Malvales | Southeast Asia | Tarrietia javanica |
Peralejo | Myrtales | Central and South America | Eugenia jambos |
Peroba Rose | Gentianales | Brazil | Aspidosperma polyneuron |
Persimmon | Ericales | Deciduous forests in eastern North America | Diospyros virginiana |
Pestalozzia Palm | Arecales | Madagascar | Neodypsis decaryi |
Petersianthus | Myrtales | West and Central Africa | Petersianthus macrocarpus |
Peumus | Laurales | Chile | Peumus boldus |
Picramnia | Sapindales | Central and South America | Picramnia pentandra |
Pignut Hickory | Juglandales | Eastern North America | Carya glabra |
Pine | Pinales | Various temperate and subtropical regions worldwide | Pinus |
Pistachio | Sapindales | Arid and semi-arid regions of Central Asia | Pistacia vera |
Pitch Pine | Pinales | Eastern North America | Pinus rigida |
Pitogo | Malvales | Southeast Asia | Kleinhovia hospita |
Plane Tree | Proteales | Temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere | Platanus |
Plum | Rosales | Temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere | Prunus |
Podocarps | Podocarpales | Southern Hemisphere | Podocarpus spp. |
Poeppigia | Fabales | Central and South America | Poeppigia procera |
Pogonophora | Malpighiales | South America | Pogonophora schomburgkiana |
Poinciana | Fabales | Tropical and subtropical regions worldwide | Delonix regia |
Pond Cypress | Pinales | Southeastern United States | Taxodium ascendens |
Poplar | Malpighiales | Temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere | Populus |
Prairie Crabapple | Rosales | Central North America | Malus ioensis |
Prickly Ash | Sapindales | Temperate and subtropical regions worldwide | Zanthoxylum |
Prickly Pear | Caryophyllales | Deserts and semi-arid regions of the Americas | Opuntia |
Purple Beech | Fagales | Temperate regions of Europe | Fagus sylvatica 'Atropunicea' |