
There are 139 trees that start with the letter W, from Wafer Ash to Wych Elm. 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: Wafer Ash
Order: Sapindales
Habitat: Eastern North America, from southern Ontario and Quebec to northern Florida, west to Texas and Minnesota
Scientific name: Ptelea trifoliata
Name: Wahoo
Order: Celastrales
Habitat: Eastern and central North America, from southern Ontario and Quebec to northern Florida, west to Minnesota, Nebraska, and Texas
Scientific name: Euonymus atropurpureus
Name: Walter's Oak
Order: Fagales
Habitat: Southeastern United States
Scientific name: Quercus walteriana
Name: Wangari Tree
Order: Sapindales
Habitat: Endemic to Kenya, East Africa
Scientific name: Sideroxylon wangerinum
Name: Wapengo Apple
Order: Rosales
Habitat: Coastal regions of eastern Australia
Scientific name: Syzygium australe
Name: Water Ash
Order: Sapindales
Habitat: Southeastern United States
Scientific name: Fraxinus caroliniana
Name: Water Elm
Order: Rosales
Habitat: Southeastern United States, from North Carolina to Florida and Texas
Scientific name: Planera aquatica
Name: Water Hickory
Order: Juglandales
Habitat: Southeastern United States
Scientific name: Carya aquatica
Name: Water Locust
Order: Fabales
Habitat: Southeastern United States, from North Carolina to Florida and Texas
Scientific name: Gleditsia aquatica
Name: Water Maple
Order: Sapindales
Habitat: Eastern and central North America, from southeastern Canada to the Gulf Coast
Scientific name: Acer saccharinum
Name: Watson's Swamp Gum
Order: Myrtales
Habitat: Eastern Australia
Scientific name: Eucalyptus watsoniana
Name: Wattled Ebony
Order: Fabales
Habitat: Central and southern India
Scientific name: Diospyros melanoxylon
Name: Wattled Koa
Order: Fabales
Habitat: Australia, particularly in the semiarid regions of the interior
Scientific name: Acacia aneura
Name: Wavy-leaved Ash
Order: Lamiales
Habitat: Southeastern United States
Scientific name: Fraxinus profunda
Name: Wax Mallow
Order: Malvales
Habitat: Tropical Asia and Australia
Scientific name: Hibiscus tiliaceus
Name: Weeping Bottlebrush
Order: Myrtales
Habitat: Eastern Australia
Scientific name: Callistemon viminalis
Name: Weeping Willow Oak
Order: Fagales
Habitat: Eastern North America
Scientific name: Quercus phellos 'Pendula'
Name: Weeping Willow-leaved Peppermint
Order: Myrtales
Habitat: Eastern Australia
Scientific name: Eucalyptus aggregata
Name: West Indian Cedar
Order: Sapindales
Habitat: Central and South America
Scientific name: Cedrela odorata
Name: West Indian Mahogany
Order: Sapindales
Habitat: Native to the Caribbean region
Scientific name: Swietenia mahagoni
Name: Western Australian Christmas Tree
Order: Myrtales
Habitat: Western Australia
Scientific name: Nuytsia floribunda
Name: Western Australian Peppermint
Order: Myrtales
Habitat: Southwest Western Australia
Scientific name: Agonis flexuosa
Name: Western Chokecherry
Order: Rosales
Habitat: Western North America
Scientific name: Prunus demissa
Name: Western Hemlock
Order: Pinales
Habitat: Western North America
Scientific name: Tsuga heterophylla
Name: Western Juniper
Order: Pinales
Habitat: Western United States, from eastern Washington and Oregon to California, Nevada, and Idaho
Scientific name: Juniperus occidentalis
Name: Western Mountain Ash
Order: Rosales
Habitat: Western North America
Scientific name: Sorbus scopulina
Name: Western Mountain-ash
Order: Rosales
Habitat: Western North America
Scientific name: Sorbus scopulina
Name: Western Panicled Willow
Order: Malpighiales
Habitat: Western North America
Scientific name: Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra
Name: Western Red Cedar
Order: Cupressales
Habitat: Western North America
Scientific name: Thuja plicata
Name: Western Redcedar
Order: Pinales
Habitat: Native to the Pacific Northwest region of North America
Scientific name: Thuja plicata
Name: Western Serviceberry
Order: Rosales
Habitat: Western North America
Scientific name: Amelanchier alnifolia
Name: Western Snowberry
Order: Dipsacales
Habitat: Western North America
Scientific name: Symphoricarpos occidentalis
Name: Western Soapberry
Order: Sapindales
Habitat: Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, from Texas to California
Scientific name: Sapindus drummondii
Name: Western Sword Fern
Order: Polypodiales
Habitat: Western North America
Scientific name: Polystichum munitum
Name: Western White Pine
Order: Pinales
Habitat: Western North America
Scientific name: Pinus monticola
Name: Western Yellow Pine
Order: Pinales
Habitat: Western North America, from British Columbia to Mexico, and from the Pacific coast to the Great Plains
Scientific name: Pinus ponderosa
Name: Weymouth Pine
Order: Pinales
Habitat: Native to eastern North America
Scientific name: Pinus strobus
Name: Whalebone Tree
Order: Proteales
Habitat: Endemic to southeastern Queensland, Australia
Scientific name: Cryptocarya whiteana
Name: Whipcord White Cedar
Order: Pinales
Habitat: Hybrid cultivar
Scientific name: Thuja plicata 'Whipcord'
Name: Whipple's Beaked Hazel
Order: Fagales
Habitat: Western North America
Scientific name: Corylus whipplei
Name: White Basswood
Order: Malvales
Habitat: Eastern North America
Scientific name: Tilia heterophylla
Name: White Bead Tree
Order: Sapindales
Habitat: Endemic to southern India and Sri Lanka
Scientific name: Chloroxylon swietenia
Name: White Beebeerry
Order: Rosales
Habitat: Western North America
Scientific name: Rhamnus californica
Name: White Bladdernut
Order: Sapindales
Habitat: Eastern North America
Scientific name: Staphylea trifoliata
Name: White Bottlebrush
Order: Myrtales
Habitat: Eastern Australia
Scientific name: Callistemon salignus
Name: White Buttonwood
Order: Myrtales
Habitat: Coastal regions of North and South America
Scientific name: Conocarpus erectus
Name: White Cedar
Order: Pinales
Habitat: Northeastern North America
Scientific name: Thuja occidentalis
Name: White Fringe Tree
Order: Lamiales
Habitat: Eastern North America
Scientific name: Chionanthus virginicus
Name: White Ironbark
Order: Myrtales
Habitat: Southeastern Australia
Scientific name: Eucalyptus leucoxylon
Name: White Mahogany
Order: Myrtales
Habitat: Coastal and sub-coastal regions of eastern Australia, from southeast Queensland to central New South Wales
Scientific name: Eucalyptus acmenoides
Name: White Mangrove
Order: Myrtales
Habitat: Coastal tropics of the Americas
Scientific name: Laguncularia racemosa
Name: White Walnut
Order: Juglandales
Habitat: Northeastern North America
Scientific name: Juglans cinerea
Name: White-barked Pine
Order: Pinales
Habitat: Western North America, from British Columbia to California, and from the Pacific coast to Montana
Scientific name: Pinus albicaulis
Name: White-flowered Ash
Order: Lamiales
Habitat: Southeastern United States
Scientific name: Fraxinus americana var. biltmoreana
Name: White-flowered Ironbark
Order: Myrtales
Habitat: Restricted to a small area in southeast Queensland, Australia
Scientific name: Eucalyptus quadrangulata
Name: White-topped Box
Order: Myrtales
Habitat: Restricted to a small area in southeast Queensland, Australia
Scientific name: Eucalyptus quadrangulata
Name: Whitebeam
Order: Rosales
Habitat: Temperate regions in Europe and western Asia
Scientific name: Sorbus aria
Name: Whiteheart Hickory
Order: Juglandales
Habitat: Eastern United States
Scientific name: Carya tomentosa
Name: Whitewater Willow
Order: Salicales
Habitat: Western North America, from Alaska to California and Colorado
Scientific name: Salix brachycarpa
Name: Wild Olive
Order: Lamiales
Habitat: Africa and Asia
Scientific name: Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata
Name: Wild Service Tree
Order: Rosales
Habitat: Europe and western Asia
Scientific name: Sorbus torminalis
Name: Willow
Order: Malpighiales
Habitat: Temperate and subtropical regions worldwide
Scientific name: Salix
Name: Willow Leaf
Order: Apiales
Habitat: Native to eastern North America
Scientific name: Cornus alternifolia
Name: Willow Leafed Eucalyptus
Order: Myrtales
Habitat: Eastern Australia
Scientific name: Eucalyptus stricta
Name: Willow-leaved Pear
Order: Rosales
Habitat: Europe and western Asia
Scientific name: Pyrus salicifolia
Name: Wind Palm
Order: Arecales
Habitat: Central and western China, as well as some neighboring areas of Asia
Scientific name: Trachycarpus fortunei
Name: Wind-pollinated Oak
Order: Fagales
Habitat: Southwestern North America
Scientific name: Quercus gambelii
Name: Wind-pollinator Oak
Order: Fagales
Habitat: Central North America
Scientific name: Quercus ellipsoidalis
Name: Winged Cork Tree
Order: Sapindales
Habitat: Caucasus region
Scientific name: Pterocarya fraxinifolia
Name: Winged Yucca
Order: Asparagales
Habitat: Southwestern United States
Scientific name: Yucca rostrata
Name: Winter Hazel
Order: Corylales
Habitat: East Asia, including China, Japan, and Korea
Scientific name: Corylopsis
Name: Witch Elm
Order: Ulmales
Habitat: Europe, from the British Isles to the Caucasus, and north to southern Scandinavia
Scientific name: Ulmus glabra
Name: Witch Hazel
Order: Saxifragales
Habitat: Eastern North America
Scientific name: Hamamelis virginiana
Name: Witherod
Order: Dipsacales
Habitat: Northeastern North America
Scientific name: Viburnum cassinoides
Name: Woolly Buckthorn
Order: Rosales
Habitat: Native to western North America
Scientific name: Rhamnus tomentella
Name: World's Tallest Tree
Order: Pinales
Habitat: California coast
Scientific name: Sequoia sempervirens
Name: Wrinkled Hornbeam
Order: Fagales
Habitat: Native to northeastern Asia
Scientific name: Carpinus tschonoskii
Name | Order | Habitat | Scientific name |
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Wafer Ash | Sapindales | Eastern North America, from southern Ontario and Quebec to northern Florida, west to Texas and Minnesota | Ptelea trifoliata |
Wahoo | Celastrales | Eastern and central North America, from southern Ontario and Quebec to northern Florida, west to Minnesota, Nebraska, and Texas | Euonymus atropurpureus |
Wairoa Whiteywood | Fabales | New Zealand | Elaeocarpus dentatus |
Walnut | Juglandales | Temperate Northern Hemisphere | Juglans spp. |
Walnut Hickory | Sapindales | Eastern United States | Carya aquatica |
Walter's Oak | Fagales | Southeastern United States | Quercus walteriana |
Wangari Tree | Sapindales | Endemic to Kenya, East Africa | Sideroxylon wangerinum |
Wapengo Apple | Rosales | Coastal regions of eastern Australia | Syzygium australe |
Water Ash | Sapindales | Southeastern United States | Fraxinus caroliniana |
Water Beech | Fagales | New Zealand | Nothofagus solandri |
Water Birch | Fagales | Western North America | Betula occidentalis |
Water Elm | Rosales | Southeastern United States, from North Carolina to Florida and Texas | Planera aquatica |
Water Gum | Myrtales | Eastern Australia | Tristaniopsis laurina |
Water Hickory | Juglandales | Southeastern United States | Carya aquatica |
Water Hornbeam | Fagales | Eastern North America | Ostrya virginiana |
Water Locust | Fabales | Southeastern United States, from North Carolina to Florida and Texas | Gleditsia aquatica |
Water Maple | Sapindales | Eastern and central North America, from southeastern Canada to the Gulf Coast | Acer saccharinum |
Water Oak | Fagales | Southeastern United States | Quercus nigra |
Water Tupelo | Cornales | Southeastern United States | Nyssa aquatica |
Water Willow | Lamiales | Eastern North America | Justicia americana |
Watson's Swamp Gum | Myrtales | Eastern Australia | Eucalyptus watsoniana |
Wattle Tree | Fabales | Australia and Southeast Asia | Acacia spp. |
Wattled Ebony | Fabales | Central and southern India | Diospyros melanoxylon |
Wattled Koa | Fabales | Australia, particularly in the semiarid regions of the interior | Acacia aneura |
Wavy-leaved Ash | Lamiales | Southeastern United States | Fraxinus profunda |
Wawona Fir | Pinales | Western North America | Abies shastensis |
Wawona Pine | Pinales | California and Nevada | Pinus washoensis |
Wawona White Fir | Pinales | California | Abies concolor var. lowiana |
Wax Cluster | Malvales | Central America | Malvaviscus arboreus |
Wax Mallow | Malvales | Tropical Asia and Australia | Hibiscus tiliaceus |
Wax Myrtle | Fagales | Eastern North America | Morella cerifera |
Weavers' Oak | Fagales | Southeastern United States | Quercus phellos |
Weeping Ash | Lamiales | Europe | Fraxinus excelsior 'Pendula' |
Weeping Bottlebrush | Myrtales | Eastern Australia | Callistemon viminalis |
Weeping Fig | Rosales | Tropical Asia and Australia | Ficus benjamina |
Weeping Juniper | Pinales | Europe | Juniperus communis 'Pendula' |
Weeping Willow | Malpighiales | Asia | Salix babylonica |
Weeping Willow Oak | Fagales | Eastern North America | Quercus phellos 'Pendula' |
Weeping Willow-leaved Peppermint | Myrtales | Eastern Australia | Eucalyptus aggregata |
West Indian Cedar | Sapindales | Central and South America | Cedrela odorata |
West Indian Mahogany | Sapindales | Native to the Caribbean region | Swietenia mahagoni |
Western Australian Christmas Tree | Myrtales | Western Australia | Nuytsia floribunda |
Western Australian Peppermint | Myrtales | Southwest Western Australia | Agonis flexuosa |
Western Black Walnut | Juglandales | California | Juglans hindsii |
Western Chokecherry | Rosales | Western North America | Prunus demissa |
Western Hemlock | Pinales | Western North America | Tsuga heterophylla |
Western Juniper | Pinales | Western United States, from eastern Washington and Oregon to California, Nevada, and Idaho | Juniperus occidentalis |
Western Larch | Pinales | Western North America | Larix occidentalis |
Western Mountain Ash | Rosales | Western North America | Sorbus scopulina |
Western Mountain-ash | Rosales | Western North America | Sorbus scopulina |
Western Panicled Willow | Malpighiales | Western North America | Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra |
Western Red Cedar | Cupressales | Western North America | Thuja plicata |
Western Redcedar | Pinales | Native to the Pacific Northwest region of North America | Thuja plicata |
Western Serviceberry | Rosales | Western North America | Amelanchier alnifolia |
Western Snowbell | Ericales | California | Styrax redivivus |
Western Snowberry | Dipsacales | Western North America | Symphoricarpos occidentalis |
Western Soapberry | Sapindales | Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, from Texas to California | Sapindus drummondii |
Western Sword Fern | Polypodiales | Western North America | Polystichum munitum |
Western White Pine | Pinales | Western North America | Pinus monticola |
Western Yellow Pine | Pinales | Western North America, from British Columbia to Mexico, and from the Pacific coast to the Great Plains | Pinus ponderosa |
Western Yew | Pinales | Western North America | Taxus brevifolia |
Weymouth Pine | Pinales | Native to eastern North America | Pinus strobus |
Whalebone Tree | Proteales | Endemic to southeastern Queensland, Australia | Cryptocarya whiteana |
Wheelbarrow Palm | Arecales | Southern China | Guihaia argyrata |
Whipcord White Cedar | Pinales | Hybrid cultivar | Thuja plicata 'Whipcord' |
Whipple's Beaked Hazel | Fagales | Western North America | Corylus whipplei |
Whipple's Oak | Fagales | California | Quercus whippleyi |
Whistlewood | Myrtales | Eastern Australia | Acmena smithii |
White Alder | Fagales | Western North America | Alnus rhombifolia |
White Ash | Oleales | Eastern North America | Fraxinus americana |
White Basswood | Malvales | Eastern North America | Tilia heterophylla |
White Bead Tree | Sapindales | Endemic to southern India and Sri Lanka | Chloroxylon swietenia |
White Beam | Rosales | Europe | Sorbus aria |
White Beebeerry | Rosales | Western North America | Rhamnus californica |
White Birch | Betulales | Northern North America | Betula papyrifera |
White Bladdernut | Sapindales | Eastern North America | Staphylea trifoliata |
White Bottlebrush | Myrtales | Eastern Australia | Callistemon salignus |
White Buchesia | Myrtales | Northern Australia | Buchanania obovata |
White Buckeye | Sapindales | Eastern United States | Aesculus glabra |
White Buttonwood | Myrtales | Coastal regions of North and South America | Conocarpus erectus |
White Cedar | Pinales | Northeastern North America | Thuja occidentalis |
White Cypress-pine | Pinales | Australia | Callitris glaucophylla |
White Fir | Pinales | Western North America | Abies concolor |
White Fringe Tree | Lamiales | Eastern North America | Chionanthus virginicus |
White Ironbark | Myrtales | Southeastern Australia | Eucalyptus leucoxylon |
White Leadwood | Myrtales | Eastern Africa | Commiphora albida |
White Mahogany | Myrtales | Coastal and sub-coastal regions of eastern Australia, from southeast Queensland to central New South Wales | Eucalyptus acmenoides |
White Mangrove | Myrtales | Coastal tropics of the Americas | Laguncularia racemosa |
White Mulberry | Rosales | Asia | Morus alba |
White Oak | Fagales | Eastern North America | Quercus alba |
White Pine | Pinales | Eastern North America | Pinus strobus |
White Poplar | Malpighiales | Europe and Asia Minor | Populus alba |
White Spruce | Pinales | Northern North America | Picea glauca |
White Walnut | Juglandales | Northeastern North America | Juglans cinerea |
White Willow | Malpighiales | Europe and Asia | Salix alba |
White Wood | Ericales | New Zealand | Melicytus ramiflorus |
White-barked Pine | Pinales | Western North America, from British Columbia to California, and from the Pacific coast to Montana | Pinus albicaulis |
White-flowered Ash | Lamiales | Southeastern United States | Fraxinus americana var. biltmoreana |
White-flowered Ironbark | Myrtales | Restricted to a small area in southeast Queensland, Australia | Eucalyptus quadrangulata |
White-topped Box | Myrtales | Restricted to a small area in southeast Queensland, Australia | Eucalyptus quadrangulata |
Whitebark Pine | Pinales | Western North America | Pinus albicaulis |
Whitebeam | Rosales | Temperate regions in Europe and western Asia | Sorbus aria |
Whiteheart Hickory | Juglandales | Eastern United States | Carya tomentosa |
Whitewater Willow | Salicales | Western North America, from Alaska to California and Colorado | Salix brachycarpa |
Whitewood | Fagales | Eastern North America | Liriodendron tulipifera |
Whorled Corkwood | Laurales | Southeast Asia | Litsea wightiana |
Wild Cherry | Rosales | Europe and western Asia | Prunus avium |
Wild Olive | Lamiales | Africa and Asia | Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata |
Wild Service Tree | Rosales | Europe and western Asia | Sorbus torminalis |
Willow | Malpighiales | Temperate and subtropical regions worldwide | Salix |
Willow Leaf | Apiales | Native to eastern North America | Cornus alternifolia |
Willow Leafed Eucalyptus | Myrtales | Eastern Australia | Eucalyptus stricta |
Willow Oak | Fagales | Southeastern United States | Quercus phellos |
Willow Pear | Rosales | Eastern Mediterranean | Pyrus salicifolia |
Willow-leaved Pear | Rosales | Europe and western Asia | Pyrus salicifolia |
Wind Palm | Arecales | Central and western China, as well as some neighboring areas of Asia | Trachycarpus fortunei |
Wind-pollinated Oak | Fagales | Southwestern North America | Quercus gambelii |
Wind-pollinator Oak | Fagales | Central North America | Quercus ellipsoidalis |
Windmill Palm | Arecales | Eastern Asia | Trachycarpus fortunei |
Winged Cork Tree | Sapindales | Caucasus region | Pterocarya fraxinifolia |
Winged Elm | Uliales | Eastern United States | Ulmus alata |
Winged Sumac | Sapindales | Eastern North America | Rhus copallinum |
Winged Yucca | Asparagales | Southwestern United States | Yucca rostrata |
Wingnut | Juglandales | Eastern Asia | Pterocarya |
Winter Bark | Laurales | Southern South America | Drimys winteri |
Winter Grape | Vitales | Eastern United States | Vitis cordifolia |
Winter Hazel | Corylales | East Asia, including China, Japan, and Korea | Corylopsis |
Winter's Bark | Magnoliales | Southern South America | Drimys winteri |
Witch Elm | Ulmales | Europe, from the British Isles to the Caucasus, and north to southern Scandinavia | Ulmus glabra |
Witch Hazel | Saxifragales | Eastern North America | Hamamelis virginiana |
Witch-hazel | Saxifragales | Eastern North America | Hamamelis |
Witherod | Dipsacales | Northeastern North America | Viburnum cassinoides |
Wollemi Pine | Pinales | Eastern Australia | Wollemia nobilis |
Wood Apple | Sapindales | South Asia | Limonia acidissima |
Woolly Buckthorn | Rosales | Native to western North America | Rhamnus tomentella |
Woolly Oleaster | Rosales | Eastern Asia | Elaeagnus lanceolata |
World's Tallest Tree | Pinales | California coast | Sequoia sempervirens |
Wrinkled Hornbeam | Fagales | Native to northeastern Asia | Carpinus tschonoskii |
Wych Elm | Ulmales | Europe, from the British Isles to the Caucasus, and north to southern Scandinavia | Ulmus glabra |