Species

The most-planted trees across every city we hold, ranked by how many stand in the inventories. Each one has its own page with where it grows, how big it gets, and what it needs.

2,000species listed, of 4,651 total

10,273,108trees, 99.9% of known trees

Most trees firstMost cities firstAlphabetical

All 2,000 species

1. #1Fraxinus pennsylvanicaGreen ash 485,28533 cities
2. #2Acer platanoidesNorway maple 481,16136 cities
3. #3Platanus x hispanicaLondon plane tree · Broadleaf313,86330 cities
4. #4Gleditsia triacanthosHoney locust · Broadleaf289,00635 cities
5. #5Ulmus americanaAmerican elm · Broadleaf284,69431 cities
6. #6Tilia cordataSmall-leaved linden · Broadleaf254,34533 cities
7. #7Picea pungensBlue spruce · Conifer· evergreen222,81331 cities
8. #8Acer saccharinumSilver maple 140,72933 cities
9. #9Quercus roburEnglish oak · Broadleaf133,49031 cities
10. #10MalusApple · Broadleaf123,26334 cities
11. #11Acer rubrumRed maple · Broadleaf120,16135 cities
12. #12Pyrus calleryanaCallery pear · Broadleaf118,27529 cities
13. #13PrunusPlum 114,05638 cities
14. #14Ginkgo bilobaGinkgo · Spreading111,13836 cities
15. #15Picea glaucaWhite spruce · Conifer· evergreen109,22428 cities
16. #16Quercus rubraNorthern red oak · Broadleaf104,18133 cities
17. #17Liquidambar styracifluaAmerican sweetgum · Broadleaf97,93731 cities
18. #18Syringa reticulataJapanese tree lilac 97,05026 cities
19. #19Fraxinus excelsiorAsh · Broadleaf96,53423 cities
20. #20Sambucus nigraElder 93,59510 cities
21. #21TiliaLinden 91,11724 cities
22. #22Acer pseudoplatanusSycamore maple · Broadleaf86,54126 cities
23. #23Quercus palustrisPin oak 86,17732 cities
24. #24UlmusElm · Broadleaf82,54332 cities
25. #25Acer x freemaniiFreeman's maple · Broadleaf78,88030 cities
26. #26Celtis occidentalisCommon hackberry 77,44432 cities
27. #27Quercus macrocarpaBur oak · Broadleaf77,41128 cities
28. #28Tilia x europaeaEuropean lime · Spreading76,70719 cities
29. #29Prunus serrulataJapanese cherry · Ornamental76,62323 cities
30. #30Acer saccharumSugar maple · Broadleaf76,51334 cities
31. #31Aesculus hippocastanumHorse chestnut · Broadleaf76,42834 cities
32. #32Pittosporum undulatumSweet pittosporum · evergreen72,6524 cities
33. #33PopulusPoplar · Broadleaf69,15831 cities
34. #34Acer campestreField maple 68,32627 cities
35. #35Carpinus betulusEuropean hornbeam 66,25722 cities
36. #36Ulmus pumilaSiberian elm 65,09632 cities
37. #37Tilia americanaAmerican basswood · Broadleaf64,39629 cities
38. #38Betula pendulaSilver birch · Weeping63,48330 cities
39. #39Zelkova serrataZelkova serrata · Spreading63,17028 cities
40. #40Acer negundoBox elder 62,23936 cities
41. #41Gymnocladus dioicusKentucky coffeetree · Broadleaf62,23728 cities
42. #42Lagerstroemia indicaCrape myrtle · Multi-trunk60,99217 cities
43. #43Acacia decurrensBlack wattle · Spreading· evergreen55,5695 cities
44. #44Prunus cerasiferaCherry plum 54,17927 cities
45. #45Pinus nigraAustrian pine · Conifer· evergreen53,87031 cities
46. #46Populus tremuloidesQuaking aspen 50,79726 cities
47. #47Prunus virginianaBitter-berry 50,39328 cities
48. #48Robinia pseudoacaciaBlack locust · Broadleaf50,02632 cities
49. #49Ligustrum lucidumBroad-leaf privet · Broadleaf· evergreen48,9978 cities
50. #50Fraxinus uhdeiTropical ash 48,3405 cities
51. #51Tecoma stansYellow trumpetbush · Ornamental48,2025 cities
52. #52Ficus benjaminaWeeping fig · Weeping· evergreen47,3477 cities
53. #53Pinus sylvestrisScots pine · Conifer· evergreen47,27832 cities
54. #54Fraxinus americanaFraxinus americana · Broadleaf44,92534 cities
55. #55Acacia melanoxylonAustralian blackwood · Broadleaf· evergreen44,5296 cities
56. #56Syzygium paniculatumMagenta lilly pilly · Broadleaf43,7114 cities
57. #57Styphnolobium japonicumJapanese pagoda tree · Spreading42,13523 cities
58. #58Cotoneaster pannosusSilverleaf cotoneaster · Spreading41,7952 cities
59. #59Prunus aviumWild cherry · Broadleaf40,01517 cities
60. #60Cupressus lusitanicaMexican cypress · Conifer· evergreen38,4875 cities
61. #61Ficus microcarpaChinese banyan · Spreading· evergreen37,9946 cities
62. #62Lafoensia acuminataNo common name recorded 37,6401 city
63. #63Prunus serotinaBlack cherry · Spreading37,45625 cities
64. #64Eucalyptus globulusSouthern blue gum · Broadleaf· evergreen37,1329 cities
65. #65Tilia platyphyllosLarge-leaved lime 36,59020 cities
66. #66Magnolia grandifloraSouthern magnolia · Broadleaf· evergreen36,56518 cities
67. #67FraxinusAsh · Broadleaf36,26232 cities
68. #68Tilia tomentosaSilver linden · Broadleaf34,38825 cities
69. #69Dodonaea viscosaBroadleaf hopbush · evergreen33,8704 cities
70. #70Crataegus monogynaCommon hawthorn · Spreading32,56513 cities
71. #71Cinnamomum camphoraCamphor tree · Spreading· evergreen31,2897 cities
72. #72Quercus bicolorSwamp white oak 31,28225 cities
73. #73Paraserianthes lophanthaCape Leeuwin wattle · Spreading30,6633 cities
74. #74Liriodendron tulipiferaTulip tree · Broadleaf29,74731 cities
75. #75Sorbus aucupariaRowan · Broadleaf29,57527 cities
76. #76Fagus sylvaticaEuropean beech · Broadleaf29,17927 cities
77. #77AcerMaple · Broadleaf28,24834 cities
78. #78Ulmus parvifoliaChinese elm · Broadleaf28,20423 cities
79. #79Schinus mollePeruvian pepper · Weeping· evergreen28,1408 cities
80. #80AmelanchierShadbush 27,76622 cities
81. #81Washingtonia robustaMexican fan palm · Palm· evergreen27,6798 cities
82. #82Acer ginnalaAmur maple · Broadleaf27,46426 cities
83. #83PyrusPear · Broadleaf27,41526 cities
84. #84Tilia intermediaLinden · Broadleaf26,2341 city
85. #85Betula papyriferaPaper birch 25,89030 cities
86. #86Ficus soatensisNo common name recorded 25,8151 city
87. #87Thuja occidentalisArborvitae · Conifer· evergreen25,28935 cities
88. #88PlatanusPlane tree · Spreading24,90915 cities
89. #89Populus tremulaAspen 24,60719 cities
90. #90Cornus floridaFlowering dogwood · Broadleaf24,51422 cities
91. #91Corylus colurnaTurkish hazel · Conifer24,11125 cities
92. #92EucalyptusEucalyptus · Multi-trunk· evergreen23,96912 cities
93. #93Hibiscus rosa-sinensisChinese hibiscus · Ornamental· evergreen23,9284 cities
94. #94Myrcianthes leucoxylaNo common name recorded 23,6301 city
95. #95Yucca giganteaYucca elephantipes · Columnar· evergreen23,6046 cities
96. #96Malus x adstringensDolgo crabapple · Ornamental23,5347 cities
97. #97Tilia x euchloraCorsican lime 23,50010 cities
98. #98Catalpa speciosaNorthern catalpa 22,19624 cities
99. #99Picea abiesNorway spruce · Conifer· evergreen21,96233 cities
100. #100CrataegusHawthorn 21,90029 cities

About these numbers

A tree counts once: OpenStreetMap rows that re-map a tree already in a municipal inventory are excluded, as are rows whose source recorded no species, or a growth form (Palm, Shrub) rather than a taxon.

Species names are taken as the inventories publish them, so the same tree can appear under two spellings (Platanus x acerifolia and Platanus hispanica are both the London plane) and a genus with no epithet (Prunus) is an entry in its own right, because that is all the city recorded.

Common names, descriptions and traits come from the species enrichment file, compiled from Wikipedia, Plants of the World Online, GBIF and SelecTree. Photos are from iNaturalist under the licence shown on each page.