Tree Guide
304 trees that grow in Korea. Each page shows how to tell the tree apart.
Trees with famous old trees
- Ginkgo 57
- Japanese Zelkova 39
- Japanese Red Pine 36
- Chinese Juniper 23
- Japanese Camellia 16
- Chinese Fringetree 14
- Chinese Hackberry 13
- Japanese Black Pine 13
- Thunberg's bay-tree 10
- Japanese Pagoda Tree 9
- Golden Rain Tree 7
- Chinese Quince 5
- Japanese Apricot 5
- Lacebark Pine; Baipi Song 5
- Oriental Arborvitae 5
- Siebold's Chinquapin 4
- Tea Plant 4
- White Mulberry 4
- Wild dampalsu tree 4
- Crape Myrtle 3
- East Asian ash 3
- Horned Holly 3
- Japanese Yew 3
- Asian Persimmon 2
- Camphor Tree 2
- Date-plum 2
- Galcham oak 2
- Japanese Maple 2
- Needle Fir 2
- Neolitsea sericea 2
- David Elm 1
- English Walnut 1
- Isu Tree; Myrtle-leafed Distylium 1
- Japanese Holly 1
- Kobus Magnolia 1
- Korean castanea 1
- Pin Oak, Swamp Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak 1
- Rose of Sharon 1
- Syringa berrytree 1
All trees (A–Z)
- Agarwood; Malayan Eaglewood TreeAquilaria agallocha
- AlmondPrunus dulcis
- American ElmUlmus americana
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- American Sweet GumLiquidambar styraciflua
- American SycamorePlatanus occidentalis
- Amur CorktreePhellodendron amurense
- Amur LindenTilia amurensis
- Amur maackiaMaackia amurensis
- AppleMalus domestica
- ApricotPrunus armeniaca
- Asian black birchBetula davurica
- Asian Flowering AshFraxinus sieboldiana
- Asian HornbeamCarpinus tschonoskii
- Asian PersimmonDiospyros kaki
- Asian SupplejackBerchemiella berchemiifolia
- Avocado, Alligator PearPersea americana
- Babylon willow, Weeping willowSalix pseudolasiogyne
- Bakau PasirRhizophora stylosa
- Bakdal BirchBetula schmidtii
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Bamboo-leaf oakQuercus myrsinifolia
- Banyan TreeFicus benghalensis
- BaobabAdansonia digitata
- Bay LaurelLaurus nobilis
- Bee bee treeTetradium daniellii
- Bird CherryPrunus padus
- BitterwoodPicrasma quassioides
- Black LocustRobinia pseudoacacia
- Black WalnutJuglans nigra
- Blunt-lobe spicebushLindera obtusiloba
- Bodhi Tree; Sacred Fig; Peepul TreeFicus religiosa
- Border privetLigustrum obtusifolium
- BoxelderAcer negundo
- Brazil NutBertholletia excelsa
- Broussonetia × kazinokiBroussonetia × kazinoki
- Bumald's bladdernutStaphylea bumalda
- Burning bush spindletreeEuonymus alatus
- California fan palmWashingtonia filifera
- Camphor TreeCinnamomum camphora
- Canadian PoplarPopulus euramericana
- Cape Jasmine (Gardenia)Gardenia jasminoides
- CarobCeratonia siliqua
- Cashew Nut, CashewAnacardium occidentale
- Caudate-leaf HackberryCeltis jessoensis
- Cedar of LebanonCedrus libani
- Chinese bush cherryPrunus tomentosa
- Chinese CatalpaCatalpa ovata
- Chinese ElmUlmus parvifolia
- Chinese FringetreeChionanthus retusus
- Chinese HackberryCeltis sinensis
- Chinese Hawthorn; Chinese Hawberry; Mountain HawthornCrataegus pinnatifida
- Chinese JuniperJuniperus chinensis
- Chinese Parasol TreeFirmiana simplex
- Chinese QuincePseudocydonia sinensis
- Chinese RedbudCercis chinensis
- Chinese Tallow TreeTriadica sebifera
- Chinese Tallow Tree, Vegetable-tallowSapium sebiferum
- ChopiZanthoxylum piperitum
- CloveSyzygium aromaticum
- Coast RedwoodSequoia sempervirens
- Cocoa, Cacao, Chocolate Nut TreeTheobroma cacao
- Coconut PalmCocos nucifera
- Coffee Tree, Arabica CoffeeCoffea arabica
- ColaCola acuminata
- Common AshFraxinus excelsior
- Common FigFicus carica
- Common HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Common HorsechestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Common JujubeZizyphus jujuba var. inermis
- Common LilacSyringa vulgaris
- Cork OakQuercus suber
- Crape MyrtleLagerstroemia indica
- Crimson Bottle Brush; Lemon Bottle Brush; Red Bottle BrushCallistemon citrinus
- Date PalmPhoenix dactylifera
- Date-plumDiospyros lotus
- David ElmUlmus davidiana var. japonica
- Dawn RedwoodMetasequoia glyptostroboides
- Deodar CedarCedrus deodara
- Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii
- Dragon TreeDracaena draco
- DurianDurio zibethinus
- East Asian alderAlnus japonica
- East Asian ashFraxinus rhynchophylla
- East Asian beautyberryCallicarpa japonica
- East Asian Eurya; EuryaEurya japonica
- East Asian white birchBetula platyphylla var. japonica
- Eastern cottonwood, Necklace poplarPopulus deltoides
- Eastern RedbudCercis canadensis
- Eastern White PinePinus strobus
- Elegance female hollyIlex integra
- English HollyIlex aquifolium
- English OakQuercus robur
- English WalnutJuglans regia
- European AlderAlnus glutinosa
- European BeechFagus sylvatica
- European ElderberrySambucus nigra
- European HazelCorylus avellana
- European HornbeamCarpinus betulus
- European Mountain AshSorbus aucuparia
- European PlumPrunus domestica
- Evergreen spindletreeEuonymus japonicus
- Flame Tree, Flame-of-the-forest, Royal Poinciana, FlamboyanDelonix regia
- Flowering DogwoodCornus florida
- Flowering QuinceChaenomeles speciosa
- Fortune's Tea OliveOsmanthus × fortunei
- Fragrant snowbellStyrax obassia
- Fragrant Tea OliveOsmanthus fragrans
- Frankincense TreeBoswellia sacra
- Gaenari (Korean goldenbell tree)Forsythia koreana
- Galcham oakQuercus aliena
- Giant DogwoodCornus controversa
- Giant pussy willowSalix chaenomeloides
- GinkgoGinkgo biloba
- Golden Rain TreeKoelreuteria paniculata
- Guava, Common Guava, Apple GuavaPsidium guajava
- Hairy Sargent's cherryPrunus verecunda var. pendula
- Hamilton's spindletreeEuonymus hamiltonianus
- Hardy camphor treeCinnamomum chekiangense
- Hardy Rubber Tree; Gutta-percha TreeEucommia ulmoides
- Harlequin glorybowerClerodendrum trichotomum
- Heart-leaf hornbeamCarpinus cordata
- HemipteleaHemiptelea davidii
- Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa
- Holly Osmanthus (False Holly)Osmanthus heterophyllus
- Horned HollyIlex cornuta
- Horse-radish Tree, Drumstick TreeMoringa oleifera
- Indian RosewoodDalbergia latifolia
- Indian soapberrySapindus mukorossi
- Isu Tree; Myrtle-leafed DistyliumDistylium racemosum
- Italian Stone PinePinus pinea
- JackfruitArtocarpus heterophyllus
- Jadu cherryPrunus salicina
- Japanese ApricotPrunus mume
- Japanese Black PinePinus thunbergii
- Japanese CamelliaCamellia japonica
- Japanese CedarCryptomeria japonica
- Japanese Cornelian DogwoodCornus officinalis
- Japanese CrabappleMalus floribunda
- Japanese Flowering CherryPrunus serrulata
- Japanese HollyIlex crenata
- Japanese horse chestnutAesculus turbinata
- Japanese MapleAcer palmatum
- Japanese Pagoda TreeStyphnolobium japonicum
- Japanese Pittosporum; Mock Orange; Australian LaurelPittosporum tobira
- Japanese PrivetLigustrum japonicum
- Japanese Red PinePinus densiflora
- Japanese SnowbellStyrax japonicus
- Japanese Stewartia; Korean StewartiaStewartia pseudocamellia
- Japanese Ternstroemia; CleyeraTernstroemia gymnanthera
- Japanese Umbrella PineSciadopitys verticillata
- Japanese YewTaxus cuspidata
- Japanese ZelkovaZelkova serrata
- Jeju flowering cherryPrunus × nudiflora
- Jolcham oakQuercus serrata
- Joshua TreeYucca brevifolia
- Kapok Tree, Silk Cotton TreeCeiba pentandra
- Katsura TreeCercidiphyllum japonicum
- Khingan firAbies nephrolepis
- Kobus MagnoliaMagnolia kobus
- Korean abeliophyllumAbeliophyllum distichum
- Korean angelica treeAralia elata
- Korean aspenPopulus tremula var. davidiana
- Korean AzaleaRhododendron yedoense f. poukhanense
- Korean birchBetula costata
- Korean boxwoodBuxus sinica var. insularis
- Korean castaneaCastanea crenata
- Korean dendropanaxDendropanax trifidus
- Korean FirAbies koreana
- Korean hornbeamCarpinus turczaninovii
- Korean mapleAcer pseudosieboldianum
- Korean mountain ashSorbus alnifolia
- Korean Mountain Magnolia; Oyama Magnolia; Siebold's MagnoliaMagnolia sieboldii
- Korean OakQuercus dentata
- Korean PaulowniaPaulownia coreana
- Korean pinePinus koraiensis
- Korean rhododendronRhododendron mucronulatum
- Korean SprucePicea jezoensis
- Korean weigelaWeigela subsessilis
- Korean WillowSalix koreensis
- Korean Winter HazelCorylopsis coreana
- Kousa DogwoodCornus kousa
- Lacebark Pine; Baipi SongPinus bungeana
- Large-leaved LimeTilia platyphyllos
- LemonCitrus limon
- Litsea japonicaLitsea japonica
- Longan; Dragon's EyeDimocarpus longan
- Loose-flower HornbeamCarpinus laxiflora
- Loquat; Japanese Plum; Japanese MedlarEriobotrya japonica
- Lychee; LitchiLitchi chinensis
- Macropodous daphniphyllumDaphniphyllum macropodum
- Manchurian alderAlnus incana subsp. hirsuta
- Manchurian ashFraxinus mandshurica
- Manchurian elmUlmus laciniata
- MangoMangifera indica
- MangosteenGarcinia mangostana
- Mastic-leaf prickly ashZanthoxylum schinifolium
- Mongolian oakQuercus mongolica
- Mono MapleAcer pictum subsp. mono
- Mountain HydrangeaHydrangea serrata
- Needle FirAbies holophylla
- Needle JuniperJuniperus rigida
- Neem Tree; Nim Tree; Indian Lilac; Margosa TreeAzadirachta indica
- Neolitsea sericeaNeolitsea sericea
- Norfolk Island PineAraucaria heterophylla
- Northern Red OakQuercus rubra
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- Norway SprucePicea abies
- Nut-bearing TorreyaTorreya nucifera
- Nutgall treeRhus chinensis
- NutmegMyristica fragrans
- Oil Palm, African Oil Palm, Macaw FatElaeis guineensis
- OleanderNerium oleander
- OliveOlea europaea
- Oriental ArborvitaeThuja orientalis
- Oriental cork oakQuercus variabilis
- Oriental Plane Tree; Oriental SycamorePlatanus orientalis
- Oriental Raisin TreeHovenia dulcis
- Papaya, PawpawCarica papaya
- PeachPrunus persica
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Pin Oak, Swamp Oak, Swamp Spanish OakQuercus palustris
- PistachioPistacia vera
- Pitch PinePinus rigida
- PomegranatePunica granatum
- Populus tomentiglandulosaPopulus tomentiglandulosa
- Prickly castor oil treeKalopanax septemlobus
- Princess TreePaulownia tomentosa
- Quaking AspenPopulus tremuloides
- Rain Tree, Monkey-pod, Saman, Cow TamarindSamanea saman
- Rainbow Eucalyptus, Mindanao Gum, Rainbow Gum, KamarereEucalyptus deglupta
- Rambutan, Hairy LycheeNephelium lappaceum
- Red leaf photiniaPhotinia glabra
- Red MapleAcer rubrum
- Red toonCedrela sinensis
- Red-fruit SpicebushLindera erythrocarpa
- Red-wood evergreen oakQuercus acuta
- Ring-cup oakQuercus glauca
- River BirchBetula nigra
- Rose of SharonHibiscus syriacus
- Rough-shelled Queensland NutMacadamia tetraphylla
- Round-leaf hollyIlex rotunda
- Royal azaleaRhododendron schlippenbachii
- Royal Palm, Cuban Royal Palm, Florida Royal PalmRoystonea regia
- Sago Palm, Japanese Sago Palm, Japanese Fern PalmCycas revoluta
- Sargent's CherryPrunus sargentii
- Sasanqua CamelliaCamellia sasanqua
- Sausage Tree, African Sausage Tree, Cucumber TreeKigelia africana
- Sawtooth OakQuercus acutissima
- Scabrous aphanantheAphananthe aspera
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- Sea Almond, Tropical Almond Tree, Indian Almond, KetapangTerminalia catappa
- Siberian CrabappleMalus baccata
- Siberian ElmUlmus pumila
- Siebold's ChinquapinCastanopsis sieboldii
- Silk Floss TreeCeiba speciosa
- Silk TreeAlbizia julibrissin
- Silkworm thornMaclura tricuspidata
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Silver WattleAcacia dealbata
- Silvery mountain ashSorbus commixta
- Simple Bridalwreath SpiraeaSpiraea prunifolia f. simpliciflora
- Smooth-cranberrybush viburnumViburnum opulus var. sargentii
- Southern CatalpaCatalpa bignonioides
- Southern Live OakQuercus virginiana
- Southern MagnoliaMagnolia grandiflora
- Star Fruit, CarambolaAverrhoa carambola
- Star MagnoliaMagnolia stellata
- Strawberry TreeArbutus unedo
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum
- Sweet CherryPrunus avium
- Sweet chestnutCastanea sativa
- Sweet viburnumViburnum odoratissimum var. awabuki
- Sycamore FigFicus sycomorus
- Syringa berrytreeMelia azedarach
- TamarindTamarindus indica
- Tasmanian Blue Gum, Southern Blue GumEucalyptus globulus
- Tea PlantCamellia sinensis
- Tea Tree, Creamy Honey-myrtleMelaleuca alternifolia
- Teak; Indian OakTectona grandis
- Three-flower mapleAcer triflorum
- Thunberg's bay-treeMachilus thunbergii
- Trident MapleAcer buergerianum
- Tulip TreeLiriodendron tulipifera
- Ulleungdo white pinePinus parviflora
- Umbrella Thorn, Umbrella Thorn Acacia, Israeli BaboolVachellia tortilis
- Varnish treeAilanthus altissima
- Vietnamese Cinnamon; Vietnamese CassiaCinnamomum loureiroi
- Walter's DogwoodCornus walteri
- Weeping WillowSalix babylonica
- White FirAbies concolor
- White MulberryMorus alba
- White OakQuercus alba
- White PoplarPopulus alba
- White SandalwoodSantalum album
- Whole-leaf Indian HawthornRhaphiolepis indica var. umbellata
- Wild dampalsu treeElaeocarpus sylvestris var. ellipticus
- Wild-spring cherryPrunus spachiana f. ascendens
- Winter DaphneDaphne odora
- Wollemi PineWollemia nobilis
- Yellow TabebuiaHandroanthus chrysanthus
- Yoshino CherryPrunus × yedoensis
- Yulan MagnoliaMagnolia denudata