Project BudBurst has identified 30 native trees and shrubs that are easy to identify and widespread across the continental United States.
Click on the plant names below for a printable identification guide that includes pictures, identifying characteristics, phenological observations and distribution area.( *All downloadable materials require the free Adobe Reader.)
| Native Trees/Shrubs | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| American linden, Basswood | Tilia americana |
| Antelope bitterbrush | Purshia tridentata |
| Aspen | Populus tremuloides |
| Beaked hazelnut | Corylus cornuta |
| Big leaf maple | Acer macrophyllum |
| Big sagebrush | Artemisia tridentata |
| Black locust | Robinia pseudoacacia |
| Blue elder, Common elderberry | Sambucus mexicana (=S. nigra) |
| Boxelder | Acer negundo |
| Chokecherry | Prunus virginiana |
| Common snowberry | Symphoricarpos albus |
| Creeping barberry | Mahonia repens |
| Curl-leaf mountain mahogany, Mountain mahogany | Cercocarpus ledifolius |
| Douglas-fir | Pseudotsuga menziesii |
| Eastern serviceberry, juneberry | Amelanchier canadensis |
| Eastern white pine | Pinus strobus |
| Flowering dogwood | Cornus florida |
| Kinnikinnick | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
| Lewis' mock orange | Philadelphus lewisii |
| Longleaf pine | Pinus palustris |
| Pacific dogwood | Cornus nuttallii |
| Paper birch | Betula papyrifera |
| Ponderosa pine | Pinus ponderosa |
| Red maple | Acer rubrum |
| Red osier dogwood | Cornus sericea |
| Rocky mountain maple | Acer glabrum |
| Saguaro | Carnegiea gigantea |
| Shrubby cinquefoil | Dasiphora floribunda |
| Tulip poplar | Liriodendron tulipifera |
| Western serviceberry | Amelanchier alnifolia |
| Woods' rose | Rosa woodsii |