Tree scientific names
Welcome to our scientific name website. Scientificname.net is here to help you learn more about scientific names and how they are used. Every recognized species on earth is given a two-part scientific name and you can use this site to understand more about the scientific names of animals, plants and humans. The scientific name for every organism is comprised of a combination of two terms, the genus name and the species or epithet. Both of these terms are italicized and the genus name is also capitalized.
Scientific names
As an example of a scientific name in action, the scientific name for humans is Homo sapiens. In this example of a scientific name, the genus name is Homo and the species is sapiens. These terms are unique and no other species can have this same name. Scientific names are designed to tell you something about an animal's relationships with other animals.
Q
- Quercus acutissima, Sawtooth oak
- Quercus alba, White oak
- Quercus bicolor, Swamp white oak
- Quercus coccinea, Scarlet oak
- Quercus dentala, Daimyo oak
- Quercus falcata, Southern red oak
- Quercus franinetto, Italian oak; Hungarian oak
- Quercus georgiana,Georgia oak
- Quercus glauca, Japanese blue oak; Ring cupped oak
- Quercus hemisphaerica, Laurel oak
- Quercus imbricaria, Shingle oak
- Quercus laevis, Turkey oak
- Quercus lyrata, Overcup oak
- Quercus macrocarpa, Bur oak
- Quercus michauxii, Michaux oak; Swamp chestnut oak
- Quercus muehlenbergii, Chinkapin oak
- Quercus nigra, Water oak
- Quercus nutallii, Nuttall oak
- Quercus oglethorpensis, Oglethropensis oak
- Quercus palustris, Pin oak
- Quercus petraea, Sessile oak; Durmast oak
- Quercus phellos, Willow oak
- Quercus prinus, Chestnut oak
- Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’, Columnar English oak
- Quercus robur, English oak; Truffle oak
- Quercus rubra, Red oak
- Quercus schumardii, Shumardi red oak
- Quercus stellata, Post oak
- Quercus variabilis, Oriental oak
- Quercus virginiana, Live oak