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.
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- Sabal palmetto, Cabbage palm
- Salix alba var. sericea, White willow
- Salix babylonica, Weeping willow
- Salix caprea, Pussy-willow
- Salix matsudana ‘Scarlet Curles’, Hankow willow; Pekin willow
- Salix matsudana var. tortuosa, Corkscrew willow
- Salix sachhalinensis ‘Sekka’ = Salix udensis ‘Skekka’, Japanese fantail willow
- Sambucus pubens, Red elderberry; Scarlet elderberry
- Sassafras albidum, Sassafrass
- Sciadopitys verticillata, Umbrella pine; Japanese umbrella pine
- Sequoia sempervirens ‘Adpressa’, Coastal redwood
- Sequoia sempervirens ‘Soquel’, Soquel redwood
- Sequoia sempervirens, Redwood
- Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sierra redwood
- Sinojackia rehderiana, Jacktree
- Sophora japonica, Japanese pagoda
- Sorbus alnifolia, Korean mountainash
- Sorbus americana, American mountainash
- Sorbus aucuparia, European mountainash
- Sorbus commixta, Japanese mountainash
- Staphylea colchica, Colchis bladdernut
- Staphylea pinnate, European bladdernut
- Staphylea trifolia, American bladdernut
- Staphylea x ‘Elegans’, Elegans bladdernut
- Stewarta koreana, Korean stewarta
- Stewarta rostrata,Upright stewarta
- Stewartia malacodendron, Silky camellia
- Stewartia monadelpha, Tall stewartia
- Stewartia ovata, Mountain camellia
- Stewartia pseudocamellia, Japanese stewartia
- Styrax americana, American snowbell; Storax
- Styrax grandifolius, Bigleaf snowbell
- Styrax japonica, Japanese snowbell
- Styrax obassia, Fragrant styrax
- Symploccos paniculata, Sapphireberry; Asiatic sweetleaf
- Symplocos tinctoria, Horsesugar
- Syringa reticulata, Japanese tree lilac