Principle Tree Species of Ontario
Species Codes listed in alphabetical order
FCU Tree Species List

Code Common Name Scientific Name
AL alder, any / mixed Alnus spp.
AX ash, any / mixed Fraxinus spp.
Ab ash, black Fraxinus nigra
Aq ash, blue Fraxinus quadrangulata
Ap ash, pumpkin Fraxinus profunda
Ag ash, red (or green) Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Aw ash, white Fraxinus americana
Pl aspen, largetooth Populus grandidentata
Pt aspen, trembling Populus tremuloides
Bd basswood Tilia americana
Be beech, American Fagus grandifolia
Bc birch, cherry Betula lenta
Bp birch, European white (or weeping) Betula pendula
Bg birch, grey Betula populifolia
Bw birch, white (or paper) Betula papyrifera
By birch, yellow Betula alleghaniensis
Gb black gum Nyssa sylvatica
Bb blue-beech (also called American hornbeam) Carpinus caroliniana
Bn butternut Juglans cinerea
Cat catalpa, northern (also called bean-tree) Catalpa speciosa
CE cedar, all Thuja spp.
Cr cedar, eastern red (redcedar) Juniperus virginiana
Cw cedar, eastern white- (also northern white-cedar) Thuja occidentalis
CH cherry, any / mix Prunus, spp.
Cb cherry, black Prunus serotina
Cc cherry, choke Prunus virginiana
Cm cherry, mazzard Prunus avium
Cp cherry, pin (or wild red or fire) Prunus pensylvanica
Cs cherry, sour (or pie or sour red) Prunus cerasus
Cd chestnut, American Castanea dentata
OC conifers, other ------------
Pd cottonwood, Eastern Populus deltoides
Ct cucumber tree Magnolia acuminata
EX elm, any / mix. Ulmus spp
Er elm, red (or slippery) Ulmus rubra
Eu elm, rock Ulmus thomasii
Ew elm, white (or American) Ulmus americana
Bf fir, balsam Abies balsamea
Hk hackberry Celtix occidentalis
OH hardwoods, other ------------
Ht hawthorn Crataegus spp.
He hemlock, eastern Tsuga canadensis
Hi hickory, all Carya spp.
Hl hickory, big shellbark Carya laciniosa
Hb hickory, bitternut (or swamp) Carya cordiformis
Hm hickory, mockernut Carya tomentosa
Hp hickory, pignut (or red or sweet pignut) Carya glabra
Hs hickory, shagbark Carya ovata
Hc horsechestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
Iw ironwood (also called Eastern hop-hornbeam) Ostrya virginiana
Kk Kentucky coffee tree Gymnocladus dioicus
La larch, eastern (also called Tamarack or American Larch) Larix laricina
Le larch, European Larix decidua
Lj larch, Japanese Larix leptolepis
Bl linden, big leaf Tilia platyphyllos
Ll linden, little leaf Tilia cordata
LO locust (black and/or honey) Robinia spp.
Lb locust, black Robinia pseudoacacia
Gt locust, honey- Gleditsia triacanthos
MX maple, any / mix Acer spp.
Mb maple, black Acer nigrum (Acer saccharam ssp.nigrum)
Mf maple, freeman Acer X freemanii
Mh maple, hard (= sugar maple) Acer saccharum
Mm maple, Manitoba (or box elder) Acer negundo
Mt maple, mountain Acer spicatum
Mn maple, Norway Acer platanoides
Mr maple, red (also called soft maple) Acer rubrum
Ms maple, silver Acer saccharinum
Mp maple, striped Acer pensylvanicum
AM mountain-ash, any/mix Sorbus spp.
Ema mountain-ash, European Sorbus aucuparia
Mo mulberry, red Morus rubra
OX oak, any / mix Quercus spp.
Obl oak, black Quercus nigra
Ob oak, bur Quercus macrocarpa
Och oak, Chinquapin (or yellow) Quercus muehlenbergii
Op oak, pin (or swamp) Quercus palustris
Or oak, red (or northern red) Quercus rubra
Os oak, shumard’s (or swamp red) Quercus shumardii
Osw oak, swamp white Quercus bicolor
Ow oak, white Quercus alba
Pa pawpaw Asimina triloba
PX pine, any / mix Pinus spp.
Pn pine, Austrian or black Pinus nigra
Pj pine, jack Pinus banksiana.
Pp pine, pitch Pinus rigida
Pr pine, red Pinus resinosa
Ps pine, scots Pinus sylvestris
Pw pine, white [eastern white] Pinus strobus
PO poplar, any / mix Populus spp.
Pb poplar, balsam Populus balsamifera
Pc poplar, Carolina Populus X canadensis
Ph poplar, hybrid Populus
Pe poplar, silver (or European white or white) Populus alba
Red redbud Cercis canadensis
Ss sassafras Sassafras albidum
SX spruce, any / mix Picea spp.
Sb spruce, black Picea mariana
Sc spruce, Colorado (or blue) Picea pungens
Sk spruce, koyama Picea koyamai
Sn spruce, Norway Picea abies
Sr spruce, red Picea rubens
Sw spruce, white Picea glauca
Sy sycamore Platanus occidentalis
Tp tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera
Wb walnut, black Juglans nigra
Wi willow, any / mix Salix spp.
Haz witch-hazel, American Hamamelis virginiana

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Table Values

https://www.publicdocs.mnr.gov.on.ca/mirb/Forest%20Cover%20-%20Data%20Description.pdf