Here is a list to help you translate the Common to Latin names on some of our most popular trees and shrubs. Hopefully this will help you feel more comfortable talking or asking about plants.
| COMMON NAME | LATIN NAME |
| ABELIA | ABELIA |
| ANDROMEDA | PIERIS JAPONICA |
| ARBORVITAE | THUJA |
| ASH | FRAXINUS |
| AZALEA | AZALEA |
| BALD CYPRESS | TAXODIUM |
| BARBERRY | BERBERIS |
| BAYBERRY | MYRICA PENNSYLVANICA |
| BEECH | FAGUS |
| BEAUTYBERRY | CALLICARPA |
| BIRCH | BETULA |
| BLUEBERRY | VACCINIUM |
| BOXWOOD | BUXUS |
| BUTTERFLY BUSH | BUDDLEIA |
| BURNING BUSH | EUONYMUS ALATUS COMPACTUS |
| BLUE ATLAS CEDAR | CEDRUS |
| CHERRY | PRUNUS |
| CHOKEBERRY | ARONIA |
| CLETHRA | CLETHRA |
| COTONEASTER | COTONEASTER |
| CRABAPPLE | MALUS |
| CRAPE MYRTLE | LAGERSTROEMIA |
| CRYPTOMERIA | CRYPTOMERIA |
| DAWN REDWOOD | METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES |
| DOGWOOD | CORNUS |
| ELM | ULMUS |
| FALSE CYPRESS | CHAMAECYPARIS PISIFERA |
| FILBERT | CORYLUS |
| FIR | PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII |
| FLOWERING QUINCE | CHAENOMELES |
| FORSYTHIA | FORSYTHIA |
| FOTHERGILLA | FOTHERGILLA |
| FRINGE | CHIONANTHUS |
| GRASS | MISCANTHUS |
| HAWTHORN | CRATAEGUS |
| HEMLOCK | TSUGA CANADENSIS |
| HIBISCUS | HIBISCUS |
| HIMALAYAN CEDAR | CEDRUS DEODORA |
| HOLLY | ILEX |
| HONEYSUCKLE | LONICERA |
| HORNBEAM | CARPINUS |
| HYDRANGEA | HYDRANGEA |
| HYPERICUM | HYPERICUM |
| JUNIPER | JUNIPERUS |
| KATSURA | CERCIDIPHYLLUM JAPONICUM |
| LEUCOTHOE | LEUCOTHOE |
| LEYLAND CYPRESS | CYPRESSOCYPARIS LEYLANDII |
| LILAC | SYRINGA |
| LINDEN | TILIA |
| LOCUST | GLEDITSIA |
| MAGNOLIA | MAGNOLIA |
| MAPLE | ACER |
| MOCKORANGE | PHILADELPHUS |
| MOUNTAIN LAUREL | KALMIA |
| OAK | QUERCUS |
| PEAR | PYRUS |
| PINE | PINUS |
| PLUM | PRUNUS |
| PRIVET | LIGUSTRUM |
| REDBUD | CERCIS CANADENSIS |
| RHODODENDRON | RHODODENDRON |
| ROSE | ROSA |
| ROSE OF SHARON | HIBISCUS |
| RUGOSA ROSE | ROSA RUGOSA |
| SASSAFRAS | SASSAFRAS |
| SERVICEBERRY | AMELANCHIER |
| SNOWBELL | STYRAX |
| SOUR GUM | NYSSA SYLVATICA |
| SOURWOOD | OXYDENDRUM |
| SPICEBUSH | LINDERA BENZOIN |
| SPIREA | SPIRAEA |
| SPRUCE | PICEA |
| SUMAC | RHUS |
| SWEETGUM | LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA |
| SWEETSHRUB | CALYCANTHUS |
| SWEETSPIRE | ITEA |
| SWITCHGRASS | PANICUM VIRGATUM |
| TULIP | LIRIODENDRON TULIPERA |
| VIBURNUM | VIBURNUM |
| VIRGINIA CREEPER | PARTHENOCISSUS QUINQUEFOLIA |
| WEIGELA | WEIGELA |
| WILLOW | SALIX |
| WITCHHAZEL | HAMAMELIS VERNALIS |
| YEW | TAXUS |
| ZELKOVA | ZELKOVA |
