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This is a list of national trees , most official, but some unofficial.
National trees
Country
Common name
Scientific name
Picture
Source
Afghanistan
Mulberry (unofficial)
Morus nigra
[1]
Albania
Olive
Olea europaea
[2]
Antigua and Barbuda
Whitewood
Bucida buceras
[3]
[4]
Angola
Baobab
Adansonia digitata
[5]
[6]
Argentina
Ceibo
Erythrina crista-galli
[7]
[8]
Red quebracho
Schinopsis balansae
[7]
[8]
Australia
Golden wattle
Acacia pycnantha
[9]
Bahamas
Lignum Vitae
Guaiacum sanctum
[10]
[11]
[12]
Bangladesh
Mango tree (Aam Gaachh)
Mangifera indica
[13]
Belarus
Oak ,
Pedunculate oak (unofficial)
Quercus ,
Quercus robur
[14]
Belize
Honduras mahogany
Swietenia macrophylla
[15]
Bhutan
Bhutan cypress
Cupressus cashmeriana
[16]
Brazil
Brazilwood
Caesalpinia echinata
[17]
Cambodia
Palmyra palm
Borassus flabellifer
[18]
[19]
Canada
Maple
Acer
[20]
[21]
Chile
Araucaria
Araucaria araucana
[22]
[23]
Colombia
Quindio wax palm
Ceroxylon quindiuense
[24]
[25]
Costa Rica
Guanacaste
Enterolobium cyclocarpum
[26]
Croatia
Oak ,
Pedunculate oak
Quercus ,
Quercus robur
[27]
Cuba
Cuban royal palm
Roystonea regia
[28]
Cyprus
Golden oak
Quercus alnifolia
[29]
[30]
Czech Republic
Small-leaved lime/Small-leaved linden
Tilia cordata
[31]
Denmark
European beech
Fagus sylvatica
[32]
Oak ,
Pedunculate oak
Quercus ,
Quercus robur
[32]
Dominican Republic
West Indian mahogany
Swietenia mahagoni
[33]
Ecuador
Cinchona pubescens
Cinchona pubescens
[34]
El Salvador
Maquilishuat
Tabebuia rosea
[35]
[36]
England
Oak ,
Pedunculate oak
Quercus ,
Quercus robur
Estonia
Oak ,
Pedunculate oak
Quercus ,
Quercus robur
Finland
Silver birch
Betula pendula
[37]
Germany
Oak ,
Pedunculate oak
Quercus ,
Quercus robur
Greece
Olive
Olea europaea
Guatemala
Ceiba
Ceiba pentandra
Haiti
Royal palm
Roystonea
[38]
[39]
[40]
Hungary
Elm (unofficial)
Ulmus
[41]
India
Indian banyan
Ficus benghalensis
[42]
Indonesia
Teak
Tectona
Ireland
Sessile oak
Quercus petraea
[43]
Iran
Mediterranean cypress
Cupressus sempervirens
Israel
Olive
Olea europaea
Italy
Strawberry tree
Arbutus unedo
Jamaica
Blue mahoe
Talipariti elatum
[44]
Japan
Japanese cherry
blossom
Prunus serrulata
Laos
Frangipani
Plumeria
Latvia
Oak ,
Pedunculate oak
Quercus ,
Quercus robur
Linden
Tilia cordata
[45]
Lebanon
Lebanon cedar
Cedrus libani
Lithuania
Oak ,
Pedunculate oak
Quercus ,
Quercus robur
[46]
Macedonia
Macedonian pine (unofficial)
Pinus peuce
[47]
Madagascar
Baobab
Adansonia
Malaysia
Borneo/Malacca teak, Merbau
Intsia palembanica
[48]
Maldives
Coconut palm
Cocos nucifera
Malta
Għargħar
Tetraclinis articulata
Mexico
Ahuehuete
Taxodium mucronatum
[49]
Moldova
Oak ,
Pedunculate oak
Quercus ,
Quercus robur
Moravia
Jadernička moravská ,
Sorb tree
Malus domestica ,
Sorbus domestica
[50]
[51]
Nepal
Rhododendron
Rhododendron
[16]
New Zealand
Silver fern
Cyathea dealbata
Nicaragua
Lemonwood
Calycophyllum candidissimum
[52]
North Korea
Pine
Pinus
[53]
Pakistan
Deodar
Cedrus deodara
[54]
Palestine
Olive
Olea europaea
Panama
Panama tree
Sterculia apetala
Paraguay
Lapacho
Handroanthus (whole genus)
[55]
Peru
Cinchona officinalis
Cinchona
[56]
Philippines
Narra
Pterocarpus indicus
Poland
Oak ,
Pedunculate oak
Quercus ,
Quercus robur
[57]
Portugal
Cork oak
Quercus suber
[58]
Qatar
Christ's thorn jujube
Ziziphus spina-christi
[59]
Romania
Oak ,
Pedunculate oak
Quercus ,
Quercus robur
[60]
Russia
Siberian larch
Larix sibirica
[61]
[62]
Saudi Arabia
Phoenix palm
Phoenix dactylifera
Scotland
Scots pine
Pinus sylvestris
[63]
Senegal
Baobab
Adansonia digitata
Serbia
Oak ,
Pedunculate oak
Quercus ,
Quercus robur
Serbian spruce
Picea omorika
Slovakia
Small-leaved lime/Small-leaved linden
Tilia cordata
[31]
Slovenia
Tilia (Linden)
Tilia
Spain
Ballota oak
Quercus rotundifolia
[
citation needed ]
South Africa
Real yellowwood
Podocarpus latifolius
[64]
South Korea
Hibiscus syriacus ,
Pinus densiflora
Hibiscus syriacus , "Pinus densiflora"
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan ironwood
Mesua nagassarium
Sweden
Ornäs birch
Betula pendula 'Dalecarlica'
Tanzania
African blackwood
Dalbergia melanoxylon
Thailand
Ratchaphruek
Cassia fistula
Ukraine
Viburnum ,
Willow
Viburnum , Salix
[65]
United Arab Emirates
Ghaf tree
Prosopis cineraria
United Kingdom
Oak ,
Pedunculate oak
Quercus ,
Quercus robur
United States
Oak
Quercus
[66]
Uruguay
Árbol de Artigas
Peltophorum dubium
Venezuela
Araguaney
Tabebuia chrysantha
Wales
Sessile oak
Quercus petraea
Yemen
Dragon blood tree
Dracaena cinnabari
[31]
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