List of trees of Iran

4000 years old Cypress of Abarqu is the oldest tree in Iran and the second oldest tree in the world.

Iran has a very varied climate and a large variety of plants. More than 13 per cent of the country is covered by forests. The list below is a just a start and is yet to be completed:

• Anacardiaceae
  • Pistacia vera

• Aquifoliaceae
  • Ilex aquifolium

• Arecaceae
  • Phoenix dactylifera

• Betulaceae
  • Betula medwediewii
  • Betula pendula
  • Alnus glutinosa
  • Alnus incana
  • Alnus subcordata
  • Carpinus betulus
  • Carpinus orientalis
  • Corylus colurna
  • Ostrya carpinifolia

• Buxaceae
  • Buxus hyrcana
  • Buxus sempervirens

• Celtidaceae
  • Celtis caucasica
  • Celtis australis

• Cupressaceae
  • Cupressus sempervirens
  • Juniperus communis
  • Juniperus excelsa
  • Juniperus foetidissima
  • Juniperus excelsa
  • Juniperus oxycedrus
  • Juniperus sabina
  • Platycladus orientalis (introduced by man)

• Ebenaceae
  • Diospyros lotus

• Fabaceae
  • Albizia julibrissin
  • Cercis siliquastrum
  • Gleditsia caspica

• Fagaceae
  • Castanea sativa
  • Fagus orientalis
  • Quercus boissieri
  • Quercus calliprinos
  • Quercus castaneifolia
  • Quercus macranthera
  • Quercus petraea
  • Quercus pontica
  • Quercus robur

• Hamamelidaceae
  • Parrotia persica

• Juglandaceae
  • Juglans regia
  • Pterocarya fraxinifolia

• Lauraceae
  • Laurus nobilis

• Malvaceae
  • Tilia platyphyllos subsp. caucasica
  • Tilia tomentosa

• Moraceae
  • Ficus carica
  • Morus alba
  • Morus nigra

• Oleaceae
  • Fraxinus angustifolia var. oxycarpa
  • Fraxinus excelsior
  • Fraxinus ornus
  • Olea europaea

• Pinaceae
  • Pinus brutia
  • "Picea orientalis"

• Platanaceae
  • Platanus orientalis

• Punicaceae
  • Punica granatum

• Rhamnaceae
  • Paliurus spina-christi
  • Rhamnus pallasii

• Rosaceae
  • Crataegus laciniata
  • Crataegus tanacetifolia
  • Cydonia vulgaris
  • Malus domestica
  • Mespilus germanica
  • Prunus armeniaca
  • Prunus cerasifera
  • Prunus cerasus
  • Prunus dulcis
  • Prunus laurocerasus
  • Prunus persica (introduced by man)
  • Prunus spinosa
  • Pyrus communis
  • Sorbus aucuparia
  • Sorbus torminalis

• Rutaceae
  • Citrus aurantium
  • Citrus decumana
  • Citrus delicivsus
  • Citrus limonum (lime)
    • Citrus limonum var. dulcis
  • Citrus vulgaris

• Salicaceae
  • Populus alba
  • Populus euphratica
  • Populus nigra var. afghanica
  • Salix alba
  • Salix daphnoides
  • Salix viminalis

• Sapindaceae
  • Acer campestre
  • Acer cappadocicum
  • Acer hyrcanum
  • Acer tataricum
  • Acer trautvetteri
  • Acer velutinum

• Taxaceae
  • Taxus baccata

• Ulmaceae
  • Ulmus carpinifolia
  • Ulmus glabra
  • Zelkova carpinifolia

• Vitaceae
  • Vitis vinifera

See also

• Tree and Shrubs of Iran
• Flora of the Indian epic period

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