WikiWorks: Created page with 'List of species commonly used in bonsai. {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:98%;" |- ! Botanical Name ! Common Name ! Example |- | ''Abies'' | Fir | [[Image:Bonsa…'

2010-01-13T16:21:33Z

Created page with 'List of species commonly used in bonsai. {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:98%;" |- ! Botanical Name ! Common Name ! Example |- | ''Abies'' | Fir | [[Image:Bonsa…'

New page

List of species commonly used in [[bonsai]].

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:98%;"
|-
! Botanical Name
! Common Name
! Example
|-
| ''[[Fir|Abies]]''
| Fir
| [[Image:Bonsai fir, photo by daphneann.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Trident Maple|Acer buergerianum]]''
| Trident Maple
| [[Image:Trident Maple bonsai 52, October 10, 2008.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Field Maple|Acer campestre]]''
| Field Maple, Hedge Maple
|
|-
| ''[[Vine Maple|Acer circinatum]]''
| Vine Maple
|
|-
| ''[[Amur Maple|Acer ginnala]]''
| Amur Maple
|
|-
| ''[[Acer monspessulanum]]''
| Montpelier Maple
|
|-
| ''[[Japanese Maple|Acer palmatum]]''
| Japanese Maple
| [[Image:Acer palmatum-Bonsai.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Red Maple|Acer rubrum]]''
| Red Maple
| [[Image:Red Maple, 1974-2007.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Adenium|Adenium obesum]]''
| Desert rose
|
|-
| ''[[Alnus]]''
| Alder
|
|-
| ''[[Amelanchier canadensis]]''
| Amelanchier
|
|-
| ''[[Arbutus]]''
| Strawberry tree
|-
| ''[[Berberis]]''
| Barberry
| [[Image:Berberis 2-16-08.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Birch|Betula]]''
| Birch
|
|-
| ''[[River Birch|Betula nigra]]''
| River Birch
|
|-
| ''[[Bougainvillea]]''
| Bougainvillea
| [[Image:Bougainvillea Bonsai.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Buxus]]''
| Box, Boxwood
| [[Image:Boxwood demonstration bonsai by Min Hsuan Lo.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Camellia]]''
| Camellia
| [[Image:Japanese Camellia bonsai 55, October 10, 2008.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Carmona (plant)|Carmona microphylla]]''
| Fukien tea tree, ''Ehretia microphylla''
| [[Image:Erethia theezans (bonsaï).jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Hornbeam|Carpinus]]''
| Hornbeam
| [[Image:Hornbeam, 1935-2007.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Cedrus]]''
| Cedar
| [[Image:Cedar bonsai, Birmingham Botanical Gardens.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Lebanon Cedar|Cedrus libani]]''
| Lebanon Cedar, [[Blue Atlas Cedar]]
| [[Image:Blue Atlas Cedar, 1950-2007.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Hackberry|Celtis sinensis]]''
| Chinese Hackberry
|
|-
| ''[[Chaenomeles]]''
| Flowering Quince
|
|-
| ''[[Chamaecyparis]]''
| Cypress
| [[Image:Chamaecyparis lawsoniana-Bonsai.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Chamaecyparis obtusa]]''
| Hinoki Cypress
| [[Image:Bonsai IMG 6404.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Chamaecyparis pisifera]]''
| Sawara Cypress
| [[Image:Chamaecyparis Pisifera bonsai.JPG|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Cissus]] antartica''
| Australian grape vine
|
|-
| ''[[Dogwood|Cornus]]''
| Dogwood
| [[Image:Bonsai Pagoda Dogwood at Christchurch Botanic Gardens.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Smoke Tree|Cotinus coggygria]]''
| Smoke Tree
|
|-
| ''[[Cotoneaster]]''
| Cotoneaster
| [[Image:Cotoneaster bonsai by Mike.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Crassula]]''
| Jades
| [[Image:Jade-Emyr jones-Port Merrion.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Crataegus]]''
| Hawthorn
| [[Image:English Hawthorn, 1953-2007.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Cryptomeria]]''
| Sugi
| [[Image:Cryptomeria japonica - JBM.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Cupressus]]''
| Cupressus
| [[Image:Monterey Cypress, GSBF-CN 140, September 12, 2008.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Quince|Cydonia oblonga]]''
| Common Quince
|
|-
| ''[[Shrubby Cinquefoil|Dasiphora fruticosa]]''
| Shrubby Cinquefoil
|
|-
| ''[[Elaeagnus]]''
| Elaeagnus
| [[Image:Elaeagnus pungens - JBM.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Enkianthus]]''
| Enkianthus
|
|-
| ''[[Eugenia]]''
| Brush cherries
|
|-
| ''[[Euphorbia]] balsamifera''
|
|
|-
| ''[[Spindle (shrub)|Euonymus]]''
| Spindle
| [[Image:Euonymus japonicus-Bonsai.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Beech|Fagus]]''
| Beech
| [[Image:American Beech bonsai 272, October 10, 2008.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Ficus benjamina]]''
| Weeping Fig
|
|-
| ''[[Ficus microcarpa]]''
| Chinese Banyan Fig
| [[Image:Chinese Banyan, 1971-2007.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Ficus neriifolia]]''
| Willow-leaved Fig
|
|-
| ''[[Ficus retusa]]''
|
| [[Image:Bonsai Tree 071.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Ficus rubiginosa]]''
| Port Jackson Fig
| [[Image:Pjfigbonsai.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Fraxinus]]''
| Ash
|
|-
| ''[[Gardenia]]''
||Gardenia
|
|-
| ''[[Ginkgo biloba]]''
| Ginkgo
| [[Image:Ginkgo, 1926-2007.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Hedera helix]]''
| Ivy
| [[Image:Ivy, GSBF-CN 141, September 12, 2008.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Honey locust|Gledista triacanthos]]''
| Honey Locust
|
|-
| ''[[Hibiscus syriacus]]''
| Hibiscus
|
|-
| ''[[Holly|Ilex]]''
| Holly
|
|-
| ''[[Jacaranda mimosifolia]]''
| Blue jacaranda
|
|-
| ''[[Jasminum nudiflorum]]''
| Winter Jasmine
|
|-
| ''[[Juniperus procumbens]]''
| Dwarf Japanese Garden Juniper
| [[Image:Dwarf Japanese Juniper, 1975-2007.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Juniperus chinensis]]''
| Chinese Juniper, Shimpaku
| [[Image:Goshin, September 15, 2007.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Juniperus squamata]]''
| Blue Juniper
|
|-
| ''[[Juniperus virginiana]]''
| Eastern Juniper
|
|-
| ''[[Lagerstroemia]]''
| Crape myrtle
|
|-
| ''[[Larch|Larix]]''
| Japanese Larch, American Larch, Tamarack
| [[Image:Larix laricina bonsai by Nick Lenz.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Ligustrum]]''
| Privet
| [[Image:Japanese Privet at GSBF Collection North, number 236, September 12, 2008.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Sweetgum|Liquidambar]]''
| Sweetgum
| [[Image:Sweet Gum bonsai 273, October 10, 2008.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Lonicera]]''
| Shrubby Honeysuckles
| [[Image:Honeysuckle bonsai 2-3-08.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Magnolia stellata]]''
| Star Magnolia
|-
| ''[[Malpighia]]''
|
|
|-
| ''[[Malus]]''
| Apple/Crabapple
| [[Image:Crabapple, 1978-2007.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Metasequoia]]''
| Dawn Redwood
| [[Image:Bonsai Dwarf Dawn Redwood bonsai, July 14, 2008.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Murraya paniculata]]''
| Orange Jasmine, Satinwood
|
|-
| ''[[Myrciaria cauliflora]]''
| Jaboticaba
| [[Image:Jaboticaba bonsai, June 7, 2008.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Myrtus]]''
| Myrtle
| [[Image:Myrtle (Myrtus communis) bonsai.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Nandina|Nandina domestica]]''
| Sacred or Heavenly Bamboo
|
|-
| ''[[Nashia|Nashia inaguensis]]''
| Bahama berry
|-
| ''[[Neea]] buxifolia''
|
|
|-
| ''[[Nothofagus]]''
| Southern beeches
|
|-
| ''[[Olea europaea]]''
| Olive, European olive
| [[Image:Olivera bonsai.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Parthenocissus]]''
| Creeper, Boston Ivy
| [[Image:Parthenocissus quinquefolia bonsai at the BBG, August 2, 2008.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Phyllostachys]]''
| Bamboo
|
|-
| ''[[Spruce|Picea]]''
| Spruce
| [[Image:Filoli Bonsai spruce.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Pieris (plant)|Pieris]]''
| Andromeda
|
|-
| ''[[Sand Pine|Pinus clausa]]''
| Sand Pine
|-
| ''[[Mountain Pine|Pinus mugo]]''
| Mugo Pine, Mountain Pine
| [[Image:Pinus mugo bonsai at the BBG, August 2, 2008.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Japanese White Pine|Pinus parviflora]]''
| Japanese White Pine
| [[Image:Japanese White Pine, 1625-2007.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Japanese Black Pine|Pinus thunbergii]]''
| Japanese Black Pine
| [[Image:Japanese Black Pine, 1936-2007.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Virginia Pine|Pinus virginiana]]''
| Virginia Pine
|
|-
| ''[[Pinus ponderosa]]''
| Western Yellow Pine
| [[Image:Western Yellow Pine, 1966-2007.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Pittosporum]]''
| Pittosporum
|
|-
| ''[[Podocarpus]]''
| Podocarpus
| [[Image:Podocarpus macrophyllus bonsai.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Portulacaria afra]]''
| Dwarf jade, elephant food, elephant bush
|
|-
| ''[[Prunus serrulata]]''
| Japanese Flowering Cherry (櫻)
|-
| ''[[Prunus mume]]''
| Flowering Apricot (梅)
| [[Image:Ume bonsai.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Pseudosasa]]''
| Bamboo
|
|-
| ''[[Pomegranate|Punica granatum]]''
| Pomegranate
| [[Image:Punica granatum bonsai.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Pyracantha]]''
| Firethorn
| [[Image:Pyracantha crenulata - JBM.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Oak|Quercus]]''
| Oak
| [[Image:Daimyo Oak.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Rhaphiolepis indica]]''
| Indian Hawthorn
|
|-
| ''[[Rhododendron|Rhododendron indicum]]''
| [[Satsuki azalea]]
| [[Image:Satsuki Azalea, 1973-2007.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Rhododendron|Rhododendron obtusum amoenum]]''
| Kurume azalea
|
|-
| ''[[Black locust|Robinia pseudoacacia]]''
| Black Locust
|
|-
| ''[[Sageretia]]''
| Chinese Sweet Plum, Pauper's Tea
| [[Image:Pauper's Tea bonsai 115, October 10, 2008.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Sasa (genus)|Sasa]]''
| Bamboo
|
|-
| ''[[Schefflera actinophylla]]''
|
|
|-
| ''[[Serissa foetida]]''
| Snow Rose, Japanese Boxthorn
| [[Image:Japanese Boxthorn, 1951-2007.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Sorbus]]''
| Rowan and Whitebeam
|
|-
| ''[[Syzygium]]''
| Brush cherry
|
|-
| ''[[Syzygium smithii]]''<br>(=''Acmena smithii'')
| Brush cherry
|[[Image:Syzygium smithii bons email.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Tamarix]]''
| Tamarisk
|
|-
| ''[[Taxodium ascendens]]''
| Pondcypress
|
|-
| ''[[Taxodium distichum]]''
| Baldcypress
| [[Image:Bald Cypress, 1987-2007.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Taxus]]''
| Yew
| [[Image:Yew bonsai, Bonsai Soceity of Greater Hartford.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Thyme|Thymus]]''
| Thyme
|
|-
| ''[[Tsuga]]''
| Hemlock
|
|-
| ''[[Winged Elm|Ulmus alata]]''
| Winged Elm
|
|-
| ''[[Cedar Elm|Ulmus crassifolia]]''
| Cedar Elm
|
|-
| ''[[Ulmus minor]]''
| Field Elm
| [[Image:Smoothleaf Elm, 1982-2007.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Chinese Elm|Ulmus parvifolia]]''
| Chinese Elm
| [[Image:Chinese Elm, 1988-2007.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Wisteria floribunda]]''
| Japanese Wisteria
| [[Image:Japanese Wisteria, 1925-2007.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Wisteria sinensis]]''
| Chinese Wisteria
|
|-
| ''[[Zelkova serrata]]''
| Japanese Elm
| [[Image:Japanese Zelkova bonsai 16, October 10, 2008.jpg|thumb]]
|-
| ''[[Zanthoxylum]]''
| Chinese Pepper
|
|-
|}

==References==
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bonsai_species

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bonsai species}}
[[Category:Bonsai]]

List of bonsai species - Revision history

WikiWorks: Created page with 'List of species commonly used in bonsai. {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:98%;" |- ! Botanical Name ! Common Name ! Example |- | ''Abies'' | Fir | [[Image:Bonsa…'