Is there a name for the class of trees that are easy to root? For example Gliricidia can be cut and planted as a fence post and it will usually produce roots and grow to be a large tree. There are many trees like that. Is there a name for the class of tree that does that?
For example a name for the class of trees that fix nitrogen is legumes. So I’m wondering is there something similar for that class of trees that readily produce roots when a branch or section of the main trunk is planted.
I don’t know of one category to fit all plants propagated by cuttings. The legume classification is tied to taxonomy as all legumes are in the same plant family, the Fabaceae family. But trees (and other plants) propagated by cuttings span many families of plants.
The act itself is often called vegetative reproduction or clonal growth.
Thanks Stacey. That makes sense. However it just seems to me that there would be some classification of those kinds of plants. I assume that there is some classification for plants that produce seeds versus those who do not produce seeds. I don’t know that; I’m just guessing. Or maybe a classification for plants that grow from one main stem versus multi stems. Anyway, if there is no such classification for plants that can be rooted from cuttings, then that might be our opportunity for fame and fortune as we began a new movement and become famous for being the pioneers of a new plant classification…maybe win a Nobel Prize. 
There are classifications for plants that produce seeds that are enclosed (Angiosperms) and seeds that are not enclosed (Gymnosperms) but… so many things we propagate vegetatively are angiosperms. They just propagate easier by cuttings and so that is what is most commonly practiced!
There very well might be a category out there that describes “plants that are propagated vegetatively,” I just don’t know what it is. Maybe someone else in the community knows! Otherwise, please go ahead and invent a name. We can start the trend here!
These are called adventitious roots a root that arises from any point other than the radicle or the root axis.
Not a class of tree but like coppice or pollarding, A characteristic of the species.
In the Natural Capital Plant Database there are 244 Coppice trees.
Some names are localized where native.
| Name | Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Catclaw Acacia | Acacia greggii (Senegalia greggii) |
| Distillers Acacia (Ronj) | Acacia leucophloea |
| White Afara (Shinglewood) | Terminalia superba |
| Albizia (Kaunthia) | Albizia amara |
| Andean Alder | Alnus acuminata |
| European Alder (Black Alder) | Alnus glutinosa |
| Mountain Alder | Alnus tenuifolia |
| Red Alder (( Oregon Alder, Western Alder) | Alnus rubra |
| White Alder | Alnus rhombifolia |
| Andiroba (Crabwood, Royal Mahogany) | Carapa guianensis |
| Arjuna (Arjun, Koha, Kahu, Arjan) | Terminalia arjuna |
| Cimmaron Ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Cimmzam’ |
| Dakota Centennial Ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Wahpeton’ |
| European Ash | Fraxinus excelsior |
| Green Ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
| Kindred Ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Kindred’ |
| Marshalls Seedless Ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Marshalls Seedless’ |
| Patmore Ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Patmore’ |
| Summit Ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Summit’ |
| Quaking Aspen (Trembling Aspen) | Populus tremuloides |
| Baheda (Bahera, Bahuvirya, Bhutvaas) | Terminalia bellirica |
| Basswood (American Linden, Bee Tree) | Tilia americana |
| Basul (Guato, Sachaporoto) | Erythrina edulis |
| Batay (Moluccan Albizia) | Falcataria falcata |
| Coral Bean (Machetico, Gallito) | Erythrina berteroana |
| Ice-cream Bean (Guava machete, Inga cipo) | Inga edulis |
| Crimean Beech (Hybrid Beech) | Fagus taurica |
| European Beech (Rödbok) | Fagus sylvatica |
| Ber (Badari, Indian jujube) | Ziziphus mauritiana |
| Bhira (East Indian Satinwood, Bhivia, Dhoura) | Chloroxylon swietenia |
| Fox Valley Clump Birch (Dwarf River Birch) | Betula nigra ‘Little King’ |
| Grey Birch | Betula populifolia |
| River Birch | Betula nigra |
| Water Birch (Western Birch) | Betula Betula occidentalis |
| Red Bitterberry (Walking Stick, Koffiehardepeer) | Strychnos henningsii |
| Lumbra Blanku (Platiado, Platino) | Croton niveus |
| Glossy Buckthorn (Brakved, Breuwydden) | Frangula alnus |
| Sickle Bush (Sekelbos, uGagane) | Dichrostachys cinerea |
| Cape Bushwillow (African bush-willow) | Combretum caffrum |
| Large-fruited Bushwillow (Raasblaar, Fluisterboom) | Combretum zeyheri |
| Red Bushwillow (Rooiboswilg) | Combretum apiculatum |
| Russet Bushwillow (Kierieklapper) | Combretum hereroense |
| Long Tail Cassia (Boontjieboom, Numanyama) | Cassia abbreviata |
| Chinese Cedar (Surian Tree) | Toona sinensis |
| Cgondi (Assyrian Plum, Sebesten) | Cordia myxa |
| Sweet Cherry | Prunus avium |
| Badgersett Chestnut | Castanea sativa ‘Badgersett’ |
| Sweet Chestnut | Castanea sativa |
| China Berry (Bakainu, Umbrella-Tree) | Melia azedarach |
| Chiruillantai (Hog-plum, Sea Lemon) | Ximenia americana |
| Silver Cluster Leaf (Mangwe) | Terminalia sericea |
| Amur Corktree (Shikerebe-ni) | Phellodendron amurense |
| Red Currant (Bloedhout, Bosganna) | Searsia chirindensis |
| Dhaora (Axlewood, Button Tree) | Anogeissus latifolia |
| Interior Box Elder (Western Boxelder) | Acer negundo subsp. interius |
| Red Elm (Slippery Elm, Gray Elm, Soft Elm) | Ulmus rubra |
| Rock Elm (Cork Elm) | Ulmus thomasii |
| Small Leaved Elm (Field Elm, Smooth Leaf Elm) | Ulmus minor |
| West Indian Cedar (Araticum Bravo, Caulote) | Guazuma ulmifolia |
| Wych Elm(Scotch Elm, Scot’s Elm) | Ulmus glabra |
| Emblic (Aamala ,Emblic Myrobalan, Malacca Tree) | Phyllanthus emblica |
| Siberian Filbert (Asian Hazel, Glabrous Filbert) | Corylus heterophylla |
| Camel’s Foot (Monkey Bread, Kameelspoor, Mubaba) | Piliostigma thonningii |
| Genip (Jagua, Caruto, Huito, Irayol) | Genipa americana |
| Gliricidia (Madri, Siima Konna) | Gliricidia sepium |
| Golden Shower Tree (Amaltash) | Cassia fistula |
| Guanacaste (Ear Fruit, Ear Pod Tree) | Enterolobium cyclocarpum |
| Sudan Gum Arabic (Kher, Kumta) | Acacia senegal |
| Gumbo Limbo (Chocohuite, Gum-elemi) | Bursera simaruba |
| Gumhar (White Teak, Candahar) | Gmelina arborea |
| Common Hackberry | Celtis occidentalis |
| Harra (Black Myrobalan) | Terminalia chebula |
| Bigfruit Hawthorn (Fanleaf Hawthorn) | Crataegus macrosperma |
| Chinese Hawthorn (Chinese Hawberry) | Crataegus pinnatifida |
| Cockspur Hawthorn (Cockspur Thorn, Dwarf Hawthorn) | Crataegus crus-galli |
| Crimson Cloud Hawthorn | Crataegus laevigata ‘Superba’ |
| Dotted Hawthorn (Hillside Hawthorn, White Haw) | Crataegus punctata |
| Downy Hawthorn (White Thorn, Scarlet Hawthorn) | Crataegus mollis |
| Fireberry Hawthorn (Red haw) | Crataegus chrysocarpa |
| Frosted Hawthorn (Waxyfruit Hawthorn) | Crataegus pruinosa |
| Kansas Hawthorn (Large-flowered Cockspurthorn) | Crataegus coccinioides |
| Midland Hawthorn | Crataegus laevigata |
| Pear Hawthorn (Late Hawthorn, Blackthorn Hawthorn) | Crataegus calpodendron |
| Quebec Hawthorn (Northern Red Haw, Hairy Cockspur) | Crataegus submollis |
| River Hawthorn (Mountain River Hawthorn) | Crataegus rivularis |
| Rough Hawthorn (‘Yellowleaf’ or ‘Beadle’ Hawthorn) | Crataegus senta |
| Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn (Cockspur Thorn) | Crataegus crus-galli var. inermis |
| Toba Hawthorn | Crataegus x mordenensis ‘Toba’ |
| Washington Hawthorn (Thornapple, Washington Thorn) | Crataegus phaenopyrum |
| Chinese Hazel (Huá Zhēn) | Corylus chinensis |
| Himalayan Hazel | Corylus ferox |
| Black Hickory | Carya texana |
| Nutmeg Hickory | Carya myristiciformis |
| Sand Hickory | Carya pallida |
| Scrub Hickory | Carya floridana |
| Water Hickory (Bitter Pecan) | Carya aquatica |
| Skyline Honeylocust | Gleditsia triacanthos inermis ‘Skyline’ |
| American Hophornbeam (Ironwood) | Ostrya virginiana |
| Hornbeam | Carpinus betulus |
| Hop Hornbeam (Black Hornbeam) | Ostrya carpinifolia |
| Jacaranda (Blue Trumpet Tree, Green Ebony) | Jacaranda mimosifolia |
| Jarul (Small Flowered Crape Myrtle) | Lagerstroemia parviflora |
| Chinese Jujube (Chinese Date Tree) | Ziziphus jujube var jujuba |
| Kachnar (Orchid Tree, Mountain Ebony) | Bauhinia variegata |
| Khadira (Black Cutch, Kachu) | Acacia catechu |
| Forest Knobwood (Fever Tree, Knobthorn, Knobwood) | Zanthoxylum davyi |
| Koa (Koa Acacia, Gray Koa) | Acacia koa |
| Kudi (Tellicherry Bark) | Holarrhena pubescens |
| Kuhir (Kata-Kelaa, Cemmaram) | Bridelia retusa |
| Kummi (Wild Guava, Patana Oak) | Careya arborea |
| Kusum (Gum Lac Tree, Ceylon Oak) | Schleichera oleosa |
| Lasoda (Tenti, Dela, Gunda) | Cordia dichotoma |
| Ecuador Laurel (Cypre, Salmwood) | Cordia alliodora |
| Indian Laurel (Sadad) | Terminalia elliptica |
| White Leadtree (Safed Babool) | Leucaena leucocephala |
| Leadwood (Hardekool) | Combretum imberbe |
| Lebbekboom (Lebbeck, Kokko) | Albizia lebbeck |
| Greenspire Linden | Tilia cordata ‘Greenspire’ |
| Norlin Linden | Tilia cordata ‘Ronald’ |
| Shamrock Linden | Tilia cordata ‘Shamrock’ |
| Summer Sprite Linden | Tilia cordata ‘Halka’ |
| Black Locust | Robinia pseudoacacia |
| Mahaneem (Coramandel Ailanto) | Ailanthus excelsa |
| Mahua (Shea Tree, Mohwa) | Madhuca longifolia var. latifolia |
| Field Maple (Hedge Maple) | Acer campestre |
| Northwood Red Maple | Acer rubrum ‘Northwood’ |
| Norway Maple | Acer platanoides |
| Oregon Maple (Big Leaf Maple) | Acer macrophyllum |
| Red Maple (Swamp Maple) | Acer rubrum |
| Red Sunset Maple | Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’ |
| Rock Maple (Douglas Maple, Greene’s Maple, Torrey) | Acer glabrum |
| Silver Maple (Soft Maple) | Acer saccharinum |
| Eastern Mayhaw (May Hawthorn, Apple Hawthorn) | Crataegus aestivalis |
| Honey Mesquite | Prosopis glandulosa |
| Egyptian Mimosa (Babul) | Acacia nilotica |
| Mockernut | Carya alba |
| Moringa (Sahigan, Shevga, Munaga) | Moringa oleifera |
| American Mountain Ash (Missey-Mossey, Cormier) | Sorbus americana |
| Black Mulberry | Morus nigra |
| Paper Mulberry | Broussonetia papyrifera |
| White Mulberry | Morus alba |
| Blackjack Oak | Quercus marilandica |
| Californian Blue Oak | Quercus kelloggii |
| Chinese Cork Oak (Oriental Oak) | Quercus variabilis |
| Chinkapin Oak (Yellow Oak) | Quercus muehlenbergii |
| Hungarian Oak | Quercus frainetto |
| Lebanon Oak | Quercus libani |
| Macedonian Oak (Fragno, Makedonsky Hrast) | Quercus trojana |
| Oregon White Oak (Garry Oak) | Quercus garryana |
| Pedunculate Oak | Quercus robur |
| Pedunculiflora English Oak | Quercus robur subsp. pedunculiflora |
| Pin Oak | Quercus palustris |
| Plateau Live Oak (Escarpment Live Oak) | Quercus fusiformis |
| Portuguese Oak | Quercus faginea |
| Post Oak | Quercus stellata |
| Pyrenean Oak | Quercus pyrenaica |
| Rock Chestnut Oak | Quercus prinus |
| Scarlet Oak | Quercus coccinea |
| Sessile Oak | Quercus petraea |
| Shumard Red Oak (Swamp Red Oak) | Quercus shumardii |
| Southern Red Oak (Cherrybark Oak) | Quercus falcata |
| Stone Oak | Quercus rotundifolia |
| Swamp Chestnut Oak | Quercus michauxii |
| Swamp White Oak | Quercus bicolor |
| Upright English Oak (Pedunculate Oak) | Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’ |
| Water Oak | Quercus nigra |
| White Oak | Quercus alba |
| Willow Oak | Quercus phellos |
| Turkey Oak | Quercus cerris |
| Dyer’s Oleander (Sweet Indrajao,) | Wrightia tinctoria |
| Osage Orange (Hedge-Apple, Bois d’arc) | Maclura pomifera |
| Fragrant Padhri-Tree | Stereospermum chelonoides |
| Palas (Dhak, Palash, Tesu, Flame of the Forest) | Butea monosperma |
| Northern Pecan (Soft Shelled Hickory) | Carya illinoensis |
| Sweet Pignut (Sweet Broom Hickory) | Carya glabra |
| Sweet Pignut | Carya ovalis |
| Monkey Pod (Gulabi Siris, Rain Tree) | Albizia saman |
| Royal Poinciana (Flamboyant Tree) | Delonix regia |
| Balsam Poplar (Balm of Gilead, Bam, Tacamahac) | Populus balsamifera |
| Black Poplar (Lombardy Poplar) | Populus nigra |
| Bolleana Poplar | Populus alba ‘Pyramidalis’ |
| Euphrates Poplar (Firat Poplar, Salt Poplar) | Populus euphratica |
| Hybrid Poplar | Populus |
| Noreaster Poplar | Populus canadensis ‘Noreaster’ |
| Tower Poplar | Populus canescens ‘Tower’ |
| White Poplar (Abele, Silver Poplar) | Populus alba |
| Chinese Redbud | Cercis chinensis |
| Eastern Redbud (Forest Pansy, Texas Redbud) | Cercis canadensis |
| Western Redbud (California Redbud, Spice Tree) | Cercis occidentalis |
| Saaj (Indian Laurel) | Terminalia tomentosa |
| Salai (Indian Oli-banum) | Boswellia serrata |
| Sandan (Kallu, Tinsa) | Desmodium oojeinense |
| Sassafras | Sassafras albidum |
| Scratchbush (Urtiga Bronca, Guaritoto) | Urera baccifera |
| Semal (Silk-Cotton Tree) | Bombax ceiba |
| Southern Shagbark | Carya carolinae-septentrionalis |
| Drooping She-oak | Allocasuarina verticillata |
| Mimosa Silk Tree | Albizia julibrissin |
| Siris (Tea Shade Tree) | Albizia odoratissima |
| Sisam (Indian Rosewood) | Dalbergia sissoo |
| Prairie Flameleaf Sumac | Rhus lanceolata |
| Swamp mahogany (Swamp Stringybark) | Eucalyptus robusta |
| Sweetgum (Redgum, American-storax) | Liquidambar styraciflua |
| American Sycamore (Buttonwood Tree) | Platanus occidentalis |
| Teak (Sagon) | Tectona grandis |
| Yellow Teak (Haldu, Yettega) | Haldina cordifolia |
| Buffalo Thorn (Wait-a-bit) | Ziziphus mucronata |
| Indian Tragacanth (Kullu, Katira) | Firmiana simplex |
| Trazel | Corylus x colurnoides |
| Chinese Trazel | Corylus x vilmorinii |
| Foxglove Tree | Paulownia tomentosa |
| Sal Tree (Sal, Dhuna, Kandar) | Shorea robusta |
| Sorrel Tree (Sourwood) | Oxydendrum arboreum |
| Nettle Tree | Celtis australis |
| Tulip Tree (Yellow Poplar, Canary Whitewood, Canoe | Liriodendron tulipifera |
| Black Tupelo (Black Gum, Blackgum, Sour Gum, Nyssa | Nyssa sylvatica |
| Arizona Walnut ( Nogal de Arizona) | Juglans major |
| California Walnut | Juglans californica |
| California Walnut (California Black Walnut) | Juglans californica |
| Black Wattle (Australian Acacia, Green Wattle) | Acacia mearnsii |
| Almond Leaved Willow | Salix triandra |
| Arctic Blue Leaf Willow | Salix purpurea ‘Nana’ |
| Arroyo Willow | Salix lasiolepis |
| Bebb Willow (Long-beaked Willow) | Salix bebbiana |
| Black Willow (Brittle Willow) | Salix nigra |
| Corkscrew Willow (Dragon’s Claw Willow) | Salix f babylonica tortuosa |
| Crack Willow | Salix fragilis |
| European Violet Willow | Salix daphnoides |
| Feltleaf Wiillow | Salix alaxensis |
| Flame Willow | Salix alba ‘Flame’ |
| French Pussy Willow | Salix caprea |
| Golden Willow | Salix alba vitellina |
| Goodding’s Willow | Salix gooddingii |
| Niobe Weeping Willow | Salix alba ‘Tristis’ |
| Pacific Willow | Salix lasiandra |
| Peach Leaf Willow (Almond Willow) | Salix amygdaloides |
| Safsaf Willow (Cape Willow, Wild Willow) | Salix mucronata |
| Scouler’s Willow | Salix scouleriana |
| Shining Willow ( Pacific Willow) | Salix lucida |
| Weeping Willow | Salix babylonica |
| White Willow | Salix alba |
| Yewleaf Willow | Salix taxifolia |
| Caucasian Wingnut | Pterocarya fraxinifolia |
| Winterbeam (Beam Tree, Chess Apple) | Aria edulis |
Thanks Daniel for sharing the list. Interesting and helpful.
But just to be clear is that a list of trees that can be cut rather low to the ground and will regrow?
Yes, this is a great list Daniel, but we would like to know exactly the definition of ‘coppice trees’ please. thanks.