This World Wide Web page written by
Dan Styer;
http://www.oberlin.edu/physics/dstyer/Muir/TheTrees.html;
20 December 2012.
Chapter 5, "The Trees of the Valley"
| Name used by Muir | Name used today |
|---|---|
| Yellow Pine (Pinus ponderosa) | Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) |
| Incense Cedar (Libocedrus decurrens) | Incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) |
| Douglas Spruce (Pseudotsuga Douglasii) | Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) |
| California live-oak (Quercus agrifolia) | California black oak (Quercus kelloggii) |
| mountain live-oak or gold-cup oak (Quercus chrysolepis) | Canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis) |
| Silver Fir (Abies concolor) | White fir (Abies concolor) |
| Red Cedar (Juniperus occidentalis) | Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) |
| poplar or balm of Gilead (Populus trichocarpa) | Black cottonwood (Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa) |
| Nuttall's flowering dogwood | Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) |
| broad-leaved maple | Bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) |
| California nutmeg (Tumion Californicum) | California nutmeg (Torreya californica) |
Chapter 6, "The Forest Trees in General"
| Name used by Muir | Name used today |
|---|---|
| Douglas oak | Blue oak (Quercus douglasii) |
| nut pine (Pinus Sabiniana) | California foothill pine (Pinus sabiniana) |
| Pinus attenuata | Knobcone pine (Pinus attenuata) |
| Sugar Pine (Pinus Lambertiana) | Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) |
| Yellow Pine or Silver Pine (Pinus ponderosa) | Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) |
| Douglas Spruce (Pseudotsuga Douglasii) | Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) |
| Incense Cedar (Libocedrus decurrens) | Incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) |
| Silver Fir (Abies concolor) | White fir (Abies concolor) |
| Magnificent Silver Fir or California Red Fir (Abies magnifica) | California red fir (Abies magnifica) |
| Two-leaved Pine (Pinus contorta var. Murrayana) | Sierra lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. murrayana) |
| Mountain Pine (Pinus monticola) | Western white pine (Pinus monticola) |
| Western Juniper or Red Cedar (Juniperus occidentalis) | Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) |
| Mountain Hemlock (Tsuga Mertensiana) | Mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) |
| Dwarf Pine or White-Bark Pine (Pinus albicaulis) | Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) |
| Nut Pine (Pinus monophylla) | Singleleaf pinyon (Pinus monophylla) |
Chapter 7, "The Big Trees"
| Name used by Muir | Name used today |
|---|---|
| Big Tree (Sequoia gigantea) | Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) |