Mission Tree Locations

(Note:  if you do not find the tree you are looking for, click here to check a listing of less-common trees citywide).  For photos of most of these trees, visit Friends of the Urban Forest's tree photos page (trees listed alphabetically by latin name).

Like Potrero Hill, this neighborhood can support trees that need a warmer, sunnier microclimate, like the Jacaranda, which does poorly on the western side of the City.  There are several trees in this neighborhood that are relatively rare in SF - such as the Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut) indicated below.

Tree Species

Tree Location (Street/Cross-street)

Acacia Baileyana (Bailey's Acacia) 3490 20th/Mission; Valencie between 20th and 21st (a row of trees)
Acacia longifolia (Sydney Golden Wattle)  
Acacia Melanoxylon (Blackwood Acacia) 3433 21st/Guerrero; 771 Dolores/Liberty
Aesculus carnea 
Albizia julibrissin 190 Liberty/Guerrero
Agonis flexuosa (Peppermint Willow) 3456 22nd/Fair Oaks in the Mission; 2451 Folsom/21st
Arbutus unedo (Strawberry Tree)  440 Alabama/17th (row of trees)
Arecastrum romanzoffianum (Queen Palm)  726 Treat/20th; 3394 22nd/Guerrero
Callistemon citrinus (Lemon Bottlebrush)  2848 Alabama/22nd (Alabama St. side of corner)
Callistemon viminalis (Weeping Bottlebrush)  
Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut) 3141 23rd/Shotwell
Celtis sinensis (Chinese Hackberry) 2959 23rd/Alabama; 3627 23rd/Fair Oaks
Ceratonia siliqua (Carob) 825 South Van Ness/19th; 2862 21st/Alabama
Cinnamomum camphora (Camphor)  
Cordyline australis (Giant Dracaena)  
Crataegus laevigata (English Hawthorne)  
Crataegus phaenopyrum (Washington Thorn)  876 Treat/22nd
Crinodendron patagua (Lily of the Valley Tree) 1075 Dolores/24th
Cupaniopsis anacardioides (Carrotwood)  
Dodonaea viscosa (Hopseed) 720 South Van Ness/18th; 3487 21st/Dolores
Eriobotrya deflexa (Bronze Loquat) 3434 18th/Mission; 23rd St. between Valencia and Bartlett (many examples on west side)
Eucalyptus ficifolia (Red Flowering Gum)  2415 Mission/20th
Eucalyuptus polyanthemos (Silver Dollar Gum) 3350 20th/South Van Ness; NE corner 19th and Dolores (19th St side)
Eucalyptus sideroxylon (Red Ironbark)  
Ficus microcarpa (Ficus)  62 Dorland; 3754 Army/Guerrero
Fraxinus oxycarpa 'Raywood' 54 Fair Oaks/21st
Fraxinus velutina 'Modesto' 38 Liberty/Valencia (many others on street)
Geijera parviflora (Australian Willow) 675 Guerrero/19th; 1035 Guerrero/23rd
Gingko biloba (Maidenhair)  3380 22nd/Guerrero
Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey Locust)  328 San Carlos/20th
Grevillea robusta (Silk Oak) 3520 18th/Valencia
Hymenosporum flavum (Sweet Shade) 15th Street, about 50 yards west of Guerrero St (south side of street) (other trees nearby on 15th)
Jacaranda mimosifolia (Jacaranda) 1720 Bryan/16th
Laurus nobilis (Sweet Bay; Grecian Laurel)  3542 17th/Dolores; 771 Guerrero/20th
Leptospermum laevigatum (Australian Tea)  
Ligustrum lucidum (Glossy Privet)  783 Guerrero/20th
Liquidambar styraciflua (American Sweet Gum) 2385 Bryant/21st 
Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip)  
Lyonothamnus floribundus (Catalina Ironwood) Minna near 15th
Magnolia Grandiflora (Southern Magnolia)  20th between Dolores and Church (park-side of street, several large examples)
Maytenus boaria (Mayten)  927 Alabama/21st [not great]
Melaleuca Linarifolia (Flaxleaf Paperbark) Albion between 16th and 17th (many examples, west side of street)
Melaleuca nesophila (Pink Melaleuca) 3482 22nd/Dolores
Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cajeput) Bryant Street between Mariposa and 18th, east side of street
Melia azedarach (Chinaberry) Southwest corner of 19th and Valencia  at 3505 19th, nearest to the corner
Metrosideros excelsus (New Zealand Christmas)  3640 18th/Guerrero
Michelia doltsopa (Michelia)  
Myoporum laetum (Myoporum)  1004 Dolores/23rd
Olea europaea (Olive)  
Photinia fraseri (Photinia)  2700 19th/York
Pistacia chinensis (Chinese Pistache) [2420 Bryant/16th]; southwest corner of 19th and Valencia at 3505 19th (not the trees closest to the corner, but four trees or so in from the corner)
Pittosporum undulatum (Victorian Box)  1825 Mission/15th
Platanus acerfolia (Sycamore; London Plane)  174 Liberty/Dolores
Prunus blireiana (Flowering Plum)  1002 Dolores/23rd (in yard)
Prunus cerasifera (Purple Leaf Plum)  1018 Alabama/22nd
Prunus serrulata (Cherry)  2752 Harrison/24th (young)
Pyrus calleryana 'Aristocrat' (Flowering Pear)  2180 Bryant/20th
Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford' (Flowering Pear)  
Pyrus kawakamii (Evergreen Pear)  457 Fair Oaks/25th (in front of church)
Rhamnus alaternus (Italian Buckthorn)  
Rhaphiolepis (Indian Hawthorn)  3451 22nd/Fair Oaks
Rhus lancea (African Sumac)  
Robinia ambigua (Locust) Harrison between 20th and Mistral; Bartlett on either side of 22nd in the Mission (larger specimens south of 22nd)
Schinus Molle (California Pepper)  3512 21st/Dolores
Schinus terebinthifolius (Brazilian Pepper)  3426 21st/Guerrero
Trachycarpus fortunei (Windmill Palm)  
Tilia cordata (Little-Leaf Linden) 425 Alabama/17th
Tilia cordata 'greenspire' (Greenspire Little-Leaf Linden) 200  Fair Oaks (23rd Street side of building)
Tristania Conferta (Brisbane Box)  2355 Bryant/21st
Tristania laurina (Small-Leaf Tristania)  
Ulmus parvifolia (Chinese Elm)  Folsom between 25th and 26th (both sides of street)
Ulmus americana (American Elm) 354 Fair Oaks/24th