SOMA 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).

Tree Species

Tree Location (Street/Cross-street)

Acacia Baileyana (Bailey's Acacia) Corner of Bryant/4th, Bryant St. side (near other street trees)
Acacia longifolia (Sydney Golden Wattle) Corner of 7th and Minna, Minna St. side, north side of street
Acacia Melanoxylon (Blackwood Acacia)  
Agonis flexuosa (Peppermint Willow)  
Alnus cordata (Italian Alder) 1086 Howard/7th
Arbutus unedo (Strawberry Tree)  
Arecastrum romanzoffianum (Queen Palm) 808 Brannan/7th
Callistemon citrinus (Lemon Bottlebrush) 1074 Folsom/7th
Callistemon viminalis (Weeping Bottlebrush)  
Celtis sinensis 768 and 777 Brannan/7th
Ceratonia siliqua (Carob) 1000 Brannan/10th; 660 Brannan/6th; 255 11th/Folsom
Cinnamomum camphora (Camphor) Across street from 230 Townsend (near 3rd -- trees are mature trees in parking lot, not on street)
Cordyline australis (Giant Dracaena)  
Crataegus laevigata (English Hawthorne)  
Crataegus phaenopyrum (Washington Thorn)  
Cupaniopsis anacardioides (Carrotwood) 798 Brannan/7th
Dodonaea viscosa (Hopseed) 54 Lafayette/Natoma
Eriobotrya deflexa (Bronze Loquat) 39 Stillman/2nd; Brannan Street between 4th and 5th, interspersed with Magnolias
Eucalyptus ficifolia (Red Flowering Gum) 385 8th/Harrison
Eucalyuptus polyanthemos (Silver Dollar Gum) 477 Bryant/3rd
Eucalyptus sideroxylon (Red Ironbark) 138 Kissling (between 10th and 11th)
Ficus microcarpa (Ficus) 665 3rd/Townsend; 1026 Folsom/6th
Fraxinus oxycarpa 'Raywood' Many examples on all sides of Costco Building on 10th Street near Harrison.
Geijera parviflora (Australian Willow) 77 Boardman/Brannan; 500 block of 4th Street
Gingko biloba (Maidenhair) 1032 Folsom/6th
Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey Locust)  
Hymenosporum flavum (Sweet Shade) 87 Stillman/3rd
Jacaranda mimosifolia (Jacaranda) 47 Lafayette/Natoma
Fraxinus velutina 'Modesto' (Modesto Ash) 159 Russ/Folsom
Laurus nobilis (Sweet Bay; Grecian Laurel) 1060 Folsom/6th
Leptospermum laevigatum (Australian Tea)  
Ligustrum lucidum (Glossy Privet) 560 3rd/SouthPark; 181 South Park/3rd; 832 Folsom/4th; 651 Brannan/6th
Liquidambar styraciflua (American Sweet Gum) 175 Russ/Folsom; 229 8th/Folsom
Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip)  
Lyonothamnus floribundus (Catalina Ironwood)  
Magnolia Grandiflora (Southern Magnolia) 1264 Folsom/8th; 744 Harrison/3rd; 282 2nd/Howard
Maytenus boaria (Mayten) 1234 Howard/8th*
Melaleuca Linarifolia (Flaxleaf Paperbark)  
Melaleuca nesophila (Pink Melaleuca) 52 Lafayette/Natoma
Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cajeput)  
Metrosideros excelsus (New Zealand Christmas) 234 and 244 9th/Howard
Michelia doltsopa (Michelia) Corner South Park/Jack London (small example, South Park side of street)
Myoporum laetum (Myoporum) 1631 Folsom/13th
Olea europaea (Olive) Northeast corner of Bryant/7th (corner of Hall of Justice, off-street)
Photinia fraseri (Photinia)  
Pistacia chinensis (Chinese Pistache)  
Pittosporum undulatum (Victorian Box) 1632 2nd/Natoma
Platanus acerfolia (Sycamore; London Plane) 435 Brannan/3rd (pollarded specimens)
Prunus blireiana (Flowering Plum)  
Prunus cerasifera (Purple Leaf Plum) 699 2nd/Townsend (Townsend St. side of corner)
Prunus serrulata (Cherry) 10 South Park/2nd
Pyrus calleryana 'Aristocrat' (Flowering Pear) 400 Brannan/3rd (Brannan side of corner); 602 3rd/Brannan (Brannan St. side of corner)
Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford' (Flowering Pear)  
Pyrus kawakamii (Evergreen Pear) 1620 Folsom/13th
Rhamnus alaternus (Italian Buckthorn) 1245 Howard/9th
Rhaphiolepis (Indian Hawthorn)  
Rhus lancea (African Sumac)  
Schinus Molle (California Pepper) 340 Brannan/2nd
Schinus terebinthifolius (Brazilian Pepper) 1275 Harrison/9th
Trachycarpus fortunei (Windmill Palm) 123 7th/Mission
Tristania Conferta (Brisbane Box) 642 Harrison/2nd; 724 Brannan/6th
Tristania laurina (Small-Leaf Tristania) 164 South Park/3rd
[Ulmus americana] (American Elm) many in South Park, interspersed with Sycamores
Ulmus parvifolia (Chinese Elm) 454 Brannan/4th; 9th St. between Howard and Natoma

* To be confirmed.