What Korean tree names should you know?

ANSWER: Those in the list below

A great resource for Korean language learners is a Korean-English terminology dictionary by Lee Jin-yeong (이진영) entitled "이진영의 동시통역 기초사전," which translates as "Lee Jin-yeong's Beginning Dictionary for Simultaneous Interpretation," but the English title on the dictionary is "Korean-English Terminology for Beginners."

Though the title says the dictionary is "for beginners," it is really a dictionary for anyone, from beginners to advanced learners. The dictionary gives concise and accurate translations of terminology used in twenty-four different major categories: 1) Society, 2) Culture, 3) Media & Advertising, 4) Sports and Leisure, 5) Education, 6) Religion, 7) Public Administration, 8) Law, 9) Politics, 10) International Politics, 11) Security, 12) Economy, 13) Business, 14) Finance, 15) Trade, 16) Primary Industries, 17) Major Industries, 18) Energy, 19) Transportation, 20) Distribution, 21) Science & Technology, 22) Information & Communication, 23) Environment, & 24) Medicine.

The list of trees and bushy trees listed below were under 임업 (Forestry), a subcategory of the "Primary Industries" category.

My 2004 version of the dictionary has a total of 830 pages, including Korean and English indices in the back of the book. I paid only 25,000 won for my book soon after it came out, but a newer version of the dictionary, "이진영의 통역번역 기초사전," is now selling HERE on Amazon for $58, so it is now somewhat pricey. If you sign up with Bandi Books US, a Korean bookseller here in the U.S., you can get it for $36. See HERE.

Anyway, below is the list of common Korean trees and bushy trees from my dictionary. It would be good to learn these names since they are commonly mentioned in Korean literature and media, though I do not remember hearing or reading about the Rat Turd Tree (쥐똥나무), also called Amur privet.

I have added to the original list and made some changes:

• 갈참나무 Oriental white oak
• 감나무 Persimmon tree
  
• 개나리 Korean golden-bell tree
• 굴참나무 Chinese cork oak (Oriental oak)
• 귤나무 Cold hardy Mandarin (Satsuma mandarin)
  
• 너도밤나무 Engler's beech / Chinese beech (Found in Korea only on Ulleungdo, 너도밤나무 literally translates as "You're also a chestnut," which suggests there is a good story behind the name. By the way, there is also a tree or shrub named 나도밤나무, which literally translates as "I'm also a chestnut.)
• 느티나무 Japanese zelkova
• 닥나무 Paper mulberry
• 단풍나무 Smooth Japanese maple (Palmate maple, Japanese maple)
• 대나무 bamboo
  
• 대추나무 Jujube tree, Chinese date tree
• 동백나무 Camellia
• 등나무 Japanese wisteria
• 떡갈나무 Korean oak (Daimyo oak, Sweet oak)
• 매화나무 Japanese apricot
  
• 미루나무 Necklace poplar (Eastern cottonwood)
• 백향목 Lebanon cedar
• 밤나무 Korean chestnut (Japanese chestnut)
• 배나무 Asian pear tree (Korean pear, Japanese pear)
  
• 버드나무 Korean willow
• 뽕나무 White mulberry
• 사과나무 apple tree
  
• 사시나무 Korean aspen
• 산딸기나무 Korean raspberry
  
• 살구나무 Ansu apricot
  
• 삼나무 Japanese red cedar
• 상록수 evergreen
  
• 상수리 Sawtooth oak (Acorn oak)
• 서양호랑가시나무 Holly
• 소나무 Korean red pine / Japanese red pine
• 신갈나무 Mongolian oak
• 앵두나무 Nanking cherry tree (Korean cherry tree)
• 오동나무 Korean paulownia
• 오미자 Chinese magnolia vine
• 은행나무 Gingko tree
• 자두나무 Plum tree
  
• 자몽나무 Grapefruit tree
  
• 자작나무 Japanese white birch / Silver birch
• 작약 Chinese peony / common garden peony
• 잣나무 Korean pine (Big cone pine, pine nut tree)
• 전나무 Manchurian fir / Needle fir
• 쥐똥나무 Amur privet (Border privet)
• 참나무 Oak [a genus of tree that includes the Korean chestnut (밤나무)]
• 탱자나무 Trifoliate orange (Hardy orange)
• 향나무 Chinese juniper
• 회양나무 Boxwood
• 호두나무 Walnut tree
  
• 후박나무 Silver magnolia