80 Jokes About Trees
I’ve been collecting the best tree jokes for years, curating only the lines that actually land. If you’re hunting for jokes about trees, you’ll find quick one-liners for class, clean tree jokes for kids, and plenty of smart tree puns. All human-made, no fluff.
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Tree puns
- Why can’t arborists go into banks? Because they all hate branches.
- What’s a tree’s favorite subject in school? Geometree.
- Why can’t any trees get married? Because they already have rings on them.
- What type of tree has the best tan? A beech tree
- Why did the cat go up the tree, anyway? Because it decided to go out on a limb.
- Why is there so much dirt on the forest floor? Because nature abhors a vacuum.
- What crime did the forest commit? Treeson
- What’s a lumberjack’s favorite thing in the playground? A see-saw.
- What do you call a man in a bush? Russell.
- What is the first thing people usually say when they see beavers gnawing wood? Dam.
- Why was the pine forced to walk the plank? Because he was guilty of tree-ason.
- Why don’t palm trees ever get lonely? Because they have lots of fronds.
- What did the tree wear to the pool party? Swimming trunks.
- What did the beaver say to the tree? It’s been nice gnawing you.
- Where do saplings go when they’re ready to go to school? Elementree school.

- What kind of tree can fit into your hand? A palm tree.
- What’s a tree’s favorite dating app? Timber.
- Why was the weeping willow so sad? It watched a sappy movie.
- Why do you never want to invite a tree to your party? Because they never leaf when you want them to.
- Why are trees the best networkers? They are constantly branching out.
- What was the tree’s favorite thing about Star Trek? The Captain’s log.
- What’s another name for an artificial Christmas tree? Faux fir.
- What do you call a military tree who doesn’t return on time? Absent without leaf.
- Why do trees hate riddles? Because it’s too easy to get stumped.
- Have you heard about the acorn diet? It sounds nuts.
- What did the tree do for its birthday? Gave itself a ring.
- I want to make a fig flavored mint. But right now it’s just a fig mint of my imagination.
- When I am bored I like to sprinkle dried herbs into my palms. I have way too much thyme on my hands.
- I planted a palm tree outside my house. Now I have something to give me a hand around the house.
- Why do trees live for such a long time? Because they don’t like to smoke.
- What’s a tree’s favorite drink? Root beer.
- What did the tree do when the bank closed? It started its own branch.
- Why did the pine tree get in trouble? Because it was being knotty.
- Do you want a brief explanation of an acorn? In a nutshell, it’s an oak tree.
- Which flowering plant is the champion equestrian in the kingdom of plants? The horse chestnut.
- What happens to trees on Valentine’s Day? They get sappy.
- My partner must think that I’m a tree. Because she is leaf-ing me.
- I panicked when I saw all the leaves falling off the trees during fall. But luckily, they all grew back. What a re-leaf.
- Today, I finally realized why it’s called “Root Beer” Because it tastes like dirt.
- Did you hear about the academy-award winning movie about trees? Forest Stump
- Why don’t trees have last names? They like to go on a fir’s name basis.
- Did you hear that the lumberjack cut down a Christmas tree just by looking at it? He just saw it with his own eyes.
- What is a tree’s favorite dinosaur? A tree-rex.
- Why do Christmas trees have trouble sewing? They can’t stop dropping their needles.

- How do bees travel to trees? They take the buzz.
- How does the colour of a pine tree change in central China? It starts beige-ing.
- Which Canadian city is a tree’s favorite? Montreeal.
- What happened to the car that had wooden wheels and a wooden engine? The car just wooden go.
- Why did the leaf go to the doctor? It was feeling green.
- What dog do palm trees love? A Palmeranian.
- What would happen if a tree fell into the mud? It would leaf an impression.
- Why do all trees make great thieves? Because of sticky fingers.
- What did the tree say to the bully? Leaf me alone.
- What type of tree likes to give high fives? A palm tree.
- What did the single tree say to the bush? I don’t want no shrub. A shrub is a guy that can’t get no love from me.
- How do trees make themselves heard? They use amp-leaf-ication.
- How do coniferous trees get ready when they’re going out with their friends? They spruce up.
- I named all my kids after trees. Because they are the root of all my problems.
- I’m so bad at gardening. Even my trees don’t root for me.
- I tried root beer for the first time today. But now, my trees are drunk.
- Which motorcycle brand do the London plane trees ride when they’re roaming through the forest? The Treeumph.
- My uncle cut off his finger while trimming his trees, but can’t remember how it happened. He tried his best to remember, but ended up stumped.
- What is every tree’s least favorite brand of deodorant? Axe.
- What is every tree’s favorite style of shoe? Clogs.
- How do you know that a tree is starting to get desperate? It keeps texting it’s axe.
- So, what do you call it when a dog makes a home in a tree? A nest-level doghouse.
- What do you get when you cross a tabby cat with a lemon tree? A sour puss.
- Why did the two fruit trees not see eye to eye? Because they were apples and oranges.
- Why do trees prefer to stay out of politics? They don’t like to lean one way or another.
- I found out today that the trees in my garden have huge roots. So I bought them some hair dye.

Best tree jokes
These next funny tree puns are some of our best jokes and puns about trees!
- What’s big, grey and falls from trees in Autumn? An eleafant.
- Why couldn’t the fig tree get back in shape? It could not stick to a root-ine.
- What kind of sea creature falls from trees? Jel-leaf-ishes.
- How do trees access the internet? They log on.
- What does a tree do when it doesn’t have an answer to someone’s question? It just shrubs.
- Why did the tree get stumped? It couldn’t get to the root of the problem.
- What is a tree ‘s least favorite month? Sap-timber.
- Do you know an elephant accidentally ended up stuck on a tree last month? It had to sit on the branch and wait until fall to get down.
- I loved Groot in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies. But his performance was a bit wooden.
- I’m pretty sure I heard a tree call me fat. Trees are always giving me shade.
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