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A checklist of trees distributed in Georgia is presented for the first time. The checklist includes 129 species of vascular plants. They belong to 52 genera and 28 families. Of 129 species 6 are represented by two subspecies and 1 by two varieties. On the whole, the checklist includes 136 taxa. For each taxon (species, subspecies and varieties) a regional, expert based, assessment, according to IUCN criteria, are provided. Regionally (in Georgia) 9 taxa are critically endangered (CR), 4 endangered (EN), 9 vulnerable (VU), and 15 are near threatened (NT). Due to the lack of data, 33 taxa could not be assessed and fell under the category of data definicient. 66 taxa resuleted not endangered so far and have been assigned to the category least concern (LC). References to taxonomy, key synonyms, assessment argumentation and references used in provisional species assessment are given for each taxon.