diff --git a/apps/entity-service/src/app.module.ts b/apps/entity-service/src/app.module.ts
index 7b691ab..a45bad3 100644
--- a/apps/entity-service/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/apps/entity-service/src/app.module.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import { Module } from "@nestjs/common";
 import { DatabaseModule } from "@terramatch-microservices/database";
 import { CommonModule } from "@terramatch-microservices/common";
 import { HealthModule } from "./health/health.module";
+import { TreesController } from "./trees/trees.controller";
+import { ResearchService } from "./trees/research.service";
 
 @Module({
   imports: [DatabaseModule, CommonModule, HealthModule],
-  controllers: [],
-  providers: []
+  controllers: [TreesController],
+  providers: [ResearchService]
 })
 export class AppModule {}
diff --git a/apps/entity-service/src/trees/dto/scientific-name.dto.ts b/apps/entity-service/src/trees/dto/scientific-name.dto.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a25e5bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/entity-service/src/trees/dto/scientific-name.dto.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { JsonApiAttributes } from "@terramatch-microservices/common/dto/json-api-attributes";
+import { ApiProperty } from "@nestjs/swagger";
+import { JsonApiDto } from "@terramatch-microservices/common/decorators";
+
+@JsonApiDto({ type: "treeSpeciesScientificNames", id: "string" })
+export class ScientificNameDto extends JsonApiAttributes<ScientificNameDto> {
+  @ApiProperty({
+    description: "The scientific name for this tree species",
+    example: "Abelia uniflora"
+  })
+  scientificName: string;
+}
diff --git a/apps/entity-service/src/trees/research.service.ts b/apps/entity-service/src/trees/research.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52037fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/entity-service/src/trees/research.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { TreeSpeciesResearch } from "@terramatch-microservices/database/entities";
+import { Op } from "sequelize";
+import { Injectable } from "@nestjs/common";
+
+@Injectable()
+export class ResearchService {
+  async searchScientificNames(search: string) {
+    return await TreeSpeciesResearch.findAll({
+      where: {
+        [Op.or]: [
+          // By checking these two, we're limiting the search term to only occurrences at the
+          // beginning of a word in the scientific name, which tends to lead to better results.
+          { scientificName: { [Op.like]: `${search}%` } },
+          { scientificName: { [Op.like]: `% ${search}%` } }
+        ]
+      },
+      attributes: ["taxonId", "scientificName"],
+      limit: 10
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/entity-service/src/trees/trees.controller.ts b/apps/entity-service/src/trees/trees.controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..747e5be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/entity-service/src/trees/trees.controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { BadRequestException, Controller, Get, Query } from "@nestjs/common";
+import { ResearchService } from "./research.service";
+import { buildJsonApi } from "@terramatch-microservices/common/util";
+import { ScientificNameDto } from "./dto/scientific-name.dto";
+import { ApiOperation } from "@nestjs/swagger";
+import { JsonApiResponse } from "@terramatch-microservices/common/decorators";
+
+@Controller("trees/v3")
+export class TreesController {
+  constructor(private readonly researchService: ResearchService) {}
+
+  @Get("scientific-names")
+  @ApiOperation({
+    operationId: "treeScientificNames",
+    description: "Search scientific names of tree species. Returns up to 10 entries"
+  })
+  @JsonApiResponse({ data: { type: ScientificNameDto } })
+  async searchScientificNames(@Query("search") search: string) {
+    if (search == null) throw new BadRequestException("search query param is required");
+
+    const document = buildJsonApi();
+    for (const treeSpecies of await this.researchService.searchScientificNames(search)) {
+      document.addData(`${treeSpecies.taxonId}`, new ScientificNameDto(treeSpecies));
+    }
+
+    return document.serialize();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libs/common/src/lib/decorators/json-api-dto.decorator.ts b/libs/common/src/lib/decorators/json-api-dto.decorator.ts
index 5e5a5fc..1d62e26 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/lib/decorators/json-api-dto.decorator.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/lib/decorators/json-api-dto.decorator.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { applyDecorators, SetMetadata } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { applyDecorators, SetMetadata } from "@nestjs/common";
 
-export const DTO_TYPE_METADATA = 'DTO_TYPE_METADATA';
-export const DTO_ID_METADATA = 'DTO_ID_METADATA';
+export const DTO_TYPE_METADATA = "DTO_TYPE_METADATA";
+export const DTO_ID_METADATA = "DTO_ID_METADATA";
 
-export type IdType = 'uuid' | 'number';
+export type IdType = "uuid" | "number" | "string";
 
 export type DtoOptions = {
   type: string;
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ export type DtoOptions = {
    * The type of the id for this DTO. Defaults to UUID
    */
   id?: IdType;
-}
+};
 
-export const JsonApiDto = (options: DtoOptions) => applyDecorators(
-  SetMetadata(DTO_TYPE_METADATA, options.type),
-  SetMetadata(DTO_ID_METADATA, options.id ?? 'uuid')
-);
+export const JsonApiDto = (options: DtoOptions) =>
+  applyDecorators(SetMetadata(DTO_TYPE_METADATA, options.type), SetMetadata(DTO_ID_METADATA, options.id ?? "uuid"));