Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees
The Virginia Forestry Educational Foundation provides this 92 page book free to students who learn ten trees. Contact your 4-H Extension Agent
for details.
Campus Trees:
- Red maple ( Acer rubrum )
- Southern red oak ( Quercus falcata )
- Flowering dogwood ( Cornus florida )
- White oak ( Quercus alba )
- Southern magnolia ( Magnolia grandiflora )
- Redbud ( Cercis canadensis )
- Sycamore ( Platanus occidentalis )
- Black oak ( Quercus velutina )
- Flowering cherry ( Prunus serrulata )
- Willow oak ( Quercus phellos )
- Black walnut ( Juglans nigra )
- White pine ( Pinus strobus )
- Green ash ( Fraxinus pennsylvanica )
- Bradford pear ( Pyrus calleryana )
- Weeping cherry ( Prunus subhirtella )
- American holly ( Ilex opaca )
Saplings:
- White ash ( Fraxinus americana )
- Sweet gum ( Liquidambar styraciflua )
- Red maple ( Acer rubrum )
- Unidentified holly
- Flowering dogwood ( Cornus florida )
- Silver maple ( Acer saccharinum )
- Redbud ( Cercis canadensis )
- Crab apple ( Malus fusca )
- Bradford pear ( Pyrus calleryana )
Other:
- Chinese holly ( Ilex cornuta )
- Sawara cedar ( Chamaecyparis pisifera )
Survey by:
Jeff Kirwan, 4/21/05
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry
Page update: 5/5/05
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry