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.
School trees:
- Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
- Flowering Dogwood (Pinus thunbergii )
- Common apple (Malus spp. )
- Black walnut (Juglans nigra )
- Mulberry (Morus rubra )
- Black cherry (Prunus serotina )
- Norway maple (Acer platanoides )
- Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana )
- Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum )
- American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis )
- Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra )
- Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda )
- Chinkapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii )
Saplings:
- Flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata )
- Flowering Dogwood (Pinus thunbergii )
- Redbud (Cercis canadensis )
- Mulberry (Morus alba )
- American holly (Ilex opaca )
- Peach (Prunus persica )
Survey
by:
Jeff Kirwan; 7/18/07
Page update: 8/13/07
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry