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.
Trees:
- Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda)
- Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
- Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
- Southern red oak (Quercus falcata)
- Black walnut (Juglans nigra)
- Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
- Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
- Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
- Devil's walking stick (Aralia spinosa)
- Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
- American holly (Ilex opaca)
- American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
Other Woody Plants:
- Waxmyrtle (Morella (Myrica) cerifera)
- Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)
- Poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
- Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans)
- Greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia)
Picnic Area:
- Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
- Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
- White oak (Quercus alba)
- Northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
- Red maple (Acer rubrum)
- Silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
- Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
- Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
- Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Survey
by:
Jeff
Kirwan
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry
Page update: 6/5/03
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry