Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees
| elevation: | 2600 feet |
| latitude: | N37 06.108' |
| longitude: | W79 48.963' |
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:
- Pin oak ( Quercus palustris)
- Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica )
- Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis )
- Red maple (Acer rubrum )
- Silver maple (Acer saccharinum )
- Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida )
- American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis )
- Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana )
- Black cherry (Prunus serotina )
- Persimmon ( Diospyros virginiana )
- Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana )
- Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus )
- Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana )
- River Birch (Betula nigra )
- Boxelder (Acer negundo )
- Tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima )
Other Trees and Shrubs:
- Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda )
- Post oak (Quercus stellata )
- Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana )
- Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana )
- Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia )
- Pignut hickory (Carya glabra )
Survey
by:
Jeff Kirwan; 7/20/00
Page update: 12/21/05
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry