Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees

School trees:

• Red maple ( Acer rubrum )
• Sugar maple ( Acer sacharum )
• Tuliptree ( Lireodendron tulipifera )
• White pine ( Pinus strobus )
• Loblolly pine ( Pinus taeda)
• Virginia pine ( Pinus virginiana)
• White oak ( Q. alba)

Saplings:

• Red maple ( Acer rubrum )
• Redbud ( Cercus canadensis)
• Flowering dogwood ( Cornus florida)
• Tuliptree ( Lireodendron tulipifera)
• Crab apple ( Malus spp.)
• White pine ( Pinus strobus)
• Virginia pine ( Pinus virginiana)
• Purple leaf plum ( Prunus cerasifera)
• Unknown ( Unknown )

Natural area Trees and Shrubs:

• Tree-of-heaven ( Ailanthus altissima )
• Red maple ( Acer rubrum )
• Sugar maple ( Acer sacharum )
• Alder ( Alnus sp. )
• Serviceberry ( Amelanchier arborea )
• Sweet birch ( Betula lenta )
• Shagbark hickory ( Carya ovata )
• Mockernut hickory ( Carya tomentosa )
• Redbud ( Cercus canadensis )
• Flowering dogwood ( Cornus florida )
• Autumn-olive ( Elaeagnus umbellate )
• American beech ( Fagus grandifolia )
• American holly ( Ilex opaca )
• Eastern redcedar ( Juniperus virginiana )
• Tuliptree ( Lireodendron tulipifera )
• Cucumbertree ( Magnolia acuminata )
• Common apple ( Malus sp. )
• Black tupelo ( Nyssa sylvatica )
• Sourwood ( Oxydendrum arboreum )
• White pine ( Pinus strobus )
• Loblolly pine ( Pinus taeda )
• Virginia pine ( Pinus virginiana )
• Black cherry ( Prunus serotina )
• White oak ( Quercus alba )
• Scarlet oak ( Quercus coccinea )
• Black oak ( Quercus velutina )
• Black locust ( Robinia pseudoacacia )
• Sassafras ( Sassafras)
• Poison-ivy ( Toxicodendron radicans )
• Eastern hemlock ( Tsuga canadensis )

Other Trees and Shrubs:

• Alternate-leaf dogwood ( Cornus alternifolia )
• Japanese honeysuckle ( Lonicera japonica )
• Crab Apple ( Rhododendron spp.)
• Lilac ( Syringa vulgaris )
• English yew ( Taxus baccata )
  

Survey by:
Matthew Kirwan; 7/17/02
Page update: 11/2/05
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry