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.
Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees
Campus Trees:
- Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)
- Live oak (Quercus virginiana)
- Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
- Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
- Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda)
- American holly (Ilex opaca)
- American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
- Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
- Red maple (Acer rubrum)
Saplings:
(less than 5" diameter)
- Foster holly (Ilex x attenuata)
- Chinese holly (Ilex cornuta)
- American holly (Ilex opaca)
- American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
- Leyland cypress (x Cupressocyparis leylandii)
- Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
- Bradford pear (Pyrus communis)
- Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
- Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
Other Woody Plants:
- Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
- Evergreen rose (Rosa spp.)
Survey by:
Jeff
Kirwan, 01/16/03
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry
Page update: 01/30/03
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry