Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees

Trees:

• Red maple (Acer rubrum)
• Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
• Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)
• White pine (Pinus strobus)
• Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda)
• Silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
• Crabapple (Malus (Pyrus) fusca)
• Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)

Saplings:

• Foster's holly (Ilex x attenuata)
• Chinese holly (Ilex cornuta)
• White pine (Pinus strobus)
• Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
• Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana)
• Fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus)

Other:

• Crepe myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
• Mockernut hickory (Carya alba (tomentosa))
• Southern red oak (Quercus falcata)
• Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica)
• Black cherry (Prunus serotina)

Survey by:
Jeff Kirwan, 5/7/04
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry

Page update: 6/21/05
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry