Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees

School built in 1962

Trees:

• White pine (Pinus strobus)
• Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
• Silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
• Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
• White ash (Fraxinus americana)
• Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
• Norway spruce (Picea abies)
• Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
• Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
• Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
• European white birch (Betula pendula)
• Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
• Red maple (Acer rubrum)
• Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana)
• Flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata)
• Common apple (Malus spp.)
• Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
• Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
• Northern red oak (Quercus rubra)

Saplings:

• Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
• Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
• Red maple (Acer rubrum)
• Black gum (Nyssa sylvatica)
• White oak (Quercus alba)
• Purple-leaf plum (Prunus cerasifera)
• Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)

Survey by:
Jeff Kirwan, 8/31/05
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry

Page update: 9/8/05
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry